Sunday, April 28, 2024

War is a poor metaphor for this pandemic

"Wars target enemies and accrue authority to the state. They marginalize vulnerable communities and disenfranchise the people writ large."

The Wuhan hoax

Covid-19 and Trump’s war on the U.S. Intelligence community...

The potential dark side of the militarization of Gulf societies

It remains to be seen whether military service will ultimately narrow or broaden social gaps.

Pivot to peace must replace US pivot to war with China

People need to promote and work toward peace as a top priority as the risk of conflict escalates.

US wants release of two special forces veterans who led failed coup invasion of...

The U.S. Embassy is useless for most citizens in trouble abroad, but not if you've invaded a country.

Trump must choose between a global ceasefire and America’s long lost wars

Like his predecessors from Truman to Obama, Trump has been caught in the trap of America’s blind, deluded militarism.

Military spending in 2019 hits highest increase in a decade

“The COVID-19 crisis has made clearer than ever the flaws in our system, one that prioritizes military spending and global instability over the well-being of our people.”

Gods of the Sky

How more sanitized can killing become, except for those in the missile's path?

Threatening military intervention in Venezuela during a pandemic?

President Trump has no business deploying U.S. military assets against Venezuela, a country that in no shape or form represents a threat to the security of the United States, especially not now when a pandemic is raging around the world and in our own country.

UN ceasefire defines war as a non-essential activity

War is a luxury that the Secretary General says we must manage without for a while.