english (original) version below El problema con la Responsabilidad de Proteger por Jean Bricmont 28 de julio, 2009 El 23 de julio, un debate sobre la Responsabilidad de Proteger tuvo lugar ante la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas. La Responsabilidad de Proteger (RdP) es un concepto adoptado por los líderes del mundo en 2005, que hace a los [...]

by Elaine Elinson July 23, 2009 During the Vietnam War, GI dissent was both documented and nurtured by a slew of underground GI newspapers. Papers like “Up Against the Bulkhead,” “Harass the Brass” and “About Face” were mimeographed and passed from base to base, hand to hand. These bold, clever, ragtag papers gave voice to the soldiers’ [...]

This is an amazing film that opens the door into what was really going on when the Kennedy Administration handled the Cuban Missile Crisis… as well as how Vietnam policy dramatically changed once Kennedy was no longer in office. Robert McNamara gives us 11 lessons that America needs to learn so that we don’t make [...]

Or How to Stay Out of Sight While Profiting From the War in Iraq By Pratap Chatterjee 31 de mayo, 2009 The Houstonian Hotel is an elegant, secluded resort set on an 18-acre wooded oasis in the heart of downtown Houston. Two weeks ago, David Lesar, CEO of the once notorious energy services corporation Halliburton, spoke to some [...]

By Norman Solomon May 21, 2009 To understand what’s up with President Obama as he escalates the war in Afghanistan, there may be no better place to look than a book published 25 years ago. “The March of Folly,” by historian Barbara Tuchman, is a chilling assessment of how very smart people in power can do very [...]