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Nuclear Fever: War Mongering on Iran
The recent string of exaggerated military successes – or at least as they are understood to be – places Israel in a situation it has been previously used to: prowess in war. Such prowess promises much: redrawing boundaries; overthrowing governments; destroying the capabilities of adversaries and enemies. Nothing, in this equation, contemplates peace, let alone […]
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Brace Yourselves: A Tsunami Approaches
What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if the people could […]
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Musk Spent $1bn on Coup Attempt – Maduro
The billionaire distributed the money to “fascists” through opposition figure Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan leader has claimed. FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a press conference. © Jesus Vargas / Getty Images Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused tech tycoon Elon Musk of “investing” at least $1 billion in inciting violence in the […]
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Plea in Defense of a Trade Unionist Facing Expulsion for Supporting Palestine
For initiating a petition denouncing the French CGT Confederation’s stance on Palestine after October 7, Salah was defamed and expelled from the union. This troubling case, part of a global witch-hunt against supporters of Gaza, deserves some attention. Interventions and comments by Professor Bruno Drweski, who defended Salah L. during the proceedings for his permanent […]
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Denouncing the Renewal of the U.S.-Kenya Mission to Haiti
The Haiti/Americas Team of the Black Alliance for Peace strongly denounces the UN Security Council’s vote to extend the U.S. funded, Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti. We assert that any U.S./UN-led armed intervention in Haiti is not only unjustifiable but also unlawful. We stand with the Haitian people and civil society groups […]
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Unraveling the Mystery of the Middle East Crisis
There are other issues I would prefer to write about; all are affected by the Middle East crisis. Economics Economics is a “dismal science” that has a postulate ─ all money is debt. This postulate leads to the realization that the capitalist economy grows and survives with mounting debt and only the government can carry […]
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The Badly Tarnished Nobel Peace Prize is Finally Awarded to a Group that Truly Deserves It
Hiroshima (left, which the US destroyed with the first atomic bomb ever used in war on Aug. 6, 1945, and Nagasaki, which the US destroyed three days later on Aug. 9 with the last atomic used in war so far. Over a quarter million people, mostly women and children, died in the two blasts, which […]
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Deconstructing a Military Mindset
The views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of Georgia Tech, the US Air Force, Department of Defense, or the US Government. Somewhere around the age of 20, I sat in a large auditorium at the United States Air Force Academy with a thousand other cadets and […]
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Indigenous Peoples Day, Some History
I was very surprised a few days ago to see the local bank where I have an account displaying a sign outside the front door which referred to what they called, “Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day.” Although I wish the first two words had not been there, it is still a positive thing that they went […]
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