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Army Spc. Daniel Birmingham, War Resister, Wins Honorable Discharge
U.S. Army Specialist Daniel Birmingham, a March Forward! member stationed at Ft. Lewis, Wash. who did an infantry deployment in Iraq, won a major victory for service members’ rights …
Forgetting the Past, One Military Movie at a Time
Movie poster for “Act of Valor”. (Image: Relativity Media) Since 1986's “Top Gun” rekindled the Pentagon-Hollywood relationship from its post-Vietnam doldrums, the collusion between the military and …
The Gang That Couldn’t Bomb Straight
From left: Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich before taking part in a Republican presidential …
Iran, Israel and the US: The Slide To War
Wars are fought because some people decide it is in their interests to fight them. World War I was not started over the Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination, nor was it …
Gulf War III Isn’t an Option
Washington - We've heard this quickening drumbeat before. Last time, it led to the tragic invasion and occupation of Iraq. This time, if we let the drummers provoke us …
Truthout Investigative Reporter Jason Leopold Suing CIA, FBI, DOJ
It can sometimes take years for a FOIA request to be processed and for a response to come. That's why in 2007, a provision was put in by Congress …
Noam Chomsky: The Imperial Way
In the years of conscious, self-inflicted decline at home, “losses” continued to mount elsewhere.
Reclaiming Civilian Control: How to Keep Generals as Warriors, Not Politicians
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Sometimes history and circumstances offer us solutions to centuries-old problems and tensions within our long-lasting government. Even though we feel like a …
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Recognizing the “Unpeople”
Kidnapping civilians is plainly a serious crime – unless, of course, they are mere unpeople.