To Stop the Next War Before It Starts, We Need to Confront Militarism Itself, by Michael Galant
"The imminent threat of war with Iran seems to have passed. We’re still not out of the woods — not by a long shot."
Ralph Nader: “Democratic Socialism” – Bring it on Corporate Socialists!
What is democratic socialism, anyway? Ralph Nader explains.
DN!: “Our Very Existence Is the Resistance”: An Hour w/ AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib & Ilhan Omar
REP. ILHAN OMAR: I think, to the point that Rashida was talking about, about us not being divided, but disconnected, is truly how I think about the thing that is wrong with the formation of our foreign policy, is that when we engage in the creation of our foreign policy, we are truly disconnected from the foreign nations that it will impact and the humans who are going to be impacted by our foreign policy.
Out of Iraq! No War on Iran! and Sami Rasouli on Iraq Caught in the Crossfire
"The American presence sets a target for American forces to be attacked by extremist elements, while also operating as a tripwire for a potential destructive and tragic war with Iran."
America: Land of Make-Believe, by Chris Hedges
"The rhetoric we use to describe ourselves is so disconnected from reality that it has induced collective schizophrenia."
PBS NewsHour Coverage of Suleimani Assassination, by Mike Madden
On January 25, 2020 Mike Madden gave the following speech at a protest of Trump's actions in the assassination of Suleimani, inciting a possible war with Iran. American bias in US media coverage* has been obvious for a long time: America has interests, Iran has ambitions. America has allies, Iran has proxies. America has a More
Schools of Mass Destruction
Given that the Doomsday Clock has moved to 100 seconds to midnight...
Chris Hedges: Democrats Have No Moral Authority on Impeachment
"Democrats are...living in an alternative reality."
How Democracies Die, by Chris Hedges
"The U.S. Republican Party, replicating the fascist parties of the 1930s, is a personality cult. Those who do not bow obsequiously before the leader and carry out the leader’s demands are banished."
The Battle to Impeach Trump Is Part of a Global Struggle for Democracy, by Henry Giroux
"Trump’s impeachment battle is part of the wider historical and global struggle taking place over democracy."
MLK, Qassem Soleimani and the folly of American exceptionalism, by Jack Nelson Pallmeyer
"MLK's push for nonviolence is something to which we all should aspire."
Trump’s authoritarian assault on democracy continues: What lies ahead?
"Ben-Ghiat warns that societies often succumb to authoritarianism and fascism not in one dramatic moment – such as a military coup -- but gradually over time."