VIPS MEMO: Arms Control — Toward Lasting Peace
At the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe over the Nazis, the Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity issue this memorandum calling for nuclear arms control leading to lasting peace.
Patrick Lawrence: Germany in Crisis Part 4: Wanderers and Seekers
Editor’s note: Earlier versions of this story reported Germany’s shock when Friedrich Merz initially failed to win sufficient Bundestag votes to assume office. After intense negotiations, he won back the…
Caldwell, Two Others Sacked at DoD Fight Back in Fiery Joint Statement
Former chief DoD spokesman suggests it is time for Hegseth to go
The New Age Militarists
And Their Threat to Our Common Future.
Trump Perpetuates Undeclared War in Somalia With Renewed Airstrikes
The United States has been carrying out operations in Somalia since at least 2002 without a formal war declaration.
Netanyahu Orders West Bank Escalation After Empty Buses Explode in Israel
The Pentagon wants to shift spending to Trump's plan for an 'Iron Dome for America,' which will have a huge price tag and likely start a new arms race
American Troops as Migrants
Or Launching a War on America Itself
End Warness, Not Wokeness
Ten Thoughts on Curbing the Worst Excesses of U.S. Militarism
Biden Aims to Go Out With a Bellicose Bang
That’s Joe Biden’s legacy, a blood transfusion to NATO’s moribund carcass by adding Finland and Sweden and thereby ballooning the Empire’s global military footprint.
John Mearsheimer: Using Missiles as Diplomacy in Ukraine
By John Mearsheimer and Daniel Davis / Substack On 21 November 2024, I talked at length with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis on his podcast — “Deep Dive” — about…
Jeffrey D. Sachs: What Ails America – and How to Fix It
By Jeffrey D. Sachs / Common Dreams America is a country of undoubted vast strengths—technological, economic, and cultural—yet its government is profoundly failing its own citizens and the world. Trump’s…
Big Promise From Trump: ‘I’m Going to Stop Wars’
"We want a strong and powerful military and ideally, we don't have to use it."
“Will the Forever Wars Ever End?”: The War on Terror 23 Years Later
The 23rd anniversary of 9/11 prompts reflection on how the Global War on Terror transformed American norms and laws, questioning the continuance of outdated policies like the 2001 AUMF and…