Muhammad Ali: A Profile in Moral Courage
June 4, 2016
“I ain’t got no quarrel with them Viet Cong – no Viet Cong ever called me nigger.” With those pointed words, Muhammad Ali explained his opposition to the US war in Vietnam and justified his refusal to submit himself to the draft. He declared himself a conscientious objector. After declining three times to step forward […]
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Obama Hands Corrupt Ukraine Another Billion US Dollars
June 4, 2016
One of the downsides of the US “regime change” business is that when you break it, you often have to buy it. It’s all fun and games when you wander through the streets of Kiev with a bag of cookies encouraging the people to overthrow their government, or when you appear on stage before a […]
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Lessons From Tina, RAF Reaper Drone Operator Who Likens ISIS to the Nazis
June 3, 2016
I have been meaning to discuss an article from the 4 May 2016 edition of The Sun for almost a month, but I have put it off in part because the whole issue is so utterly depressing. There have been a few different short pieces in mainstream media outlets featuring the perspectives of drone operators, […]
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Hawks Hand Hillary A Foreign Policy Blueprint: Will She Bite?
June 2, 2016
The neoconservative, Democrat-heavy Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has created a foreign policy blueprint for what they hope is a future Hillary Clinton presidency. Unsurprisingly, it is heavy on the “need” for the US military to much more aggressively dominate the globe. The Obama Administration was far too dovish, according to CNAS “experts.” […]
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Susan Rice: Too Many Smart White Guys on National Security Team Putting America at Risk
June 2, 2016
Actual Black Person and National Security Advisor Susan Rice told graduates at Florida International University in a commencement speech a week or three ago that the presence of too many “white, male, and Yale” personnel in America’s national security agencies she helps staff and run is posing a threat to the very security of the […]
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Bill Kristol’s Presidential Candidate: David French?
June 2, 2016
Pro-war pundit Bill Kristol is disgusted about Donald Trump being the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Indeed, Kristol has even been searching for someone to launch an independent or third-party campaign to counter Trump. Last weekend Kristol stirred up some interest with a tweet that “an independent candidate–an impressive one, with a strong team and a […]
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Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson on The Cost of War
June 1, 2016
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Ron Paul on the Third Battle For Fallujah – Time To Finally Come Home?
June 1, 2016
Iraqi military troops along with Iran-backed Shia militias are fighting to expel ISIS from its two year control of Fallujah. That unfortunate city is also the location of two US battles to “liberate” the city and both times the place was flattened. The US says it is fighting in Iraq to rid the country of […]
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Don’t Trip on Those Milestones Strewn Across America’s Wars
June 1, 2016
Barack Obama called the drone assassination on May 21 of Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, the leader of the Afghan Taliban, “an important milestone.” It might turn out to be. But I doubt it. My advice is every time you hear an American official use the term “milestone,” run the other way. For example, back in […]
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A Fond Farewell to New York’s Peace Pentagon
May 31, 2016
Nearly 20 years ago, as I left the War Resisters League, or WRL, offices in lower Manhattan for the first time, I noticed that my fingertips were covered in black soot and ink. My hands were full of tracts and leaflets, and I had been looking through nonviolence training materials for the last hour. I […]
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