Articles by Eric Stoner
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US Hypocrisy on Arab Spring Clear With Arms Sale to Bahrain
Eric Stoner – Waging Nonviolence,
10 Oct 2011
Schizophrenic is one way to describe the position of the US on the Arab Spring. Another perhaps more accurate word would be hypocritical. The disconnect between the rhetoric and actions of the US government regarding the uprising throughout the Middle East and North Africa this year can be no more clearly seen than in its position towards the pro-democracy movement in Bahrain.
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Eric Stoner – Foreign Policy in Focus,
19 Dec 2009
In Oslo last week, President Barack Obama ironically used his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize to deliver a lengthy defense of the "just war" theory and dismiss the idea that nonviolence is capable of addressing the world’s most pressing problems. After quoting Martin Luther King Jr. and giving his respects to Gandhi — […]
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Eric Stoner – Yes! Magazine,
20 Nov 2009
Eric Stoner responds to Stephen Zunes: Yes, nonviolent movements have achieved important democratic and political reforms. But if they fail to address the divide between rich and poor, are they really success stories? Despite the amazing string of victories that “people power” movements have chalked up over recent decades, it’s surprising how little-known many of […]
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