by Val Moghadam, WILPF Member and MAPA Board Member April 2022 Joan’s passing came as a shock because she and I had talked on the phone in late February, and we had planned to meet for lunch in April when the weather improved. Between spring […]
by Valentine Moghadam Originally published in Against the Current This background analysis and personal account by Professor Valentine Moghadam was written on May 27, 2021, before the precipitous August offensive and conquest of Afghanistan by the Taliban. AFGHANISTAN HAS BEEN in a state of chaos […]
by Valentine Moghadam Contribution to the Great Transition Initiative’s Forum: Can Human Solidarity Globalize? Richard Falk’s eloquent essay asks us to make the leap from “the politics of the possible” to “a politics of impossibility” by imagining and crafting a “moral epistemology to achieve responsible anthropocentrism” […]
This article was updated on April 14th, 2021 to reflect new developments by Val Moghadam and the Massachusetts Peace Action’s Middle East Working Group For nearly two decades, MAPA has called for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. We continue to call for a complete […]
Massachusetts Peace Action welcomes the announcement that President Trump will withdraw significant numbers of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. Our attempt to impose our will on those countries has been a complete failure. We should go beyond what Trump has ordered; our military presence […]
by Valentine Moghadam Why is the U.S. still in Afghanistan? When did it first get involved, and why? What is the truth behind the so-called “Soviet invasion” of December 27, 1979? What have been the long-term consequences – for the Afghan people, the region, and […]
The 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq by U.S. and British forces was a momentous event for Iraq, the region, and the world. Since then, Iraq has experienced political instability, corruption, deteriorating public services, economic decline, Da’esh (Islamic State/ISIS) terrorism, and several protest waves (e.g., […]
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