Cluster Bombs

Stigmatizing War

Robert Koehler | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cluster Bombs, War, Cluster Bomb Treaty, Cluster Munitions, Dublin Cluster Bomb Ban, Diplomacy, Rules of Engagement, Politics News
Robert Koehler

The moral center of humanity slowly asserts itself. Only the most powerful are too afraid to join. You may have missed the news: At the end of May, 1...

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Bombs Away?

Steven Solomon and David Kaye | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dublin, Cluster Bomb Treaty, Cluster Bombs, Nato, European Union, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Steven Solomon and David Kaye

A variety of pressures compelled the NATO powers in Dublin to support a ban in principle while preserving American flexibility to use cluster munitions in joint operations with allies that might join the treaty.

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Yucca Mountain, Iraq War, General Electric, Cluster Bombs, Marines, Nasa, Clean Coal, Peak Oil, Greenwashing, Evangelical Christianity, Bush Climate Change, Ptsd, Global Warming, Afghanistan War, Media News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

General Electric remains skeptical about the role of C02 in driving climate change, a NASA report confirms political censorship of climate data, and the VA Secretary says concerns about PTSD 'overblown.'

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Eat Your Heart Out Gandhi

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: India, Cluster Bombs, Defense, Israel, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

In refusing to sign a treaty to ban cluster bombs, our focus and that of the other munitions' manufacturers was not on how deleterious cluster bombs are, but on their monetary value.

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The United States of Cluster Bombs

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Southern Lebanon, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Pakistan, Treaty, Banning, United States, International Committe of the Red Cross, China, Cluster Bombs, Cluster Munitions, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Israel, India, Dublin, Prime Minster Gordon Brown, Politics News
Steven Crandell

The treaty banning cluster munitions would not be seen as undermining "military utility" but instead as a prudent step to stop avoidable civilian deaths and injuries.

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Seven Ways to Change the World

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Brown, British Politics, Simon Mayo, Cluster Bombs, World Vision, Jim Wallis, Seven Ways to Change the World, Politics News
Jim Wallis

I am still convinced that Britain's leadership on issues of global poverty, climate change, human rights, and a better path to security could significantly influence U.S. policies.

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Clinton, Obama, and Cluster Bombs

David Rees | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mine Ban Treaty, Cluster Bombs, Land Mines, Get Your War On, Politics News
David Rees

I'm not a single-issue voter. But as Obama and Clinton share many policy positions, a vote in 2006 was revelatory for me.

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Today: Global Day of Action Against Cluster Bombs

Robert Naiman | Posted 11.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Cluster Bombs, Landmines, Senate, Politics News
Robert Naiman

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines has declared today to be a Global Day of Action Against Cluster Bombs. In the last several months, the in...

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