With more restrictions placed on the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, and access to the Palestinian territory’s smuggling tunnels increasingly blocked, human rights groups say Gaza’s 1.6 million residents are unfairly being punished for the attack on an...
The New World Disorder
After his great victory in Desert Storm, George H.W. Bush went before the United Nations to declare the coming of a New World Order. The Cold War was yesterday. Communism was in its death throes. The Soviet Empire had crumbled. The Soviet Union was disintegrating....
Military ‘Cuts’: Don’t Believe the Hype
Listen to Rep. Paul deliver this address. Grover Norquist, the influential conservative activist, recently made some very frank and sobering remarks about the U.S. military budget. Unlike many conservatives, Mr. Norquist understands that American national security...
Appeal to Non-Aligned Leaders Meeting in Tehran
This is an urgent appeal from Veterans For Peace. We are an organization of U.S. veterans formed in 1985 to try to bring an end to war. VFP is a nonprofit organization recognized by the U.N. as an NGO. We are appealing to the leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement to do...
Northern Iraq Instead of Syria: Turkey’s New Target?
ANKARA — With attacks by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) multiplying and spreading to a larger number of Turkish provinces, Ankara is under increasing pressure by nationalistic parties to take tougher measures against Kurdish activism, including a full-blown land...
Iraq: 711 Killed During Ramadan
There Is Unity in Oppression; There Must Be Unity in Response
I am here today because I cannot be there with you today. But thank you for coming. Thank you for your resolve and your generosity of spirit. On Wednesday night, after a threat was sent to this embassy and the police descended on this building, you came out in the...
Bibi’s Game: Nuclear Blackmail?
The Israelis are going all out to lure, threaten, and scare the US into attacking Iran: the world hasn’t seen such a frenzy of staged hysterics since my three-year-old niece threatened to hold her breath until her parents agreed to buy her all six Barbie Fashionistas....


