Last week, an open letter from every living former secretary of Defense (with the notable exception of Dick Cheney) and every living chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (with the less notable exception of H. Hugh Shelton) was published on the popular military...
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The National Football League’s Manipulative Militarism
by John Weeks | Sep 15, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The National Football League (NFL) is a massive, capitalist endeavor. It provides wildly profitable entertainment, is adept at steering taxpayer money its way, and is a premier collaborator in our participatory fascist social order. Capitalist culture is relentlessly...
We Need More Giuliani Moments
by Connor Freeman | Sep 13, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
After 9/11, the principles in arch neocon Paul Wolfowitz’s notorious 1992 Defense Planning Guidance were embraced by the George W. Bush administration. Subsequently, throughout successive Democrat and Republican administrations, the warmongers running the National...
On 9/11, We Must Ignore the ‘Kooks’
by David Brady | Sep 13, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Mistrust of the government ought to be people's reasonable, default position. With such lies as Saddam Hussein manufacturing weapons of mass destruction or that Vladimir Putin put a bounty on our soldier's heads, it is no wonder that citizens began to think that 9/11...
Saad Hariri and the Collapse of Lebanon
by William Van Wagenen | Sep 12, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In 2005, U.S. neoconservatives centered around then-Vice President Dick Cheney’s office began collaborating with Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, defected former Syrian Vice President Abd Al-Halim Khaddam, and the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood to topple the Syrian...
U.S. State Department Approves $1.1 Billion Weapons Package for Taiwan
by Connor Freeman | Sep 7, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Amid soaring tensions with the U.S. and China, the State Department approved a previously revealed White House plan to supply $1.1 billion in arms to Taiwan, the Associated Press reported on Friday. This announcement has angered Beijing which warned of...
How a Classical Frenchman Predicted the 21st Century’s ‘Humanitarian Interventions’
by Bas Spliet | Sep 6, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Two hundred years ago, Benjamin Constant foresaw the rise of humanitarian intervention as the foremost modern pretext for war. In the age of commerce and democracy, the state had to concoct "scandalous lies" to subvert the peaceful international order based on free...
Liz Truss and the Future of British Imperialism
by Dave DeCamp | Sep 6, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will replace Boris Johnson as the British prime minister after the UK’s Conservative Party voted to make her the leader of the government. She beat out former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and is expected to be formally named prime...