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War & Peace
Afghanistan Set the Stage for the US’s Implosion
The US's 10-year proxy war laid the foundation for the endless wars that have followed.
US Taxpayers Have Been Funding Big Business’s Wars for 233 Years
US corporations have exploited national pride to reap huge profits from taxpayer-funded wars.
The US Celebrates King’s Nonviolence But Not His Antiwar Politics
Martin Luther King Jr.’s anti-Vietnam war speech, “A Time to Break the Silence,” is more relevant today than ever.
US Troops Are a “Sitting Target” in Syria — It’s Time to Bring Them Home
In Syria, a suicide bomber struck a restaurant in the northern city of Manbij on Wednesday, killing 19 people.
To Stop Bolton’s Fire and Fury, Fire Bolton
John Bolton threatens to bring on another endless war.
Ground Zero Nagasaki: Living the Nuclear Past — and Future
We must remember Nagasaki, not just for the sake of history, but for our future.
Bases, Bases, Everywhere — Except in the Pentagon’s Report
Al-Tanf, a US military base in Syria, was never on the Pentagon’s books.
Will Trump Consign Humans to the Fate of the Dinosaurs?
As humanity has armed itself ever more lethally, it has transformed itself into the equivalent of so many asteroids.
Notorious CIA-Backed Units Will Remain in Afghanistan
The US should make reparations for the devastation it has wreaked in Afghanistan and Syria.
Pentagon Rings in New Year With Joke About Dropping Massive Bombs on People
As people across the world celebrated the New Year, the US military thought it was funny to joke about dropping bombs.