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In Historic First, ICC Preparing to Investigate US War Crimes in Afghanistan

Foreign Policy reports that the International Criminal Court is poised to formally investigate U.S. actions for the first time in its history

Breakdown Democracy and Constitutional Crisis in Korea

“We may be weak, we may be poor, but we have not lost our pride yet…President Park has lost her authority as president and she must step down.”

After Two Wars, Standing Rock is the First Time I Served the American People

I was in Iraq when President Bush announced the “surge” in January 2007. I was in Afghanistan when President Obama announced the “surge” in December 2009. But it wasn’t until I visited Standing Rock in October 2016 when I actually served the American people. This time, instead of fighting for corporate interests, I was fighting for the people.

As DAPL Protests Escalate, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Releases Statement

“Militarized law enforcement agencies moved in on water protectors with tanks and riot gear today. We continue to pray for peace. We call on the state of North Dakota to oversee the actions of local law enforcement to, first and foremost… Read More…

The U.S. National Bird Is Now a Drone

Officially, of course, the national bird of the United States is that half-a-peace-sign that Philadelphia sports fans like to hold up at opposing teams. But unofficially, the film National Bird has it right: the national bird is a killer drone. Read More…

Russell-Einstein Manifesto

In the tragic situation which confronts humanity, we feel that scientists should assemble in conference to appraise the perils that have arisen as a result of the development of weapons of mass destruction, and to discuss a resolution in the spirit of the appended draft. Read More…

Okinawa: Destroying Democracy

The Veterans For Peace (VFP) delegation of six members from different chapters around the US is traveling to Okinawa to join the local resistance to oppose the expansion of two US military bases. Our delegation consists of a diverse team of war veterans from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam. Also, three of the members are former US Marines who were stationed on Okinawa during… Read More…

War is Only an Invention, Not a Biological Necessity

Is war a biological necessity, a sociological inevitability or just a bad invention? Those who argue for the first view endow man with such pugnacious instincts that some outlet in aggressive behavior is necessary if man is to reach full human stature. It was this point of view which lay back of William James’s famous essay, “The Moral Equivalent of War,” in which he tried to retain the warlike… Read More…

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