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Nearly 20 years ago, a querulous Madeleine Albright demanded to know: “What’s the point of having this superb military you’re always talking about if we can’t use it?” Today, an altogether different question deserves our attention: What’s the point of constantly using our superb military if doing so (...)

It’s a big win for Internet-based, indie media that WikiLeaks.org posted its "Afghan War Diary," based on 90,000 leaked US military records detailing a failing war in which US and allied forces have repeatedly killed innocent civilians. This on-the-ground material is vaster than the Daniel (...)

As success in Afghanistan becomes more uncertain, Conn Hallinan argues that the problem is not Afghanistan, but the entire concept of counterinsurgency. Read more

Hindus are docile, peace-loving, non-violent people. India is a land of unity in diversity. This is, after all, the country that produced Mahatma Gandhi. Terrorists are always Muslims. What of the so-called Maoist terrorists? Oh, they are tribals and their leaders are communists. They are not (...)

Ce texte, publié originellement en anglais par The Daily Beast, a été traduit par Anne Le Meur, traductrice bénévole pour rinoceros.
« Nous avons gagné ! » : c’est ce qu’a pu croire un soldat en voyant la dernière brigade de combat quitter l’Irak fin août 2010. Mais pas un seul général américain, même (...)

Os fuzileiros estão enfrentando um problema que sempre espreitou os conquistadores, e que é muito familiar para os Estados Unidos, desde o Vietnã. Em 1969, Douglas Pike, o mais importante acadêmico governamental nos assuntos do Vietnã lamentou que o inimigo – a Frente de Libertação Nacional (FLN) – (...)

Ce texte, publié originellement en espagnol par Alai, a été traduit par Adeline Franzetti, traductrice bénévole pour rinoceros.
La militarisation croissante de la politique des Etats-Unis envers la région est loin de n’être qu’un mauvais moment destiné à passer : c’est la conséquence de l’usure des (...)

Ce texte, publié originellement en anglais par Common Dreams, a été traduit par Lucille Groult, traductrice bénévole pour rinoceros.
En 2003, plusieurs semaines avant le début de la guerre d’Irak, j’ai écrit un article sur le conflit imminent, dans lequel je mettais en garde contre les conséquences (...)

In 2003, several weeks before the start of the Iraq war, I wrote an article on the impending war in which I warned against the terrible humanitarian consequences that a war against that country would unleash. I never imagined that they would be much worse than the nightmarish scenario that I (...)

Since 2001, Tom Englehardt has written regular reports for his popular site TomDispatch that have provided badly needed insight into US militarism and its effects, both at home and abroad. When others were celebrating the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, he warned of the enormous dangers of (...)

Neste artigo, o ativista Luis Araújo discute a relação direta entre conservação da memória e do patrimônio material e imaterial da nação angolana e seus desmembramentos no governo do atual presidente Eduardo dos Santos, assim como relembra ao leitor o papel fundamental que o Mercado Kinaxixe teve na (...)

The Western Sahara conflict, notes analyst Yahia Zoubir, is now in the 35th year, with no sign of resolution. While the United Nations is ostensibly responsible for its resolution, France and the United States provide implicit support for Moroccan occupation of the territory, failing to support (...)

La desconfianza con que miran a Chile algunos países del vecindario, parece justificada a la luz del último informe anual sobre el gasto militar en América Latina del Instituto Internacional de Estudios para la Paz (Sipri), de Estocolmo. En su informe sobre el año 2009, señala que Chile se ubica en (...)

El ex ministro de Defensa de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, fue electo presidente con el voto de apenas 30 por ciento del padrón electoral, mientras la abstención superó el 55 por ciento en este país sudamericano que vive en guerra interna desde 1964.
Aún así, Santos obtuvo 69,06 por ciento de los (...)

Le président Lula du Brésil termine ses deux mandats constitutionnels en appuyant ou en prenant des initiatives qui ébranlent les systèmes de domination politique, financier et stratégique articulés autour des puissances occidentales. Avec ces actes importants, Fodé Roland Diagne note que « Lula (...)

En 2006, à l’initiative de l’organisation féministe Women for Women International, Alice Walker se rend au Rwanda et au Congo pour rencontrer les rescapées du génocide rwandais. En 2009, le groupe pacifiste Code Pink l’invite à entreprendre un nouveau voyage en Palestine et en Israël. Dans ces régions (...)

The political topography of Sri Lanka has changed beyond recognition since the military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the death of its leader, Velupillai Prabakaran, in May last year. Contrary to the apprehensions in several quarters, there are no apparent signs of a (...)

Zimbabwe is currently the subject of sanctions designed to pressure Robert Mugabe and his colleagues to cease human rights abuses and remove other barriers to democratization in the country. Yet despite some recent positive developments — such as the appointment of independent commissions on (...)

Even if India and Pakistan appear willing to allow more interaction across the Line of Control (LOC) that separates the parts of Kashmir they administer, any Kashmir-based dialogue will fail if they do not put its inhabitants first.
“Steps Towards Peace: Putting Kashmiris First”, the latest (...)

The fact that the Israel-Palestine conflict grinds on without resolution might appear to be rather strange. For many of the world’s conflicts, it is difficult even to conjure up a feasible settlement. In this case, it is not only possible, but there is near universal agreement on its basic (...)