Tag Archives: Pakistan

Abuse of ethical standards? Experts in support of war

Posted on March 3, 2014 by kathiemm

By guest contributor Michael D. Knox, Ph.D. Since the end of World War II, the United States has bombed more than 25 countries. In these 68 years, no other nation has killed and injured more people living outside its borders. … Continue reading →

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The power of one

Posted on October 24, 2013 by kathiemm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upCYDKmcBk4

This year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is a well-deserving intergovernmental organization—the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The OPCW works in collaboration with the United Nations to administer the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWP). As of January … Continue reading →

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Crimson soil: A forgotten struggle (Part 1)

Posted on February 28, 2013 by kathiemm

Between the folds of two nuclear states lies a valley of forsaken people whose struggle is yet to be told beyond its borders. Kashmir. A place where the crimson soil is still screaming to be heard.

Although the land is shared amongst India, Pakistan, and China, regions of peace and war are easy to identify. The Indian occupied Kashmir … Continue reading →

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To follow my heart and find my voice (Liberate THIS, Part 16)

Posted on May 3, 2012 by kathiemm

Rachel Corrie literally stood up for what she believed on March 16, 2003. She stood before the Israeli military who came to Rafah in armored bulldozers to level homes.

With her courageous stand, she equated her Western life with the lives of the Palestinian families behind her. Perhaps her actions were an affront to the occupation soldiers staring … Continue reading →

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