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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.
Trump’s wars are now all over the map. The peace movement can fight back by joining already thriving intersectional campaigns
Trump is receiving praise for his swift decision to bomb the Syrian airbase allegedly responsible for carrying out Tuesday’s gas attack, but the President’s grounds for action are shaky at best
What We Know, What We Don’t, and the Dangers Ahead
The US has been accused of killing more than 200 civilians in Mosul, Iraq as a result of airstrikes against the Islamic State
There could be dire consequences
Already Trump is super-charging U.S. militarism, gutting diplomacy, and punishing the victims of wars Washington started.
The Trump administration might make a historic break with US policy and follow through on its rhetoric
This is what a non-imperial, truly internationalist foreign policy would look like
Trump’s language of opposition to regime change and interventions is not represented by the appointment of his vice president or any of his cabinet picks