The TPP: A Quiet Coup for the Investor Class
The Obama administration’s trade negotiators are quietly selling out workers and the environment in a massive Bush-style trade agreement.
Reinforcing Washington’s Asia-Pacific Hegemony
The Obama administration’s military “pivot” to the Asia-Pacific region is opening up a new Cold War and trampling over the region’s peoples.
Radioactive Ties
Whether corporate political money shouts or whispers, it still corrupts.
A Move to Free the Cuban Five
We visited Gerardo Hernandez at a maximum-security prison in Victorville, CA – as new court filings show the U.S. government paid Miami-based journalists to file negative stories about the Cuban Five.
Mr. President, the Elephant in the Room Is Not a Republican
White America is slowly returning to normal. It’s a shade poorer normal to be sure, but normal all the same. The Black Economy, on the other hand, is still in full-blown recession.
Violence Defines American Culture
When James Holmes mowed down twelve people and wounded almost sixty at a movie theater in Colorado, aggression penetrated my pores, inundated my brain and covered the cells of my heart.
The Right Path for Washington in Syria
The question in Washington should be: will adding fuel to the violence make matters worse?
What Drives U.S. Policy in Central America?
On Al-Jazeera’s Inside Story roundtable discussion, IPSer Sanho Tree discusses how the U.S. State Department gets to play judge, jury, and executioner in Honduras.
Syria: America vs. Israel?
Washington should remember the lessons of blowback and avoid intervention in Syria.
Top Democrats Push Obama on Capital Controls
Representatives Barney Frank and Sander Levin say that cannot support U.S. trade agreements unless the administration does more to protect governments from investor lawsuits.
U.S. Professors to Clinton: Respond to Boko Haram with Diplomacy, Development, and Demilitarization
Twenty-two scholars with expertise on Nigeria note the “horrific violence” perpetrated against civilians and government officials, but argue that responding to Boko Haram ultimately requires a “diplomatic, developmental, and demilitarized framework.”
Romney Vs. Obama: The Prizefight Election
Imagine a heavyweight fight announcer introducing the contenders at the 2012 presidential elections debate.
Was This The Last Time the U.S. Is Invited to a Hemispheric Summit?
Only the U.S. and Canada continue supporting the policy that keeps Cuba out of the Organization of American States summits. At the last meeting, Latin American leaders agreed: they do not need Washington to hold a meeting.
The Phases of War: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Israel
Before a book-writing break in Texas, Phyllis reflects on the different stages where our various wars are at this moment in this edition of the New Internationalism newsletter.
Obama Goes to AIPAC
The president offered carefully crafted remarks on Iran while writing off the Palestinians.