SHARE        Monday, November 11, 2013
Will Jeh Johnson Make the Homeland More Secure? Jeh Johnson is President Obama's pick to replace outgoing Secretary Janet Napolitano as head of the Department of Homeland Security. His likely confirmation does not bode well for human rights, or your civil liberties.

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, November 4, 2013
Drones have come out of the shadows At each of the over 200 cities I've traveled to this past year with my book Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control , I ask the audience an easy question: Have they ever seen or heard from drone strike victims in the mainstream US press? Not one hand has ever gone up. This is an obvious indication that the media has failed to do its job of humanizing the civilian casualties that accompany Obama's deadly drone program

(3 comments) SHARE        Thursday, October 17, 2013
It's time to put an end to Israel's "don't ask-don't tell' nuclear policy As long as Israel refuses to acknowledge its possession of nuclear weapons or even that it has produced weapons-grade materials, it is difficult, if not impossible, to engage it in any meaningful arms control or other nuclear-related diplomacy.

(25 comments) SHARE        Thursday, September 5, 2013
John Kerry sells a war that Americans aren't buying The clock is ticking, with President Obama and Secretary Kerry frantically selling a war that the American people don't want to buy. If Congress goes ahead and approves military action, they -- unlike their British counterparts -- will fail to represent the people who elected them.

(18 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, August 6, 2013
10 Ways to Reduce the Threat of Terrorist Attacks on Americans This 10-point plan would significantly reduce terrorist threats, save taxpayers billions of dollars and make Americans more loved and admired in the world. After a decade of wielding the military stick, it's time for some carrots.

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, July 2, 2013
How You [and President Obama] Can Close Guantanamo Prison The president has the executive authority to transfer already cleared detainees. We should pressure him to do so. This article includes reporting and a video showing one such action at the Whitehouse, where DIane Wilson, already on a hunger strike, climbed the White House fence.

(2 comments) SHARE        Thursday, June 20, 2013
For Yemenis, US Refusal to Release Gitmo Prisoners is a National Offense Mohammad Naji Allaw says, "Over 90 of 166 Guantanamo prisoners are from Yemen. Most of them, 56 to be exact, have already been cleared by the US government for release but the US government still won't send them back." While our peace delegation was visiting Yemen, Congress passed an amendment saying that no US military funds could be used to transfer prisoners from Guantanamo back to Yemen.

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, June 20, 2013
US Refusal to Release Gitmo Prisoners Is a National Offense for Yemenis Their sons, husbands, fathers and brothers are simply pawns in the US game of politics where one party is always trying to "out hawk" the other, where concern about winning the next election far eclipses any respect for the rights of the prisoners. Most Americans have become so consumed by fear after 9/11 that they think that holding these prisoners in Guantanamo indefinitely somehow makes them safer.

(2 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Leaving Truth outside the Court House at Bradley Manning's Trial This epic trial is being held in a tiny courtroom that only fits a total of 50 people. Only 16 spaces were allocated to the public; the rest had to go to an overflow theater that seated about 100, or a trailer next to the courtroom with room for 35. Manning's trial is the most stark example of the Obama administration's relentless stance against whistleblowers.

(15 comments) SHARE        Saturday, May 25, 2013
Why I Spoke Out at Obama's Foreign Policy Speech The bulk of the president's speech was devoted to justifying drone strikes. I was shocked when the President claimed that his administration did everything it could to capture suspects instead of killing them. That is just not true. Obama's reliance on drones is precisely because he did not want to be bothered with capturing suspects and bringing them to trial.

(9 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Julian Assange: Wikileaks Has the Goods on the Deaths of Innocent Iraqis Killed by the US The government doesn't even claim that Bradley passed information directly to "the enemy" or that he had any intent to do so. But they are nonetheless making the absurd claim that merely informing the public about classified government activities makes someone a traitor because it "indirectly informs the enemy."

(6 comments) SHARE        Thursday, April 25, 2013
Interview: Julian Assange on George Bush's Library and Bradley Manning's Trial This is a report of my interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been granted political asylum since June 2012.

(2 comments) SHARE        Monday, March 25, 2013
Finally, the Backlash Against Drones Takes Flight and Paul's marathon 13-hour filibuster was not the end of the conversation on drones. Suddenly, drones are everywhere, and so is the backlash. Efforts to counter drones at home and abroad are growing in the courts, at places of worship, outside air force bases, inside the UN, at state legislatures, inside Congress--and having an effect on policy.

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, March 7, 2013
Rand Paul's Message to Obama: Don't Drone Me Bro While progressives have all sorts of reasons to dislike Rand Paul's Tea Party, small government libertarian views, killer drones is one issue on which progressives should make common cause with Paul and his growing legions of supporters. After all, it's not about the messenger but the message.

SHARE        Tuesday, February 5, 2013
10 Questions to Ask John Brennan at his CIA Confirmation Hearing We look forward to hearing the Senators question Brennan about the legal justifications used by the Obama administration to kill three Americans in Yemen, as we are deeply concerned about their deaths and the precedent it sets for the rights of US citizens.

(2 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, January 8, 2013
John Brennan vs. a Sixteen-Year-Old If Obama thinks John Brennan is a good choice to head the CIA and secure America, he should contemplate the tragic deaths of victims like 16-year-old Tariq Aziz, and think again.

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, December 31, 2012
Ten of My Favorite Things about 2012 Happy thoughts from Code Pink about some US and global issues that experienced new found gains in 2012 that works as a precursor for a progressive 2013 agenda.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Israel's Lesson to Palestinians: Build More Rockets? If the Israeli government was trying to teach the Palestinians a lesson with this latest pummeling, the unfortunate lesson many learned was that the only way to deal with Israel is through firepower. Some believed the Israelis backed down because Palestinian rockets had reached into the heart of Israel.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Egyptians Stand Up to President's Power Grab Ramah Casers is an Egyptian mother and graphic designer who lives in Cairo. Ramah told me. "I didn't think any of the mobilizations called during the last two years were that critical. But for this one, I had to be here. This is about the life or death of our revolution."

(17 comments) SHARE        Sunday, November 25, 2012
Ground the Drones Drone attacks are out of control, killing thousands, many of them civilians, in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, creating widespread anti-American sentiment and setting a dangerous precedent that will come back to haunt us. Anti-drone actions have sprung up all over the United States at Air Force bases where the drones are piloted, at the headquarters of drone makers, at the CIA and in Congressional offices.