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Poem (I lived in the first century of world wars)
I lived in the first century of world wars. Most mornings I would be more or less insane, The newspapers would arrive with...
Portrait of a Young G.I. as an Artist
Emerging from their war -- a time and a place where strangers wanted him dead and his elders preferred him dancing on a string...
The Ministry of Fear
Well, as Kavanagh said, we have lived In important places. The lonely scarp Of St Columb’s College, where I billeted For six...
Mother Earth: Her Whales
An owl winks in the shadows A lizard lifts on tiptoe, breathing hard Young male sparrow stretches up his neck, big head,...
Veterans’ Healthcare for Mental and Environmental Illnesses Under Attack
Not content with gutting welfare programs, conservatives are now targeting former soldiers, who are often poor or working class.
Japanese Antiwar Resistance During WWII
The resistance against the increasing militarism, exacerbated by deprivation and misery, has been underreported.
What War With Russia Would Look Like
Wendy Sherman aims to lecture the Russians on the cost of hubris. Instead she may be set to lead all down a path of ruin.
Why Russia Is Crazy
Russia’s December 2021 demands are described by numerous news articles, but the list of demands itself is found in very few places.
The U.S. Makes a Mockery of Treaties and International Law
The U.S. claims it operates under a “rules-based order”—but the term is not the same international law recognized by the rest of the world.
Editorial: Recognizing the Terrorists, States That Lie and Deceive
Truth is the only weapon we have that can directly counter the lies that are driving us to war and environmental destruction.
Native American Bear (Mato): Gift to Mother Earth and Her People
Like a mother bear protects her young, leaders who possess bear medicine stand up for what is right and fight for what is good and true.
Covid Colonizes the Future
The future does not look bright, regarding the health of the human species. What it looks like is, well, lots of people dying from covid.
Chuck Kaufman: A Great Man Has Left Us
He had one goal in life: to dismantle the US war machine before it dismantled more of us. His example lives on in many of us.
The Dead and the Living: Britain’s Dirty War in Northern Ireland
“It’s always there in minute detail. I can see that night in my head as clearly as I can see you now. I can see the ditch on fire.”
Give Nature a Seat at the Governing Table
An oak tree that “owns itself” has become emblematic of a newly energized, transformative legal concept: Rights of Nature.
The January 6 Anniversary, Julian Assange and the Erosion of Democracy
The invasion of the Capitol was an assault on democracy. So too is Biden’s continued persecution of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange.
Teaching, Learning While Creating Theater in the U.S. Prisons
Chris Hedges discusses his book “Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison.” “God ‘Caged’ in Jersey,” he declares.
Climate Crisis at the Top of the World
By 2050, the key drivers of major climate change will be feedback loops at both ends of the temperature spectrum.
The Struggles of Ofer Cassif, an Anti-Zionist in Israel’s Knesset
“The fact that I am a Jew myself drove them crazy… If you are an Israeli Jew you must support Israel and the crimes it commits.” – Ofer Cassif
The Italian Communist Whose Radical Children’s Books Shaped a Generation
Cherished by generations of readers, his irreverent fairy tales encouraged children to question authority and think for themselves.
New Year’s Prediction: U.S. Cold War on China Will End in Ten Years
The RAND Corp. has fallen victim to their own propaganda, that the Chinese government is oppressive and people yearn to be free from it.
America’s Foreign Policy Death Spiral
Never has a new “national security” policy paradigm of cooperative internationalism been more desperately needed.
Dissenting POWs: The Forgotten Story
POW Gene Wilber called for an immediate U.S. troop withdrawal “so that the Vietnamese can solve their own problems.”
World War I: The 1914 Christmas Truce
After discovering their commonalities, lower-class conscripts from both sides soon found it difficult to “hate the enemy.”
Editorial: Is Political Art a Contradiction?
Can a political belief be expressed in art form without diluting the power of the political idea? These are issues we grapple with.
Wildfire Surge of Omicron Confirms: Healthcare for Profit More Deadly
The U.S. has had the most COVID-19 deaths, while China has been able to break the chain of infection each time there has been an outbreak.
bell hooks, We Will Always Rage On With You
On the passing of bell hooks — the Black feminist, the cultural critic, the philosopher, the gadfly, the storyteller, the love warrior.
The US Empire’s Slow But Determined Execution of Julian Assange
The journalist and Wikileaks founder committed the greatest sin. He exposed the imperial project as a criminal enterprise.
Why We Must Defend Julian Assange
Julian Assange is one of the political prisoners that the US claims not to have and it’s disheartening the way many have abandoned him.
New York Times Airstrikes Reporting Ignores Daniel Hale
The influential news organization should give the whistleblower proper credit and call for Biden to immediately pardon him.
