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Exporting the Ivory Tower 26 Aug 2013 | 07:25 pm
NYU Abu Dhabi (Yuwen Memon / Flickr) This fall, two prominent American liberal arts institutions will be opening outposts in decidedly non-liberal countries. The first is NYU Shanghai, the third addi...
Syria: Assad’s Empty Gestures, Empty Threats 26 Aug 2013 | 05:53 pm
Courtesy Wikipedia Commons Syrian President Assad insists that the apparent chemical-weapon attacks that have left upwards of 1,000 people dead in his country were committed by “terrorists,” as he ca...
50 Years Later: March on Washington to End Racism, Materialism, and Militarism 23 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
(mikek7890 / Flickr) After Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic and heroic 1967 “Beyond Vietnam” speech against the U.S. war in Southeast Asia, he received a barrage of criticism from editorial boa...
Foreign Policy Thin-Sliced (8/23/13) 23 Aug 2013 | 06:06 pm
Courtesy Wikimedia Commons Egypt: A Peaceful State Rule by a Junta “We have this thing about us, that the Egyptian Army is untouchable,” [a woman named] Israa said. “So many want Egypt ruled with a...
Three Good Reasons To Liquidate Our Empire (And Ten Steps to Take to Do It) 22 Aug 2013 | 09:52 pm
(Jon Ross / Flickr) This commentary was originally published by TomDispatch in 2009. In light of the draconian Bradley Manning verdict, we are republishing it now. However ambitious President Barack...
If True, Does Assad Really Think WMD Use Is Okay With Russia? 22 Aug 2013 | 05:16 pm
Courtesy Wikimedia Commons Calls for intervention are rearing their ugly head again in light of charges that the Syrian military mounted a poison gas attack outside Damascus. (Syria’s capital and hom...
It Must Be Summer: Pakistan Shells India 21 Aug 2013 | 06:21 pm
Courtesy Wikimedia Commons The latest round of border tensions along the Line of Control (LOC) separating India and Pakistan began with the ambush of 5 Indian soldiers earlier this month, which has n...
Washington and the Egyptian Tragedy 20 Aug 2013 | 10:42 pm
As in El Salvador, Nicaragua, East Timor, Angola, Lebanon, and Gaza in previous years, the massive killing of civilians in Egypt is being done with U.S.-provided weapons by a U.S.-backed government. A...
Massive Retaliation by the Loser of a Nuclear War Takes Payback to Absurd Heights 20 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
Courtesy Wikimedia Commons Like a mirage, whenever it seems within reach nuclear disarmament recedes further into the distance. But, at least nuclear hawks no longer feel comfortable speaking on the ...
Tunisia: Washington’s Grip Tightens 19 Aug 2013 | 08:26 pm
Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of Tunisia’s Ennahda party. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Cross-posted from Open Democracy. Part One Two years ago it was a Tunisian uprising that triggered the events in Eg...
