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From Agent Orange to “Kill Lists”: “Brilliant” Psy-Ops Become the News
On 28 May, President Obama launched a campaign to falsify the history of the war in Vietnam.
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What Happens When You Talk to the Public About Drones
The purpose of the 2012 Know Drones Tour is to do sidewalk public education, working with other groups to help generate a citizens movement to stop US drone attacks …
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Drone Kill List: Not News?
Depite the gravity of the issue, even the NYT can't make drone kill lists a media issue.
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The War Drones On…
The increasing toll taken by these robotic executioners is beginning to register with the public, after many years of automated death from above in our adventurist wars. Still, the …
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Why I Returned My Medals
On May 20, during the first day of the NATO Summit in Chicago, Mr. Clumpner returned his medals along with 43 other veterans.
Violence, USA: The Warfare State and the Brutalizing of Everyday Life
Since 9/11, the campaign for homeland security has increasingly mimicked the tactics of the enemies its sought to crush.
What Are Iran’s Intentions?
As tensions escalate, eerie echoes of the run-up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are in the air.
Counter-Memory and the Politics of Loss After 9/11
To address our collapsing intellectual and moral visions, we must reclaim and re-imagine those moments of compassion, social relations and democratic ideals that surfaced briefly after 9/11.
Disney, Militarization and the National Security State After 9/11
Disney's cultural products rely on innocence as a rhetorical tool to legitimate dominant relations of power.
Reveling in the Pain of Others: Moral Degeneracy and Violence in the “Kill Team” Photos
The “Kill Team” photos offer a glimpse into a larger set of social conditions in a winner-take-all society.