Cool Video: History of the US in Iran |
Hands on buzzers, for 500 points: this democratic leader was overthrown in 1953 by a US-organized coup in retaliation for nationalizing oil resources previously controlled by the British. Who is Prime...
Posted by Just Foreign Policy on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:43:00 PST |
Today: Global Day of Action Against Cluster Bombs |
Robert NaimanThe International Campaign to Ban Landmines has declared today to be a Global Day of Action Against Cluster Bombs. In the last several months, the international movement to ban clus...
Posted by Just Foreign Policy on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:04:00 PST |
Deescalate with Iran: Free the Irbil Five |
Robert NaimanHere's a very modest step the United States could take to deescalate tension with Iran and avoid war: free five Iranian officials that the U.S. arrested in Iraq and has been detaining for...
Posted by Just Foreign Policy on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:38:00 PST |
Exploiting Peru’s Rainforest and Workers Without Restriction? |
Some Democratic leaders are threatening to try to pass a trade agreement with Peru that would give U.S. oil companies powerful new rights to exploit Peru's Amazonian rainforest. It would also give Cit...
Posted by Just Foreign Policy on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:50:00 PST |
Haiti Democracy Activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine Kidnapped |
Robert NaimanOur government often claims to be promoting democracy abroad, although the policies implemented are often counterproductive to that end. In Iraq, the U.S. invasion and occupation has crea...
Posted by Just Foreign Policy on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:47:00 PST |
SCHIP for Africa: Drop the Debt for Kids’ Health |
Robert NaimanOn Tuesday, MoveOn and other supporters of children's health will be rallying around the country in support of a Congressional override of the President's veto of the SCHIP reauthorizatio...
Posted by Just Foreign Policy on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:13:00 PST |
Rally against the war October 27 |
A clear majority of Americans want decisive steps to end the Iraq war now, not years from now as the Pentagon is planning. Unfortunately, majority opinion has not yet compelled Congress to take effect...
Posted by Just Foreign Policy on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:17:00 PST |
Is the U.S. Responsible for a Million Iraqi Deaths? |
Patrick McElwee and Robert Naiman In October 2006 researchers from Johns Hopkins University published a peer-reviewed article in The Lancet, one of Europe's most important and respected medical ...
Posted by Just Foreign Policy on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:02:00 PST |
What If Iraqs Parliament Had to Vote to Affirm the Presence of U.S. Troops? |
Robert Naiman One of the most striking things about the Iraq debate is how little the opinions of Iraqis appear to matter concerning the continuing occupation of their country by U.S. troops, gi...
Posted by Just Foreign Policy on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:58:00 PST |
Congress Never Passed a Benchmark to Privatize Iraq’s Oil |
Robert Naiman If you formed your impressions solely from mainstream media coverage in the United States, it is quite likely you would have the following understanding of the draft "oil law" bein...
Posted by Just Foreign Policy on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:37:00 PST |
