"The sad truth is that Obama’s war policies have turned out to be even more of a nightmare than I expected.” – Malalai…
While President Barack Obama reviews his strategy on Afghanistan, a perfect moment to send a strong unified message to end the war…
Years ago, following the initial military success of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the temporary fall of the Taliban, the people…
In 2006 we wrote Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence (Seven Stories) at a time when most Americans, even…
President Elect Barack Obama wants to increase the number of US troops in Afghanistan. But the US/NATO occupation is less popular than…
San Francisco based lawyer Matt Gonzalez first entered politics when he ran for District Attorney in 1999 and won 11 percent of…
The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) rose to international prominence after the attacks on the US on September…
Los Angeles is being seen as the epicenter of the new immigrant movement, mobilizing the largest numbers of people nationally at the…
R aúl Gatica is one of the founding members of CIPO-RFM (Popular Indigenous Council of Oaxaca—Ricardo Flores Magón), based in the southwestern…
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