Friday, April 4, 2025

“Thank you for your service”: pardons for war criminals and indifference for those damaged...

I can’t remember who recently said it, but the point has been made that we often call people heroes because it’s easier to sacrifice them when they’re given this honorific and simply move on.

AI Goes to War

Will the Pentagon's techno-fantasies pave the way for war with China?

The Costs of Violence: Masters of Mankind (Part 2)

“Who rules the world?” we might also want to pose another question: “What principles and values rule the world?”

The wars we don’t (care to) see

It couldn’t be more important to make America’s disastrous wars of this century more visible.

The secret Republican history of Sean Spicer’s Holocaust, in 7 steps

Get used to the moral outrage – and the corporate lingo. Welcome to Republican America, circa 2017.

Je Suis Istanbul

We should not need to share a culture, skin color, religion, or system of government with another human being to mourn their loss.

The United States is the main obstacle to peace in Palestine

What's the role of the United States in the crisis between Israel and Palestine.

Deadly strikes on UN shelters in Gaza heighten calls for humanitarian ceasefire

In the shadow of ongoing conflict, sanctuaries for the displaced come under fire.

The antiwar movement no one can see

Will it put a crimp in the War on Terror?

Stop calling the military budget a ‘defense’ budget

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