Michael Ratner, who died last week, was a champion on behalf of the world’s oppressed, giving the phrase “human rights” real meaning and defying its current propaganda application to justify endless war, as Marjorie Cohn explained at Truthdig.
Category: The Bush-43 Administration
The Coming Democratic Crackup
Seeing Humanity in ‘Enemy’ States
Refugees from ‘Endless’ War
Political Pressure Stymies US-Iran Ties
Donald Trump’s Unsurprising Surprise
A Need to Rethink Mideast Wars
Army Chaplain Resigns over Drone Wars
The U.S. government’s reliance on drones to sustain perpetual war in the Mideast is meeting resistance from some assigned to carry out and justify these tactics, including a U.S. Army chaplain who resigned in protest, writes Ann Wright.