Legendary human rights lawyer Michael Ratner died Wednesday. His pathbreaking legal and political work on behalf of the poor and oppressed around the world is unmatched. His death is an incalculable loss for the cause of freedom, peace and justice. The last time I saw Michael was shortly before he was diagnosed with cancer. We… Read more »
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Want Endless War? Love the U.S. Empire? Well, Hillary Clinton’s Your Choice
Hillary Clinton likes to extol her foreign policy credentials, particularly her experience as secretary of state. She attaches herself to Barack Obama’s coattails, pledging to continue his policies. But she is even more hawkish than the president. Like Obama, Clinton touts American exceptionalism, the notion that the United States is better than any other country…. Read more »
Saudi Arabia Is Killing Civilians with US Bombs
Saudi Arabia has engaged in war crimes, and the United States is aiding and abetting them by providing the Saudis with military assistance. In September 2015, Saudi aircraft killed 135 wedding celebrants in Yemen. The air strikes have killed 2,800 civilians, including 500 children. Human Rights Watch charges that these bombings “have indiscriminately killed and… Read more »
Radio Broadcasts
Texas Anti-Abortion Law Julian Assange – US Appeal of Extradition Denial GOP Using Recall Rules to Thwart Democracy Veterans for PeaceAgent Orange, Julian Assange, killer drones: Click Here to Listen >> Report of Commission on Systemic Racist Police Violence: Click Here to Listen on RADIO SPUTNIK >> Click Here to Listen on THE MARK STEINER… Read more »
The US Is Still Manipulating the UN After 70 Years
Although President Barack Obama said he opposes “endless war” and “America’s combat mission in Afghanistan may be over,” he announced that the 9,800 US troops presently there will remain. Obama had previously stated that he would cut the US force in half, but he has decided to maintain the current troop level until 2017. Seventy… Read more »
Scholarly Articles
Professor Cohn’s formidable body of work includes articles in scholarly publications and book chapters. Many of them can be read at http://ssrn.com/author=113259. Torture Is Never Legal, in Torture and Enhanced Interrogation: A Reference Handbook (Christina Ann-Marie DiEdoardo, ed., ABC-CLIO, 2020) Imagining the Right to Peace: A Political and Ethical Imperative, in On Public Imagination (Victor Faessel, Richard… Read more »
videos
Professor Cohn frequently discusses the issues of the day on television, radio, online, and at public gatherings. Here is a sampling of her videotaped interviews and lectures. Crisis in Ukraine with Marjorie Cohn, Medea Benjamin and Richard Falk The Prosecution of Julian Assange View: The Prosecution of Julian Assange: Is the First Amendment at Risk?… Read more »
Do the Democrats Offer a Progressive Choice for President?
Although the 2016 presidential election is a year away, the media is abuzz with the candidates – the Republican and Democratic candidates, that is. When CBS’s Stephen Colbert posed comedically with a collage of the 18 or so declared hopefuls, the Green Party’s candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, was noticeably absent from his photo. Only outlets… Read more »
The U.S. Has a Duty to the ‘Tempest-Tost’ Syrians
Many of us are familiar with the Emma Lazarus poem on a plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden… Read more »
One Year After Gaza Massacre, UN Exposes Likely War Crimes
One year ago, on July 7, 2014, Israel launched “Operation Protective Edge,” a massive assault on the Gaza Strip. For 51 days, Israel bombarded Gaza with more than 6,000 airstrikes. Many of them hit residential buildings. Tawfik Abu Jama, a father of eight, told UN investigators, “I was sitting with my family at the table… Read more »