Stories by Phyllis Bennis
Phyllis Bennis is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. She is the author of "Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy U.S. Power" (Interlink Publishing, October 2005).
Veteran peace activist Phyllis Bennis responds to Alexander Cockburn's analysis of the anti-war movement in The Nation.
Posted on Jul 31, 2007
Getting Republicans to jump ship is central to the anti-war movement's strategy to get out of Iraq. But activists need to be wary of their intentions and not let them co-opt the message that it's time for withdrawal.
Posted on Jul 18, 2007
To stop the looming war with Iran, Congress needs to pre-empt the possibility of the White House launching an attack. The secret weapon is the Boland Amendment.
Posted on Feb 8, 2007
Mohammed el Baradei won the Nobel Peace Prize as much for his future work on Iran as for his past work on Iraq.
Posted on Oct 13, 2005
The US has issued an open threat to the other 190 U.N. member states, the social movements and peoples of the entire world, and the United Nations itself.
Posted on Sep 1, 2005
Lost in the Beltway debate over intelligence failure is the enormous price we – Americans, Iraqis, the world – are paying for the Bush administration's self-serving war.
Posted on Jul 15, 2004
There are clear contradictions between Powell's Security Council speech and Hans Blix's recent report on the UN inspectors' findings.
Posted on Feb 5, 2003
Useful information for talking with friends, family, co-workers, media and your elected officials about nonviolent alternatives to war.
Posted on Jan 16, 2003
The author, an esteemed foreign policy expert, wasn’t allowed to testify as an expert witness for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee -- so she submitted this written testimony instead.
Posted on Aug 15, 2002
