Wars and Militarism

Serving The Oligarchs: A Look Back At Biden And Forward At Trump

January 21, 2025 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. Featured Campaign, Podcast - Clearing The FOG Democrats, Donald Trump, Finance and the Economy, Joe Biden, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

As the Biden presidency ends, Clearing the FOG takes another look at Biden's legacy. This time the focus is on his economic and foreign policies. Margaret Kimberley, the senior editor of Black Agenda Report and author of "Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents," describes Biden in the context of a country founded upon settler colonialism and chattel slavery. She discusses Biden's responsibility for the war in Ukraine, the genocide in Palestine and brutal interference in Latin America and the Caribbean. Kimberley also speaks about what can be expected from the new Trump administration given some of his cabinet choices.

The Chris Hedges Report: America’s Academic Gulag

January 16, 2025 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. Resistance Report Campus Movement, Gaza, Genocide, Higher Education, Israel, MIT, Palestine, Student Activism, Wars and Militarism, weapons

“You can’t just sit there and build drones and not talk about who it’s serving and who does it help,” says Richard Solomon, PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and member of the Coalition for Palestine at MIT. On this episode of The Chris Hedges Report, Solomon and fellow MIT PhD student Prahlad Iyengar detail their battle against the historic institution’s active participation in the genocide in Gaza. Their story exemplifies the repression students face across the country who dare question how their work and labor are used to advance the illegal and morally reprehensible goals of the Israeli military.

Sarah Adams And The Return Of The Iraq War Playbook

January 15, 2025 Robert Inlakesh, MintPress News. Educate! Iraq, Iraq War, Sarah Adams, US Foreign Policy, Wars and Militarism

A network of former intelligence operatives has woven itself into the fabric of right-wing alternative media, amplifying anti-Muslim scare narratives that appear aimed at countering a noted decline in conservative support for Israel since October 7, 2023. Central to this effort is Sarah Adams, a figure promoting conspiracies about a supposed Palestinian-linked Al-Qaeda plot against the West. On December 12, 2024, Adams appeared on the Shawn Ryan Show for a two-hour interview that quickly amassed over 2.5 million views on YouTube. Shorter excerpts have gained further traction across social media platforms.

Converting US Domestic Military Bases To Peaceful Use

January 14, 2025 Christian Sorensen, World Beyond War. Create! Local Economy, Military bases, US military, Wars and Militarism

Former military installations can be success stories for the local community and small businesses. The former Brunswick Naval Air Station, Maine, has become Brunswick Landing, a “busy hub of tech businesses, some manufacturers, call centers, and service businesses,” in the words of News Center Maine. The former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, now an office park home to many different industries, “supports more jobs than it did during its life as a military base,” Dr. Miriam Pemberton details in her book Six Stops on the National Security Tour (p. 109). Existing federal shipyards, from Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Virginia to Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawai‘i, could also adjust overnight to start maintaining and upgrading commercial ships, hospital ships, river barges, and scientific vessels, instead of warships.

The Limits of Artificial Intelligence

January 13, 2025 Joe Lauria, Consortium News. Educate! Artificial Intelligence, Disinformation, Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Militarism

There is no way to reverse the emergence of Artificial Intelligence on its way to dominating our lives. From customer service to censorship and war, AI is making its mark, and the potential for disaster is real. The amount of face-to-face contact, or even human voice-to-voice interaction on the phone when doing business has been declining for years and is getting worse with AI. But AI is doing far more than just erode community, destroy jobs and enerverate people waiting on hold. AI is increasingly behind decisions social media companies make on which posts to remove because they violate some vague “community” standards (as it destroys community), when it’s obvious that AI is programed to weed out dissident political messages.

The Fires In Gaza Are The Fires In LA

January 11, 2025 Aaron Kirshenbaum, CODEPINK. Educate! climate crisis, Disasters, Gaza, Los Angeles, Wars and Militarism

Earlier on Wednesday, January 8th, I saw a prominent Zionist commentator and Twitter/X User post, “Has Greta Thunberg taken her keffiyeh off to address the fires in LA yet or are there too many Jews living here for her to be concerned?” The weird implications about a mythical antisemitic malice that climate activist Greta Thunberg has to supposedly fuel her anti-genocide and ecocide beliefs aside, the post is equally embarrassing in its lack of understanding about the exacerbators of Los Angeles’ most destructive fires in the metropolitan area’s history.

Judgement Day For The Merchants Of Death

January 11, 2025 Nick Mottren, Counter Punch. Resist! Accountability, People's Tribunal, War crimes, Wars and Militarism

On January 15, 2025, five days before the inauguration of a U.S. president who threatens to rain down hell on the Palestinian people, and more war to the world, the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal will release its final report on how Lockheed Martin, Boeing, RTX/Raytheon and drone-maker General Atomics have delivered hell to millions across the globe since 9/11. The Tribunal’s 35 evidentiary episodes explain how these four defendant corporations have been essential enablers of the U.S. colonial campaign of murder, extortion, and thievery since 9/11, epitomized in the horrific crescendo of violence that is already being rained down on the Palestinian people.

