The regional alternative to escalation in Afghanistan
More U.S. troops are being prepared for Afghanistan, but there is another alternative.
Escalating the war in Afghanistan is not the answer
President Obama will make his speech on the war in Afghanistan tonight and it will call for thousands of additional troops.
Japan peace movement: Moving toward a world without nuclear weapons
This year’s World Conference against A and H Bombs will take place in the changing international situation as represented by the U.S. Obama administration’s declaration of a “world without nuclear weapons” as a national goal of the United States.
Dueling resolutions in Congress about Honduras
While every day dramatic scenes are acted out on the streets of Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and other cities in Honduras, pro- and anti-coup forces are also active in the United States, and even on Capitol Hill.
COMMENTARY A coup is a coup is a coup is a coup
The pre-Neanderthal characters who have taken control, at gunpoint, of the government of Honduras are telling us that this was not a coup d’etat, but an orderly legal proceeding against a president who had violated the constitution: A normal constitutional succession, as they are telling us.
EDITORIAL Zelaya must return as president to Honduras
The coup d’etat carried out against the legally elected president of Honduras last Sunday is meeting with worldwide resistance that is as strong as it is broad.
EDITORIAL: A welcome move
In calling for a stricter use of air strikes, Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the new commander of forces in Afghanistan, took a step back from the abyss. In coming to grips with the harsh reality that too many civilians were being killed, McChrystal decided to limit air strikes only to prevent American and coalition troops from being “overrun.” This is a long-delayed, yet welcome step.
The handicap of working for Cuba
The Supreme Court’s refusal June 15 to review the case of the Cuban Five, whose original trial began in November 2000, invites comparisons of their sentences with those handed out to others with convictions relating to espionage, especially involving countries other than Cuba.
North Korea and the nuclear deterrent
North Korea’s recent nuclear and rocket tests have ruffled many feathers. Nations—both sworn enemies and allies alike—have voiced displeasure at the tests, and so have many peace and democratic activists, this paper included.
India's polls and South Asian peace
'Just as the winds of change have swept across the United States, I have no doubt that India too will witness change when the next parliamentary elections take place in a few months.'
