It’s a U.S. war on the U.S. government’s preferred model. The ideal war for the U.S. government and the weapons dealers that…
In the United States, only a very small percentage of men under 60 are military veterans. In the United States, at least…
I’m pretty sure I usually read the New York Times differently from how some people read it. I read it looking for two things:…
For any given war, one can examine the months or years or decades during which one or both sides worked diligently to…
It’s been two years since I wrote on this topic. At that time, at least 36% of U.S. mass shooters had been trained by…
By European Bureau for Conscientious Objection www.ebco-beoc.org, April 21, 2023 The European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO) met with its member organisation…
The New York Times routinely tells bigger lies than the clumsy nonsense it published about weapons in Iraq. Here’s an example. This package of lies…
The Collapse of the War System: Developments in the Philosophy of Peace in the Twentieth Century by John Jacob English, published in…
I can’t recommend highly enough a new book by A.B. Abrams called Atrocity Fabrication and Its Consequences: How Fake News Shapes World Order. Despite…
It ought to be easy. Open bank vault, remove weapons dealers, close bank vault. In reality, we need a ton of tools,…
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