William Boardman | What War Are We Buying With Another $58 Billion for the Military?
The pace of drone strikes by the US on suspected terrorists has increased more than fourfold since Trump took office.
Flowers and Zeese | The Propaganda Of War
There are multiple efforts at present to strengthen and revive the peace movement in the United States, and this is a critical necessity. As we wrote several weeks ago, a crisis either manufactured or not can be used to impose greater restrictions on our civil liberties and push through unpopular policies. It is up to More
Flowers and Zeese | The Propaganda Of War
There are multiple efforts at present to strengthen and revive the peace movement in the United States, and this is a critical necessity. As we wrote several weeks ago, a crisis either manufactured or not can be used to impose greater restrictions on our civil liberties and push through unpopular policies. It is up to More
David Swanson | Has Van Jones Lost His Mind, Or Are Sane People Missing the Point?
In the course of this mass murder, one American taking part in it was killed.
David Swanson | Has Van Jones Lost His Mind, Or Are Sane People Missing the Point?
In the course of this mass murder, one American taking part in it was killed.
NPR Spins Trump’s ‘Restrained’ Foreign Policy–Ignoring Threats, Bans and Escalation
the wisdom of the CIA’s billion-dollar-a-year fueling of the Syrian conflict is never examined, nor is the decade-and-a-half-long occupation of Afghanistan.
Glenn Greenwald | Obama Killed a 16-Year-Old American in Yemen. Trump Just Killed His 8-Year-Old Sister.
A hideous symbol of the bipartisan continuity of U.S. barbarism...
Glenn Greenwald | Obama Killed a 16-Year-Old American in Yemen. Trump Just Killed His 8-Year-Old Sister.
A hideous symbol of the bipartisan continuity of U.S. barbarism...
Yemen Sees U.S. Strikes as Evidence of Hidden Hand Behind Saudi Air War
According to the United Nations, more than 4,000 civilians have been killed in Yemen since the bombing campaign began.
7180. The truth about murder drones (Video)
To this point, U.S. drones have taken over 7,180 lives in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somali; no tally has been kept of drone assassinations in the other countries engulfed in war – Iraq, Syria and Libya. These killings, as you know, violate international law requiring due process and a variety of principles established in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed by the U.S. after World War II.
Polly Mann | The Saudi Arabia Coalition at War in Yemen: Who Are the Terrorists?
Over a dozen U.S. lawmakers wrote to President Barack Obama expressing “dismay” over the Saudi-led war in Yemen, backed not just by U.S. arms but also U.S. military advisors.
Tomgram | Patrick Cockburn, An Endless Cycle of Indecisive Wars
…no less crucial for being obvious: in most of these countries, where Islam is the dominant religion, ... al-Qaeda, and the Taliban are essentially the only available vehicles for protest and rebellion. By now, they have completely replaced the socialist and nationalist movements that predominated in the twentieth century; these years have, that is, seen a remarkable reversion to religious, ethnic, and tribal identity, to movements that seek to establish their own exclusive territory by the persecution and expulsion of minorities.