Honduras Getting Rid of Regime Washington Could No Longer Support
For the first time ever, the United States seems to be hoping that a socialist government in Latin America will succeed.
Susan Schnall for Agent Orange Relief on Law and Disorder Radio
Susan Schnall, a Navy nurse during the Vietnam War, is co-coordinator of the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign.
Assange and the Assurances of ‘Civilized’ Torturers
In persisting with having Wikileaks’ Julian Assange extradited from the UK, the US continues to expose its own systemic crimes.
Will Julian Assange Be Extradited?
Interview with Max Blumenthal, Nils Melzer and Kristinn Harfnsson on the latest in the extralegal prosecution of Julian Assange.
The Judicial Kidnapping of Julian Assange
What is at stake is both a courageous man’s life and the conquest of our intellects and sense of right and wrong: indeed our very humanity.
CIA Hijacks UK Judiciary for Vengeance on Julian Assange
Are the CIA and its contractors able to bully not only the U.S. Department of Justice, but also the UK judiciary?
After World War II, Tens of Thousands of U.S. Soldiers Mutinied and Won
Troops flexed their political muscle, directly challenged their commanders with a demand to return home and won.
Fabiola Letelier del Solar: Portrait of an Indispensable Woman
Attorney Fabiola Letelier del Solar has stood up to aggression and repression for decades, making her more feared than fearful.
1.5 Million Bolivians March for Democracy, President Arce’s Government
President Luis Arce thanked Bolivian citizens for their support, pledged to continue working to rebuild country and economy with the people.
Doug Rawlings on Peace, Poetry, and a New Generation of Vets
“I don’t want to pretend it’s mystical, but in a sense it is — I don’t know where a poem comes from,” shared VFP Maine president.
Move On
On the desperate times of our lives and the social forces, the common people, the working people, and their imperative to rise up.
The Costs of War (to You)
Our problem is that we’re not paying attention to where our money actually goes or truly thinking about how it might be better spent.
Lives in the Balance
Political protest came to the fore in Browne’s music in, “Lives in the Balance”, an explicit condemnation of U.S. policy in Central America.
The March of the Dead
Music composed by Country Joe McDonald from the poem by Robert William Service. he cruel...
US Navy Families in Hawai’i Find Fuel in Their Home Tap Water
Honolulu Citizens Demand the Closing of the US Navy’s 225 million gallon, 80-Year-Old, Leaking Underground Jet Fuel Tanks.
Tomas Young Fought to Expose the Lies of the Iraq War
Superhero-loving kid from Kansas City hit by two rounds from an AK-47 that severed his spinal cord and paralyzed him from the waist down.
The Pentagon – A Pentagod of Wrath
America’s abyss of weapons and warmaking: The deity America believes in is the five-sided one headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
COP26 Failed to Consider the War Industry’s Part in Climate Crisis
A huge elephant in the room was the failure to even consider tackling the fossil fuel-powered war industry’s part in this crisis.
Mercy Now
I know we don’t deserve it but we need it anyhow. We hang in the balance … Every single one of us could use some mercy now.
Turn Rising Generations Into War Resisters Rather Than Veterans
With the official U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, many people don’t want to think about it anymore. The author gets it.
Reclaim November 11 as Armistice Day
By upholding the ideal of peace, we cease to be a nation of war losers. For we have set our eyes on the ultimate prize.
An Honest Government Climate Change Ad
Juice Media takes COP 26 and the Net Zero scam. Written by Giordano Nanni who creates the series in collaboration with Lucy Cahill.
The Source of America’s Wars
I am the source of Americas’ Wars. Before and beyond, The Great War all the way to Afghanistan … I am Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed-Martin.
Military—Sacred Cow or Scourge?
The U.S. military might be characterized as a scourge on the planet. The author is convinced that it is inarguably the case.
The Green Fields of France (No Man’s Land)
by Eric Bogle. “No Man’s Land” (also known as “The Green Fields of France” or “Willie McBride”).
Song of Songs
Joan Baez singing the musical setting of this poem by renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. Look how beautiful my beloved...
Incantation of the First Order
Listen, no one signed up for this lullaby. No bleeped sheep or rosebuds or twitching stars will diminish the fear or save you...
Poem for Fidel Castro (Song of Protest)
“To defend our beloved Cuba.” The closing line of this poem from the great Chilean communist and surrealist writer Pablo...
The Revolution Will Rhyme
Revolution by poet Jillian Hanesworth from Stephen Rosenthal on Vimeo. The revolution will not be televised The revolution...
Mirrors
I have decided (I think) that my mind has become a series of walk-in closets. You know, the kind with a full length mirror on...