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Justice for Haiti: Fanmi Lavalas Seeks a Sali Piblik [Public Safety] Government in Haiti

August 18, 2021 Yoav Elinevsky

by Yoav Elinevsky Lavalas (Creole for flood or avalanche), later also a political party called Fanmi Lavalas, emerged as a mass movement during the 1980s struggle to free Haiti from the brutal Duvalier dictatorships. In two landslide elections in 1990 and 2000, it carried Jean-Bertrand […]

The Taiwan Conundrum

August 18, 2021 Jim Hassett

by Jim Hassett Beijing is irrevocably committed to regaining control of Taiwan, an island about 100 miles off China’s coast. But the US and its allies are committed to the opposite: helping Taiwan maintain its status as an independent county. Something’s got to give. To […]

Anti-Chinese Media and the US Government: an unhealthy alliance

August 17, 2021 Marcus Breen

By Marcus Breen Anti-Chinese views dominate public opinion in the United States. This is hardly surprising given that the media and information services generally, act like magnets for prejudice. Rather than being sites of rational debate, the current state of things continues the great American […]

Biology class, Kabul University, 1950s or ’60s. Image in public domain; from Wikimedia Commons

How wars destroy cultures: The forgotten recent history of Afghanistan

August 17, 2021 Majed Ashy

by Dr. Majed Ashy Originally posted in Engaging Peace (2014) Many people will be surprised at images of Afghanistan from the 1960s and ‘70s. These images do not fit the stereotypes and narratives about Afghanistan with which they have been bombarded. Those stereotypes and narratives emphasize the […]

Military retaliation and war will only add to the carnage: Boston peace activists, 2001

August 17, 2021 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson The fall of the government in Kabul was inevitable, and these last 20 years, with all of their death, suffering and wasted resources have been beyond tragedy. On September 11, 2001, we called together our initial meeting of what became United for […]

The Modernization of Warfare

August 17, 2021 Annika Lof

by Annika Lof Drones have been a controversial instrument of warfare ever since the US military began using them. Some believe that they’re an effective weapon that lowers casualties, while others rightfully point out the inaccuracy of drones and their tendency to strike civilians. Technological […]

Ignoring the Original Sin in Afghanistan

August 17, 2021 Jeff Klein

by Jeff Klein Originally published in Dorchester People for Peace Update, August 13, 2021 As the corrupt US-installed government and its pretend army collapses even faster than predicted, the roots of the current crisis, which go back much further than the US invasion of 2001, […]