War

( Tomdispatch.com) – As America enters the 18th year of its war in Afghanistan and its 16th in Iraq, the war on terror continues in Yemen, Syria, and parts of Africa, including Libya,Niger, and Somalia. Meanwhile, the Trump administration threatens yet more war, this time with Iran. (And given these last years, just how do […]

War

The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire

H. Patricia Hynes

Review of “The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire” by Stephen Kinzer By the final decade of the 19th century, the American project sanctified as Manifest Destiny was complete. The western boundary of the United States now stretched to the Pacific Ocean, leaving in its wake the genocide of […]

War

Bankrupting Ourselves to Death: How We’re Borrowing to Fight the Wars we’re Losing

Stephanie Savell

Never before has this country relied so heavily on deficit spending to pay for its conflicts

Nuclear weapons

Quiet Armageddon: Pentagon’s Hush-Hush new B-21 Stealth Bomber can Carry Nukes

William J. Astore

If history is any judge, however, a boon for Northrop Grumman is likely to prove a bust for the American taxpayer

Donald Trump

Even though we keep Bombing Weddings, Americans can’t See the extremist in the Mirror

Tom Engelhardt

They are the extremists. If you need proof, look no further than the Afghan capital, Kabul, where the latest wave of suicide bombings has proven devastating. Recently, for instance, a fanatic set off his explosives among a group of citizens lining up outside a government office to register to vote in upcoming elections. At least […]

Israel

Lost in the debate on Iran: Israel’s Nukes and the Vanunu Case

John Buell

The Israeli nuclear weapons program, in all likelihood the second most substantial and sophisticated in the world

Donald Trump

The Imperial Presidency was always a Peril but now Volatile Trump can take us to War

Danny Sjursen

Congress can’t just abdicate its Constitutional Prerogative of Declaring War

Chemical Weapons

‘Fake news’: the mainstreaming of Syria conspiracy theories

contributors

Even mainstream journalists and academics have been seduced by dubious Syria narratives.

Chemical Weapons

If the world doesn’t stop Chemical Massacres at Syria, who is Next?

contributors

By Michelle Bentley | (The Conversation) | – – Seven years into its catastrophic conflict, Syria has witnessed yet another major chemical strike. This time the target was the rebel-held city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta, just outside Damascus. The death toll currently stands at around 70 – making the attack as deadly as the […]