War

Since World War II, America’s knee-jerk response to any diplomatic challenge has been to bully or bomb.

It’s essential for us to remember such grim details, not just for the sake of history, but for our future.

Multiple Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians have confirmed to the Associated Press that the Israeli military has routinely used Palestinians as human shields during the war on Gaza, despite international bans and longstanding denials from the IDF.

Suing Congress members who are complicit in genocide is a good step for exposing—and organizing against—the power of the warfare state.

Here is what the coming boom years are likely to look like for the Pentagon, the arms makers, and their weaponry.

The coalition's letter paints a harrowing picture of the situation on the ground.

Alex de Waal says famine in Gaza is “inevitable” as those warnings have been ignored and Israel’s war on Gaza is poised to continue.

Dismantling the government while pumping up the Pentagon.

For a rich and powerful nation to conclude that it has no choice but to engage in quasi-permanent armed conflict in the far reaches of the planet represents the height of folly. Power confers choice.

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.