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S.: Harry Reid's Anti-Islamic Agenda
Znet Article, September, 01 2010
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The moral bankruptcy of the Democratic Party could not be any more evident than in its continued support for Nevada Sen. Harry Reid as majority leader despite his decision to join the bigoted and Islamophobic campaign against the Park 51 Islamic C...
S.: Hikers in Iran
Znet Article, August, 13 2010
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It has now been more than a year since Iranian authorities seized three Americans — Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd, and Josh Fattal — in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan and falsely accused them of espionage on behalf of the U.S. government. No formal ...
S.: Pavlovian Congress Jumps to Israel's 'Self-' Defense
Znet Article, June, 25 2010
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In a letter to President Barack Obama date June 17, 329 out of 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives referred to Israel’s May 31 attack on a humanitarian aid flotilla in international waters, which resulted in the deaths of nine passeng...
S.: Israel's Dubious Investigation of Flotilla Attack
Znet Article, June, 24 2010
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Few decisions of the Obama administration have outraged the peace and human rights community as much as its successful efforts to block an international inquiry into May's Israeli aid flotilla attack. Instead, supported by leading Republican and D...
S.: Will the Flotilla Attack Be Our "Kent State" Moment?
Znet Article, June, 07 2010
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The offensive by the Congressional Democratic leadership against the Gaza humanitarian aid flotilla has now moved beyond just rhetorical support for the Israeli attack on the unarmed convoy. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), chair of the House Foreign Re...
S.: U.S. Support for Israel Mirrors 80s Support for El Salvador Junta
Znet Article, June, 03 2010
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It’s like the 1980s all over again. During that decade, the Reagan administration – with the support of Congress – sent billions of dollars worth of unconditional military and other support to the right wing-junta in El Salvador, just as the Obama...
S.: Israel's Latest Violation
Znet Article, June, 02 2010
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Every time Israel's right-wing government engages in yet another outrageous violation of international legal norms, it is easy to think, "No way are they going to get away with it this time!" And yet, thanks to the White House, Congress and leadin...
S.: U.S. Lawmakers Support Illegal Annexation
Znet Article, April, 05 2010
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In yet another assault on fundamental principles of international law, a bipartisan majority of the Senate has gone on record calling on the United States to endorse Morocco’s illegal annexation of Western Sahara, the former Spanish colony invaded...
S.: Obama Stumbles on Human Rights
Znet Article, March, 15 2010
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It was a relatively short response to a question in a town hall-style meeting in Florida, yet it said much about President Barack Obama’s lack of concern about human rights in his foreign policy. The question came not from a hostile Republican opp...
S.: Obama and the Denial of Genocide
Znet Article, March, 11 2010
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The Obama administration, citing its relations with Turkey, has pledged to block the passage in the full House of Representatives of a resolution passed this past Thursday by the Foreign Relations Committee acknowledging the 1915 genocide by the O...
Zunes: The Iranian Uprising is Home Grown, and Must Stay That Way
Znet Article, June, 19 2009
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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
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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: As Obama Tries to Shift the Debate, Will Democrats Continue to Endorse Israel's Colonization of the West Bank?
Znet Article, June, 11 2009
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President Barack Obama has inherited a difficult challenge in pushing Israel to end the expansion of its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. With the right-wing Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu categorically rejec...
Zunes: Obama and Israel's Military: Still Arm-in-Arm
Znet Article, March, 06 2009
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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
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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
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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
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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: The Hope of Obama
Znet Article, November, 06 2008
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Barack Obama's resounding victory has brought even this cynical observer of Democratic Party politics to dare to hope, believing that -- as a child of the Eisenhower era -- I will soon be witnessing the most progressive presidential administration...
Zunes: Khalidi: The Republicans' Latest Smear Against Obama
Znet Article, November, 01 2008
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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 ...
Zunes: Haidar's Struggle
Znet Article, October, 11 2008
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Aminatou Haidar, a nonviolent activist from Western Sahara and a key leader in her nation's struggle against the 33-year-old U.S.-backed Moroccan occupation of her country, won this year's Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award.
Zunes: The United States and Bolivia
Znet Article, September, 20 2008
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Background to recent events in Bolivia.
Zunes: U.S. Role in Georgia Crisis
Znet Article, August, 19 2008
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the self-righteous posturing coming out of Washington should be tempered by a sober recognition of the ways in which the United States has contributed to the crisis.
Zunes: African Dictatorships and Double-Standards
Znet Article, July, 07 2008
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The Bush administration has justifiably criticized the Zimbabwean regime of liberator-turned-dictator Robert Mugabe. It has joined a unanimous UN Security Council resolution condemning the campaign of violence unleashed upon pro-democracy activist...
Zunes: Why Obama Won
Znet Article, June, 07 2008
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Barack Obama has won the race for the Democratic nomination for president against Hillary Clinton on the issues. Sort of...
Zunes: Pakistan's Dictatorships and the United States
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
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In his 2005 inaugural address, President George W. Bush declared that the United States would support democratic movements around the world and work to end tyranny. Furthermore, he pledged to those struggling for freedom that the United States wou...
Zunes: Broken Peace Process
Znet Article, April, 24 2008
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There's little reason to hope for a breakthrough at the Middle East peace summit in Annapolis, unless there is a fundamental shift in U.S. policy in addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And there's little evidence to suggest such a change ...
Zunes: A Reply to Stephen Gowans' False Allegations against Stephen Zunes
Znet Article, February, 24 2008
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Stephen Gowans has written an article "Stephen Zunes and the Struggle for Overseas Profits." This is Zunes' reply.
Zunes: Kosovo and the Politics of Recognition
Znet Article, February, 21 2008
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Even among longstanding supporters of national self-determination for Kosovo, the eagerness with which the Bush administration extended diplomatic recognition immediately upon that country’s declaration of independence on February 17 has raised se...
Zunes: Nonviolent Action and Pro-Democracy Struggles
Znet Article, February, 16 2008
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The United States has done for the cause of democracy what the Soviet Union did for the cause of socialism. Not only has the Bush administration given democracy a bad name in much of the world, but its high-profile and highly suspect "democracy pr...
Zunes: Bush's Last State of the Union
Znet Article, January, 30 2008
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On January 28, President George W. Bush gave the last State of the Union address of his two-term tenure. Many of his remarks centered on foreign policy. FPIF’s Stephen Zunes annotates the president’s claims and statements.
