Fed -up with the imperial adventures of their own western capitalist governments, some radicals wrongly side with foreign dictators in the name of anti-imperialism. The book under review aims to move beyond a disabling “the West and the rest” binary.
Whether it’s Cuba or Venezuela or Iran, history shows that sanctions alone have never forced a change in policy by an adversary. Iranians and Americans alike deserve diplomacy, not war — and that includes war by economic means.
The population in Iran is very pro- American. They make a clear distinction between the American people and the American government.
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“As the world’s only superpower, [the United States] must accept its special responsibilities for preserving access to [the] worldwide energy supply.” You can’t get much more explicit than that.
A range of U.S. policies have been deliberately designed to provoke an Iranian response.
For too long, Democrats have accepted the national-security establishment consensus. Voters are desperate for a different kind of foreign policy
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Sanctions, the information war, and the American sabotage
We must demand Congress prevent the Trump Administration from going to war with Iran. To that end, United for Peace & Justice has partnered with Veterans For Peace, a UFPJ member group.
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