The military machine commits fiascos abroad. At home, by diverting funds and resources to endless war, it disembowels and impoverishes the nation.
Chris Hedges: The Impending Collapse of US Empire
Category: Militarism
DIANA JOHNSTONE: D-Day 2024
In retrospect, it becomes clear that the Cold War “communist threat” was only a pretext for great powers seeking more power.
NATO’s Pacific War Games
One-third of the countries joining RIMPAC’s maneuvers in the Pacific this summer are not from Asia and the Pacific, says Ann Wright. They are from Europe and are all members of NATO.
The Homeland Security Campus
Repress U., Class of 2024: Michael Gould-Wartofsky provides an overview of the wide-reaching crackdown on U.S. campus protest.
Vijay Prashad: ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’
As the U.S. celebrates $95.3 billion in military funding for Israel, Taiwan, Ukraine and itself, here’s a look at Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy and what’s at stake.
Caitlin Johnstone: Knowing How Unfree You Are
If Americans were actually in charge, there would be some option available to them to end the Israeli genocide in Gaza. But when it comes to matters of such importance, they never get a vote.
Craig Murray: The Drive for War
In the West, any deviation from any point in the architecture of neoliberal beliefs is a challenge to the entire system, and thus must be eradicated.
Craig Murray: Active Participants in Genocide
In obedience to Israel, the Western political and media class is isolating itself from public opinion on Gaza in ways hard to believe. But here are a few examples.
The Arsenal of Genocide
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies report on the U.S. weapons that are destroying Gaza.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Heroism of David McBride
By 2014 McBride had compiled a dossier into profound command failings that saw examples of potential war crimes in Afghanistan overlooked and other soldiers wrongly accused. On Tuesday he was sentenced to nearly six years in jail.