Saturday, November 23, 2024

Obama’s Trillion-Dollar Nuclear-Arms Train Wreck

The U.S. nuclear arsenal, and all the expense, nuclear waste and immense danger it continuously poses, has received almost no attention in the U.S. presidential debates.

28 Pages That Could Implicate Saudi Arabia In 9/11

As Obama prepares to visit the Gulf Kingdom, controversy surrounding the 28 pages has been renewed.

U.S. Foreign Policy: Intimidation, Domination; Counterproductive

“If we had a political revolution take place in this country such as Bernie Sanders wants to initiate, it should include the removal of those neocons and war hawks from power and transform U.S. foreign policy into one that is positive and constructive.”

Writing a Blank Check on War for the President

How the United States became a prisoner of war and congress went MIA.

The Lie of Patriotism

A U.S. ranger who served in Afghanistan and a Marine who was in Iraq put light on the dangerous myth that America has built around its "warriors." Now, in acts of civil disobedience, they are determined to right the wrongs of war.

Want to Stop the Spread of Terrorism? Then Stop Creating More Terrorists

“The lesson to be learned is that when you commit acts of violence against other nations and their people you may be able to get away with it for some time, but there will come a time when they will come after you with a vengeance, seeking revenge.”

“Members of the Jury, You Have Just Found Jesus Christ guilty”: Remembering the Catonsville...

“On this Easter Weekend, I would like to focus on a few of the statements made by the Catonsville Nine, as recorded by Daniel Berrigan in ‘The Trial of the Catonsville Nine.’”

“Being Great” From Alex Jones to AIPAC, Trying to Make Sense of Donald Trump’s...

The repudiation of Trump's earlier position, as well as the picks for his foreign policy team show Trump moving closer to the establishment as his path to the nomination becomes more clear.

The Mexicanization of the United States

The destruction caused by neoliberalism is global. The patterns of economic, social, cultural and political assault that Mexico has suffered are afflicting countries from Greece to the United States. Only a worldwide anti-capitalist resistance movement will save us.

Friend or Foe? How Turkey’s Turn Toward Authoritarianism Threatens Syria and the World

Although NATO countries have worse, more despotic allies in the region, like the tyrannical monarchies of the Gulf, Turkey’s erratic, arrogant leader is arguably the most dangerous.