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Indigenous Massacre Survivors Unite for Memory and Justice in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe October 8, 2018 Sandra Cuffe

The October 4, 2012 massacre was the first and only massacre of indigenous people by soldiers following the 1996 Peace Accords. This year’s commemoration of the sixth anniversary of the massacre took place a week after a tribunal confirmed state armed forces committed genocide in the early 1980s. “The goal is to remember them and to leave a legacy for our future generations who will struggle for the defense of our rights,” said Eduardo Juan Yax, an indigenous community leader.

Dawn of the Decadent: Christopher Lasch and the Narcissist Road to Power

Greg Guma October 3, 2018 Greg Guma

Long before Donald Trump’s malignant narcissism plunged the United States and the world into a hall of mirrors, thought leaders like Christopher Lasch warned about an emerging psychic assault on humanity and a breakdown of culture.

What Will Climate Change Do to the U.S.-Mexico Border?

Todd Miller October 3, 2018 Todd Miller

Rather than continue on a path to militarize the border, we should consider the alternatives.

Women Cross DMZ at the Demilitarized Zone on the Korean Peninsula in May. (Facebook/Women Cross DMZ/Jeehyun Kwon)

How Grassroots Activists Made Peace with North Korea Possible

Sarah Freeman-Woolpert October 1, 2018 Sarah Freeman-Woolpert

“We need to shift who talks about foreign policy away from a Cold War, white man framework.” - Christine Ahn, Korean-American peace activist

Crisis After Crisis: 10 Years After the Crash, There’s No ‘Reforming’ Global Capitalism

Walden Bello September 25, 2018 Walden Bello

In critical areas where major economic reform is needed, few to no measures have been taken to prevent a recurrence of 2007. The next big implosion may be just around the corner. The way forward will be largely determined by the outcome of a political struggle between two post-globalization camps. One would not be too far off in characterizing this confrontation as between fascism and democratic socialism.

Yemeni women walk through the debris of a housing block allegedly destroyed by previous Saudi-led airstrikes in Sana'a, Yemen on Sept. 29. 2017. Photo credit: Yahya Arhab / EPA-EFE

Yemen’s Descent into Hell: A Saudi-American War of Terror

Rajan Menon September 24, 2018 Rajan Menon

It’s the war from hell, one that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, along with seven other Middle Eastern and North African states, have been waging in Yemen since March 2015, with fulsome support from the Pentagon and American weapons galore. It has produced dead children in the dozens, a never-ending air campaign that pays scant heed to civilians, famine, cholera, you name it.