Israel, US, UK Launch First Joint Attack On Houthi Targets

January 10, 2025 Ikrame Imane Kouachi, Anadolu Ajansı. Educate! Israel, Palestine Solidarity, United Kingdom (UK), United States, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism, Yemen

Sanaa, Yemen - Israel, the US, and Britain on Friday carried out their first coordinated attack on Houthi targets in Yemen, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation reported. Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah TV also reported that a series of airstrikes targeted the vicinity of the Al-Sabeen Square in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. The attack coincided with a rally in support of Palestine amid Israel’s 16-month-old continuing genocidal war on Gaza. Additionally, the Houthis reported six airstrikes on the port city of Al-Hudaydah in western Yemen. Al-Masirah later reported: “An American-British assault targeted the Harf Sufyan district in the governorate of Amran with 12 airstrikes.”

Genocide: The New Normal

January 8, 2025 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. Educate! Genocide, Israel, Joe Biden, Palestine, US Aid To Israel, Wars and Militarism

Joe Biden’s parting gift of $8 billion in weapons sales to the apartheid state of Israel acknowledges the gruesome reality of the genocide in Gaza. This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. This is a permanent, endless war designed not to destroy Hamas, or free Israeli hostages, but to eradicate, once and for all, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. It is the final push to create a Greater Israel, which will include not only Gaza and the West Bank, but chunks of Lebanon and Syria. It is the culmination of the Zionist dream. And it will be paid for with rivers of blood — Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian.

Fighting Between North Syria Kurds, Turkey-Backed Fighters Escalates

January 6, 2025 Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com. Educate! Kurds, Syria, Türkiye, Wars and Militarism

Since the Syrian regime change, there has been almost constant fighting between the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) and the US-backed Kurdish SDF. That fighting is escalating precipitously, with over 100 combatants killed over the last 48 hours, and no signs of the fight slowing down. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported 85 SNA fighters killed in that span of time, along with 16 SDF fighters. Turkey’s own Defense Ministry claimed they had “neutralized” 32 Kurds across the north, but didn’t offer specific details.

Destruction Of Gaza’s Healthcare Is A Blueprint For Future Wars

January 6, 2025 Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. Strategize! Gaza, Health Care, Hospitals, Imperialism, Palestine, Wars and Militarism

“Kamal Adwan Hospital is no more,” stated Dr. Mustafa Barghouti during a webinar organized by the People’s Health Movement (PHM) on December 28, 2024. As he spoke, reports of the latest Israeli attacks on the hospital were still emerging. These included the near-total destruction of its laboratory, storage, surgical units, and other critical facilities, alongside the arbitrary detention of its director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. The devastating outcome was all too predictable, given Israel’s systematic assaults on Gaza’s healthcare system during the ongoing genocide.

Where Is Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, And What Is Israel Doing To Him?

January 4, 2025 Tareq S. Hajjaj, Mondoweiss. Educate! Abduction, Genocide, Health Professionals, Hospitals, Israel, Palestine, Wars and Militarism

His white coat stands out in stark contrast to the gray ash and rubble surrounding the hospital he had been fighting tirelessly to defend for the past few months. Two massive tanks, their guns pointed in his direction, stand ready to fire. A voice calls out from the tank, calling the name that has now become a symbol of steadfastness, heroism, and tragedy in Gaza: Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. This is the scene that played out on December 27, as the Israeli army made its final move towards the Kamal Adwan Hospital, which it had been besieging and attacking for weeks as part of its ongoing ethnic cleansing campaign in north Gaza.

What US Mediation? 1000 Israeli Violations In Lebanon Go Unchecked

January 4, 2025 Lebanon Correspondent, The Cradle. Educate! Accountability, Ceasefire, Israel, Lebanon, Wars and Militarism

Under the supervision of US special envoy and former Israeli soldier Amos Hochstein, Beirut and Tel Aviv reached a ceasefire agreement on 27 November after almost 14 months of intense conflict against the backdrop of the war on Gaza. The Israeli military pledged to withdraw from Lebanese territory within 60 days of the agreement’s enactment. To ensure compliance, a monitoring committee led by US General Jasper Jeffers was established, focusing on enforcing the cessation of hostilities and the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701.

The Tears Of Our Children

January 3, 2025 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Educate! Children, Palestine, Premature Death, Sudan, Trauma, Wars and Militarism

A scientific study from 2017 found that deep childhood traumas can mark a person both physically and psychologically. Trauma reroutes children’s developing nervous systems, causing them to be highly alert and anxious even decades later. This process, the authors write, generates a mechanism called ‘enhanced threat processing’. No wonder studies of children who lived through earlier wars show that they disproportionately suffer from medical conditions, including heart ailments and cancer. In March 2022, five doctors from Afghanistan, India, Ireland, and Sri Lanka wrote a heartfelt letter to The Lancet in which they reminded the world of the plight of the children of Afghanistan.

Israeli Demolition Campaign Intensifies In Southern Lebanon

January 2, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Ceasefire, Israel, Israeli Imperialism, Lebanon, Occupation, Wars and Militarism

Israeli troops advanced into and heavily attacked the southern Lebanese village of Beit Lif on 2 January, in violation of the fragile ceasefire that Tel Aviv has been continuously breaching since it took effect in late November last year. “The Roumieh area between Beit Lif and Yater was subjected to enemy artillery shelling,” Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported on Thursday afternoon, coming as Israeli forces entered and searched homes in the area. According to Al Manar’s correspondent in the south, the Israeli army pushed into Beit Lif with several Merkava tanks, military hummers, a bulldozer, and infantry forces and began demolitions in the town.

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