Could we actually end the CEO defense contractor gravy train?
FDR put the kibosh on military contractor windfalls during World War II. We could do the same.
Biden resumes bomb shipments to Israel amid Gaza war crimes allegations
Despite accusations of war crimes in Gaza, the Biden administration ends its pause on bomb shipments to Israel, sparking criticism and concerns over U.S. complicity.
When Barbara Lee doesn’t speak for me
Lee now seems to have cast aside her beliefs expressed in her historic 2001 speech.
How the US could provoke a new Korean War
The bare bones of a deal with North Korea may exist, but senseless provocations could set off a conflict long before then.
Trump tells Iraq order US troops out and I’ll freeze your Central Bank’s account...
it must be stated that Trump’s latest threat is simply another blatant example—this time a fiscal bomb rather than an actual one—of American imperialism and rogue nation behavior.
More tragedy in Afghanistan is just beginning after the US withdrawal
Afghan civilians have always disproportionately experienced the effects of war and they will now also disproportionately experience what may be an even worse peace — if one can even call it that.
The urbanity of evil: 20 years after the invasion of Iraq
What propelled the United States to start the war on Iraq in March 2003 were dynamics of media and politics that are still very much with us today.
U.S. Promises $3 Million to Family of Innocent Killed by CIA Drones
Since the inception of the drone program, the CIA has killed at least eight U.S. citizens, including a hostage and an innocent 16-year-old boy, without due process.
War within war: Iraq’s Prime Minister says ‘we don’t want to fight Turkey, but...
Iraq demands that the Turkish troops withdraw from the country, terming them “occupation forces.”
Activists rally in front of Trump Tower in Chicago to protest Syria missile strikes
When President Obama was faced with the same questions of intervention in 2013 after Assad and the Syrian government was accused of gassing its own people, many leading republicans came out and condemned a quick action.