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Zunes: Democrats Share the Blame for Tragedy of Iraq War
Znet Article, March, 20 2013
Stephen Zunes
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Here on the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War, it is important to remember that it was not just those in the Bush White House who were responsible for the tragedy
Zunes: The Mali Blowback: More to Come?
Znet Article, February, 03 2013
Stephen Zunes
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It was Western intervention—also ostensibly on humanitarian grounds—that was largely responsible for the Malian crisis in the first place
Zunes: Abetting Murder in Gaza
Znet Article, November, 27 2012
Stephen Zunes
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Those of us who supported Obama's re-election have a special obligation to challenge his unconscionable support for Israel's attacks against civilian population centers in the Gaza Strip
Zunes: Divesting from All Occupations
Znet Article, August, 07 2012
Stephen Zunes
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One target of the campaign has been the Caterpillar company, which has provided Israeli occupation forces with bulldozers
Zunes: Congress Pushes for War with Iran
Znet Article, June, 14 2012
Stephen Zunes
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Congress has essentially told the president that nothing short of war or the threat of war is an acceptable policy
Zunes: Unarmed Resistance Still Syria's Best Hope
Znet Article, February, 01 2012
Stephen Zunes
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The best hope for Syria is continued protests, strikes and other forms of nonviolent resistance
Zunes: Iraq: Remembering Those Responsible
Znet Article, January, 03 2012
Stephen Zunes
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To claim that invading Iraq was to support democracy, then, was as big a lie as the claim that Iraq still had "weapons of mass destruction"
Zunes: Arab Revolutions and the Power of Nonviolent Action
Znet Article, December, 07 2011
Stephen Zunes
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There is a long history of nonviolent resistance in the Middle East
Zunes: Lessons and False Lessons From Libya
Znet Article, September, 01 2011
Stephen Zunes
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Engaging in an armed struggle against took on Qaddafi where he was strongest rather than taking greater advantage of where he was weakest - his lack of popular support
Zunes: Iranian Detention of US Activist, Journalist Nears Two-Year Mark
Znet Article, August, 10 2011
Stephen Zunes
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While the military threat posed by Iran is often greatly exaggerated, the repressive nature of the regime is not
Zunes: Obama's Mideast Speech: Two Steps Back, One Step Forward
Znet Article, May, 22 2011
Stephen Zunes
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Obama failed to consistently assert principled U.S. support for human rights, democracy, or international law
Zunes: Arming the Saudis
Znet Article, October, 04 2010
Stephen Zunes
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The Pentagon has announced a $60 billion arms package to the repressive family dictatorship in Saudi Arabia, the largest arms sale of its kind in history. Rejecting the broad consensus of arms control advocates that the Middle East is too militari...
S.: The Other Oil Spill
Znet Article, September, 08 2010
Zunes, S.
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When the victims of a massive oil spill are not the predominantly white residents along the northern shores of the Gulf of Mexico, but instead are Arabs living in the eastern Mediterranean, the reaction from Congress and environmentalists is very ...
Zunes: The Iranian Uprising is Home Grown, and Must Stay That Way
Znet Article, June, 19 2009
Stephen Zunes
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The growing nonviolent insurrection in Iran against the efforts by the ruling clerics to return the ultra-conservative and increasingly autocratic incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinjead to power is growing. Whatever the outcome, it represents an...
Zunes: Has the Election Been Stolen in Iran?
Znet Article, June, 15 2009
Stephen Zunes
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If it is true that Ahmadinejad's victory is fraudulent, it'll be a dream come true for those pushing a more confrontational approach with Iran.
Zunes: Obama and Israel's Military: Still Arm-in-Arm
Znet Article, March, 06 2009
Stephen Zunes
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In the wake of Israel's massive assault on heavily populated civilian areas of the Gaza Strip earlier this year, Amnesty International called for the United States to suspend military aid to Israel on human rights grounds. Amnesty has also called ...
Zunes: The U.S. and Afghan Tragedy
Znet Article, February, 20 2009
Stephen Zunes
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One of the first difficult foreign policy decisions of the Obama administration will be what the United States should do about Afghanistan. Escalating the war, as National Security Advisor Jim Jones has been encouraging, will likely make matters w...
Zunes: Obama's Caterpillar Visit a Thumb in the Eye for Human Rights Activists
Znet Article, February, 15 2009
Stephen Zunes
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Over the objections of church groups, peace organizations and human rights activists, President Barack Obama decided to return to Illinois to visit the headquarters of the Caterpillar company, which for years has violated international law, U.S. l...
Zunes: America's Hidden Role in Hamas's Rise to Power
Znet Article, January, 04 2009
Stephen Zunes
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No one in the mainstream media or government is willing to acknowledge America's sordid role interfering in Palestinian politics.
Zunes: Khalidi: The Republicans' Latest Smear Against Obama
Znet Article, November, 01 2008
Stephen Zunes
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The smear campaign by John McCain, Sarah Palin and their supporters reached a new low this past week with their attacks on Democratic nominee Barack Obama for his former ties with Palestinian American scholar Rashid Khalidi. This is just one of a ...
