Fort Meade officials plan to close the main gate of the Army base in Anne Arundel County on Saturday, and police could limit traffic on surrounding roads during a mass demonstration for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning. Officials expect hundreds to…
Thanking Bradley Manning
Manning’s disclosures have brought desperately needed light to the U.S. and to countries around the world, including struggling countries like Afghanistan. A few evenings ago, as the sky began to darken here in Kabul, Afghanistan, a small group of…
Massive Demonstration of N.Y. Gun Owners Heading Back To Albany
Another, even better-attended demonstration is planned for New York’s capital on June 11 2013, when a hoped-for crowd of 25,000 firearms owners will express their dissatisfaction with the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act. The Shooters Committee…
What sex means for world peace
Speaking at the Nobel Women’s Initiative conference, Valerie Hudson argues that best predictor of a state’s peacefulness is how well its women are treated. Little analysed in international relations theory, state security and women’s security are inextricably linked. Heather McRobie…
Kabul University spawns next generation of freedom fighters
Afghanistan’s prestigious centre of higher education continues to be institution where intellectual leaders cut their political teeth. In the rising heat of a May morning, Afghan riot police wielding batons and shields separate a cluster of students and young activists,…
Can Nonviolent Resistance Stop the Keystone Pipeline?
It Depends on How It’s Done and Who’s Doing It. I have so far chosen to follow the Keystone campaign from a safe distance. After staring into a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence in West Virginia and barely escaping, I was pretty…