End This Endless War…this Endless Militarism
"We’re all part of a culture that continues to esteem war, embrace militarism, and devote more than half of federal discretionary spending to wars, weaponry, and the militarization of American culture. "
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."
A Consensus Emerges: Russia Committed an “Act of War” on Par With Pearl Harbor and 9/11. Should the U.S. Response be Similar? by Glenn Greenwald
Demanding that everyone agree that “punishment” toward Russia is warranted (upon pain of being found guilty of bad citizenship), while failing to specify what punishment would be just, warranted and rational. To do that is to deliberately beat the drums of war, cultivate an atmosphere of belligerence and aggression, without any limits or notions of proportionality.
Robert Parry | The ‘Soft Coup’ of Russia-gate
The Russia-gate hysteria has grown stronger after President Trump’s firing of FBI Director Comey, but the bigger question is whether an American “soft coup” is in the works, reports Robert Parry.
Robert Parry | The ‘Soft Coup’ of Russia-gate
The Russia-gate hysteria has grown stronger after President Trump’s firing of FBI Director Comey, but the bigger question is whether an American “soft coup” is in the works, reports Robert Parry.
Robert Parry | Neocons and Neolibs: How Dead Ideas Kill
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton wants the American voters to be very afraid of Donald Trump, but there is reason to fear as well what a neoconservative/neoliberal Clinton presidency would mean for the world, writes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry Consortium News May 11, 2016 For centuries hereditary monarchy was the dominant way to select national leaders, More
Bruce Gagnon: Neocons are Reigniting Cold War Hysteria
Gagnon: Anyone in the west that speaks out against this provocative US-NATO chaos plan is “Putinized” in a classic replay of 1950’s style red-baiting.
Robert Parry: ‘Realists’ Warn Against Ukraine Escalation
Exclusive: The neocons’ war-and-more-war bandwagon is loaded up again and rolling downhill as “everyone who matters” in Washington is talking up sending sophisticated weapons to Kiev to escalate Ukraine’s civil war, but some “realists,” an endangered species in U.S. foreign policy, dissent, notes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry ConsortiumNews.com February 10, 2015 In recent years, Official Washington – the politicians, More
Robert Parry: Neocons Have Weathered the Storm
Exclusive: Official Washington’s bipartisan hysteria over Ukraine and Crimea is evidence that the neocons not only weathered the public fury over the Iraq War but are now back shaping U.S. geopolitical strategies, reports Robert Parry. By Robert Parry ConsortiumNews.com March 14, 2014 By the middle of last decade, the storm clouds were building over the neocons: their “regime More
Rebecca Solnit: Too Soon to Tell — The Case for Hope
The future is bigger than our imaginations. It’s unimaginable, and then it comes anyway. To meet it we need to keep going, to walk past what we can imagine. We need to be unstoppable. By Rebecca Solnit May 19, 2013 TomDispatch.com Read Tom Engelhardt's introduction here. Ten years ago, my part of the world was full More
Coleen Rowley> Chechen Terrorists and the Neocons
Chechen Terrorists and the Neocons By Coleen Rowley April 19, 2013 ConsortiumNews.com The revelation that the family of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings was from Chechnya prompted new speculation about the attack as Islamic terrorism. Less discussed was the history of U.S. neocons supporting Chechen terrorists as a strategy to weaken Russia, as ex-FBI More
Coleen Rowley> Chechen Terrorists and the Neocons
Chechen Terrorists and the Neocons By Coleen Rowley April 19, 2013 ConsortiumNews.com The revelation that the family of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings was from Chechnya prompted new speculation about the attack as Islamic terrorism. Less discussed was the history of U.S. neocons supporting Chechen terrorists as a strategy to weaken Russia, as ex-FBI More