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."
Three reasons why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war
The relationship between war and climate change is complex. But here are three reasons why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war.
Unequal Victims: The Wars in the Balkans and the Lies of “Humanitarian Intervention”
The merchants of death know there’s money to be made from the ‘humanitarian interventions’ that will come out of a Clinton presidency, just as they’ve profited from Neocon wars under Republicans.
Will Americans let Trump start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?
On Saturday, September 14th, two oil refineries and other oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia were hit and set ablaze by 18 drones...
UN bans nuclear weapons; fifty nations ratify international treaty
"We continue to call for an elimination of all nuclear weapons worldwide."
Poverty, Isolation, Removal: Asylum in the UK
Asylum seekers are men, women and children fleeing persecution, and have the right to be treated with dignity and compassion, not intolerance, as is so often the case.
Bob Dylan and the Ukraine crisis
In recent days, media coverage of a possible summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin has taken on almost wistful qualities, as though the horsemen of the apocalypse are already out of the barn.
How long can America maintain a war economy?
The major challenge for the United States is the perennial trade-off between guns and butter.
Oxfam report: Israel slashes water access in Gaza by 94% amid humanitarian crisis
The report details how Israel’s sustained attacks on water infrastructure have left Palestinians in Gaza with just a fraction of the water they need for basic survival.
Israel’s scholasticide and the irrelevance of US politics: 11,923 Palestinian students didn’t go...
“With more than 80 percent of schools in Gaza damaged or destroyed, it may be reasonable to ask if there is an intentional effort to comprehensively destroy the Palestinian education system, an action known as ‘scholasticide.'”