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But greed is a bottomless pit
And our freedom's a joke
We're just taking a piss
And the whole world must watch the sad comic display
If you're still free start running away
Cause we're coming for you!
- Conor Oberst, "Land Locked Blues"
It's hard to...
The US government has dropped a false charge of assault against The Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal stemming from an incident…
The post US drops false charge against journalist Max Blumenthal appeared first on The Grayzone.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
British writers on peace and war
Women writers on peace and war
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Isabella Lickbarrow
Invocation To Peace
O gentle Peace! celestial visitant!
Thou friend to virtue, charity,...
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, December 9, 2019 In Phony “Boom” Interview to Breitbart, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Monica Crowley (Sic!) Peddles Lies About Trump Economy; In Real World, Liquidity Crisis Stalks Financial Markets:...
Imagine that President Trump spent his phone call with the Ukrainian president threatening to withhold military aid unless the Ukrainian government agreed to use the money to purchase weapons from a US manufacturer. Does anyone seriously think that foreign service professionals and deep state...
The documentary movie For Sama has won a host of awards in Europe and North America. Its producers and protagonists, Syrians Waad Kateab and her husband Dr. Hamza Kateab plus English filmmaker Edward Watts, have received gushing praise. And the awards will probably keep coming. Unfortunately,...
Soon after the shooting of American citizens at the Pensacola Naval Air Station last Friday (December 6) by a Saudi national who was in the US for flight training, President Trump, speaking from the White House, read a statement from Saudi Arabia’s King Salman. President Trump let us know "the...
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
French writers on war and peace
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Alain-René Lesage
From Gil Blas of Santillane
Translated by Tobias Smollett
Let him fear this; for it will come to pass
That every braggart...
Protesters returned to Tahrir Square despite the violence.
The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: 32 Killed; Activist Assassinated in Karbala appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
I guess you can say I was raised on the old 1980s-era “Be, All that you can be” U.S. Army recruiting commercials. Cheesy, sure, but they were brilliant. I remember one that embodied the whole series. A racially diverse squad was helicoptered to a lovely green hilltop and proceeded to – almost...
Florida Senator Rick Scott is lost in the dark. After Friday’s deadly Afghan war-style “green on blue” attack by a Saudi air force officer at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida, the senator issued a statement calling the shooting an act of terrorism, and stating that this was the case, “...
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can…Its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. ~ Dwight Eisenhower. For the first time in decades, passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has been delayed due to disagreements between Democrats and Republicans. The disagreements at...
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
American writers on peace and against war
Women writers on peace and war
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Maria Louise Eve
Disarm!
Disarm! Disarm! Heed ye the cry,
Ungird the sword and let it lie;
The...
Trump Hypes Alleged Creation of 266,000 Jobs in November, but Spurious Report Includes over 40,000 General Motors Strikers Returning to Work at Old Jobs, Plus Thousands of GM Sub-Contractors Laid Off During Walkout; Add in Some Holiday Retail Hiring and We Have a “Heavily Gimmicked” and Inflated...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government at the centre is all set to introduce the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Parliament on December 9. The existing Citizenship Act was enacted in 1955 which along with articles 5 to 11 of the Constitution of India determines...
Tyvärr föll ingen snö idag, den 7 december 2019, när jag och vänner besökte döda poeters gravar och läste vinterdikter. Vi hade med oss spetsad glögg och pepparkakor.
På bilden står jag vid Olof Thunmans grav och läser följande dikt:
MIDVINTER
Snön faller, snön...
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
American writers on peace and against war
Women writers on peace and war
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Marianne Farningham (Mary Anne Hearn)
Give Peace
In the hearts of men to-day
Fear and dread are...
Assailants attacked protesters in Baghdad.
The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: 28 Killed; Attack on Baghdad Protests appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
Most Canadians would be surprised to learn that the sun never sets on the military their taxes pay for. This country is not formally at war yet more than 2,100 Canadian troops are sprinkled across the globe. According to the Armed Forces, these soldiers are involved in 28 international missions...
Senators Marco Rubio (R – FL) and Bob Menendez (D – NJ) have introduced a reauthorization of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act that passed in 2014 and was then reauthorized in 2016. The bill led to targeted sanctions on the regime of current Venezuelan president Nicolas...
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
American writers on peace and against war
Women writers on peace and war
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Ellen P. Allerton
Peace After War
Rest for the dead. No more, for marches dreary,
They stretch their...
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, December 5, 2019 Mnuchin Can’t Explain Sharp Fall in Business Investment After Magical GOP Tax Scam of Two Years Ago; Real Wages Flat or Down; GDP Growth and Job Creation Anemic; Trump Food Stamp Cuts Will End...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) opened a three-day hearing in the The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday at which prosecutors and Afghan torture victims are attempting to convince the court to overturn a previous decision to refuse to investigate war crimes committed by Taliban, Afghan...
Militiamen joined protesters in Baghdad, but may have also stabbed them.
The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: Three Killed; Militia Infiltrates Protests appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
American writers on peace and against war
Women writers on peace and war
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Emma Catherine Embury (Ianthe)
From Guido: A Tale
Why does my song thus linger? The dark day
Of...
