The United States attacks rescuers of its own drone attacks as well as mourners at funerals of their victims.
Sequential Drone Attacks Double the Brutality
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Using Pro-Life to Sell Nuclear Disarmament
Is the cause of disarmament helped if the pro-life movement hitches its wagon to it?
Congressional Briefing: Okinawa Marine Bases and U.S. Military Spending
Can we close the Futenma U.S. Marine Base in Japan Without Constructing Additional Marine Bases in Okinawa?
Israel v. Iran: “U.S. Assets” Might Not Be American
Who knew that the term “U.S. assets” was a category broad enough to include the entire state of Israel?
Pentagon Well-Fed While States and Cities Live on Subsistence Diet
Under last year’s deficit-reduction deal, domestic spending is dropping about one-quarter from 2010 levels. Meanwhile, military spending, which is supposed to be cut equally, is barely being nicked.
Maintaining Capability to Wage a Second War Asking for Trouble
The ability to wage a second war is like having a two-car garage. You may not need two cars, but chances are you’ll own that second car sooner or later.
Apple’s iEconomy a Veritable Labor Dystopia
Thanks to Mike Daisey’s appearance on “This American Life,” denial about Apple’s labor abuses has become impossible.
Dear Secretary Panetta: U.S. Taxpayers Have Better Things to Do With Their Money Than Fund Nukes in Europe
The Project for Government Oversight appeals to Secretary of Defense Panetta to cease deploying U.S. nuclear weapons to Europe.
Timoney Time in Bahrain
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry has hired John Timoney, the former police chief of Philadelphia and Miami, noted for his heavy-handed policing of demonstrations.
Israel’s War on Democracy (and Why Americans Should Be Concerned)
Right-wing legislators, militant settlers, and a growing religious divide in the Israeli army threaten to silence internal opposition to the Netanyahu government.