Anti-War Voices Say Afghanistan Shows Need to Stop Any Further March to War
Peace advocates emphasized the imperative to pursue diplomatic over military solutions to regional problems.
What the Classroom Didn’t Teach Me About the American Empire
Perhaps even more relevant today than it was in 2008, when it was first published, is the remarkable Howard Zinn's writing on how, from his childhood in school to his…
A Life and Nation Transformed: 20 Years from West Point’s Gates and the War on Terror
The worldwide distribution and deployment of active duty army personnel looked radically different at the time of the 9/11 attacks – and so were the prospects for a budding soldier.
Moral Injury and the Forever Wars
Sobering facts some Americans don't want to hear about why so many members of the military are taking their own lives.
Hedges: The Collective Suicide Machine and the Fall of Kabul
The return of the Taliban to power will be one more signpost of the end of the American empire — and nobody will be held accountable.
Chris Hedges Speaks on ‘American Sadism’
Chris Hedges gave this talk on American Sadism at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, New York on Sunday June 27.
Biden’s Lawless Bombing of Iraq and Syria Only Serves the Weapons Industry Funding Both Parties
U.S. citizens derive no benefit, but instead suffer great loss, from endless war in the Middle East. But their interests are irrelevant to decisions of bipartisan Washington.
Chris Hedges: Don’t Be Fooled By Joe Biden
What is exceptional about America is its culture of sadism.
Hedges: The Unraveling of the American Empire
US leadership has stumbled from one military debacle to another, a trajectory mirroring the sad finales of other historical imperial powers.
All Risk, No Reward: The Perils and Absurdity of Iraq War 4.0
The muddled US military mission and ongoing troop presence creates nearly all the conditions for the latest crisis.
Will America’s 20-Year ‘War on Terror’ Ever End?
As the 20th anniversary of the catastrophic "war on terror" arrives, it's still difficult to know when the carnage it continues to cause will come to a halt.
‘Out of Mesopotamia’ Is a Great War Novel
Iranian-American author captures how combat has a Peter Pan quality, allowing fighters, as well as war correspondents, to escape from the drudgery of daily life and never grow up.
What If Trump Had Launched a Global War on Covid-19?
Imagine how differently history might have turned out if Donald J. Trump and George W. Bush had had opposite reactions.
Can We Finally Stop Marching to Disaster?
It’s almost twenty years since 9/11, why is it still all war, all the time?
Will Trump Really Be the One to End Our Forever Wars?
Partial withdrawals are reportedly soon to be underway in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia as Donald Trump tries to make good on a promise at the eleventh hour of his presidency.