Aaron Bushnell, the U.S. airman who burned himself to death to protest the Gaza genocide, was awarded the 2024 Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence in memoriam on Saturday.
WATCH: Soldier Who Self-Immolated Wins Adams Award
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US Soldier Who Burned Himself to Death Over Gaza Wins Sam Adams Associates Award for Integrity in Intelligence
In presenting its 2024 award, the Sam Adams Associates says it salutes Aaron Bushnell’s courage in performing a vital public service at the greatest cost — martyrdom — for truth-telling.
Caitlin Johnstone: Kamala Harris & Genocide
The cause for which Aaron Bushnell gave his life in the most agonizing way possible is being intentionally subverted by people who claim to care about justice and human rights.
Patrick Lawrence: This Isn’t Fascism
Political confusion and deluded notions of fascism colored Max Azzarello’s tragic death by self-immolation.
Active-Duty US Airman Refuses to Eat While Gaza Starves
Gerry Condon reports on Larry Hebert’s hunger strike in Washington and the list of laws the Biden administration is breaking by sending weapons to Israel.
Caitlin Johnstone: Ghost Town
Chris Hedges: Aaron Bushnell’s Divine Violence
Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation was ultimately a religious act, one that radically delineates good and evil and calls us to resist.
Arab Americans Can Help Defeat Both Biden & Trump
Aaron Bushnell burned himself alive for a free Palestine, writes Sam Husseini. Voters should do the work of pairing up from across the political spectrum to halt the genocidal duopoly.
Killing Oneself to Try to Stop a War
In the wake of Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation, Ann Wright recalls other suicides committed in protest against U.S. policies, including by five Americans opposed to the U.S. war in Vietnam.
Caitlin Johnstone: He Burned Himself Alive to Turn Eyes to Gaza
We each have own our personal response to Israel’s incineration of Gaza. This was Aaron Bushnell’s.