Category Archives: International

Co-Conspirators: American and Israeli Bombs Drop on Iran

Posted on 10/06/2025 by Grant Chassy

On June 21, 2025, “pro-peace” President Donald Trump announced to the world that the United States had (illegally) bombed Iran. After decades of bloodlust, Israel had finally gotten the war in Iran that it desperately craved. Israeli prime minister and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Imperialism, International, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Nuclear Power, Nuclear War, Section, World-wide death and suffering | Tagged bombing, Iran, Israel, nuclear power, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons, US foreign policy | Comments Off

The Struggle for Land and Housing Justice in Urban South Africa

Posted on 10/06/2025 by Public i

This article is a distillation of a recent conversation with UIUC-based urban justice educator Ken Salo and his Cape Town, South Africa-based comrade Bevil Lucas by the Public i’s Rick Esbenshade. Ken and Bevil are veterans of the 1976 student- … Continue reading →

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Posted in Africa, Democracy, Housing, International, International, Justice, labor, Section, South Africa | Tagged African National Congress, collective solutions, housing justice, humane urbanisms, labor solidarity, neoliberalism, South Africa | Comments Off

State Treasurer Frerich’s Investments are Unpopular and Immoral

Posted on 08/20/2025 by Bryan Maxwell and Clara Belitz

In March, community organizers from Champaign-Urbana launched a local campaign to demand an end to Illinois’s investments in corporations supporting Israel’s genocide against the people of Palestine, including Illinois’s direct purchase of Israel Bonds. The local effort joins a statewide … Continue reading →

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Posted in divestment, Gaza, International, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, military, Peace movement, Section, War | Tagged divestment, Gaza, Illinois state politics, Israel divestment, peace activism | Comments Off

Bombing Iran Might Bring on Regime Change—Just Not in Iran — Print Version

Posted on 08/20/2025 by Janice Jayes

For decades Iran has been the gremlin in the American global imagination. US officials claim that Iran is the main source of instability in the Middle East, allowing them to dismiss any opposition to US or US allies’ policies as … Continue reading →

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Posted in International, International, International law, Iran, Middle East, military, Section, War | Tagged bombing, democracy, international law, Iran, nuclear non-proliferation, US militarism, war | Comments Off

Bombing Iran Might Bring on Regime Change—Just Not in Iran — Full Version

Posted on 08/20/2025 by Janice Jayes

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Posted in International, International, International law, Iran, Middle East, military, Section, War, Yemen | Tagged bombing, democracy, international law, Iran, nuclear non-proliferation, US militarism, war, Yemen | Comments Off

Belden’s French Connection

Posted on 06/30/2025 by Marie-Claude Smouts

I met Belden in 1963. We both were residents at the Cité Universitaire Internationale and attended the same seminar on the 1930s at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). It was the start of a close friendship spanning … Continue reading →

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Posted in 1968, 1968 Revolt, France, In Memoriam, International, International, Politics, Section, Students | Tagged 1968 revolt, Belden Fields, France, In Memoriam, International, politics, students | Comments Off

“We’re Good, They’re Evil,” Israel Defense Forces Reservist Tells Chabad Audience—While Protesters Object to a “Murderer” on Campus

Posted on 05/14/2025 by Kimberlie Kranich

On March 5, the Chabad Center for Jewish Life at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hosted Ari Kalker, a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), who spoke about his combat experiences in Gaza. Meanwhile, protesters across the street shouted … Continue reading →

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Posted in Gaza, International, International, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Section, War | Tagged campus protest, collateral damage, IDF, Israel/Palestine | Comments Off

Yemen, Gaza and the Obscenity of the Collateral Damage Claim

Posted on 05/14/2025 by Janice Jayes

It’s telling that Americans discussing the March Signal leak detailing plans for the US air strikes on Yemen have focused more on White House emoji choices than the death tolls. This is what “over-the-horizon” warfare means for Americans now: it … Continue reading →

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Posted in Foreign Policy, Gaza, International, Middle East, Section, War, Yemen | Tagged air strikes, collateral damage, Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Yemen | Comments Off

Assange, Press Freedom, and the Story from Down Under

Posted on 10/18/2024 by Paul Mueth

The Julian Assange case is incredibly multifaceted, extending over many years.The root of course is the need for transparency regarding the actions of the powerful. The World War I–era Espionage Act is a major impediment to an open and just … Continue reading →

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Posted in International, International, press freedom, Section, subversion | Tagged Assange, australia, CIA, national security state, NSA, press freedom | Comments Off

A Surprise from the French Left in the 2024 Legislative Elections

Posted on 10/18/2024 by Belden Fields

Many French people were very anxious prior to the second round of their July, 2024 legislative elections. Unlike the American two-party system, in the French multiparty system a candidate needs 50 percent or more of the vote to be seated … Continue reading →

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Posted in Democracy, Elections, France, International, International, Section | Tagged Elections, far-right parties, France, leftist movements | Comments Off

Reflections on Bangladesh’s Recent Revolution: International Students’ Perspective

Posted on 10/17/2024 by Tahsina Alam et al.

