Thursday, September 24, 2026

A Pentagon Rising

Is a Trump Presidency Good News for the Military-Industrial Complex?

How George W. Bush dissed the U.S. intelligence community

The likelihood is that the crimes of Bush, Cheney, Libby and Rove so far revealed are only the tip of the iceberg.

The scandal of Pentagon spending

Your tax dollars support troops of defense contractor CEOs.

The anti-empire report #157: Unpersons

In his desperation for approval, our dear president has jumped on the back of increased military spending.

The so-called war on terror has killed over 801,000 people and cost $6.4 trillion:...

“The numbers continue to accelerate, not only because many wars continue to be waged, but also because wars don't end when soldiers come home.”

The military cost of protecting oil with a case study of Iraq invasion

The primary motive of the war is to control Iraqi’s oil production to sustain the global oil flows and to keep a check on prices.

Look! Take an Afghander at that perennial FUBAR

We see exactly what we see in Afghanistan right now, the logical mess at the end of nearly two decades of mistakes compounding mistakes.

Why binary thinking on Russia’s invasion is a losing strategy

We urgently need a progressive politics that extends solidarity with the victims of military violence—no matter which state perpetrates it—and resists the militarism of our own governments.

Endangered and dangerous Israel, endangering Jews

What effect on Jews elsewhere from manifestly wrong or immoral actions of the state?

‘Genocide as colonial erasure’: UN expert Francesca Albanese on Israel’s ‘intent to destroy’ Gaza

Facing accusations of antisemitism from Israeli and U.S. officials, Albanese is in New York to present her report, titled “Genocide as colonial erasure.”