The premier establishment newspaper is allowing discussion of the folly of imperialist war, writes Joe Lauria.
NYT: Afghanistan a US ‘Neocolonialist’ War
Category: Vietnam
Afghanistan: Latest US War Driven by Deceit & Delusion
The U.S. capacity for official lying has struck once again, as it has repeatedly for the last 60 years, writes Gordon Adams.
Create Two, Three, Many Saigons
Vijay Prashad recalls the obliterations of U.S. interventionism, including any memory of the women’s rights leaders who were active in Afghanistan before 2001.
The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — 5: The Pentagon Papers
Revealing the Pentagon Papers in Congress — 8: Why Gravel Did It
In the eighth and final part of this series, a look at the significance of Mike Gravel reading the Pentagon Papers in Congress.
What Mike Gravel Meant
What I learned from Mike Gravel are lessons ignored, even mocked, by the establishment, writes Joe Lauria.
Senator Mike Gravel Dies at 91
Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel, who twice ran for president as an anti-war candidate and released the Pentagon Papers in Congress in June 1971, has died at age 91.
Revealing the Pentagon Papers in Congress — 5: From Capitol Hill to Beacon Hill
In part five of this eight-part series, Sen. Mike Gravel makes the risky move to have the Pentagon Papers published outside Congress at Beacon Press in Boston.
Revealing the Pentagon Papers in Congress — 4: A Pyrrhic Victory
In part four of this eight-part series, the implications of the Supreme Court decision in NYT v. the US leave Sen. Mike Gravel in more legal peril as he contemplates publishing the Papers outside of Congress.
Revealing the Pentagon Papers in Congress — 3: Reading the Papers
In part three of this eight-part series, Sen. Mike Gravel reads the Pentagon Papers during a Senate subcommittee hearing and the truth of what the U.S. was doing hit him hard.