Obama told us he would end US wars, but somehow forgot this commitment. Aside from Bernie Sanders and Rand Paul, the current presidential candidates propose increasing US interventions.

These interventions typically (1) cause terrible harm, (2) create failed states, (3) spread militarism, (4) boost the military-industrial complex, and (5) undermine human rights in the US.

I am not a pacifist. Some situations require war. But if the president is predisposed to war, we will do it far too much.

Canadians are organizing to oppose the proposed attack on human rights.

China has arrested Swedish human rights campaigner Peter Dahlin on typical absurd charges.

Dahlin's campaign tried to defend Chinese human rights campaigners who were arrested or disappeared by the state. China has arrested many Chinese lawyers who have done that.

Three MSF hospitals have been bombed in Yemen since October, all by the Salafi Arabia with US support.

The EU says that special Belgian tax breaks for some large companies were illegal.