Elevating the gun crisis to the moral level of the 1960s civil rights struggle, Rep. John Lewis led a House floor sit-in to demand a vote on a bill to restrict access to deadly weapons, write Bill Moyers and Michael Winship.
Month: June 2016
US Veterans Join Petition for Snowden
The Long-Hidden Saudi 9/11 Connection
US Bombing Syrian Troops Would Be Illegal
Mexico’s Neoliberal ‘Reforms’ Spark Clashes
New Cold War Feeds War Machine
How US Wars Have Bred Terrorism
Lost History of Iran’s 1981 Coup
The U.S. mainstream media avoids the word “coup” when a disfavored leader is ousted, but the silence around Iran’s 1981 coup also may have served Ronald Reagan’s political self-interest in keeping secret his own “coup,” as Mahmood Delkhasteh reflects.
Israel’s Water Siege of Palestinians
US Game-Playing Means Hot Syrian Summer
As Iran and Russia sense they’ve been “had” by President Obama over the Syrian “cease-fire” — and other U.S. deceptions — the prospects rise for a climactic battle in Syria, writes ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke from Beirut.