Category Archives: war/military
Nick Turse> Nuclear Terror in the Middle East, Lethality Beyond the Pale
Tomgram: Nick Turse, Israel, Iran, and the Nuclear Freight Train “That the spread of nuclear weapons, whatever the country, is a danger to us all is obvious. Who exactly will use such weapons next and where remains unknown. But there is no reason to believe that, sooner or later, nuclear weapons — which have now […]
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 […]
John LaForge> The Weapons Oligarchy
Federal Taxes Reward 8-Figure Pentagon Fraud Spree by JOHN LaFORGE WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 26-28, 2013 Counterpunch.org With the Pentagon having secured its annual 47 percent of the April 15 federal tax haul ($1,335 billion out of a total of $2,890 billion) it’s a good time to consider the mountains of money being wasted on useless […]
Is American Nonviolence Possible?
The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence. — Martin Luther King Jr. Todd May, New York (NY) Times April 21, 2013 | We are steeped in violence. This past week was of course a searing reminder: Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon and the ensuing manhunt that ended on […]
The terrible cost of Washington’s wars
The vast resources wasted and the incalculable human suffering inflicted by the bloated US military and intelligence apparatus pose the urgency of building a genuine mass movement against militarism and war. Sequester Cuts Bill Van Auken, World Socialist Web Site <http://www.wsws.org> 3 April 2013 | Harvard University’s new report estimating that the US wars in […]
Polly Mann> GI Jane and the Enemy Within
GI Jane and the Enemy Within By Polly Mann March/April 2013 www.worldwidewamm.org Recent legislation authorized women in the military to engage in armed combat. Many of us have been working for change in the opposite direction. Women Against Military Madness had its inception in 1981 when statistics showed that more women than men opposed war […]
Richie Havens – Lives in the Balance
Richie Havens – Lives in the Balance (Howard Stern Show)
Charles McDermid> US ‘shock and audit’ over Iraq expenses
US ‘shock and audit’ over Iraq expenses Unsparing analysis of $60bn spent ‘rebuilding’ Iraq lays bare the waste trail that may lead all the way to Afghanistan. At least $8bn in Iraq reconstruction funds is still unaccounted for and presumed ‘wasted’, a report says [Reuters] Charles McDermid Last Modified: 27 Mar 2013 AlJazeera.com The final breakdown of […]
BBC-Guardian Exposé Uses WikiLeaks to Link Iraq Torture Centers to U.S. Col. Steele & Gen. Petraeus
TRANSCRIPT Democracy Now! A shocking new report by The Guardian and BBC Arabic details how the United States armed and trained Iraqi death squads that ran torture centers. It is a story that stretches from the U.S.-backed death squads in Central America during the 1980s to the imprisoned Army whistleblower Bradley Manning. We play extended excerpts of […]
Zahra Abdalla> We long for peace in Somalia
We long for peace in Somalia BY ZAHRA ABDALLA March 14, 2013 MINNESOTA WOMEN’S PRESS via TCDailyPlanet.net Lack of peace has affected the lives of my family and friends. My friend and colleague Adar Kahin had tears in her eyes when I asked about the civil war in Somalia. She described a time before the war […]
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