Ignoring How Militarism Fuels Climate Change Will Be the Death of Us
It’s time to acknowledge how the failure to connect the dots between U.S. imperialism and the growing climate crisis threatens all life on this planet in more ways than one.
Ukraine: Foolish for Finland & Sweden to Join NATO
This is not the time to make decisions in a moment of historical hysteria and panic, writes Jan Oberg.
The Chris Hedges Report: Ukraine and the Resurgence of American Militarism
What will be the consequences of the United States’s commitment to long-term conflict, and where will we be when the war finally ends?
American Militarism, a Persistent Malady
Putin changed the subject, but confronting Martin Luther King’s "giant triplets" is more urgent than ever.
Hedges: The Greatest Evil Is War
Russia was baited into war but that does not absolve its criminal act of aggression.
Hedges: Chronicle of a War Foretold
After the fall of the Soviet Union, there was a near universal understanding among political leaders that NATO expansion would be a foolish provocation against Russia. How naive we were…
ACLU Demands ‘Truly Systemic Overhaul’ of U.S. Civilian Harm Policies
By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams After the Pentagon chief moved to improve how the U.S. mitigates and responds to civilian harm, the ACLU on Thursday urged more sweeping action…
The Neocons’ Primary War Tactic: Branding Opponents of U.S. Intervention as Traitors
By rehabilitating neocons and elevating them as thought leaders, liberals live in their framework. Thus are opponents of U.S. involvement in Ukraine deemed treasonous.
The Military Wasn’t a Way Out of Poverty For Me
Instead, militarism is why so many of us are poor in the first place.
Crisis in Portland Did Not Start with Trump’s Shock Troops — And Likely Won’t End As They Leave
A first-person account of more than two months of street protests shows more similarities than differences between Democrat and Republican treatment of legitimate activism, and media divisions that center white…
On Contact: Hedges and Maj. Danny Discuss New Investigation of Patriotism
Sjursen's latest book asks whether there is a proper space for patriotism that renounces entitled exceptionalism and narcissistic jingoism.
Food for Thought
Mr. FishDwayne Booth (a.k.a., Mr. Fish) is a cartoonist and freelance writer, has been published in many reputable and prestigious magazines, journals and newspapers. In addition to Harper’s Magazine, his…
The All-American Way: MLK’s Giant Triplets
Racism is a massive problem, but hardly our only one. As King sought to remind us, there are at least two others of comparable magnitude.
Black and Blue
Mr. FishDwayne Booth (a.k.a., Mr. Fish) is a cartoonist and freelance writer, has been published in many reputable and prestigious magazines, journals and newspapers. In addition to Harper’s Magazine, his…