Biden’s Latest Cabinet Picks and the Neocons Who Love Them
The incoming president's choice for secretary of state for political affairs is among several nominees who have ties to hawkish figures.
America’s Christmas Gift to Africa? War Crimes
Considering a US AFRICOM Angle to Tigray, Ethiopia, and Uncle Sam’s role on Africa’s Horn.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: A Certain Kind of Diversity
That a black man might helm the horrendous war machine that so effectively chews up black and brown bodies is an obscenity that’s absolutely American.
Biden’s Young Hawk: The Case Against Jake Sullivan
The appointee to National Security Advisor has a history of casual evasion of responsibility for his role in a series of disastrous foreign policy adventures.
Unmasking Biden’s Imperialist War Cabinet
Maj. Danny Sjursen guest stars on the Nicky Rew Podcast to talk about President-elect Joe Biden squad of urbane imperialists and “diverse” death-dealers.
What President Biden Simply Won’t Touch
What if they called an election and nothing changed in the War State?
How to End the War in Afghanistan (Video)
The U.S. war on Afghanistan is in its 19th year. Enough is enough! Ann Wright is the moderator. Panelists are Kathy Kelly, Matthew Hoh, Rory Fanning, Danny Sjursen, and Arash…
What Patriotism Means to a Veteran of America’s Forever Wars
The following excerpt from Maj. Danny Sjursen’s new book, “Patriotic Dissent” is printed with permission from Heyday Books and is available for purchase on their site. Patriotism is one of…
Maj. Danny Sjursen and Oliver Stone Discuss ‘Patriotic Dissent’ (Video)
The author of "Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War" spoke with filmmaker and author Oliver Stone at the 14th annual Heyday Harvest.
The Leaders From My Afghan Tour Are on to Bigger, More Bankable Things
Unable to stomach 24/7 coverage of an election that barely broached America’s longest-war, I got to reminiscing about the colonels and generals from my 2011-12 Afghan adventure; wondering--like Garth Brooks--"What…
American Empire and the New Cold War
Wide-ranging discussion on evolving towards dissent, what’s cooking in recent foreign policy absurdity news …and also, well, life & love & loss, ultimately.
America’s Imperial Expenditures and Escapades Are Stranger Than Fiction
Who needs dystopian novelists or absurd satirists when otherwise banal bureaucrats of the U.S. national security state do the job for them? It’s an old story with a new tech-savvy…
Unraveling the U.S. Army’s Hot Take on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
The beauty of the dream Armenia-Azerbaijan battleground is it near perfectly fulfills the macabre fantasies of Cold War-nostalgic conventional army officers.
The West’s Nagorno-Karabakh Hypocrisy Is Driven by Delusion
“Explainers" of the conflict between Armenia-Azerbaijan read like Wikipedia-ripoffs filtered through Washington's built-in "blame Russia” colander.
This Long-Standing Battle Between Armenia and Azerbaijan Has Nothing to Do With Us
America doesn’t really have a dog in this fight. Unless it decides it does – which it’s apt to do, especially in this madcap moment.