Saturday
Jan192013
Vietnam Between China and the U.S.
Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 2:28PM;)
Vietnam and the United States are growing closer in response to the power of China, an irony not surprising to anyone with an understanding of Machiavellian politics.
Guantanamo's Death Row
The Threat of an Imperial Presidency
Earth Night
Charges Dropped Against Alex Sanchez
Guantanamo's Death Row
End the Guantanamo hunger strike and restart the stalled peace talks with the Taliban. Continue reading...
The Threat of an Imperial Presidency
Hearings to reform of the 2001 AUMF and the 1973 WPR could not be more urgent. Continue reading...
Earth Night
After 43 years of Earth Days, it is past time to contemplate the possible coming of Earth Night. Continue reading...
Charges Dropped Against Alex Sanchez
Prosecutors knowingly fed false evidence to the grand jury, and failed to admit that their case was wrong on the facts. Continue reading...
The Peace Exchange Bulletin
Published by Tom Hayden, The Peace Exchange Bulletin is a reader-supported journal, critically following the Pentagon's Long War in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq, as well as the failed U.S. wars on drugs and gangs, and U.S. military responses to nationalism and poverty around the world.
Friday
Jan182013
From Ground War to Long War to Hell
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Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Mali, Somalia and Algeria, drone strikes, indefinite detention and torture, secret operations – all of these controversies and more are connected by a “shadow war” and cannot be resolved without a departure from or change in its guiding doctrine; nor can the Central and Latin American drug wars, which derive from that same poisoned root.
Thursday
Jan172013
Buried History in Hanoi
Out beyond the swank poolside bar at Hanoi’s Metropole hotel, which I visited last month, a gated entrance opens onto a dark set of stairs. At the bottom is a dank and musty bomb shelter, and, for those who can read Vietnamese, a sign in golden lettering explaining that Joan Baez and Jane Fonda once took refuge there.
Wednesday
Jan162013
Charges Dismissed Against Alex Sanchez
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Vowing to “rebuild Homies Unidos,” gang peacemaker Alex Sanchez walked out of federal court a free man for the first time in nearly four years.
Monday
Jan142013
The Violence of Globalization
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As the US departs Afghanistan, cries will be heard about abandoning Afghan women to the Taliban. While not a justification for the war and occupation, the question exposes a double standard in America’s national security policy. The spiral of killing and abuse of women is not a “security” threat by current definitions, and the slaughter of those innocent women by America’s enemies is said to be far worse than the same killings by America’s strategic allies.
Wednesday
Jan092013
'Bug Splat': Think Tank, Rep. Ellison Call for Drone Reform
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The Council on Foreign Relations issued a report this week calling for fundamental reforms in US drone policies, surfacing sharp differences in official circles in response to widespread questioning and protest. Micah Zenko writes in the Council Special Report that the Pentagon and CIA use the term “bug splat” in referring to their civilian collateral damage methodology. The acronym MALE is employed to describe “medium altitude long-endurance” drone technologies of the future.
Thursday
Jan032013
Tom Hayden on Drones
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Tom Hayden looks at the questionable legal backing and strategic justifications for the US drone assassination program.
Monday
Dec242012
Christmas Lessons From Hanoi
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Today’s peaceful Hanoi, alight with Christmas ornaments, was the scene of a decisive battle forty years ago this week, one which the Pentagon prefers to forget. I will be there this week to take part in the restoration of memory and reflect on how wars end.
Monday
Dec242012
A Gospel of Incarnation
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The lasting meaning of Jesus is that he is incarnate. No matter how the kings, pharaohs, inquisitors, torturers, bankers and scribbling servants of power try to distort, demonize and destroy his spirit, the meaning always is among us.
Monday
Dec242012
Zapatistas Return as Uncertain Mexican Era Begins
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On December 21 tourists waiting for the end of the world instead found themselves witnessing the resurgence of the Zapatista resistance movement in Chiapas, Mexico. 40,000 masked members of the indigenous rebel movement marched through Chiapas in complete silence with no commanders of the movement making themselves obvious or prominent. The march was the Zapatistas’ first major public demonstration since May 2011, when they participated in protests against the Drug War in solidarity with poet Javier Sicilia’s peace movement.