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Thanking Veterans For Their “Service” – But Why?

In a normal sane world, one would think that this is primarily a moral and ethical question.

November 16th, 2018

Thanking Veterans For Their “Service” – But Why?

Depending on the context, the small word “why” can be totally innocuous or it can be just about the most subversive and even sacrilegious word one can utter. This is probably why I love this word so much: it’s ability to unleash tremendous power against all sorts of sacred cows and unchallenged beliefs. So, today I want to ask everybody why so

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Iran’s Definitive Account of the Iran-Iraq War: Written by a Female Iraqi Kurd

Thirty years after the end of Iran’s “War of Sacred Defense” Iran’s “military parades” are attacked, but the world still doesn’t really comprehend exactly what the West is attacking in Iran.

October 15th, 2018

By Ramin Mazaheri

Iran’s Definitive Account of the Iran-Iraq War: Written by a Female Iraqi Kurd

On September 22nd there was a terrible terrorist attack in the Iranian city of Ahvaz which killed 25 innocent people and wounded 70 other people. This was universally reported in the West as having occurred at a “military parade”, when it was actually a parade to commemorate

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Ramin Mazaheri

Ramin Mazaheri is the chief correspondent in Paris for PressTV and has lived in France since 2009. He has been a daily newspaper reporter in the US, and has reported from Iran, Cuba, Egypt, Tunisia, South Korea and elsewhere. His work has appeared in various journals, magazines and websites, as well as on radio and television.

For the US Military, ‘Winning’ Now Means Staying at War as Long as Possible

After almost two decades of warfare, the armed forces have lowered the bar for victory to the level of their enemy, the Taliban.

September 06th, 2018

By Nick Turse

For the US Military, ‘Winning’ Now Means Staying at War as Long as Possible

4,000,000,029,057. Remember that number. It’s going to come up again later. But let’s begin with another number entirely: 145,000 — as in, 145,000 uniformed soldiers striding down Washington’s

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Nick Turse

Nick Turse is the managing editor of TomDispatch, a fellow at the Nation Institute, and a contributing writer for the Intercept. His 2017 Harper’s magazine article, “Ghost Nation,” is a finalist for an American Society of Magazine Editors award. His website is NickTurse.com.

Why US Imperialism Loves the Afghanistan Quagmire

Afghanistan may be a seething swamp of suffering. But it’s a swamp that is at the same time spawning immense advantages for a select few overseeing US imperialist interests.

August 27th, 2018

By Finian Cunningham

Why US Imperialism Loves the Afghanistan Quagmire

It may seem paradoxical that any American interest would seek to deliberately prolong the Afghan quagmire. Costing trillions of dollars to the national debt, one would think that US planners are anxious to wind down the war and cut their immense losses. Not so, it seems. Like the classic 1960s satire film, Dr. Strangelove, and how he came to

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Finian Cunningham

Finian Cunningham is a former editor and writer for major news media organizations. He has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages.

Colombia’s New Right-Wing President Raises Risk of US-Led War With Venezuela

As the U.S. seeks to topple the elected government of Venezuela, few doubt that Colombia’s President Duque and the regional elites standing behind him will prove extremely loyal to their traditional masters in Washington.

August 07th, 2018

By Elliott Gabriel

Colombia’s New Right-Wing President Raises Risk of US-Led War With Venezuela

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA – As Colombia’s new president, Ivan Duque, took office Tuesday, widespread speculation swirled across the region that the right-wing former senator and 42-year-old protégé of former President Alvaro Uribe will usher in a new stage of confrontation between Bogota and the besieged government of neighboring Venezuela. Bilateral

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Elliott Gabriel

Elliott Gabriel is a former staff writer for teleSUR English and a MintPress News contributor based in Quito, Ecuador. He has taken extensive part in advocacy and organizing in the pro-labor, migrant justice and police accountability movements of Southern California and the state's Central Coast.

How America’s Wars Abroad are Funding Inequality at Home

Never before has this country relied so heavily on deficit spending to pay for its conflicts. The consequences are expected to be ruinous for the long-term fiscal health of the U.S., but they go far beyond the economic.

June 28th, 2018

By Stephanie Savell

How America’s Wars Abroad are Funding Inequality at Home

In the name of the fight against terrorism, the United States is currently waging “credit-card wars” in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere. Never before has this country relied so

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Stephanie Savell

Stephanie Savell is co-director of the Costs of War Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. An anthropologist, she has conducted research on security and civic engagement in the U.S. and in Brazil. She co-authored The Civic Imagination: Making a Difference in American Political Life.

The Tide Is Turning: Israel Is Losing on Two War Fronts

While Israel experiences battlefield losses in Gaza, which it once completely dominated, its war against BDS is surely a lost battle.