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Report from Pakistan
Rahimullah Yusufzai
The U.S. has long supported military dictators in Pakistan from Ayub Khan to Pervez Musharraf. In the 1980s Washington struck a Faustian bargain with Gen Zia ul-Haq, a tyrant who overthrew and then executed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the father of Benazir. In return for Zia’s support for the Afghan mujahiddin fighting the Soviets, the U.S. […]
The Media & War
Tariq Ali
When the U.S. marches to war, the media march with it. The din of collateral language rises to cacophonous levels. The mobilization and ubiquity of present and past high-ranking military officers on the airwaves is an essential component of manufacturing consent for war. Perhaps we need no-air zones for them. That’s unlikely to happen when […]
Pakistan in Peril
Fatima Bhutto
Pakistan is routinely called “the most dangerous country in the world.” How it got that way is not the focus of much scrutiny. Much of history is forgotten or never told. The United States has supported military dictatorships in Pakistan. The current ruler, Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a coup in 1999, is a […]
Rolling Back Corporate Power: Lessons from the Past
Richard Grossman
It seems that corporations have been part of the scene forever. Not the case really. An 1886 landmark Supreme Court decision elevated corporations to its current special legal status. In Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, the Court ruled that a private corporation was a person and as such, under the Constitution, was protected […]
The War on Lebanon
Nubar Hovsepian
In July 2006, in response to a Lebanese Hezbollah cross border raid, which killed and captured several Israeli soldiers, Israel launched an intensive bombing campaign on Lebanon. More than a thousand Lebanese were killed and serious damage was done to the country’s infrastructure. Israel claimed it was acting in self-defense. Most saw the scale of […]
State Repression of the Black Panthers
Kathleen Cleaver
Of all the radical organizations in the 1960s, none struck as much fear in the establishment as the Black Panther Party. Militant blacks off the plantation system of subordination were too much for the white power structure. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover called the Panthers “the greatest threat to the internal security of the United […]
Oil: Blood of the Earth
Dilip Hiro
Since the end of WWII, a central tenet of U.S. foreign policy is control of the world’s oil. And since much of the oil was in the Middle East, the U.S. began a concerted effort to dominate the region. First, it displaced the old imperial powers, Britain and France. Then it established a series of […]
Hezbollah
Amal Saad-Ghorayeb
Hezbollah, party of God in Arabic, is a major component of Lebanon’s political and social life. The party, led by Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, represents the historically underrepresented Shia, the country’s largest group. Lebanon has a complex sectarian-based political structure, a legacy of French colonialism. Each of the country’s 18 religious sects is allocated seats in […]
Turkey, Armenians, & Kurds
Roni Margulies
When Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s Nobel Prize winner for literature, said that more than one million Armenians and 30,000 Kurds had been killed in his country, he was not only publicly vilified but also prosecuted by the government. And he’s not the only one who has gotten into trouble for speaking out. Breaking the taboo and […]
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Mundher al Adhami
It seems like so many years ago. And it was. Shock and awe. The march on Baghdad; the conquest of Iraq; the embedded corporate reporters cheerleading the victory. Originally the invasion was called Operation Iraqi Liberation until someone noticed that the acronym spells something we’d rather not mention. So it was changed to Operation Iraqi […]
The Athletic-Industrial Complex
Dave Zirin
Sports play a central role in many societies, perhaps nowhere more so than in the United States. From Michael Vick to T. O., to Barry Bonds and A-Rod, athletes are under the microscope. They are multi-millionaire gladiators. Their every dropped ball, at-bat, comment, and gesture are grist for the sports talk mill. There are hours […]
Double Standards: U.S. Middle East Policy
Rami Khouri
The dictionary defines a double standard as a rule or principle applied more strictly to some than to others. Double standards are seen as unjust because they violate fairness, that everyone is equal before the law. When this basic principle is violated, it creates anger and resentment. U.S. policy in the Middle East has long […]

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