Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 21, 2008. Talks with Iran about its nuclear program fail. Which isn't a surprise, given that the U.S. "senior diplomatic official" didn't speak.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. July 15, 2008. With the world suspicious of American motives in world crises, U.S. policy toward Sudan and Zimbabwe is raising hackles.
Peter Navarro, Asia Times. July 15, 2008. It's tough to tout "green games" when cancers related to water pollution are among the leading causes of death in China's countryside.
Terrence McNally, AlterNet. June 18, 2008. Author Nina Hachigian shows that some of the biggest threats to our security don't come from rival nations. They come from us.
Robert Cassidy, Foreign Policy in Focus. June 10, 2008. The next administration needs to address the disparities that keep us from delivering the results that Main Street was promised and deserves.
Andrew Lam, New America Media. May 28, 2008. The Chinese government hoped the Olympics would unify China. But instead, the devastating earthquake has brought the country together.
Attaturk, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. May 21, 2008. Detainees were kept awake for long periods, deprived of food and forced to endure cold, just prior to questioning by Chinese interrogators.
J. Carl Ganter, Huffington Post. May 20, 2008. Will water be a source of conflict or resolution? A leading thinker discusses how this is playing out in Africa and Asia.
Andrew Lam, New American Media. May 17, 2008. Many wealthy Asian countries are more concerned with appeasing Myanmar's junta than helping victims of the cyclone.
Bill Weinberg, AlterNet. May 14, 2008. Indigenous people around the world see in the struggle for Tibet their own struggles for recovery of land and autonomy. We must not remain silent.
Michael E. Campana, WaterWired AlterNet: Water. May 12, 2008. There's a lot of history and politics behind China's occupation of Tibet, and now you can add water to the list of conflict sources.
Otto Spengler, Asia Times. April 24, 2008. China is exchanging its depreciating reserves of the greenback for things of value, notably rice, with deadly consequences for U.S. foreign policy.
Josh Schrei, AlterNet. April 10, 2008. Police roamed the streets, first amendment rights were ignored. Were San Francisco officials taking notes from the People's Republic of China?
David Wallechinsky, Huffington Post. April 9, 2008. Do protest the policies of the Chinese Communist Party. Don't act in a way that feeds into Chinese government propaganda.
Clifford Coonan, Independent UK. April 4, 2008. Jailed for "inciting to subvert state power," Hu Jia is likely to become the poster-boy for critics of the Olympics.
Lobsang Chodron, AlterNet. April 1, 2008. The Olympic torch was lit on March 24. May we ensure that it is a time we do not let the light go out on the Tibetans. Also: How you can help.
Terry J. Allen, In These Times. March 29, 2008. Our federal agencies have been crippled by conflicts of interest, cronyism, poor leadership, and dispirited staffs.