What began as a student-led protest demanding quota reform in the allocation of Bangladesh’s government jobs rapidly transformed into a revolutionary movement that dismantled an autocratic regime in just two months. As Bangladeshi citizens studying in the United States, we … Continue reading →

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Posted in Bangladesh, Democracy, International, International, Section | Tagged Bangladesh, democratic movement, International, revolution, South Asia, student protest | Comments Off

Healing Culture in Wartime

Posted on 05/02/2024 by Evelyne Accad

Forty-one years ago when we organized the Common Differences conference on the UI campus, I was a young professor, already quite engaged in women’s issues, which had led to my research, writing, travels, and overall commitment. When I retired from the University of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Feminism, International, Middle East, Section, Voices, War, Women, Women, wonen's rights | Tagged feminism, Lebanon, Middle East, war, women's rights, women's shelters | Comments Off

The Age of Disconnect: US Policy and the War Beyond Gaza

Posted on 02/12/2024 by Janice Jayes

The hypocrisy gap between US diplomatic pronouncements and US actions is no surprise to world audiences, but the disconnect on display since October 7 has put the nail in the coffin of the American Century. American officials have been invoking … Continue reading →

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Posted in Foreign Policy, Imperialism, International, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Section, War | Tagged China, Gaza, imperialism, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, US foreign policy, war | Comments Off

Ukrainian Refugees and National(ist) Politics in Eastern Europe

Posted on 02/12/2024 by Richard Esbenshade

In an article in our last issue (November-December Public i), I used the case of Hungary—its positive reception of Ukrainian refugees, alongside its negative role in hindering EU political and material support of Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression—to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Eastern Europe, Immigrants, International, International, Poland, Politics, Refugees, Section, Ukraine | Tagged Eastern Europe, Immigrants, migrant politics, refugees, Ukraine War, Ukrainian refugees | Comments Off

Ukraine, Hungarian Refugee Politics, and the Future of Migrants in the EU

Posted on 11/18/2023 by Richard Esbenshade

The February 24, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine unleashed, in addition to death, destruction, and hardship on the Ukrainian people as a whole, a wave of refugees not seen in Europe since World War II. Over six million Ukrainians were … Continue reading →

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Posted in Eastern Europe, International, International, Politics, Refugees, Section, Ukraine | Tagged Hungary, migrant politics, migration, Ukraine War, Ukrainian refugees | Comments Off

Another View of the Ukraine War

Posted on 08/27/2023 by Al Kagan

Readers will note that the Public i has recently published three articles about the Ukraine War. However, there are still more issues not yet fully addressed. “When two elephants fight it is the grass that gets trampled.” Swahili proverb The … Continue reading →

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Posted in Afghanistan, Corporate media, Eastern Europe, Foreign Policy, Imperialism, International, International, Latin America, Nuclear War, Peace movement, Section, Ukraine, War | Tagged Monroe Doctrine, NATO, nuclear threat, peace, Russia, Ukraine, war | Comments Off

US/NATO Proxy War in Ukraine: Continuity in US Foreign Policy

Posted on 07/18/2023 by Paul Mueth

The war in Ukraine is barbarous and awful beyond comprehension. The formula in the US media that the attack was unjustified is true, but its frequent corollary, that it was completely unprovoked, is not. This is Noam Chomsky’s and Daniel … Continue reading →

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Posted in Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Imperialism, International, International, Ukraine, War | Tagged imperialism, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, US foreign policy, war | Comments Off

Frozen Conflicts, Flashmob Militants, and the End of the Gunpowder State

Posted on 07/18/2023 by Janice Jayes

Syria, Libya, Yemen . . . and now Sudan. Sudan has the unhappy potential to become the next of the intractable conflicts that have unfolded over the past decade. These multisided struggles involving a cocktail of militaries, militias, and mercenaries … Continue reading →

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Posted in Africa, Foreign Policy, International, International, Middle East, Section, Violence, War | Tagged foreign policy, Middle East, Sudan, the state, violence, war, warlords | Comments Off

Silence and the Continuing Legacy of the US Invasion of Iraq

Posted on 05/01/2023 by Janice Jayes

The twentieth anniversary of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq slid by with an encore performance of the arrogance that characterized the invasion itself. In 2003 that arrogance disregarded inconvenient international norms as easily as it disregarded the Iraqi victims … Continue reading →

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Posted in Foreign Policy, Imperialism, International, International, Middle East, Remembering, Section, World-wide death and suffering | Tagged imperialism, Iraq invasion, Memory, US foreign policy | Comments Off

Should Ukrainians Surrender for World Peace?

Posted on 05/01/2023 by Richard Esbenshade

The February 24 one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine saw no respite for either the volunteer and professional Ukrainian troops or the civilian population. The Russian-occupied territories in eastern and southern Ukraine and the areas along the military … Continue reading →

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Posted in Eastern Europe, International, International, Politics, Section, Ukraine, War | Tagged Eastern Europe, peace, the Left, Ukraine, war | Comments Off