Category Archives: War & Peace

by William Blum  June 3, 2011 When they bombed Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, El Salvador and Nicaragua I said nothing because I wasn’t a communist. When they bombed China, Guatemala, Indonesia, Cuba, and the Congo I said nothing because I … Continue reading →

by James Petras / April 17th, 2011 The US bombing of Libya in support of rebel clients in the spring of 2011 is part and parcel of a sustained policy of military intervention in Africa since at least the mid … Continue reading →

في عالمنا المعاصر تحولت الحروب و النزاعات المسلحة الى ميادين لصراع البقاء تغيب عنها القيم و حقوق الإنسان، و تخضع فيها ذمة المقاتل للبيع و الشراء، و تصبح مفخرة الجندية عرضة للإسترزاق، و تنقلب كرامة الجهاد الى رخيص الممارسات من … Continue reading →

Dave Lindorff     This Can’t Be Happening, March 23, 2011 President Obama’s criminal launch of an undeclared and Congressionally unauthorized war against Libya may be compounded by the crime of spreading toxic uranium oxide in populated areas of that … Continue reading →

by John Pilger / December 11th, 2010 In the US Army manual on counterinsurgency, the American commander General David Petraeus describes Afghanistan as a “war of perception… conducted continuously using the news media”. What really matters is not so much … Continue reading →

By Sahil Kapur Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 — 9:29 am http://www.rawstory.com UPDATE: The Washington Posthas elaborated on its report that veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke’s last words called for an end to the war in Afghanistan. According to the Post, Holbrooke was reportedly joking … Continue reading →

by Stuart Littlewood / December 8th, 2010 Professor Richard Falk put it most eloquently: “The idea of Nuremberg after World War Two was that crimes against the peace, crimes against humanity and war crimes are also offences against the whole … Continue reading →

by Jeff Gates / December 8th, 2010 At the close of World War II, the U.S. was home to 50% of the world’s productive power. That economic strength assured America’s dominant financial position for at least two decades. That strength … Continue reading →

Stop the wars. Slow down the military-industrial complex. Cut the deficit. Everybody wins. Especially soldiers and innocent civilians. # STOP!!!  Watch this one.  Runs just 2 minutes. Video:  Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address — Jan. 17, 1961 Warns of the … Continue reading →