False Hand-Overs
UFPJ Talking Points #21: Actual control remains with the United States.
A Deluge of Bad Advice and Statistics
Conflict resolution will not occur until political and factional leaders re-absorb the lesson that each persons humanity, while unique, is of equal value.
US-UK Draft Resolution Designed to Give International Legitimacy to US Occupation of Iraq
UFPJ Talking Points #20: It credentials the US-dominated occupation forces as a UN mandated ‘multi-national force’, and endorses the Iraqi interim government as sovereign.
US Occupation of Iraq Remains Despite New Interim Government
UFPJ Talking Points #19: The interim government, like the Iraq Governing Council, is a creature of the US, not the UN.
U.S. Public Diplomacy: A Tale of Two Who Jumped Ship at State
Winning a worldwide war on terrorism is much more about overcoming cultural mindsets that set people apart from each other out of fear and ignorance than about celebrating the freedom of the American barbecue.
Bush’s Five Step Plan is Nothing New
UFPJ Talking Points #18: It is a recipe for continuing occupation, deaths of Iraqis and US soldiers, and destruction of Iraq.
The Torture Photographs
UFPJ Talking Points #17: Actions by US troops reflect the racist demonization of Iraqis that has been at the heart of US Iraq policy since 1990.
From Keynesianism to Neoliberalism: Shifting Paradigms in Economics
Public understandings of the economy also matter.
Nuclear Dominoes: Will North Korea Follow Libya’s Lead?
The Japanese weekly magazine Aera questioned whether Kim Jong Il would follow the cooperative path of Moammar Gadhafi, or continue along the confrontational, and ultimately self-destructive, path that Saddam Hussein trod.
The Vulnerabilities of the Bush Iraq Policies
UFPJ Talking Points #16: U.S. drive towards empire faces new and serious challenges.
Libya’s Return to the Fold?
Does Qadhafi mean what he says and will Washington reciprocate and normalize relations with Libya?
Afghanistan’s Problematic Path to Peace: Lessons in State Building in the Post-September 11 Era
With a constitution ratified and the country’s first elections in decades scheduled for June-July 2004–although the continued deterioration of security conditions have placed this target in doubt–the Bonn political process has entered its final phase.
The Peace Movement One Year Later
One year after the start of war in Iraq, the peace movement in the United States faces an unusual predicament. Critics of the invasion had many of their key arguments vindicated in the past year, as President Bush’s case for war has collapsed.
The Iraqi Constitution and Terror Attacks in Spain
UFPJ Talking Points #15: the “transfer of power” will not end the occupation of Iraq, and the need for voters to reclaim Spanish democracy.
The New Afghan Constitution: A Step Backwards for Democracy
Afghans have seized the opportunity provided by the United States and its international partners to lay the foundation for democratic institutions and provide a framework for national elections.