Tag: Afghan War
Was the Afghan war a Schell game?
Getting it right is always the wrong approach when it comes to America’s wars.
Former member of Afghan Parliament says U.S. war ushered in “another...
“International solidarity, we can initiate … by creating harmony and unity and working together — not with governments, but the people.”
Lies that led to the Afghan war
We must learn to be skeptical of both our political leaders and our mass media, when they give us reasons for going to war.
Biden must call off the B-52s bombing Afghan cities
As we approach the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we should reflect on how the Bush administration exploited the U.S. public’s thirst for revenge to unleash this bloody, tragic and utterly futile 20-year war.
America’s Afghan war is ending. What about Iraq — and Iran?
Even as Biden sticks to the Afghanistan withdrawal, he's launching strikes in Iraq and delaying a return to the Iran deal.
Trump threatens Afghan armageddon
U.S. “plans” for the Afghan war might prove a crime against humanity.
‘Unprecedented:’ UN finds US-backed forces killed more Afghan civilians than Taliban...
"It's not just my family, there are dozens of families just like mine who have been lost in bombings. The people have no power... We are the ones who are dying."
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.