Negin Owliaei: As Trump Bombs Iran, We Need to Reckon With the American War Machine
We in the U.S. need to reckon with the fact that so much of our state wealth, capacity, and technology goes toward burying children in rubble.
History of US-Iran relations: From the 1953 regime change to Trump strikes
Iran remains the US’s adversary in the Middle East since the 1979 Islamic revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. ~ On February 27, 2026, President Donald Trump ordered direct strikes … Continue reading
Tom Engelhardt: The Apocalyptic President
“We’re gonna make trade fair again, and maybe win a Nobel Peace Prize while we’re at it… unless I have to nuke somebody.”
Andrea Mazzarino: The United States of Consumption
Our Trash and Our Lives, Here and Abroad
Emanuel Pastreich: Our Unequal Economy Means the US Can’t Quit War
The military buildup is but a transfer of wealth, not an increase in security.
Matthew J. Parker: Cruise Missile Policing | The Latest Drug War Hysteria of our Nannies in Chief
So, what’s to be done? Why, educate, of course, and stop running scared.
Nan Levinson: Doin’-the-Right-Thing Rag
Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)
Steven Harper: Anatomy of Murder on the High Seas
Long before September 2, Pete Hegseth had systematically dismantled the guardrails that prevented him and his subordinates from committing war crimes.
Nick Turse: On the Precipice of Authoritarian Rule
The Trump Administration’s Military Occupation of America
Abby Zimet: Weird Drivel and Loser Shit | This Looks Like Terrible
“A drunk and a rapist walk into a bar…” noted one online sage. Another: “Hegseth: No fatties in the chain of command! Trump: Waddles onto stage.”
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg: Calls to GI Hotlines Rise as Service Members Consider Defying Trump’s Orders
“I can’t believe whoever fell for the lie that the military is apolitical, but with Trump, it feels dangerously political, like we’re being used as pawns. We’re the saber that he’s rattling.”
Watson Institute, Brown University: US military aid to Israel
This report includes the $17.9 billion the U.S. government has approved for Israeli military operations in Gaza from 10/7/23 to 12/31/24.
Brad Peacock: Pride (Two Poems)
You can scrub letters from websites
You can take away our healthcare
You can do your best to strip away our humanity
We will not be erased
