Citizens International

May 6, 2012

Imperialism and Violence in Colombia

by James Petras posted June 5, 2012 by Information Clearing House   Invited paper to be presented at the national conference on “Multinationals, Violence, Trade Union Freedom and Democracy in Colombia” organized by the SINALTRAINAL International Trade Union on its 30th anniversary, July 26, 2012 at Autonomous University of Colombia in Bogota, Colombia. June 05, […]

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CI Workshop: “Stop the War and End the Sanctions on Iran”

Kuala Lumpur, 4th April 2012: A coalition of civil society organisations and concerned individuals strongly condemned the United States and Israel for threatening to attack Iran.  In a statement issued after the workshop on the theme “Stop the War and End the Sanctions on Iran”, the coalition also deplored the crippling sanctions imposed by the

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Key Reasons against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

posted January 21, 2012 by CASMII Introduction The current US stand-off against Iran, like the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, was instigated by the neoconservatives of the Bush Administration based on their doctrine of “maintaining US pre-eminence, thwarting rival powers and shaping the global security system according to US interests” [1]. In

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Body Counts: The Human Cost of the “War on Terror”

by Reza Pirbhai posted June 8, 2012 by Counterpunch In the early days of the ‘War on Terror,’ US General Tommy Franks declared, “We don’t do body counts.”  He was referring, of course, to the dead of Afghanistan. That the names of 9/11 victims have been appropriately written in stone, only makes it doubly striking

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Going Rogue: America’s Unconventional Warfare in the Mideast

by Sharmine Narwani posted May 25, 2012 by Al-Akhbar English  The intent of U.S. [Unconventional Warfare] UW efforts is to exploit a hostile power’s political, military, economic, and psychological vulnerabilities by developing and sustaining resistance forces to accomplish U.S. strategic objectives…For the foreseeable future, U.S. forces will predominantly engage in irregular warfare (IW) operations. So

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