Showing posts with label war. Show all posts
Showing posts with label war. Show all posts
Jan 3, 2026

Trump Invades Venezuela; Arrests President Maduro and Wife

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US President Donald Trump speaks at press conference at  Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, January 3, 2026. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP...
Jan 13, 2018

Opposition to King Holiday in 1983 Led by Wisconsin, Rep. Sensenbrenner and Deep South

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Dr. King is still reviled in Republican circles, and other white supremacists. Madison, Wisconsin—President Reagan signed the Rev. King...
Apr 16, 2017

In the Belly of Moloch, the Child Must Burn—Happy Easter

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Four-year-old Awra Ali of Mosul was bombed on March 17. The child's neighborhood was hit by an airstrike from U.S.- led coalition fo...
Nov 11, 2016

Book Review: American Battles and Campaigns, A Chronicle from 1622 — Present

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American Battles and Campaigns, A Chronicle from 1622-2010 ( McNab, Thomas Dunne Books ) Happy Veterans Day, 2016 "War is God...
Mar 3, 2013

The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking; Purveyors of Killing Today Go On, As a Hero Faces Life Imprisonment

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Liberated Concentration Camp From left to right, the generals are George S. Patton (Third Army), Omar Bradley 12th Army Group (Patton...
Oct 22, 2011

President Obama Has Ended the War in Iraq

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President Barack Obama talks with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq during a secure video teleconference in the Situation Room of th...
May 13, 2011

Late-onset Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder--War and Hate Suck

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On February 15, 2001, Sonia Reich fled her home in Skokie, Illinois, insisting that someone was trying to kill her -- to "put a bullet...
Dec 30, 2010

Families Bear Brunt of Deployment Strains; War Is Only the First Cycle of Violence

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Most policymakers turn a blind eye, but social scientists are just beginning to document the rippling effects of multiple combat deployments...
Nov 5, 2010

Will GOP-Tea Party Target Veterans' Benefits ala Bush-Cheney?

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- Costs of wars are huge and tragic. Will GOP and Tea Party refuse our veterans and families? - By Jamie Reno San Diego, CA ( Home Post ) -...
Jan 28, 2010

Ellsberg on Howard Zinn

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A Memory of Howard Jan 27, 2010 By Daniel Ellsberg I just learned that my friend Howard Zinn died today. Earlier this morning, I was being i...
May 6, 2009

Free Gaza Movement Seeks Help

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Note : After a lifetime of fighting bigotry I have been called anti-Semite and Jew Hater (at Daily Kos yesterday ). Such is the mindset of...
Feb 11, 2009

Israel's Horror Show

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From former neocon Andrew Sullivan , no less. [Photo: Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP/Getty Images.] A Palestinian schoolgirl inspects her classroo...
Apr 3, 2008

Dr. King Weekend Begins Now

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U2 Pride (in the Name of Love) Listening to the words of King and millions who worked with him for civil rights, peace and social justice, ...
Oct 5, 2007

McClatchy: New military leaders question Iraq mission

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Who are these guys? Defeatocrats? Nancy A. Youssef and Renee Schoof have the story : Four and a half years after the nation's top milita...
Oct 1, 2007

Vets Hit Financially

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Question : Why is the support and righteous indignation directed on behalf of veterans more likely to be offered by those less inclined to s...
Sep 26, 2007

Anti-Militarist Giants Cohn and Hilberg Die Within a Week

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Norman Rufus Colin Cohn (January 12, 1915 – July 31, 2007) and Raul Hilberg (June 2, 1926 - August 4, 2007) died within a week of each other...
Jul 29, 2007

Iraq Disaster, The Numbers

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The reality of war is that its horror cannot be described fully by numbers, words or pictures. The idiot who calls himself President will ne...
Apr 18, 2007

Waco, Virginia Tech and Violence

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As we mourn the violence of the deadliest mass shooting by one individual in US history , it’s worth pausing to note the grim anniversary of...
Apr 11, 2007

Rutgers Basketball, Politically Correct and Apolitical

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by Michael Leon Madison, WI—Don Imus’ imbecilic rant about the Rutgers’ women’s basketball team does not merit comment. The spectacle of the...