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![Military personnel take part in the Defense Shield 23 multinational battle group military exercises as U.S. national flag is seen in Novo Selo, Bulgaria, on May 29, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1258269316-400x300.jpg)
We Must Reckon With the Most Dangerous System of Extinction Humans Ever Created
Capitalism, especially U.S. militarized capitalism, is a structural extinction force we need to confront foremost.
![Demonstrators holding Palestinian flags and banners, gather to stage a demonstration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 23, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1870881566-400x300.jpg)
When Abolitionists Say “Free Them All,” We Mean Palestine Too
We must fight militarism and oppression abroad as fiercely as we do at home.
![A U.S. Army veteran who was injured in Afghanistan in 2004 takes part in a protest march from the White House to the U.S. Capitol to demand an end to the war in Iraq, the return of U.S. troops and the impeachment of U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 2007.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1228638251-400x300.jpg)
Today Let’s Honor the Veterans Who Have Turned Against the US War Machine
Hundreds of veterans returned from Iraq ready to fight the horror and injustice of the U.S. military industrial complex.
![President Joseph Robinette Biden steps off of a helicopter bearing an image of the U.S. flag](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1031-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Rights Groups Say Biden’s Israel Funding Request Would Finance Ethnic Cleansing
The supplemental funding proposal would bolster Israel’s plans to forcibly transfer Palestinians, warns one group.
![Mike Johnson](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1031-house-gop-400x300.jpg)
House GOP Bill Pairs Israel Military Aid With IRS Cuts That Help Rich Tax Cheats
Critics slammed the bill, which would strip $14.3 billion in funds from the IRS.
![A demonstrator taking part in a march carries a sign reading "Down with France, long live the CNSP" ("National Council for the Protection of the Fatherland") in Niamey, Niger, on July 30, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1565721170-400x300.jpg)
France’s Long Legacy of Colonialism Lives on in Sahel Crisis
The instability and loss of civilian governance in the Sahel is a result of French policy and continued interference.
![The U.S.S. Nimitz conducts routine operations while transiting the South China Sea on February 4, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0831-south-china-sea-400x300.jpg)
The US Is Fanning the Flames of War With China
U.S. actions intensify the danger of nuclear war in the Asia-Pacific.
![Cillian Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer in the film Oppenheimer.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0731-oppenheimer-400x300.jpg)
“Oppenheimer” Ignores Birth of Nuclear-Industrial Complex — and Its Profiteers
Nukes are big business, and beneficiaries have worked doggedly to limit any efforts to reduce or eliminate nuclear arms.
![Antiwar activists hold a rally to mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement, near a military check point on the Tongil bridge along the road leading to the truce village of Panmunjom, in the border city of Paju, on July 27, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0727-korean-war-400x300.jpg)
Koreans Demand the US End the Korean War 70 Years After Armistice
U.S. imperialism has not only thwarted peace in the Korean Peninsula, but is currently shaping a new Cold War.
![Caskets for the dead are carried towards the gravesite as relatives and friends attend a mass funeral for members of a family that were killed in a U.S. drone airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 30, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1235325413-scaled.jpg)
New Book Exposes the Horror of the US’s Endless, Invisible Wars
Norman Solomon offers a powerful framework for understanding geopolitical crises and the enduring costs of militarism.