War

If there is any hope of salvaging this country’s (not to speak of this planet’s) future, then this history has to be faced, and we must recover—or perhaps discover—our moral bearings.

Fighting fundamentalism in the U.S.

Perhaps this is no longer really the American century at all, despite the continuing status of the U.S. as the planet’s sole superpower.

Your tax dollars support troops of defense contractor CEOs.

The European security order has broken down. The conflict around Ukraine is a symptom of this larger problem.

Doesn't matter if it's a Bush, an Obama or now a Trump in the White House... Perpetual War continues at taxpayer and innocent civilians' expense!

"An immediate ceasefire will not only save lives but also open the door to addressing the underlying issues fueling this conflict. The time for action is now."

Yet, as the United States comes ever more to resemble a war zone in a pandemic moment, in a country run by a president with autocratic inclinations, amid a surge of protest over racism, the home front could indeed become a war front.

"Every time the U.S. wants to start a new war, it does it the same way, which is, it invents some really inflammatory, emotionally wrenching lie that gets people to hate the government they want to topple so much that they set their rationality aside and support the war."

We are now facing a perfect storm that threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries.