US Military Policy Is Stoking the Risk of Nuclear War on Korean Peninsula
As Trump and Harris bicker over North Korea, the US military lays plans that could bring nuclear tensions to a brink.
‘Obvious Conflict of Interest’: Report Reveals 50+ US Lawmakers Hold Military Stocks
"It's abjectly terrifying that the personal benefit of any member of Congress is factored into decisions about how to wield and fund the largest military in the world," said one…
‘Violence Has No Place in American Life.’ Except, Like, Everywhere You Look
By Phil Wilson / CounterPunch The U.S. political system runs on the fuel of euphemism—the ability to conceal nefarious aspirations beneath the facade of idealistic slogans. Consider the U.S. Department…
Glenn Greenwald: Secret Pentagon Anti-Vax Campaign Discredited Chinese COVID Vaccine
Glenn Greenwald breaks down the recent Reuters report that revealed how the Pentagon launched a disinformation campaign to discredit the Chinese Sinovac inoculation.
The Military-Industrial Complex Is Killing Us All
By David Vine and Theresa (Isa) Arriola / TomDispatch We need to talk about what bombs do in war. Bombs shred flesh. Bombs shatter bones. Bombs dismember. Bombs cause brains,…
The American Empire in (Ultimate?) Crisis: The Decline and Fall of It All
By Alfred McCoy / TomDispatch Empires don’t just fall like toppled trees. Instead, they weaken slowly as a succession of crises drain their strength and confidence until they suddenly begin…
US Has Secretly Sent Israel Over 100 Weapons Shipments in Last 150 Days
This amounts to one arms shipment every 1.5 days.
The October 7th America Has Forgotten: And the War Deaths We No Longer Protest (or Even Think About)
Andrea Mazzarino compares American reactions to the present nightmare in Israel and Gaza to those about our own never-ending global wars.
‘I Will No Longer be Complicit in Genocide’: U.S. Soldier Dies of Self-Immolation in Protest of War on Gaza
Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old soldier in the United States Air Force, died on Sunday after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC in protest of Israel's…
Ralph Nader: Biden & Blinken – Rule of Illegal Power Over Rule of Law
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org Among the puzzling questions that the media chooses to ignore is asking high government officials why they are exercising the illegal use of power that…
Former US Navy Pilot: The Day Israel Attacked the USA
June 8, 1967, Another Date That Lives in Infamy
Why Israeli Army Refusers Are Crucial to Ending the Cycle of Violence
Nineteen-year-old Israeli army refuser Ariel Davidov discusses the importance — and dangers — of taking an open stance against war, occupation and apartheid.
Congress Poised to Cede More Foreign Weapons Oversight. Why?
New bill would speed up the delivery of deadly arms while scaling back the ability of elected representatives to monitor the implications.
US Plans Weeks-Long Bombing Campaign Against Iranian Targets
The White House says the US response to the Jordan drone attack won't be a 'one-off'.
Imperial Costs: Two Stories Summarize the Cost of Empire to Democracy
By Matthew Hoh / CounterPunch Two press reports stood out to me this week: the release of the names of two US Navy SEALs who drowned two weeks ago in…