Samantha Power on Obama's Call to Increase the Pentagon's Budget, Hugo Chavez, Funding the Iraq Occupation and Attacking Pakistan | Democracy Now!
From the DN! archives, during the 2008 Democratic Presidential Candidacy race.
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Patrick Cockburn on the war in Syria and the threat to the Middle East | London Review of Books
With respect to Syria, only a few writers have succeed in conveying the nuances needed to make sense of the calamitous nature of the civil-war. Patrick Cockburn is a must read if you're looking for a sophisticated understanding of the crisis.