Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Earliest Earth overshoot day ever, it's been over a year since MSNBC mentioned the war in Yemen, Trump wants to strip security clearance of those who have criticized him, and more.
Can the world’s second superpower rise from the ashes of twenty years of war?
The peace movement’s small victories demonstrate that we have more power to challenge U.S. militarism than most Americans realize.
The Year Iraq Ceased to Exist: Will It Ever Again?
Most likely the Sunni Arabs will be brought back under Baghdad’s sway, but Kurdistan has disappeared except on paper. Can Iraq be put back together?
Cassius was correct
How many Amerikans, like the good Germans in 1940, cheered the carpet bombing of Iraq, and the subsequent invasion?
Biden must choose between a ceasefire in Gaza and a regional war
The genocide in Gaza and the stark choice facing President Biden and U.S. decision-makers.
The U.S. is recycling its big lie about Iraq to target Iran
Another U.S. war would engulf the Middle East and the world in even greater chaos than the one the CIA engineered against Iraq.
US arms sales to Israel in the spotlight as Gaza conflict escalates, Sanders leads...
This plea follows closely on the heels of Canada's groundbreaking decision to suspend military equipment sales to Israel, a move that has been hailed by human rights organizations and advocates worldwide.
President Obama Can Help Save Saudi Youth Facing Beheading
If the Saudi government beheads these young men, it will further ignite sectarian hatred.
Pentagon projected to hand $407 billion to private military contractors this fiscal year
"Military spending involves a massive redistribution of wealth from the public to private sector."
Worth dying for?
When it comes to the war in the Greater Middle East, maybe we’re the bad guys.