The Disappointing Selection of John Edwards, a Foreign Policy Hawk admin, July 16, 2004 John Kerry’s decision to select a vice presidential running mate who shares his militaristic foreign policy agenda has once again demonstrated the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s willingness to take the party’s activist core, which overwhelmingly supports human rights and international law, for granted. Continue Reading
US Christian Right’s Grip on Middle East Policy admin, July 14, 2004 In recent years, a politicized and right-wing Protestant fundamentalist movement has emerged as a major factor in US support for the policies of the rightist Likud government in Israel. To understand this influence, it is important to recognize that the rise of the religious right as a political force in the United States is a relatively recent phenomenon that emerged as part of a calculated strategy by leading right-wingers in the Republican Party who – while not fundamentalist Christians themselves – recognized the need to enlist the support of this key segment of the US population in order to achieve political power. Continue Reading
Ronal Reagan and the Cold War: Don’t Credit Reagan for Defeating Communism admin, July 4, 2004 Loads PDF version. Continue Reading