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The Trillion Dollar Silencer: Why There Is So Little Anti-War Protest in the United States

Books In-Brief
How has militarism been so accepted, not only by public opinion but also by groups that have traditionally spoken up? Why is taxpayer money repetitively poured into the military industrial complex? How has the outrage against the destruction of war been muzzled? Are civil society sectors complicit? How has the arms sector consolidated and kept its place in the American political system? The answer lies in propaganda, money, and the political economy of war-making.

The Saudi-Backed OPEC Plus Decision: A Weapon or a Hedge?

World
-Saudi partnership based on the oil-for-security equation has become questionable: the United States' pivot away from the Middle East and its growing shale oil output reduce the value of relations with Riyadh, while Saudi Arabia's view of waning American hegemony and the rising powers of China and Russia calls for the evaluation and diversity of its allies.

Light in Gaza: Writings Born in Fire

Book Review
Instead of merely narrating, the editors—all connected with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), including veteran Palestine solidarity activists Jennifer Bing and Michael Merryman-Lotze--and the authors seek in the words of Abusalim “to inspire action and offer a glimpse of hope,” and maybe even “provide an exercise in imagination.