Sovereignty

Angst Over Extinction

Arthur Goldwag | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: John Birch Society, Ronald Reagan, Middle East, Sexism, Racism, Sovereignty, Prejudice, Republicans, Hatred, Partisanship, Politics News
Arthur Goldwag

Totalizing, programmatic hatreds are what Freud would have called thanatopsic obssessions -- they are driven by a fear of one's own extinction.

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Indigenous, Queer, and Organizing

Coya White Hat-Artichoker | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Sovereignty, Organizing, Queer, Indigenous Rights, Indigenous, Gay Voices News
Coya White Hat-Artichoker

I have the honor of working with the First Nations Two Spirit Collective.  We are a group of activists who identify as indigenous and are doing work in the queer community to create space for First Nations people.

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Russian Democracy Has a Pulse, Now It Needs a Heart

Harris Silver | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Pravda, Citizenship, Italy, International Treaty, U.S. Consulate, Democracy, Sovereignty, Facebook, State Department, Arab Spring, La Repubblica, Elke Mellersh, Child Abduction, Russia, Russian Democracy, Domestic Violence, Hague International Convention Against Child Abduction, Russian Law, World News
Harris Silver

I think this case redefines how we can think about the bigger ideas of citizenship and sovereignty and is a window into the state of democracy in Russia. Let's talk about citizenship first.

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Hanukkah's History: Challenging But Full Of Meaning

Joshua Stanton | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Macabees, Sovereignty, Historical-Narratives, Latkes, Chanukah, Freedom, Hanukkah, Hanukkah Reflection, Judaism and Israel, Hanukkah Story, History of Hanukkah, Meaning of Hanukkah, Jewish History, Judaism, Religion News
Joshua Stanton

Perhaps it is because of an awkward duality in our historical narratives that we often retreat to the broader themes and rituals of Hanukkah rather than the complexities of its underlying history.

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Who is "We"?

Paula Gordon | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Coupd'etat, Natural Person, Tom Udall, Constitutional Amendment, Robert a.G. Monks, Concurrent Resolution, Personhood, Sovereignty, Corporate Personhood, Citizens United, Corpocracy, Bobs Monks, Politics News
Paula Gordon

There are two major conditions affecting America today, conditions from which flow much else which troubles the nation. First, large, multi-national...

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US Withdrawal From Iraq: Good for America, or Good for Iran?

Haggai Carmon | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Syria, Iraq Kurds, u.s. Withdrawal Iraq, President Obama, Sunnis, Turkey Kurds, Sovereignty, Obama, Independence, Biden, Kurds Iran, u.s. Withdrawal From Iraq, Shiites, Saudi Arabia, Turkish Kurds, Uranium, Irbilrebels, World News
Haggai Carmon

The Iranians are motivated to tear Iraq up not only because of the Iraqi oil; in the Middle East, injury to honor is never forgotten and must be avenged.

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Intifada Beyond Palestine

Ismael Hossein-zadeh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Self-Determination, Intifada, Hosni Mubarak, Sovereignty, Neocolonialism, Camp David, Tahrir Square, Politics News
Ismael Hossein-zadeh

To sum up, the long pent-up grievances of the Arab/Muslim world are exploding not just in the faces of local dictators such as Mubarak of Egypt but, perhaps more importantly, against their neocolonial/imperial patrons abroad.

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Our Forgotten "Presidents"

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Washington, State, Cyrus Griffin, Sovereignty, Obama, Fillmore, Thomas Mckean, Henry Laurens, Declaration of Independence, United States of America, Revolutionary War, First Continental Congress, Second Continental Congress, Revolution, Taxes, Lincoln, Thomas Mifflin, States, President of Congress, Continental Congress, John Jay, Arthur St Clair, Executive, Elias Boudinot, Congress, Daniel Carroll, David Ramsay, Presidents, Henry Middleton, Richard Henry Lee, Presidents Day, Samuel Huntington, Peyton Randolph, Constitution, Chris Weigant, Congress of the Confederacy, Chief Justice, John Hanson, Articles of Confederation, Buchanan, John Hancock, Nathaniel Gorham, Politics News
Chris Weigant

In between the Declaration of Independence and George Washington's inauguration, there were 16 (or perhaps 13, or maybe just eight) men who were called "president".

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Karzai Blasts Opium Drug Raid As Violation Of Afghan Sovereignty

LA Times | Laura King, Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghan War, Russia, Military, Afghanistan, Poppy, Drug Raid, Kabul, Sovereignty, Drugs, US, Hamid Karzai, Opium, World News

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday denounced a large-scale drug raid in which U.S. forces and Russian drug agents took part, calling it a viola...

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You Say You Want a Constitution?

Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Constitutional Convention, Constitution, Social Experiments, Iceland, Single Transferable Vote, Johanna Sigurdardottir, Pots and Pans Revolution, Proportional Representation, Sovereignty, Banking Crisis, Financial Collapse, World News
Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir

The Beatles' song "Revolution" has been in my mind all day. That's because this morning I woke up as a newly elected representative to the country's new constitutional assembly.

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Finding Meaning in the Egyptian Elections

Amr Hamzawy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arab World, Election Monitoring, North Africa, Egypt, Politics, Sovereignty, World News
Amr Hamzawy

Will this year's elections be freer, fairer, more transparent, and more participatory than the 2005 elections? Indications right now suggest they will not.

