International – Page 459

Settlements contradict the essence of peacemaking: a Palestinian view

January 4, 2008

The policy of establishing and expanding settlements may well be the only constant in Israeli practices on occupied Palestinian territory since 1967. Yet it is possible to discern several distinct phases in this policy depending on...

Tribunals examine U.S. role in Colombia

January 4, 2008 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

In Colombia, four million people have been forced from their homes and land. Poverty is rampant: almost 24 percent of Colombians earn less than two dollars a day; 65 percent, less than three dollars daily; 40...

Fear of Cuba

December 21, 2007

During the Vietnam War era, President Richard Nixon worried about his country becoming a “pitiful, helpless giant.” Now, with the world’s only superpower over-reacting to fears, that possibility seems to have resurfaced. Two recent U.S. measures...

Wheres the humanity in immigration enforcement?

December 21, 2007 By Pepe Lozano

When human beings are called “illegal” and “alien” by elected officials and law enforcement agencies and in the media, what kind of message are we spreading?

Just the tip of the iceberg

December 21, 2007

With the just completed Bali conference, the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, special reports in many newspapers and magazines, demonstrations in 50 countries on global...