Drones: The Rapidly Growing Menace to America and the World
The U.S. government has been approved to use drones, not only in the Middle East, but in the U.S. This might be a technological breakthrough, but numerous issues will occur that cannot be undone.
Mass killings in Afghanistan are acts of white supremacy
An American white nationalist killed over 30 people recently. The victims, all brown, had full lives; children, loved ones, and years, full...
Mantra for 9/11
Fourteen years later and we are still living in an improbable world. Tom Engelhardt discusses the wars, interventions, assassinations, tortures, kidnappings, the growth of the American national security state and the spread of Islamic extremism.
Our Jihadis and Theirs
The “greatest threat” to Americans isn't the brutal jihadist movement happening thousands of miles away, it's armed life in this country. Tom Engelhardt discusses the real dangers of American life.
Yemen’s descent into hell
In Yemen, the United States backs a grim military intervention for which – unless you are a weapons company – it is hard to find any justification, practical or moral.
Trump’s record on foreign policy: Lost wars, new conflicts and broken promises
Building a new anti-war movement that is connected to the domestic anti-police struggle is the only thing that can rein in U.S. militarism.
The war in Ukraine, diplomacy and the progressive left
Solidarity across borders could allow us to work together to find solutions to the problems we face in common like hunger in our own countries and the global south and the existential risk of climate change.
The brave new war machine
How a clique of unhinged techno-optimists is putting humanity at risk.
Vladimir Putin: Global gunman
Why are we concerned about humiliating mass murderers?
How America Invites Terrorism
Maybe it's time we inform our soldiers of their likely roles in the killing machine, because war does not bring freedom. Instead, it invites young men and women to start on their own personal worlds of terror.