The following letter was delivered to the US embassy in Pakistan on October 3, 2012. Read the press release here. You can speak out against US drone strikes by signing our petition. To: U.S. and Pakistani officials who have influence over the U.S. policy of conducting drone strikes in Pakistan From: Citizens of the United…
Hey, remember a few weeks ago when our old friend Bibi Netanyahu came to town and made a hullabaloo over Iran and “red lines”? Admittedly, much of what the Bibster said to the US media was bluster, but the gist of the “red line” issue was that the “red line” President Obama has set for…
If the Obama administration is at all serious about a diplomatic solution to the strife with Iran, it’s really good at acting like it’s not. The Washington Post is reporting that the State Department is about to remove the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) from the its list of designated terrorist organizations. The move to delist the…
The secrecy with which the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations have been conducted is enough to make anyone nauseous. Outside a small group of international negotiators, few have been allowed access to the negotiating text—and no one is allowed to tell the dirty public what the negotiators are about. We outsiders—or, as the US Trade Representative…
When I sat down to take in the headlines yesterday on the New York Times website, I was not altogether pleased with the paper of record. Admittedly, I am in an almost constant state of perturbance when it comes to the Times; however, their particularly heinous reporting on the Bibi “red line” hullabaloo Friday got…
There are two major items of concern in the July 19, 2012 New York Times story “Hezbollah Is Blamed in Attack on Israeli Tourists in Bulgaria.” First, the article states The bombing comes at a time of heightened tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, which Tehran says is for peaceful purposes but Israel and the West…
Congressional offices will be paying special attention to phone calls coming in this week on the Defense Appropriations bill, so call your Representative today! Here’s what you do: Call the Congressional switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected to your Representative’s office. Tell the person who picks up or your Rep’s voice mailbox, “Hello,…
JFP’s Policy Director Robert Naiman just hand delivered our petition from over 4,000 JFP members and a letter signed by prominent Americans including Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Oliver Stone, Daniel Ellsberg and Glenn Greenwald, urging Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa to grant Julian Assange’s request for asylum. PRESS RELEASE: Letter From Prominent Americans, Delivered to Ecuadorean…
The following letter has been circulated mostly in the United States by Just Foreign Policy. It was hand-delivered to the Embassy of Ecuador in London by Just Foreign Policy’s Policy Director Robert Naiman on Monday, June 25. Read the press release. We also hand-delivered the online petition circulated by Just Foreign Policy, which has been…
Talks in Moscow between the P5+1 and Iran have apparently hit the same wall that ended last month’s Baghdad meeting. The West wants Iran to halt its 20% enrichment, ship its 20% stockpile out of the country, and close down Fordo. And what is it willing to give in return? Safety upgrades for an Iranian…