Ann Jones: How Veterans Return From America’s Wars
In 2010, I began to follow U.S. soldiers down a long trail of waste and sorrow that led from the battle spaces of Afghanistan to the emergency room of the … Continue reading
William J. Astore: The U.S. Military Suffers from Affluenza
Showering the Pentagon with Money and Praise The word “affluenza” is much in vogue. Lately, it’s been linked to a Texas teenager, Ethan Couch, who in 2013 killed four people … Continue reading
Video: Noam Chomsky on Clinton vs Sanders
Noam Chomsky sits down with Mehdi Hasan to discuss the US presidential election and the rise of Islamophobia. Professor Chomsky says Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has the “best policies”, … Continue reading
Video: “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” by Country Joe and the Fish
. Performed at Woodstock in 1969, this satiric song became an anthem in the movement against the Vietnam War. Country Joe McDonald has performed the song countless times since, and … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Mother Death
Week doesn’t go by I don’t think of them,
the men I couldn’t help,
watched their lips turn blue then
rattle out their soul
David R. Jones: Bernie Sanders Wins Every Demographic Group in New Hampshire
Senator Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton among nearly every demographic group in the Democratic New Hampshire primary, according to exit polls. He carried majorities of both men and women. He … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Clinton is the better choice
When I think of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, I always imagine an enormous rock that weighs thousands of tons and symbolizes American society. Bernie and Hillary are charged with … Continue reading
Norman Solomon: The Democratic Party’s Biggest Insurrection in Decades
Forty-eight years ago, a serious insurrection jeopardized the power structure of the national Democratic Party for the first time in memory. Propelled by the movement against the Vietnam War, that … Continue reading
Conn Hallinan: Adding Up the Costs of Hillary Clinton’s Wars
The Greek playwright Aeschylus — who fought at Marathon in 490 BC, the battle that defeated the first Persian invasion of Greece — had few illusions about the consequences of … Continue reading
Audio: Willie Nelson, Family and Friends read “The War Prayer” by Mark Twain
Mark Twain’s “The War Prayer” from the very rare collector’s DVD “Peace” by Willie Nelson, Family and Friends. . “The War Prayer,” a short story or prose poem by Mark … Continue reading
Video: Leonard Cohen recites “In Flanders Fields”
As the first shots of World War I were fired in the summer of 1914, Canada, as a member of the British Empire, became involved in the fight as well. … Continue reading
Video: Charlton Heston’s “From my cold dead hands” speech to the NRA
Here’s one of a number of speeches that Charlton Heston delivered at the annual NRA convention. In this video clip, we can see why Heston was so effective as a … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: The Big Lie
Trump uses fascist techniques to tell a Big Lie. Does that make him a fascist? I was previously reluctant to call Donald Trump a fascist, because he hasn’t overtly called … Continue reading
Deborah Bogen: Studying Stalin and Shostakovich
History’s a country of rubble and supposing, friend. We’ve thrown things into the air that will never touch the ground. Still I study. I read till my brain’s kaput, the … Continue reading
