December 12, 2004 “In the U.S., activists can draw on the immensely powerful tradition of disobedience to unjust law that motivated people such as the abolitionists, Henry David Thoreau, the Quakers, and the Berrigan Brothers. Indeed, this kind of resistance might be the key to stopping not only the imperial drive but also the… Read More »
OUTSOURCE THIS? AMERICAN WORKERS, THE JOBS DEFICIT, AND THE FAIR GLOBALIZATION SOLUTION
OUTSOURCE THIS?
American Workers, the Jobs Deficit, and the Fair Globalization
AMISTAD REVISITED AT GUANTANAMO?
December 5, 2003 In the 1841 Amistad case – vividly portrayed in Stephen Spielberg’s movie “Amistad” – the U.S. Supreme Court courageously held that human rights and the rule of law must apply to captives who had been seized in Africa and imprisoned in the United States. The Supreme Court recently agreed to hear… Read More »
BUSH’S ‘BIG STICK’ FOREIGN POLICY
October 14, 2003 It was called “The Big Stick.” Between 1890 and 1930, we sent our armed forces to intervene in Latin America more than 30 times. Those actions harvested a legacy of hatred and shame. In 1933, newly elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that he would replace the “Big Stick” with a… Read More »
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