War and conflict
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Libya: war is not the answer
Phyllis Bennis argues that foreign military intervention in Libya has little to do with humanitarian concerns. Protracted militarization will threaten the country’s chance for real democratic development
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The casualties of Mexico’s war on drugs
Behind the bloody headlines of Mexico’s war on drugs, creeping militarism and corruption is silencing public dissent. Government policy failures are leading to social breakdown, writes Siobhan McGuirk with Maria Felix
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John Pilger: the media war you don’t see
Pablo Navarrete interviews renown investigative journalist John Pilger ahead of the release of his new film, The War You Don’t See
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Hizbullah: Home-grown in Lebanon
Responding to the discussion on political Islam begun in the previous issue of Red Pepper, Bilal El-Amine considers the experience of Hizbullah in Lebanon
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Afghanistan: a brief history
Understanding Afghanistan today is only possible by looking at it in the context of the part played by the competing imperial powers in its past. Jane Shallice offers a guide
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Enduring exile of the world’s refugees
Some six million people are trapped in mainly poor countries as long-term refugees, writes the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres
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Attack Iran? Yes, they can
US threats, Israeli military exercises and Iranian missile tests seem like a carefully choreographed build up to the next war in the Middle East. But can the US really risk a strike on Iran? Phyllis Bennis weighs up the evidence
