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A Response to “Principles of Solidarity. A Statement”

Human dignity for all

November 22, 2023 • by Public Seminar

Solidarity means that the principle of human dignity must apply to all people. This requires us to recognize and address the suffering of all those affected by an armed conflict....

How Does the United States Make Religious Peace in Afghanistan?

Europeans learned to manage their religious differences, but it required political action

April 28, 2021 • by Wayne Te Brake

_____ Nearly twenty years ago, on October 7, 2001, the United States, supported by a broad international coalition, started what the Bush administration called a War on Terrorism. It began with an aerial attack on Afghanistan, whose radical Islamist Taliban government had harbored those responsible for the devastating 9/11 attacks. Two ...

An Empire of Sanctions

A syllabus from the Historians for Peace and Democracy

March 12, 2021 • by Renate Bridenthal, Molly Nolan and Prasannan Parthasarathi

Sanctions are now the preferred economic weapon that the United States uses to pressure, discipline and coerce enemies and even allies. Sanctions restrict targeted states from importing, exporting and receiving investments; they prohibit US corporations and banks from dealing with those countries, and they limit the economic activities of individuals in ...