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Peter Crowley

Peter Crowley is an independent writer and scholar with a M.S. in Conflict Resolution, Global Studies from Northeastern University. His writings can be found in Boston Literary Magazine, 34th Parallel Magazine, Counterpunch, Foreign Policy Journal, Work Literary Magazine, Znet, Opiate Magazine, Truthout, Antiwar.com, Peace Review (forthcoming) and several others. His poetry book "Those who hold up the earth" is scheduled for publication by Kelsay Books in the first half of 2020.

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Trump's New Year Fireworks this time were Chaos in Iraq

Trump’s New Year Fireworks this time were Chaos in Iraq

Peter Crowley

Boston (Special to Informed Comment) – The last day of 2019 saw a huge contrast between scenes of New Year’s joy in Times Square in the United States with interminable conflict and a kind of US global dictatorship at the periphery, in Iraq. There, if the US kills militia members who are part of the […]

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