Thirty-nine years ago this week, National Guardsmen opened fire on hundreds of unarmed students at an antiwar rally at Kent State University in Ohio, killing … Kent State University massacreRead more
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Posted inDictatorship / Fascism
Guernica
Seventy-two years ago this Sunday, in the midst of the Spanish Civil War, on April 26th, 1937, the Basque town of Guernica was carpet bombed … GuernicaRead more
Posted inUncategorized
Dead Iraqi and Afghani Babies Are No Joke
’The horrors of the US Agent Orange defoliation campaign in Vietnam, about which I wrote on Oct. 15, could ultimately be dwarfed by the horrors … Dead Iraqi and Afghani Babies Are No JokeRead more
Posted inPeace / USA Empire
War is illegal
If New Mexico were to secede from the US, it would be the third greatest nuclear power in the world. According to the last census, … War is illegalRead more
Posted inAfghanistan / USA Empire
War in Afganistan is a video game
According to the Pakistani newspaper The News, US drone bombings have killed 687 Pakistani civilians since 2006. During that time, US Predator drones carried out … War in Afganistan is a video gameRead more
Posted inIraq / Social
Why are you going to Iraq?
In April of 2004, the first photographs from inside Abu Ghraib appeared in the US media. The photos showed Iraqi prisoners being tortured, abused and … Why are you going to Iraq?Read more
Posted inHuman right / NATO / Politics / USA Empire
Why does NATO exist?
The obvious question is why bother celebrating NATO at all? In fact, why does it exist? It’s twenty years now, almost, since the Berlin Wall … Why does NATO exist?Read more
Posted inHuman right
War on Terror is War on Peace
A panel of experts set up by the International Commission of Jurists has concluded that counterterrorism measures adopted after 9/11 “threaten the very core of … War on Terror is War on PeaceRead more
Posted inUSA Empire
How Humanitarianism Went to War
The impulse to act, to do something immediate and effective to alleviate suffering and stop conflict, drives many who are concerned about human rights and … How Humanitarianism Went to WarRead more
Posted inGovernment / Social
War and Social Justice
Why is all the political rhetoric limited? Why is the set of solutions given to social and economic issues so cramped and so short of … War and Social JusticeRead more