New York Post, March 16, 2024 Joe Biden is once again taking a ‘wrecking ball’ to America’s housing market by James Bovard Would you be willing to save a few hundred dollars on a car purchase if the seller seemed squirrely and didn’t have the title to the car? Unfortunately, you will be on the […]
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts French writers on war and peace Pierre Gascar: Inside the forest, beyond the touch of war Pierre Gascar: A kind of temple. The war had stopped at the door. ==== Pierre GascarThe FugitiveTranslated be Merloyd Lawrence They hated, they lied, by themselves in the rain, and … … Continue reading →
‘All we can do for Gaza is just offer our Du’a.” This is an oft-repeated statement by enraged Arabs and Muslims who feel helpless before the Israeli genocide in Gaza. But is it true that only invocations and supplications are possible, as tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are being killed and … Continue reading "Words vs. Action: A Supplication for Gaza, and Humanity"
A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey crashed off the island of Yakushima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on November 29, 2023. The following series of events shows the status of the U.S. military as an occupation force. Crash’s Investigation After the deadly crash that killed eight service members on board, the U.S. forces suspended operations … Continue reading "How the US Military Stole Japan’s Sovereignty"
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts French writers on war and peace ==== Paul BourgetLe Sens de la mortTranslated by G. Frederic Lees …he comes from the battlefield. He is returning to the battlefield. That dreadful word War has been construed in his brain, during the past few days, into horrible visions, … … Continue reading →
Has Israel gone mad? Or has it always been mad? What is the country thinking? The collective nouns seem reasonable in light of the widespread support in that country for the Israeli government’s appalling military assault on the people of the Gaza Strip for the last five months. How can Israel — and its outside … Continue reading "Is Israel Mad?"
President Biden began his State of the Union speech with an impassioned warning that failing to pass his $61 billion dollar weapons package for Ukraine “will put Ukraine at risk, Europe at risk, the free world at risk.” But even if the president’s request were suddenly passed, it would only prolong, and dangerously escalate, the … Continue reading "Are We Stumbling Into World War III in Ukraine?"
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Women writers on peace and war Antonine Maillet: That’s enough to give you some idea of what war is Antonine Maillet: War succeeding war Antonine Maillet: When are the soldiers are dead, bombs dropped, maybe we’ll have some peace ==== Antonine MailletLa SagouineTranslated by Wayne Grady … … Continue reading →
During the Cold War, world populations faced the ongoing nightmare of a nuclear attack coming out of the blue. All it would have taken was one miscalculation by either side. Such a trigger could even have taken the form of a false alert. We know that at least one such incident nearly led to catastrophe. … Continue reading "How Washington Killed the Nuclear Arms Control System"
The sudden retirement announcement by State Department Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria “Toria” Nuland earlier this week left many US foreign policy watchers – your author included – trying to read the tea leaves to see what was actually going on. There are plenty of theories and speculations as to what motivated someone like … Continue reading "Did ‘Toria’ Jump… Or Was She Pushed?"
