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![In this handout image released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber and F-16 fighter jets fly over the South Korea Peninsula during a joint air drill on February 19, 2023, at an undisclosed location in South Korea.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0303-south-korea-400x300.jpg)
US Is Maintaining Tensions With North Korea to Draw in Allies Against China
The greatest threat to peace and stability in northeast Asia is the U.S. Indo-Pacific military encirclement of China.
![A child waves from the back of a jeep with an M60 during a Veterans Day parade in Reno, Nevada, on November 11, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0223-veterans-day-400x300.jpg)
Our Children Are Experiencing Militarization of the US Up Close and Personally
Educational “culture wars” overlook the ways in which war has altered what we teach our kids.
![A family examines the remains of a Russian tank destroyed at the beginning of the war as the first anniversary of the war between Russia and Ukraine nears, in Bucha, Ukraine, on February 22, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0223-ukraine-400x300.jpg)
Chomsky: A Stronger NATO Is the Last Thing We Need as Russia-Ukraine War Turns 1
It is becoming increasingly obvious that this is now a U.S./NATO-Russia war via Ukraine, Noam Chomsky argues.
![Antiwar demonstrators, including some Vietnam Veterans Against the War, hold banners denouncing the general war effort and President Richard Nixon specifically, outside a hotel where Nixon is holding a fundraising dinner on September 27, 1972.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0127-vietnam-war-400x300.jpg)
On 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War’s End, We Must Not Forget Its Brutality
Although the war is over, trauma remains for many Vietnamese people, and the fight against imperialism rages on.
![A backhoe is seen next to a towering hill of coal](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0123-coal-backhoe-400x300.jpg)
Pentagon’s Report on China Doesn’t Say a Word About Threat of Climate Crisis
It’s time the U.S. and China move toward collaborative efforts aimed at reducing our mutual climate vulnerabilities.
![People watch as army jets fly overhead](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1222-army-jets-400x300.jpg)
Democrats Are Making a Devil’s Bargain on Pentagon Funding. It’s Not Paying Off.
Progressives can’t win unless Pentagon spending is put on the chopping block.
![Ukrainian soldiers train on a U.S.-supplied MaxxPro MRAP Navistar mine resistant armoured fighting vehicle on October 17, 2022, in Nyzhche Solone, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1222-ukraine-400x300.jpg)
Chomsky: Advanced US Weaponry in Ukraine Is Sustaining Battlefield Stalemate
“Ukraine is already facing a major economic and humanitarian crisis,” Noam Chomsky says.
![Demonstrators from different cities, holding banners and placards, protest to demand the removal of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on September 7, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1206-haiti-400x300.jpg)
“Military Intervention Will Birth Military Occupation,” Haitian Activist Warns
The previous military occupations of Haiti “all brought disease, hunger, poverty and destruction,” says David Oxygène.
![A U.S. F-35 fighter, built by Lockheed Martin, jet flies over the Eifel Mountains near Spangdahlem. The F-35 has cost the government $1.5 trillion in its development, construction and operation.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/2022_11-30-f-35-military-spending-400x300.jpg)
Lawmakers Set to Propose Record $847B for Defense, $45B Over Biden’s Request
Antiwar and progressive advocates have strongly condemned the proposed budget, calling it a “slap in the face.”
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Purdue Students and Faculty Say No to War Criminals on Campus
Activists at Purdue will protest George W. Bush’s role in the war on Iraq during his December 6 campus visit.