Category: Peace and War
Video: Oxford Union Debate Against Military Intervention to Promote Democracy
This House Would Fight for Democracy, Liberty & the Rule of Law Abroad, April 8, 2023 [11 mins., Prof. Stephen Zunes’ impassioned argument against John Bolton.]
Israel’s Orwellian Strategy in Lebanon
The Progressive October 2, 2024 … the Biden Administration is largely backing Israel’s Orwellian strategy in Lebanon: “escalate to de-escalate.” The upsurge in violence followed the controlled explosions detonated by Israel of pagers and walkie-talkies… killed dozens of people—including children…
Is the UN Ready for a Second Trump Presidency?
Inter Press Service August 29, 2024:This article, which examines the dangers to the United Nations system should Trump return to office, quotes Dr. Zunes:Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Director of International Studies at the University of San Francisco, who…
Interview: As Israel Refuses to End Genocide in Gaza, Threat of War With Hezbollah Looms
Truthout July 2, 2024: By Daniel Falcone, with Stephen Zunes and Lawrence Davidson. Also summarized by HeadTopics.com. For the past eight months, Hezbollah has attacked the northern portion of Israel in an attempt to pull the Israeli army out from…
Don’t Believe the Rampant Disinformation over Israel’s Escalation in Lebanon
Truthout August 2, 2024: The US is misrepresenting the strike on Majdal Shams and even the geography and political status of where it took place. Israel has been trading strikes with Hezbollah, the Lebanese political party and armed group, ever…
A Move to Out-Maneuver the US Veto to admit the State of Palestine as a UN member
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 21, 2024 (IPS) Inter Press Service, by Thalif Deen, quoting Dr. Stephen Zunes: “It has been U.S. policy since 1990 to withdraw funding from any United Nations agency which grants Palestine member status…’” [source]
Gaza War Webinar: Escalating Famine and Genocide. Arab Organization for Human Rights-UK
Dr. Zunes speaks for the first seven minutes on U.S. policy then briefly again at the 1:11:30 mark [source]
Interviews: Middle East,
KPFA Oct. 2023-July 2024
Twelve more interviews on KPFA Evening News aired Sundays on KPFA-FM and Pacifica Radio Network affiliated stations October 7, 2023 through July 2024
The Chilling Effect of Equating Criticism of Israel to Antisemitism
The Progressive May 17, 2024: Broadening the federal definition of antisemitism is a disingenuous attempt to quash dissent…
The New Assault on Academic Freedom: Professors across the country are being targeted by the right in order to score political points.
The Progressive May 15, 2024: During the wave of campus protests opposing the U.S.-backed war on Gaza and calling for divestment from Israel, students weren’t the only ones facing arrest…
Interview: Suppression of Gaza War campus protests, outside agitators charge
“Flashpoints” on KPFA-FM and affiliated stations (20-minute interview begins at the 13:15 mark): Dr. Zunes contrasts blatant censorship and violent police suppression of Gaza War campus protests with anti-apartheid protests of the 1980s.
The Crackdown on Campus Protests is a Bipartisan Strategy to Repress Pro-Palestine Speech
The Progressive, May 1, 2024: Unlike apartheid-era South Africa, many universities aren’t even recognizing Israel’s human rights abuses. A wave of sit-ins and encampments have swept college and university campuses… led—as in past anti-war campus protests in 1968—by Columbia University.…
Antiwar/Solidarity Activism on Gaza: New Generation, New Challenges
Project on Middle East Political Science April 2024. [source]
TV Interviews: Police Attack and Clear Student Anti-War, Pro-Divestment Camp at UCLA
Al Jazeera English Television, May 2, 2024 Anti-war, pro-divestment demonstrations on many campuses Police attacks on student protesters at UCLA
Interviews: US Israel/Palestine policy, Santita Jackson Show
Four interviews on US Israel/Palestine policy on the US nationally-syndicated Santita Jackson Show (Minn.): June 12, 2024 (Zunes begins at 31 mins.), April 29, April 29, and April 15. Watch all four below.
Profile of Dr. Stephen Zunes in Swedish Press
Gothenberg University Magazine May 2024 (Sweden; in English): Profile on Dr. Zunes’ visiting research fellowship at University of Gothenburg, pages 20-21
Biden Claims to Support a Two-State Solution but his Policies Say Otherwise
Truthout April 17, 2024: Recent initiatives by the Palestinian government to revive their application for UN membership are testing the U.S. claim it supports a “two-state solution” [source]
The Lingering Effects of Iraq War Lies
The Progressive, March 27, 2023 [source]Twenty years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the country remains unstable, with one of the most corrupt and dysfunctional governments in the world…