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Militarism
Will Guantánamo Ever Close? Fourteen Years After Prison’s Opening, Indefinite Detention Persists
President Obama's plan to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amounts to merely relocating it to US soil.
In Pivot to Asia, US Military Reinforces Its Foothold in the Pacific
China's increasing naval power in the Asia-Pacific worries the US military establishment, as it could upset US naval hegemony.
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Why Is My Kindergartner Being Groomed for the Military at School?
In the US, young children are primed for military recruitment before they're old enough to ask questions. How can we push back?
The Pentagon’s Progress: Will US “Successes” Lead to More Iraqi Military Failures?
History suggests that time is no panacea when Washington attempts to prop up, advise or build armies.
Doubling Down on a Failed Strategy: The Pentagon’s Dangerous “New” Base Plan
The Obama administration is considering a Pentagon proposal to create a “new” and “enduring” system of military bases around the Middle East.
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The War on Terror Is a War on Youth: Paris and the Impoverishment of the Future
The war on youth is being waged against and by young people. They are both subjects and objects in a global cycle of violence.
John Pilger | From Pol Pot to ISIS: US Bombing Abroad Breeds Instability, Violence and War
ISIS is the mutation of Western state terror.
As US Special Operations Forces Enter Syria, Growing Presence in Africa Goes Unnoticed
This year, special ops have been sent to a record 147 countries.
It’s a $cam! The US Way of War in the 21st Century
Somewhere between $31 billion and $60 billion taxpayer dollars have been lost to fraud and waste in the US' “reconstruction” of Iraq and Afghanistan.