Najaf police released their internal casualty figures for the last 10 days.
The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: Six Killed; Najaf Police Release Casualty Figures appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
French writers on war and peace
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François Rabelais
From Gargantua and Pantagruel
Translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty
Now is it that the minds of men are qualified with...
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) released a report on November 21st titled "Russia’s Dead-End Diplomacy in Syria." The report focuses on Russia’s role in supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and calls for the U.S. to maintain a presence in Syria. The ISW presents itself as a "non-...
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Many men do monstrous things. And some men are very nearly monsters, capable of killing without compunction or remorse. In the everyday civilian world, we generally seek to lock them up. In war, they have a chance to fully flower. And if they serve in militaries...
In early November, French president Emmanuel Macron complained that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is experiencing “brain death” as its member states go their own ways, with “no coordination whatsoever of strategic decision-making.” US president Donald Trump’s reply: “Nobody needs...
The Zionist Federation of Australia bestowed in November its 2019 Jerusalem Prize for “exceptional in strengthening Australia-Israel relations” or as Prof. Stuart Rees puts it, ‘for sucking up to Israelis,’ on an exemplary recipient, the prime minister of Australia, Scott Morrison. Former...
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
American writers on peace and against war
Women writers on peace and war
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Lori Petri
Battleships
They rock and ride like great grey gulls
Upon the waters of the world,
...
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, December 2, 2019 Trump Flies to London for Seventieth Anniversary NATO Summit, Already Whining He Is Being Rooked; Impeachment Is Urgent to Stop Him from Wrecking Vital Alliances Tory Demagogue BoJo, Facing Dec...
The three smartest words that Donald Trump uttered during his presidential campaign are “NATO is obsolete.” His adversary, Hillary Clinton, retorted that NATO was “the strongest military alliance in the history of the world.” Now that Trump has been in power, the White House parrots the same...
The 50-year US war on drugs has been a total failure, with hundreds of billions of dollars flushed down the drain and our civil liberties whittled away fighting a war that cannot be won. The 20 year “war on terror” has likewise been a gigantic US government disaster: hundreds of billions wasted...
At first glance, it would appear that five months of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong had produced a stunning triumph. By September, the proposal of city leader Carrie Lam that ignited the protests – to allow criminal suspects to be extradited to China for trial – had been withdrawn. And...
No protests casualties were reported today.
The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: Seven Killed; ISIS Attack on Oil Fields appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
Since a few things became clear to me last year, I've consistently forecasted a significant worsening in U.S.-China relations and remained adamant that all the happy talk of trade deals and breakthroughs is just a lot of hot air. What first appeared to be a unique quirk of Donald Trump...
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
American writers on peace and against war
Women writers on peace and war
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Emily Huntington Miller
Hymn of Peace
Breath of the Lord that moved of old
Through chaos of the...
At least 373 people were killed and 3,136 were wounded during November. Mass graves gave up 73 bodies as well.
The post <I>Iraq Monthly Roundup</I>: 373 Killed During November appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
A few days back, Vicente Navarro – who interestingly goes by Vicenç, the Catalan version of his name, when writing in Madrid’s Castilian-language El País – endeavored to provide English-language readers with a run-down of recent social and political happenings in Spain at Counterpunch ("What is...
Series note: It has taken me years to tell these stories. The emotional and moral wounds of the Afghan War have just felt too recent, too raw. After all, I could hardly write a thing down about my Iraq War experience for nearly ten years, when, by accident, I churned out a book on the … Continue...
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
American writers on peace and against war
Women writers on peace and war
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Hala Jean Hammond
Hate
Peace…will you buy it with blood and tears?
With women despoiled, with...
Fires were set at al-Hakim Shrine in Najaf.
The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: Seven Killed; Hakim Shrine Set Ablaze appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
Life Expectancy in U.S. Falls for Third Straight Year; Alarming New Trend Toward Higher Death Rate Between 25 and 64 Years of Age; Causes Include Economic Hardship and Despair; Opioids, Heroin, Alcoholism, Are Key Factors; Trump’s Scourge of Deregulation: Boeing 737 Still Not Flying; Crisis...
In 2005, I sat in a lounge off the Senate chamber in La Paz, Bolivia, waiting for an interview. I was wearing my best coat and tie. With my thinning hair and gray mustache, I could pass for a Bolivian of European descent. In fact, numerous people smiled and said "buenos días," as if I … Continue...
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
American writers on peace and against war
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Rossiter Johnson
At the End of the War
From A Short History of the War of Secession
The home-coming at the North was almost as sorrowful...
Generally, international days are to celebrate or remember special events or achievements of humanity. These occasions can give understandings about the day and educate the international community on specific issues. It can also help to invite international attention and to mobilise political...
Chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has not only misrepresented the known facts about Labour and its supposed antisemitism crisis. He has not only interfered in an overtly, politically partisan manner in the December 12 election campaign by suggesting that Jeremy Corbyn – against all evidence – is an...
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