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.
Former member of Afghan Parliament says U.S. war ushered in “another dark age” for...
“International solidarity, we can initiate … by creating harmony and unity and working together — not with governments, but the people.”
Zelenskyy says world should ‘be ready’ for Putin to use nuclear weapons
The Ukrainian president's comments come as peace activists warn Sweden and Finland against joining NATO.
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!
The stories war tells me
A veteran and parent can’t stop thinking about the war he fought.
AFRICOM calls for my ‘elimination’
Specifically, what if an article of mine on the U.S. military appears somewhere in our media world and that military refuses to notice? Does it have an impact?
Merger mania
When, in his farewell address in 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of the “unwarranted influence” wielded by the “military-industrial complex,”...
In a dangerous time: Toward preventing a disastrous US-China war
A new and global Cold War with China or, worse, a hot and potentially nuclear war with China, are the last things that humanity needs.
Russia is from Mars, Ukraine is from Venus
Russia is acting like an abusive husband in this gendered conflict.
Can the Pentagon win when putsch comes to shove?
A rare pentagon “success” story.