The Profiteers of Armageddon
Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex.
70 Years Later, The Korean War Must End
A fragile ceasefire halted the Korean War 70 years ago. With nuclear tensions rising and the environment under threat, it’s time to end it for good.
A History of Ceasefires & Peace in Ukraine
Forty eight ceasefires between 1946 and 1997 — while often ignored — offer guidance on how to end the killing. Since history shows it takes a long time to end…
Clinging Bitterly to Guns and Religion
The End Stage of American Empire.
American Police are Basically Untouchable. How Did It Get This Bad?
To understand where US law enforcement’s impunity comes from, we have to look at the historic role of police in maintaining a racial and class-based order.
Kissinger vs. ‘The Most Dangerous Man in America’
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter “Daniel Ellsberg is the most dangerous man in America. He must be stopped at all costs.” —Henry Kissinger In 1970, before whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg…
From Beyond the Death of Beyond Vietnam
By David Swanson / World BEYOND War Remarks in New York City, May 21, 2023 About a year-and-a-half before I was born down in midtown, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…
War for Profit: A Very Short History
As they did over a century ago ahead of World War I, the Merchants of Death thrive behind a veil of duplicity and slick media campaigns.
William Astore: Are the Best Years of My Country Behind Me?
Reflections on a Long-Ago Tour of Los Alamos and the Trinity Atomic Test Site.
The Artist Who Taught Me About Justice
In my first job after college, I was an assistant to Harry Belafonte. There was nobody better to learn from about justice and the arts.
After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Daniel Ellsberg Reflects on Leaking Pentagon Papers & His Legacy
By DemocracyNow! We spend the hour with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who recently announced that he has been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer with only months left to live.…
5 Other Modern Presidents Who Should Have Been Indicted for Their Crimes
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Seeing Trump arraigned in New York on Tuesday was satisfying even if the outcome of the trial cannot be…
Reagan’s Treason, Two Bushes and the $23 Million Payoff
By Greg Palast / CounterPunch Last week, a Texas pol, Ben Barnes, confessed that he was personally involved—and therefore an eyewitness to–high treason: The Ronald Reagan campaign’s successful secret deal…
On Missing Dr. Strangelove
Or How Americans Learned to Stop Worrying and Forgot the Bomb.
Dennis Kucinich: Iraq Plus 20 – Lies as Weapons of Mass Destruction
Part One: The Script for the Lead-Up to War