Category Archives: Military Madness
Christine Hong> U.S. versus North Korea: the Hunger Games
“Never in the mainstream US media do you hear that North Korea has asked the United States for a peace treaty more than 100 times.” Excerpted from a talk by Christine Hong WAMM Newsletter May 2013 WomenAgainst Military Madness.org The US uses South Korea in playing dangerous war games aimed at China. What is the […]
Military Sexual Assaults Spike Despite Efforts To Combat Epidemic
The report released Tuesday by Defense’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) follows the Sunday arrest of Lt. Col Jeffrey Krusinski, head of the Air Force SAPRO program, under allegations of sexual assault of a woman. Film shows challenges of female veterans Molly O’Toole, Huffington Post 05/07/2013 | Sexual assaults occurred at an average […]
Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Last Empire?
And Then There Was One> Imperial Gigantism and the Decline of Planet Earth By Tom Engelhardt May 7, 2013 TomDispatch.com It stretched from the Caspian to the Baltic Sea, from the middle of Europe to the Kurile Islands in the Pacific, from Siberia to Central Asia. Its nuclear arsenal held 45,000 warheads, and its military had five million troops under […]
[Video] Glenn Greenwald> Debating Bill Maher on Muslims, Islam and US foreign policy
The HBO host has become a leading advocate of the view that Islam is uniquely violent and threatening. Does that hold up under critical scrutiny? Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk Saturday 11 May 2013 09.25 EDT [Video below] From l to r: Glenn Greenwald, Joy Reid, Charles Cooke, Bill Maher on HBO’s “Real Time”, May 11, 2013 Photograph: screen […]
5 Weapons of Mass Destruction the U.S. Military Uses Every Day – Forbes
Are we preparing to fight a war with Iran because they have grenades and anti-tank rockets? Michael Peck, Contributor 4/29/2013 Forbes When most of us think of weapons of mass destruction, we think of nuclear bombs, or nerve gas, or biological agents. So it was surprising to see accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarn aev charged […]
[Video] Misty Rowan> Spoken Word
Misty Rowan Minnesota spoken word artist Misty Rowan performed these three poems at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Women Against Military Madness. Misty is an active member of the Twin Cities based Anti-War Committee. Additional information and works can be found on her website missteatree.com. Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS […]
Steve Clemens> Our military-backed exceptionalism
“Who was I to rain on their parade?” By Steve Clemens May 09, 2013 Mennonista TC Daily Planet One would be hard-pressed not to see the enormous fetishizing of the U.S. Military since the attacks of 9/11/01. Whether it is at professional sports events, airports, political rallies, or even at local restaurants, it seems almost impossible to […]
Behind the Cleveland Kidnappings, A Culture of “Toxic Masculinity” & Gender-Based Violence
Cleveland kidnap victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were allegedly subjected to years of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of suspect Ariel Castro. Questions are now being raised why the police did not investigate Castro more closely earlier, especially since Castro was accused in 1993 and 2005 of attacking his ex-wife […]
Chris Hedges> The Death of Truth
Chris Hedges interviews Julian Assange of WikiLeaks. By Chris Hedges May 6, 2013 This interview is a joint project of Truthdig and The Nation magazine. LONDON—A tiny tip of the vast subterranean network of governmental and intelligence agencies from around the world dedicated to destroying WikiLeaks and arresting its founder, Julian Assange, appears outside the red-brick building […]
Phyllis Bennis> Syria’s Chemical Weapons…Iraq Redux?
The “democracy” that ten years of US war and occupation left behind in Iraq. Phyllis Bennis Institute for Policy Studies May 3, 2013 Posted by Portside on May 4, 2013 Phyllis Bennis Facebook News from the Middle East is growing more dire by the day. And unfortunately, most of the news from our own officials and influential […]
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