House passes $740 billion defense bill amid the major struggles of the pandemic
“In the midst of a pandemic—as people across the country struggle to make rent, to pay their bills, to survive a deadly disease—it should be unthinkable.”
Sanders challenges US aid to Israel, citing Gaza conflict and domestic needs
Senator Bernie Sanders stands against the $10 billion military aid to Israel's Netanyahu government amidst Gaza's humanitarian crisis, urging focus on U.S. domestic challenges.
No more holiday gifts for repressive regimes
The U.S. is selling weapons to a country that's killing a child every 10 minutes. That has to stop.
The Costly Truth of Emergency Spending in Iraq and Afghanistan
Despite troop reductions, the Pentagon's war budget is increasing.
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?
Squad & Co: Unite as a block to downsize Biden’s military budget
This is the moment to demand a substantial cut in military spending that defunds new nuclear weapons.
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Palestine visit revealed the plain, brutal truth of apartheid
His new book, The Message, is based in part on his visit last year to Israel and the occupied West Bank, where he says he saw a system of segregation and oppression reminiscent of Jim Crow in the United States.
How Jewish nonviolence can help guide the path forward on Israel-Palestine
As a rabbi committed to the practice of Jewish nonviolence, I know a long road of reparative action stretches before us. But it’s the only way.
To protect and serve… The empire
All those who are there to ‘Protect and Serve’ this empire will give us are more of the same: Hype, spin, lies and half-truths!
Drawdown: Improving U.S. and global security through military base closures abroad
The United States has withdrawn its troops from Afghanistan. Only 750 military bases to go.