Is It the Drones or the Killings We Oppose?
US drone strikes make news every day, fostering worldwide outrage and public scrutiny. The drone has become an icon of US lethality and dominance, and it has understandably become a principal focus of...
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Reaper Madness: Obama’s Whack-a-Mole Killing Machine
“Our entire Middle East policy seems to be based on firing drones,” Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told The Intercept. “They’re enamored by the ability of...
View ArticleGround the Drones
With my involvement in ongoing protests at Hancock Field near Syracuse, a base for Reaper drones remotely “piloted” over Afghanistan and Pakistan, I have been trying to achieve greater clarity about my...
View ArticleLet’s Bail Out Ourselves!
“It’s not that we don’t have demands… We speak them with our struggle. Our movement is made up of people fighting for jobs, for schools, for debt relief, equitable housing, and healthcare… We are …...
View ArticleAssassination Nation
[Editor’s note: Information in this article pertaining to the Phoenix Program was derived primarily from the ground-breaking investigative work conducted by Douglas Valentine, author of The Phoenix...
View ArticleObama’s Fatwa
I just read Salman Rushdie’s memoir, Joseph Anton, describing his nine years in hiding from Ayatollah Khomenei’s death sentence (fatwa), imposed for his “heretical” novel Satanic Verses. The entire...
View ArticleAmerica’s Hollow Concern for Children
The Newtown massacre seems to have awakened America’s concern for its innocent young children enough to revive gun control. And a ban on assault weapons might very well help ensure the safety of...
View ArticleGround the Drones
With my involvement in ongoing protests at Hancock Field near Syracuse, a base for Reaper drones remotely “piloted” over Afghanistan and Pakistan, I have been trying to achieve greater clarity about my...
View ArticleLet’s Bail Out Ourselves!
“It’s not that we don’t have demands… We speak them with our struggle. Our movement is made up of people fighting for jobs, for schools, for debt relief, equitable housing, and healthcare… We are …...
View ArticleAssassination Nation
[Editor’s note: Information in this article pertaining to the Phoenix Program was derived primarily from the ground-breaking investigative work conducted by Douglas Valentine, author of The Phoenix...
View ArticleIs It the Drones or the Killings We Oppose?
US drone strikes make news every day, fostering worldwide outrage and public scrutiny. The drone has become an icon of US lethality and dominance, and it has understandably become a principal focus of...
View ArticleObama’s Fatwa
I just read Salman Rushdie’s memoir, Joseph Anton, describing his nine years in hiding from Ayatollah Khomenei’s death sentence (fatwa), imposed for his “heretical” novel Satanic Verses. The entire...
View ArticleAmerica’s Hollow Concern for Children
The Newtown massacre seems to have awakened America’s concern for its innocent young children enough to revive gun control. And a ban on assault weapons might very well help ensure the safety of...
View ArticleReaper Madness: Obama’s Whack-a-Mole Killing Machine
“Our entire Middle East policy seems to be based on firing drones,” Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told The Intercept. “They’re enamored by the ability of...
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A Tale of Two Atrocities: Douma and Gaza
Photo by Jonas Moffat | CC BY 2.0 The mainstream media once again have enthusiastically endorsed Donald Trump’s latest strike on Syria, pulled off without Congressional approval and in blatant...
View ArticleBerrigan, Ellsberg and Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a day noted for its parades honoring veterans by ennobling, glorifying (and thereby perpetuating) US war and militarism. The peace community in Rochester observes instead a solemn...
View Article“Abolish ICE”? Then Why Not Abolish All US Militarism?
US antiwar and antidrone activists have for years bumped up against a major obstacle in our organizing of fellow citizens: Namely, the chasm of disconnect between our own understanding (shared by most...
View ArticleTrump Explained in Fiction
The fictive phenomenon of the mercurial Donald Trump, a plausible candidate for removal from the presidency through the 25th Amendment, is best captured by works of fiction than by jounalism. Two...
View ArticleCollusion Hiding in Plain Sight
Donald Trump’s suspected “collusion” with Russia in the 2016 elections has been extensively investigated. But almost nothing has been said about his, and Congress members’, open collusion with another...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Phone Calls: an Impeachment Puzzle
Here’s a puzzling question: The House impeachment inquiry against President Trump is focused entirely on Trump’s phone call with Ukraine’s president that linked US aid to Ukraine with Ukraine’s...
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