Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Tag: war

Do you want a new Cold War?

Because that’s just where the Biden administration is clearly taking us.

The US killer drone program stays afloat on the back of...

A wrongly targeted Afghan aid worker and his family are among the latest casualties.

Personal interview: Lt. Col. William J. Astore What are the Prospects...

We speak with William J. Astore, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, about his ideas for improving the prospects for peace.

Stop calling the military budget a ‘defense’ budget

Let’s blow away the linguistic fog. The Pentagon budget is not a “defense” budget.

Why the Taliban’s promise to stop the opium trade rings hollow

Uncertainty abounds over what the Taliban’s opium policy will actually look like. In the meantime, the farmers are planting the seeds for next year’s crop right now.

The names you’ll never know

Over the last 20 years, the United States has conducted more than 93,300 air strikes that killed between 22,679 and 48,308 civilians.
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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.”

The profits of war

How corporate America cashed in on the post-9/11 pentagon spending surge.

The US military, post-Afghanistan

Can we finally give peace a try?

Personal interview: Paul Craig Roberts What are the Prospects for Peace?

The interview focus is on the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time.

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Carlos Sanchez's arrest during a student protest at the University of Texas at Austin highlights tensions over press freedom and police conduct.

Eight drivers that springboard Trump’s nose-dive into humiliated loser

What makes even a lousy career criminal look bad? To be proved a blundering, hypocritical boob.

Eco-collapse hasn’t happened yet, but you can see it coming

And no excuses, okay? We’ve been given fair warning.

Violent arrest of Emory Professor spotlights brutality of police crackdown on campus protests

Emory University incident raises alarms: Academic community questions police response to peaceful campus protests amid growing national debate on academic freedom and civil liberties.

Disgust greets White House correspondents’ dinner as Israel kills journalists in Gaza

Amid laughter and applause at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, protests outside highlight the stark contrast with the dire situation facing journalists in Gaza.