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Militarism
The United States’ Elite Forces Deploy to a Record-Shattering 147 Countries in 2015
Iraq, Afghanistan and other Special Ops “successes.”
Henry A. Giroux | Youth in Authoritarian Times: Challenging Neoliberalism’s Politics of Disposability
Young people today are forced to inhabit a world where childhood is nonexistent, but a different future is possible.
Henry A. Giroux | Murder, Incorporated: Guns and the Growing Culture of Violence in the US
After the latest mass shooting, the US culture of violence continues to play on fear and be normalized.
Ending Police Militarization, One City at a Time
If we push military weapons expo Urban Shield out of the United States, we delegitimize the US war machine at its core.
US Special Ops Forces Have Deployed in 135 Nations
This year is proving to be record-breaking year for the military's secret military.
Garrisoning the Globe: How US Military Bases Abroad Undermine National Security
Such bases helped lock us inside a permanently militarized society.
The Hypocrisy of the US Promoting the “Rule of Law” in Africa
In many African countries, Western backing is the only thing keeping kleptocrats in power.
Thanks to Reliance on “Signature” Drone Strikes, US Military Doesn’t Know Who It’s Killing
High-tech weaponry is killing thousands of unidentified people worldwide and maintaining the US permanent war machine in a new form.
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Learning War: An Educational Historian’s Perspective
War is grotesque, it changes US society and its burdens often fall on the most marginalized people.
The US Militarization of Africa Is Well Underway and Nothing Good Will Come of It
The following is an excerpt from “Finding Barack Obama in South Sudan.”