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US-Pakistan Negotiations Leave Out Pakistani People

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isi, Let, Negotiations, Anti-War, Gillani, Terrorism, Pakistan, Military Dictatorship, Sovereignty, Nwfp, Civilian Deaths, Withdrawal, Kayani, Secretary Clinton, Civilian Government, Rethink Afghanistan, Strategic Dialogue, Lashkar-E-Taiba, Pashtun, Water Crisis, Afghanistan, Fata, Zardari, Weapon Sales, Pakhtunkhwa, World News
Josh Mull

The whole Strategic Dialogue is a farce. We're not accomplishing any of our national security goals in the AfPak region, we're actually making our problems worse!

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State Rights Pushed By State Legislatures Amid Health Care Overhaul

New York Times | KIRK JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Amendment, Congress, Tenth Amendment Center, Sovereignty, Wyoming, State Rights, Utah, Tea Party Movement, Alabama, Washington State, Tenth Amendment, White House, Barack Obama, Tennessee, Von Mises, Health Care Reform, Oklahoma, Constitution, Ludwig Von Mises, Tea Party, Health Care, South Dakota, Rights of States, Politics News

Whether it's a correctly called a movement, a backlash or political theater, state declarations of their rights -- or in some cases denunciations of f...

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Rebuilding Haiti, with A Rwandan Twist

Salena Tramel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Rwanda, Grassroots-International, Decentralization, Human Rights, Haiti Earthquake, Emergency Relief, Haitian Platform to Advocate Alternative Development, Haiti, Rethinking Aid, Sovereignty, Development, World News, World News
Salena Tramel

Haiti's development plan shouldn't be identical to that of Rwanda, but what the two countries do have in common are local solutions to unthinkable problems.

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A War Tax: A Strategic, Fiscal and Political Imperative

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vietnam, National Debt, John Kerry, Pakistan, Sovereignty, Iraq War, Afghanistan, General Shinseki, War Tax, "War Tax", Politics News
Paul Abrams

Without a draft, and without a war tax, 99.9% of Americans do not have to sacrifice at all to continue the war. It is too easy for war to become, for 99.9% of us, more like a video game played out on television.

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Thanksgiving(?) Again

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lincoln, Belief Systems, Enlightenment, Freedom, Thanksgiving, Canada, Democracy, Sovereignty, Judeo-Christian, Gettysburg Address, Politics News
Paula Gordon

I was attacked for an earlier post as un-American for acknowledging Canada's Thanksgiving celebration and for not celebrating America's. Rest assured! I fully intend to celebrate next month as well.

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Happy Thanksgiving(?)

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Enlightenment Nation, Constitution, Enlightenment, Thanksgiving, Canada, Sovereignty, Self-Government, God, World News
Paula Gordon

This and every second Monday of October, an entire First World nation takes the day off to cherish all that is best. Today is Thanksgiving Day. In Canada.

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Why The ICC Should Speak Out on Iran

Christopher Santora | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Shirin Ebadi, The Hague, East Timor, Former Yugoslavia, Iran, Sovereignty, Desmond Tutu, Sierra Leone, Human Rights Law, Universal Human Rights, Kim Dae-Jung, Iran Protests, Human Rights, Basij, Cambodia, Icc, International Criminal Court, Rwanda, World News
Christopher Santora

Of the many criticisms levied against the international community's efforts to promote accountability, perhaps the most pervasive critique is a rather simple one -- the lack of consistency.

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Balancing the Equation: AfPak Security at the Expense of Governmental Stability

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Baluchistan-Province, Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, Pakistan, David Petraeus, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, President Obama, Asif Ali Zardari, Iraq, Sovereignty, Taliban, Fata, Al Qaeda, Police State, Cia, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, 60 Minutes, Milton Bearden, Nato, Afpak, World News
Vikrum Aiyer

Two tactics that Administration officials are entertaining in the region strongly beg the question as to whether Obama is placing a premium on security, at the expense of government stability.

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War Is Over (If Maliki Wants It)

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: October Surprise, Timetable, United Nations, Sovereignty, Iraq, Campaign, War Is Over if You Want It, Withdrawal, Bush, Iran, 2008, Sofa, Bridge Agreement, War Is Over, 2008 Campaign, Un, Status of Forces Agreement, Prime Minister, John McCain, Time Horizon, Yoko Ono, War, 2008 Elections, Democracy, 08, 2008 Election, Agreement, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, John Lennon, 08 Campaign, Sovereign, Bridge, Sadr, 2008 Presidential Race, Bilateral, Purple Finger, Nouri Al Maliki, Aspirational Goal, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Without a microscopic examination of the seething cauldron of Iraqi partisan politics, it's safe to say that Maliki knows which way the wind is blowing. The Iraqi people want to know -- "when is the U.S. leaving?"

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King George and the U.S. of A(T&T)

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Monarchists, Magna Carta, Fisa, Sovereignty, Congress, Unitary Executive, Federalists, High-Federalists, Politics News
Paula Gordon

Granting immunity to telephone companies illegally spying on Americans is far worse than business-as-usual, which is that corporations win.

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Should We Leave? Ask the Iraqis!

Nancy Kanwisher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Purple Thumb, Exit Strategy, Iraq Democracy, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Sovereignty, Iraq, Voting, Politics News
Nancy Kanwisher

Although opinion polls now show that most Americans feel the U.S. made a mistake sending troops to Iraq, there's no agreement on what exactly to do ab...

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