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 »
DISCUSSION POINTS: IRAN STUDENT PROTEST
July 8, 2003 This June, vigilante forces attacked nonviolent Iranian student protesters, charging them on motorcycles and assaulting them with batons, chains, and knives. Instead of protecting the students against the vigilante attacks, the Iranian government threatened to punish the students severely. It arrested over 4,000 people. Continuing repression of the student movement, combined… Read More »
THE NEW GLOBAL PEACE MOVEMENT VS. THE BUSH JUGGERNAUT
May 28, 2003 The Bush administration is presenting itself to the world as a juggernaut – a “massive inexorable force that advances irresistibly, crushing whatever is in its path.” Bush’s National Security Strategy portrays his “war against terrorism” as “a global enterprise of uncertain duration.” It says the US will act against “emerging threats… Read More »
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