The graph below embodies a shit-ton of modern political, policy and financial history, even if on the surface its seems prosaic enough. Literally, it tracks in 2023 dollars of purchasing power the rise of the public debt since 1966. To be sure, 1966 did have some claim to being an inflection point in modern fiscal … Continue reading "The Neocon Rot in the GOP Empowered the Warfare State"
When Zionist militias, using advanced Western arms, conquered historic Palestine in 1947-48, they expressed their victory through the deliberate humiliation of Palestinians. Much of that humiliation targeted women, in particular, knowing how the dishonor of Palestinian females represents, according to Arab culture, a sense of dishonor to the whole community.
Three Americans were among the 28 people wounded in recent attacks.
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==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts American writers on peace and against war George Santayana: Selections on war ==== George SantayanaThree Philosophical Poets: Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe Epicurus was remarkable for his mercy, his friendliness, his utter horror of war, of sacrifice, of suffering. These are not sentiments that a genuine naturalist would […]
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts British writers on peace and war Bertrand Russell: Selections on war and peace ==== Bertrand RussellLetter to the Editor of The NationAugust 4, 1914 (The first day of World War I) The first necessity for democracy, for civilization, for any advance in the slow emergence of […]
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts British writers on peace and war Siegfried Sassoon: Selections on war ==== Siegfried SassoonMemoirs of an Infantry Officer We might be boastful or sagely reconstructive about our experience, in accordance with our different characters. But our minds were still out of breath and our inmost thoughts […]
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Russian writers on war ==== Valery BryusovAssargadonAn Assyrian InscriptionTranslated by Peter Tempest The chief of kings on earth am I, Assargadon,You lords and chiefs, know that my word spells woe and trouble!Against my rule did Sidon make rebellion.Sidon I crushed and in the sea did throw her […]
54% of Americans back move, including 24% of Republicans, a number that potentially dooms Don’s bid for power; Ruling leaves no doubt that Trump was kingpin of insurrection for violent overthrow US government; Corrupt Thomas-Alito court boxed in; Two, three, many states must now disqualify would-be dictator; As monument to epic sacrifices of Union dead, [...]
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts British writers on peace and war C. S. Forester: Disease succeeds hunger, exposure, sword on way to further foolish battle ==== C. S. ForesterThe Gun He knew nothing, or next to nothing, of the peasants he wished to set free – the monasticism of barracks gave […]
Many readers of Antiwar.com have wondered why they have seen no new articles from me in more than 6 weeks. The answer is that I was battling heart and other health issues that nearly took my life. At one point, my principal cardiologist told my wife that I was unlikely to make it out of … Continue reading "My Own Brush with Death Has Intensified My Opposition to U.S. Imperialism"
