British warships in 1982 were armed with dozens of nuclear depth charges in a nuclear-free zone in Latin America, Richard Norton-Taylor reports.
UK Deployed 31 Nuclear Weapons During Falklands War
Category: Militarism
Yes, 10 Good Things About 2021
If gains can be made in a year as disastrous as this one, just think what might be accomplished in 2022, writes Medea Benjamin.
Throwing a Shoe at the Illegal US War on Iraq
Vijay Prashad explains why a group of international media organizations reject and denounce the U.S. government’s attack on Julian Assange and journalism.
How Not to Explain the Ukraine Crisis
The PBS NewsHour invited on just about the worst person in the U.S. government to help Americans understand the crisis in Ukraine, writes Mike Madden.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Those Nasty Russians
Pentagon’s 20-Year Killing Spree
U.S. government policies have treated civilians as expendable, writes Norman Solomon. Meanwhile truth tellers such as Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Nathan Hale get punished for what they expose.
New York Times Airstrikes Reporting Ignores Daniel Hale
The influential news organization should give the whistleblower proper credit and call for Biden to immediately pardon him, writes Sam Carliner.
Guardian Writer: ‘China World’s Only Imperialist Power’
It’s revealing how alarming empire propagandists find China’s simple warning to defend itself from aggression, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
7 Unasked Questions About US Military Spending
Truly critical issues involving hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of U.S. taxpayer dollars go largely uncovered, writes William J. Astore.
The Quarrel Over Fine-Tuning the Doomsday Machinery
The argument over ICBMs shows how nuclear derangement is normalized by national policymaking, says Norman Solomon. Neither side sees the profound need to eliminate them entirely.