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The Lesson of WMDs: Obama and US Military Divided Over Syria
Has Syria crossed the 'red line' that warrants a US military invasion? Has it not? The political establishment in the US seems at odds over itself.
Bush’s Legacy Ought to Be on Trial; Instead, It’s Put on Display
Kill a few, they call you a murderer. Kill tens of thousands, they give you $500 million for a granite vanity project and a glossy 30-page supplement in the …
Kimberly Rivera, Pregnant Mom of Four, Sentenced to Military Prison for Refusing to Serve in Iraq
On Monday, a military court sentenced her to 10 months behind bars.
Seeking Corporate Accountability for Crimes at Abu Ghraib
The Center for Constitutional Rights is still seeking accountability from those alleged to have tortured at Abu Ghraib.
International Intervention in Afghanistan Has Led to Heroin Resurgence
After a decade of US and NATO occupation, opium cultivation is again on the rise in Afghanistan.
Time to Renounce the “War on Terror“
Norman Solomon: The "war on terror" continues to normalize itself as a thoroughly American way of life and death.
Another Big Story the Mainstream Media Missed: GE-Krupp Conspiracy Trial of ’47
Lest anyone imagine that corporate crimes being unreported by the mainstream media and punished with a wristslap are anything new, legendary labor reporter James Lerner's account of the GE …
Dance on Thatcher’s Grave, but Remember, There Has Been a Coup in Britain
John Pilger: In the wake of Thatcher's departure, I remember her victims, like the ailing five-year-old girl who was denied public support because of her father's ties to a …
“Dirty Wars”: The Obama Administration’s Global Battlefields
The Obama administration has expanded the global war on terror by placing the first American citizen on the kill list.
The New American Confederacy
One definition for confederacy is: A group of people who have united for unlawful practices; a conspiracy.