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Against Intervention and Regime Change: A Debate with Bill Kristol

The following essay is adapted from Antiwar.com editorial director Scott Horton’s statement in his October 4, 2021 Soho Forum debate with William Kristol, director of the Foreign Policy Initiative and editor of the Bulwark. The resolution was, "A willingness to intervene, and seek regime change, is key to an American foreign policy that benefits America." … Continue reading "Against Intervention and Regime Change: A Debate with Bill Kristol"

Time to aggressively prosecute Trump machine to the fullest extent of the law!

House AND Senate committees close in on GOP crimes of January 6 and in months-long effort to use Department of Justice to subvert November vote count; Mitch blinks on debt default; Jobless rate falls from 5.2% to 4.8% in a month, but Wall Street’s controlled media can‘t contain their ”disappointment”; Rejecting unrealistic advice from outside [...]

Racial Justice vs. The Israel Lobby: When Being Pro-Palestine Becomes the New Normal

There is an unmistakable shift in American politics regarding Palestine and Israel, a change that is inspired by the way in which many Americans, especially the youth, view the Palestinian struggle and the Israeli occupation. While this shift is yet to translate into tangibly diminishing Israel’s stronghold over the US Congress, it promises to be … Continue reading "Racial Justice vs.

Washington Demands Acquiescence in Afghanistan

War and conflict rarely benefit the lives of ordinary people. Indeed, the very nature of war is destructive. In the case of Afghanistan, once the US war and occupation ended, any delusive stability or vitality in the nation’s economy collapsed too. Numbers and statistics only go so far in describing the human condition of postwar-Afghanistan. … Continue reading "Washington Demands Acquiescence in Afghanistan"

Gabriela Mistral: Dance of Peace

==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Women writers on peace and war ==== Gabriela MistralDance of PeaceTranslated by Alice Stone Blackwell The mothers sit on their thresholds;Of battles they tell, with dread.The children out to the field have gone,To gather the poppies red. At the foot of their German mountainsThe children at […]