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Memoir of a soldier of conscience
treatment were squashed, however, as was Mejia's hope to put the morality of the war on trial as well. ... Mejia's decision to quit the war. Mejia's case resolved to whether he got on a plane on a certain ... against war, speaking out, with the authority of experience, against the hard men and women, the brutal ...
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United States: People-driven change
people who hated what the administration stood for — the "war on terror", contempt for the poor ... movement, the fight for women's suffrage and the struggle for unions. Their strength rested on the ... reverent tone among this huge audience was at odds with the fake pomp on the Capitol steps itself ...
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Hamas and Palestine's right to exist
al-Qaeda (or, alternatively, Iranian) led movement to violently impose Islamic law on the world, and ... leadership has become the justification for war crimes. The entire infrastructure of Gaza — hospitals, ... carried out in crowded places using missiles fired from war-planes or predator drones that maximises the ...
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Palestine — strengthening the movement
Aaron Benedek Fred Fuentes Along with the sheer brutality and horror inflicted on Palestinians, ... atrocities, demanding that it cut ties with Israel. On December 27, acting prime minister, Julia Gillard, ... defended Israel's military onslaught, blaming it on Hamas "aggression". A week later, with ...
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Water and the thirst for profit
Sue Reilly Wars are fought over access to scarce resources. The 20th century was dominated by wars ... increasingly likely to be a source of conflict. Her prediction is based on big business moves to capture ... wonder then that Goldman Sachs has urged investors to focus on the high technology end of the US$435 ...