Tag: War
Why War Deaths Increase After Wars
Nov 18, 2019 | News & Analysis, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Politics, US
It would be more difficult for the US government to continually wage senseless wars if the estimated millions of dead received more attention.
Read MoreAnother Armistice Day with No Trump Weapons Parade
Nov 9, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
The madness of the normal way of doing things urgently needs exposure, including the madness of imagining that sometimes in some places war can be rational.
Read MorePeace in Afghanistan
Oct 26, 2019 | Viewpoints, Asia Pacific, Politics, US
The peace activists in Afghanistan need the American people to do more to protest the US government’s war in their country.
Read MoreWhat Does the U.S. Public Think of Its Government Arming and Bombing the World?
Oct 26, 2019 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
Some things are of course so painfully obvious that it’s painful to realize that they really do need to be polled on in hopes of getting them reported on.
Read MoreThe Revolution in Military Affairs
Sep 6, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
With America unable to produce leadership, the neoconservatives in their arrogant hubris could easily foment a conflict that will leave America in ruins.
Read More10 Ways We Pretend War Is Not a Crime and How to Change Them
Aug 27, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
Here are 10 of the most important ways in which we pretend that war is not a crime, as well as how to change this so that war is no longer deemed permissible.
Read MoreThe Myths, the Silence, and the Propaganda That Keep Nuclear Weapons in Existence
Aug 6, 2019 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics, US
Remarks in Poulsbo, Washington, August 4, 2019
Read MoreSoutheast Asia Was Hit By a Record-Breaking Disaster; It Was Called the United States
Jul 23, 2019 | Viewpoints, Asia Pacific, Politics, US
In the United States people call it “the Vietnam war.” In Vietnam and other souteast Asian countries, it’s called the American war.
Read MoreAs We Face Armageddon the Western World Is Leaderless
Jun 25, 2019 | Viewpoints, Middle East, Politics, US
Washington has grown accustomed to attacking countries on false pretenses and getting away with it. Setting up Iran for an attack is next on the agenda.
Read MoreSoldiers Without Guns
Jun 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
The people of Bougainville wanted independence, but were made part of Papua New Guinea instead. And in the 1960s the most horrible thing happened…
Read MoreTwo Contrasting Commencement Addresses a Half Century Apart
Jun 3, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
When John Kennedy was president, America was a proud country. Today it is a shameful place in freefall, a grave danger to its citizens and the world.
Read MoreThe Lies About World War II
May 15, 2019 | Europe, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Nothing is so little regarded in the West as free thought and truth. Explanations are controlled to advance the agendas of the ruling interest groups.
Read MoreIf You Want to Be President, Show Us Your Budget
Mar 29, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
Ending hunger and providing clean water to the world would make the US safer and cost far less than the annual spending on war, destruction, and violence.
Read MoreDraft Registration Will Be Either Ended or Imposed on Women
Mar 1, 2019 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
We need a movement with women and men from around the world to create a global treaty banning all military conscription for all people.
Read MoreCongress Finds its War Powers and Weaknesses
Feb 1, 2019 | Viewpoints, Middle East, Politics, US
While Congress may be moving to the US war in Yemen, it’s also working to ensure the continuance of war and hostilities elsewhere.
Read MoreThings Congress Could Do for Peace, From Easiest to Hardest
Jan 18, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
Here’s a list of thing the US Congress could do if it wanted to help usher in an era of world peace, starting with the simplest.
Read MoreThe Ancient Mythical Rites of Pearl Harbor Day
Dec 6, 2018 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
What the US mainstream media won’t inform you in their ritualistic annual Pearl Harbor Day rites is that the Japanese attack was anything but a surprise.
Read MoreThere Is No Good Kind of Nationalism
Oct 24, 2018 | Viewpoints, Culture, US
Of course white nationalism is a problem, but not just because it’s white — also because of the nationalism.
Read MoreTrump’s Withdrawal from the INF Treaty: A Showdown in the Making
Oct 23, 2018 | Viewpoints, Asia Pacific, Politics, US
President Trump’s withdrawal from the INF Treaty heightens the risk of nuclear war in service of the military/security complex and neocon warmongers.
Read MoreDelusion Upon Fantasy Upon Lie Based on Propaganda
Oct 1, 2018 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
A Congressionally approved attack on Iran would be exactly as catastrophic as a non-Congressionally approved attack on Iran.
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