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War On Terror
Trump Designates Fentanyl as a “Weapon of Mass Destruction”
The declaration comes as Trump has been escalating his illegal and unprovoked military campaign against Venezuela.
Decades of Global Drone War Made Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree Possible
The so-called war on terror laid the foundations for Trump to turn international waters into one-sided battlefields.
Trump Is Using National Guard Attack to Collectively Punish Communities of Color
Trump has wreaked collective punishment on immigrants following the shooting of two National Guard members in DC.
Suspect in National Guard Shooting Brought the CIA’s Shadow War Home
Rahmanullah Lakanwal was between 14 and 16 years old when he became a CIA-backed militiaman in Afghanistan.
War Criminal Dick Cheney Dead at 84, With Blood of Millions on His Hands
Cheney’s legacy more than outlives him; he reshaped the very structures of war and authoritarianism at home and abroad.
US Strikes 2 Boats in Pacific Ocean as Hegseth Pledges “Strikes Will Continue”
Members of Congress say the Pentagon has still not provided any evidence to back justifications for the attacks.
From 1920s Italy to 1930s Palestine to 1980s Ska Scenes, Antifa Has Many Faces
A historian discusses past anti-fascist organizations and practices in light of Trump’s effort to criminalize “antifa.”
Trump Could Target More Than 60 Countries Under Proposed War Authorization
A broad draft Authorization for Use of Military Force could give wide latitude to go after supposed “narco-terrorists.”
US Mourns the Victims of 9/11, But What of the Victims of the “War on Terror”?
Twenty-four years into the global “war on terror,” we need rituals of public mourning to acknowledge its many victims.
Trump Administration’s Deadly Strike on Venezuelan Boat Raises Fear of Wider War
The US is escalating the “war on drugs” and folding it into the “war on terror,” says historian Greg Grandin.