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Make no mistake: The Trump administration’s heartlessness and militarism are costing lives
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.
The U.S.-brokered pact makes no pretense of peace for Palestinians. Instead, it sharpens a regional coalition against Iran.
From Venezuela to Iran, Washington’s illegal and inhumane economic sanctions are putting millions of lives at risk
—Not the Other Way Around
Withdrawing even some of the U.S. troops, planes, drones and bombers from Afghanistan will reduce the killing
The new ADL report highlights a 120% increase in white supremacist incidents in 2019 over the last year, but ignores the roots of this rise and doesn’t tackle racism
I thought that was an important advance, that there’s a recognition of where the entire base of half this country is, which is strongly against wars
Congress must stop Trump from taking the U.S. to war without any justification or provocation
Insisting that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism doesn’t make it true. A new generation of young Jews — and a whole bunch of us who aren’t so young anymore — know that’s wrong
The link between militarism and the climate crisis is undeniable. The U.S. military is particularly problematic in its energy and fossil fuel consumption