Amitabh Pal

Rebuilding the World: An Interview with Lester Brown

Scout — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:47:05 +0000

Amitabh Pal

The principal difference between the economy now and the new economy would be the restructuring of the energy sector.

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Jerusalem Palestinian Rights Activist Speaks Up for the Children

Progressive Web Editor — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 03:29:57 +0000

Amitabh Pal

"Wouldn’t the billions being given to Israel be better spent at home in their own country?”

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Nobel Recognizes Labor’s Role in Arab Triumph

Scout — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:03:50 +0000

Amitabh Pal

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize recognizes labor’s important role in the one success story of the Arab Spring.

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Labor
Unions

Labor and Women’s Rights Champion’s Advice to the United States

Scout — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:41:51 +0000

Amitabh Pal

“Even though we have helped organize so many women, we believe that rights are not enough."

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What’s Behind the GOP’s Muslim Bashing?

Scout — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:56:22 +0000

Amitabh Pal

The barrage of anti-Muslim rhetoric in the Republican primary appeals to a very specific segment of the party’s base.

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Juan Cole on the Middle East

Progressive Web Editor — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 18:10:32 +0000

Amitabh Pal

Author Juan Cole offers his take on the Middle East, and what that means for progressives.

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Foreign Policy

Obama’s Meeting with Saudi King Undermines Iran Deal

Progressive Web Editor — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 20:22:44 +0000

Amitabh Pal

President Obama recently welcomed into the White House one of the most problematic leaders on the planet.

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Foreign Policy

A Cold War Monument to a Hot War That Wasn’t

Progressive Web Editor — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:15:59 +0000

Amitabh Pal

During a recent vacation trip to the South Dakota Badlands, my family and I made a short detour to a defunct nuclear missile silo.

The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is managed by the National Park Service. The rocket on display here was an ICBM targeting the Soviet Union. It was deactivated as part of the 1991 START agreement between President George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and was opened to the public in 1999, “the first site dedicated exclusively to Cold War events,” the brochure says.

The place is fascinating at several levels.

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Lessons on the 70th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Amitabh Pal — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 20:41:59 +0000

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Photo by Mrs. Gemstone

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How the U.S. Can Solve the Crisis in Syria

Amitabh Pal — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:15:50 +0000

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Syria needs international help.

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Chattanooga Shooting Fuels Anti-Muslim Reaction

Amitabh Pal — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 15:50:20 +0000

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Photo by Matt DiGirolamo

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GOP Candidates’ Belligerence Almost Uniform

Amitabh Pal — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:42:29 +0000

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As their reaction to the Iran nuclear agreement shows, the GOP presidential candidates have similarly belligerent attitudes on international issues.

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Bobby Jindal and Nikki Haley Pander to Distract

Amitabh Pal — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 15:57:46 +0000

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Photo by Derek Bridges

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Obama Should Side with the Greek People

Amitabh Pal — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 20:27:41 +0000

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Photo by Sam Valadi

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Kaplan’s Cure for the Middle East: Imperialism

Amitabh Pal — Sat, 30 May 2015 17:46:35 +0000

Amitabh Pal

The solution to the current mess in the Middle East is to bring back imperialism—that’s what an influential foreign policy thinker is straight-facedly claiming.

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