This article was posted shortly before the International Court of Justice ruled provisionally that Israel’s Gaza military operation can plausibly be described as acts outlawed by the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The ICJ ordered Israel to take all actions possible to prevent the acts forbidden by the … Continue reading "Without the State, Who’d Drag Us Into Other People’s Wars?"
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Greek and Roman writers on war and peace Strabo: Ares, the only god they worship Strabo: Result of neglecting education for military training Strabo: Studying war is wickedness ==== StraboGeographyTranslated by Horace Leonard Jones …those who later founded the city of the Elians left it without a wall, … … Continue reading →
UAW endorses Biden for second term as union chief Fain condemns Trump as a “scab” billionaire who serves super-rich and opposes everything UAW stands for; Worse than empty seats at a small venue rally: Trump’s crippling weakness with voters on display in Iowa and New Hampshire results; Grievous damage likely if he is convicted; Federal [...]
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Greek and Roman writers on war and peace Dio Chystostom: Greed leads to internal strife and foreign wars Dio Chrysostom: On the fate of states educated only for war ==== Dio ChrysostomThirty-First Discourse: To the People of RhodesTranslated by J.W. Cohoon and H. Lamar Crosby ….you … … Continue reading →
The killer said the man pressured and intimidated her into taking the drug. Under California law, people are responsible for their actions when impaired by alcohol or drugs unless it was taken involuntary. The judge "just gave everyone in the state of California who smokes marijuana a license to kill someone."
On January 13, the Taiwanese returned the Democratic Progressive Party and its new leader, Lai Ching-te, to power. Lai’s winning campaign had a platform of promoting a separate identity for Taiwan and rejecting China’s territorial claims. However, the election may not reflect the simple mandate the West projects onto Taiwan, of turning away from China … Continue reading "US-China Policy Is Not Going According to Plan"
In the topsy-turvy world of corporate media reporting on U.S. foreign policy, we have been led to believe that U.S. air strikes on Yemen, Iraq and Syria are legitimate and responsible efforts to contain the expanding war over Israel’s genocide in Gaza, while the actions of the Houthi government in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and … Continue reading "Biden Must Choose Between a Ceasefire in Gaza and a Regional War"
Neocon heads like the Middle East Institute’s Charles Lister’s are exploding with the news today that the Biden Administration may be considering withdrawing from its illegal occupations in both Syria and Iraq. First on Syria. As Lister opines in Foreign Policy: …four sources within the Defense and State departments said the White House is no … Continue reading "Neocon Freak-Out as Biden Contemplates Iraq/Syria Withdrawal"
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Greek and Roman writers on war and peace Isocrates: Addicted to war, lusting after imperial power Isocrates: Engendering wars to add to ills incident to nature Isocrates: War zealots plunge state into manifold disasters ==== IsocratesPanegyricusTranslated by George Norlin …when we have been freed from poverty, … … Continue reading →
