by Richard Falk and Alfred de Zayas This piece is crossposted from Global Justice in the 21st Century, the blog of JWE Board Member Richard Falk and was originally featured on CounterPunch. …
People Make the Peace: Remembering Rennie Davis
by Karín Aguilar-San Juan and Frank Joyce co-editors, The People Make the Peace: Lessons from the Vietnam Antiwar Movement Many people equate Rennie Davis with the Vietnam antiwar movement that …
The Geopolitics of the Normalization Agreements
by Richard Falk This piece is crossposted from Global Justice in the 21st Century, the blog of JWE Board Member Richard Falk. Listen Closely to the Israeli Discourse in an American Liberal …
Palestine Horizons: Winning the Long Game
by Richard Falk This piece is crossposted from Global Justice in the 21st Century, the blog of JWE Board Member Richard Falk. Palestinian Balance Sheet: Normative Victories, Geopolitical Disappointments Winning the Long …
Falk, Cobban, assess impact of U.S. election
Just World Ed’s President Helena Cobban and board member Richard Falk have been among those Americans taking a sober look at the implications of the recent election, in which it …
With John Lewis in Stockholm 1969
Moved by the iconic recognition of John Lewis’ exceptional courage and perseverance on behalf of human rights, non-violence, and opposition to American militarism, I recall a weekend spent together in Stockholm.
Will China be the New Russia? The Future of American Geopolitics
In the background of this look ahead is the extent to which China has spoiled the triumphalist narrative that was spun in the West after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Covid-19 sharply headbutts U.S. hegemony
Within just 100 days, the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly shifted the balance of power in the global system from the United States toward China.
Horizons (temporal, geopolitical, & otherwise) on Covid-19
There are, it seems to me, two distinct kinds of horizon that anyone considering the effects of Covid-19 on global politics and society needs to look at.
World Order and the COVID-19 pandemic
Given the urbanization and social complexity accompanying modernity, the need for intelligent, imaginative, and humane governance is a necessity in times of societal crisis, and its absence magnifies suffering.