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Ramsey Clark, Human Rights Lawyer and Critic of US Empire, Dies at Age 93

Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clarke speaks during a press conference after he joined ISNAD, the defence committee of toppled Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, 28 December 2004 in Amman. (Photo: KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)

As Junta Kills Over 100 in Myanmar, UN Expert Says It Is 'Past Time for the World to Respond'

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Medics attend to a protester who was shot and injured by security forces on March 27, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo: Stringer/Getty Images)

"The military celebrated Armed Forces Day by committing mass murder against the people it should be defending," said United Nations special rapporteur Tom Andrews.

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From Space Force to F-35s, Congress Given Specific Path to Cut Pentagon Budget by $80 Billion

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

A U.S. Air Force pilot flies the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet during a public display at Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix on March 17, 2018. (Photo: Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"We have a choice: funnel countless trillions of dollars into weapons of war...

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Calls Grow for Biden to Fully Withdraw US Troops From Afghanistan by May 1

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on March 21, 2021. He met with U.S. troops and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to discuss the timeline for an American withdrawal from the war-torn nation. (Photo: Afghan presidency/handout/Andalou Agency via Getty Images)

"If Biden chooses to stay, every dead soldier, every family broken, and every...

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Smoke rises from explosions during the first few minutes of a massive air attack on March 21, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. The third year anniversary since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein will be marked on April 9, 2006 amidst continued unrest in Iraq, where over 30, 000 civilians have been reported to be killed since the start of the war. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie /Getty Images)

On 18th Anniversary of Iraq Invasion, Activists Renew Calls for US Reparations

Numerous progressive groups expressed support for a March 16, 2021 letter from 50 House Democrats calling on President Joe Biden to seek a reduction of the $740 billion Pentagon budget. (Image: Win Without War)

50 House Democrats Demand Biden Slash Pentagon Budget to Invest in Public Health, Common Good

A pro-democracy protester is wounded during a crackdown by security forces on demonstrations against the military coup in the Hlaingthaya township of Yangon, Myanmar on March 14, 2021. (Photo: STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Martial Law Extended in Myanmar After Junta Kills More Than 50 Protesters

"I knelt down… begging them not to shoot and torture the children, but to shoot me and kill me instead," Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng said of her attempt to dissuade police officers in Myitkyina, Myanmar from shooting people at a pro-democracy demonstration on March 8, 2021. (Photo: Twitter screengrab via Reuters)

'Kill Me Instead': Despite Nun's Pleas, Military Junta Shoots Pro-Democracy Protesters in Myanmar

A member of the U.S. Marine Corps deployed during the Iraq War. (Photo: Cpl. Brian M. Henner/USMC/flickr/cc)

'We Need to Make Sure It's Done Right': Peace Advocates Welcome Biden Move to Limit War Powers

"In the name of counterterrorism, U.S. presidents have for two decades authorized unlawful, secretive, and unaccountable killing abroad," the ACLU's Hina Shamsi said on Thursday, March 4, 2021. (Photo: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

ACLU to Biden: Do Not 'Review' Drone Killing Program—End It Once and for All

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill examining wages at large profitable corporations February 25, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Susan Walsh-Pool/Getty Images)

Sanders Warns Biden Attack on Syria Puts US on 'Path of Continuing the Forever War Instead of Ending It'

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to speak alongside Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during a visit to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on February 10, 2021. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden 'Revenge' Bombing of Syria 'Violates International Law': Legal Scholar

President Donald Trump, who vowed to "bomb the shit out of" Islamic State militants and "take out their families," presided over a dramatic escalation in air and ground attacks on cities including Mosul, Iraq—shown here under U.S. bombardment—in which thousands of civilians were killed. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

'Counter-Terrorism'?: Two Decades After 9/11, New Interactive Map Details Footprint of US War Machine in 85 Countries

Yemeni people affected by war receive food aid from a humanitarian organization on February 11, 2020 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Citing Humanitarian Impact, Biden Reverses 'Dangerous' Designation of Houthis as Terrorist Group

U.S. Soldiers at Forward Operating Base in Baylough, Afghanistan, June 16, 2010. (Photo: DoD/Public Domain)

To Secure Lasting Peace in Afghanistan, Task Force Proposes Prolonging Longest US War

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an increasingly vocal critic of the U.S. war in Vietnam, speaks on the subject at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. on February 8, 1968. (Photo: Joseph Klipple/Getty Images)

Progressives Push Back as Trump, Pentagon, and ICE 'Hijack' MLK's Message

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Veterans for Peace

Veterans Deliver Letter to Special Climate Envoy John Kerry

Amnesty International - USA

Amnesty International USA Responds to House Passage of the Justice in Policing Act

Drug Policy Alliance

After House Passes Police Reform Bill Without Addressing Advocates’ Concerns, Drug Policy Alliance Calls on Senate to Ensure ‘Justice’ Is Not Lost

Demand Progress

Joint Statement on US Airstrike in Syria

Senator Bernie Sanders

Sanders Statement on Air Strikes in Syria

National Iranian-American Council

NIAC Statement on U.S. Strike on Syria

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Tom Engelhardt

The United States as a Mass-Killing Machine

Nan Levinson

America's Far-Right in Uniform

Jesse Jackson

Has America Come Any Closer to MLK's Dream?

Rev Dr Liz Theoharis

The American Spiritual Death Spiral

Will Bunch

America's Military-Industrial Complex Squanders $1.7 Trillion on a Lame Fighter Jet While the President Begs for Infrastructure Cash

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon

The Liberal Contempt for Martin Luther King's Final Year

Adam Parsons, Sonja Scherndl

It's Time to End the Insanity of Colossal Military Spending and Reallocate Funds to Basic Economic and Social Needs

Michael T. Klare

Chinese and American Leaders Are Playing a Game of Chicken That Couldn't Be More Dangerous

Robert C. Koehler

Can Biden End the Endless Wars and Learn to Wage Peace?

Jim Naureckas

NY Times Provides US Government Propaganda by Manufacturing Quote by Top Chinese Official