An Appeal from Afghanistan to Whistle-Blow on War

lauren — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:53:27 +0000

Recognition that 95 million human beings were killed in World War I and II has helped the people of the world understand that the method of war is not cost-effective.

The Price of Justice: Greed, Corruption and Big Coal

Craig Brown — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:24:01 +0000

Russell Mokhiber

Check out this cast of characters.

Don Blankenship, the former CEO of Massey Energy. He lives in a big house.

Hugh Caperton, a mine owner, who alleges that Massey drove him out of business. He lives in a big house.

Mass World Cup Protests Rock Brazil

lauren — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:13:20 +0000

Dave Zirin

Protesters in Brazil. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Agencia Brasil)I traveled to Brazil last September to investigate the preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. It was painfully evident that the social disruption of hosting two mega-events in rapid succession would be profound.

Buzz Off, Monsanto

lauren — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:40:20 +0000

Last week, the term “bee-washing” emerged in public conversation.

The G8 Comes to the 'New Northern Ireland', a Place Where no Dissent Will Be Tolerated

jacob — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:27:32 +0000

Laurie Penny

In Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, the streets are full of fake shop-fronts, designed to give the impression that empty stores are still selling things. Some of them are so realistic that locals have attempted to walk through doors that turn out to be painted on. The small Northern Irish town has 4.8 per cent unemployment, with an 82 per cent rise in redundancies last year, and a population of 14,000, plus about 3,000 police from all over Britain, plus a protest camp.

The Terror Diaspora

jacob — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:26:52 +0000

Nick Turse

The Gulf of Guinea. He said it without a hint of irony or embarrassment. This was one of U.S. Africa Command’s big success stories. The Gulf... of Guinea. A French sniper carries his weapon at the Mali air force base near Bamako January 19, 2013. (Reuters/Eric Gaillard)

Lesser of Two Evils

jacob — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:12:00 +0000

David Macaray

The argument against government regulation of commerce goes something like this. These regulations are cumbersome, confusing, expensive, inefficient, vaguely “unconstitutional,” and, ultimately, counter-productive, because they hurt the very businesses and industries they were established to protect.

The Terror Con

jacob — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:44:40 +0000

Robert Scheer

For defense contractors, the government officials who write them mega checks, and the hawks in the media who cheer them on, the name of the game is threat inflation. And no one has been better at it than the folks at Booz Allen Hamilton, the inventors of the new boondoggle called cyber warfare.AP/Google/Connie Zhou

Camouflaging the Vietnam War: How Textbooks Continue to Keep the Pentagon Papers a Secret

lauren — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:23:07 +0000

Bill Bigelow

In the Academy Award-winning documentary Hearts and Minds, Daniel Ellsberg, who secretly copied and then released the Pentagon Papers, offers a catalog of presidential lying about the U.S. role in Vietnam: Truman lied. Eisenhower lied. Kennedy lied. Johnson “lied and lied and lied.” Nixon lied.

Confronting Militarism And Patriarchy–The Take Away From The Congressional Hearings On Sexual Assault In The Ranks

lauren — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:07:55 +0000

Lucinda Marshall