Z Needs Your Help!
Beyond his passion for justice and his powerful insistence on standing up to oppression and oppressors, Michael was a funny and incredibly loyal friend
Phyllis Bennis
Phyllis Bennis is an American writer, activist, and political commentator. She is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. Her work concerns US foreign policy issues, particularly involving the Middle East and United Nations (UN). In 2001, she helped found the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and now serves on the national board of Jewish Voice for Peace as well as the board of the Afro-Middle East Center in Johannesburg. She works with many anti-war and Palestinian rights organizations, writing and speaking widely across the U.S. and around the world.
For too long Moscow and Washington have tried to out-muscle each other by escalating the Syrian war. Now, for once, they’ve got a chance to escalate their efforts to end it
No Wars for the Billionaire Class means standing up to the overarching influence of the arms-producing companies
The years after September 11 are a powerful reminder that an ‘all-out war’ on terror only creates more terrorism
The attack on the hospital, with its horrific civilian casualties, is the inevitable result of an air war against heavily populated cities
“To imitate the hatred and violence of tyrants and murderers is the best way to take their place”
Supporters of diplomacy over war must make our voices heard over the din of nay-saying interest groups with deep pockets
As the war escalates, Congress is largely sitting on the sidelines
Negotiators in Switzerland just won a huge victory for diplomacy over war. Now we’ve got to protect it
The naked racism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s last-minute electioneering was repellent. But more horrifying was the fact that it worked