By Lyle Jeremy Rubin (We Are Not Your Soldiers presenter) From The Nation | Original Article The airman who set himself alight on Sunday signed up to sacrifice himself for the greater good—only to discover that he had become an accomplice to evil. I will leave it to others to discuss the precedents for Aaron […]
From Democracy Now | Original Article In an act that has captured the attention of the world, Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force, set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington Sunday to protest Israel’s assault on Gaza and U.S. support for the military campaign. Bushnell, who live-streamed […]
From Veterans for Peace | Original Article Letter calls on State Department Inspector-General to investigate illegal shipments and numerous violations of Federal law In a letter to the Inspector-General of the U.S. State Department, a national veterans’ organization today demanded the State Department terminate weapons shipments to Israel and called on the Inspector General to […]
By Brett Wilkins From Common Dreams | Original Article “Many of us like to ask ourselves, ‘What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?’ The answer is, you’re doing it.” “My name is Aaron Bushnell, I […]
You feel it when we say “stop the crimes of your government.” You agree “humanity and the planet come first.” Friends – join in the mission of World Can’t Wait and its We Are Not Your Soldiers project. Become a monthly sustainer. Some sustainers give $2.00 – and many donate more – a month.More sustainers are needed to expand the […]
This evidentiary video episode of the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal is a fascinating conversation with Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug, whose work began soon after the events of 9/11 with her investigation of what she came to call “U.S. war-culture.” In more recent years, Denton-Borhaug’s focus moved to “military moral injury.” This invisible epidemic (linked […]
