Yes to Assertive, No to Aggressive
“We are humans—we have great big brains that are hard-wired for all possible responses, from violent to nonviolent, which makes us the unique species neurologically capable of infinite, illimitable choice. Let’s be wise about it.”
Trump’s Iran war costs $1 billion a day while hospitals close and healthcare disappears
Critics warn the administration’s military campaign could fund food aid and healthcare for millions of Americans already struggling with rising prices.
Where have all the children gone?
The loss of childhood and the cruel removal of any sense of hope or of a secure future have been seeping into global discourse about children for many years now.
‘Escalation dominance’. . . and the prospect of more than 1,000 Holocausts
Daniel Ellsberg was shown a document calculating that a U.S. nuclear attack on communist countries would result in 600 million dead. As he put it later: “A hundred Holocausts.”
Getting Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran Back on Track
Even the Trump administration may soon realize that only multilateral negotiations can break the current deadlock.
Trump halts bombing of Yemen, reportedly under Saudi pressure, and to dismay of Israel
The subtext here is that people in the region believe the U.S. is bombing an Arab country on behalf of Israeli shipping in the Red Sea and to protect Israel from repercussions for its Gaza genocide.
Resurrecting the unholy trinity
Torture, rendition, and indefinite detention under Trump
Different battles, same struggle: The US war on China, Venezuela, and the international left
We must remember that these are not separate crises, but different fronts of the same struggle. And to resist one is to resist them all.
The Wall Street Journal has many ways to deny genocide
Looking at how the paper does so enables us to not only refute their falsehoods, but also to gain insight into the tactics Gaza genocide denialists, and genocide deniers in general, employ.
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.