The struggle by women to stop being treated as men’s property and sexual objects has finally surfaced in the U.S. military. What once was totally swept under the rug — that women, and some men, face a high risk of being sexually assaulted while on duty — has now surfaced to such an extent that [...]
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Military sexual assault: Break the chains of command!
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Deirdre Griswold May 22, 2013 » Add the second comment.
UNAC says U.S./Israel hands off Syria!
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Editor May 11, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The United National Antiwar Coalition, the broadest of the anti-imperialist coalitions active in the United States, issued the following statement on May 10 in the aftermath of the Israeli bombing of Syria. The May 2-3 and 4-5 nighttime bombings of Syria’s International Airport, military installations in a Damascus suburb and a military supply depot reportedly [...]
Boston: This is what a police state looks like
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Steve Gillis April 23, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Boston — Using war jargon associated with Iraq and Afghanistan, authorities have repeatedly described the blasts that killed three people and injured 176 at the crowded Boston Marathon on “Patriots Day,” April 15, as “IED bombings,” for improvised explosive devices. Many of the injured suffered horrific amputations and shrapnel wounds. Since then, a common sentiment shared among [...]
Imperialist intervention (A case study)
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Editor April 11, 2013 » Add the first comment.
No matter how it may have started, there is absolutely no doubt now that the conflict in Syria is not a “civil war” but an imperialist-funded and -driven intervention to pull down a government that refuses to be a puppet of the United States and its NATO allies. In this full-blown war, more than 70,000 [...]
Wars are bankrupting U.S.
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Deirdre Griswold April 2, 2013 » Add the first comment.
A new study has proved what many suspected: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been the most expensive in U.S. history, and will continue to drain the budget for decades to come. “The Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan: How Wartime Spending Decisions Will Constrain Future National Security Budgets,” prepared by Linda J. Bilmes [...]
Manning proudly admits to exposing U.S. war crimes’
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Chris Fry March 6, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Pvt. B. Manning read a 35-page statement to a court-martial session at Fort Meade, Md., on Feb. 28, in which the whistleblower proudly admitted having released documents and videos that exposed the U.S. military’s war crimes and U.S. government support of corrupt regimes around the world. One of those videos, called “Collateral Murder” and released [...]
SPY & KILLER DRONES: Why we must stop them
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Deirdre Griswold February 20, 2013 » Add the second comment.
In the almost two decades since the U.S. military first deployed them, drones have generally escaped the spotlight, except in alternative media or military-oriented trade publications. However, their use inside the U.S. has opened a debate that has reached into the U.S. Congress. Up until recently, these pilotless planes, which have brought death in the [...]
Mass movement demands U.S. release Aafia Siddiqui
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Editor December 20, 2012 » Add the first comment.
In support of continuing efforts to pressure the U.S. government to repatriate Dr. Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistan, former U.S. Congressperson Cynthia McKinney and International Action Center Co-Director Sara Flounders traveled to Pakistan Dec. 2-9. Workers World managing editor John Catalinotto conducted the following interview with Flounders on her return to the U.S. Workers World: [...]
Manning testifies of torture conditions in tiny cell
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Chris Fry December 9, 2012 » Add the first comment.
Pfc. B. Manning testified in a military court pre-trial hearing on Nov. 29 and 30 at Fort Meade, Md., about the horrendous prison conditions this whistle-blower had to endure, particularly in Kuwait and at the Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia. Pfc. Manning’s court-martial trial is scheduled to begin next February. Manning could face life [...]
Tell U.S. to ‘Free Aafia Siddiqui!’
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LeiLani Dowell November 30, 2012 » Add the first comment.
McKinney, Flounders to visit Pakistan In support of continuing efforts to pressure the U.S. government to repatriate Dr. Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistan, former U.S. Congressperson Cynthia McKinney and International Action Center Co-Director Sara Flounders will travel to Pakistan from Dec. 2-9. The trip will focus on due process and justice and expose U.S. practices [...]
