By Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon From Portside | Original Article In recent years, both Republicans and Democrats in Congress have backed privatization of services provided by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). As part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the VHA serves about nine million patients and operates the largest public healthcare system in the country. Since 2015, […]
Traducido del inglés por El Mundo no Puede Esperar El mundo sigue sin poder esperar a que Estados Unidos deje de ser el mayor peligro para la paz mundial. Por favor, apoya con una donación de fin de año, el mensaje de las personas que viven en este país de que la humanidad y el […]
By David Swanson From World Beyond War | Original Article Most U.S. states still have excuses when asked to make voter registration automatic, but in various states — including here in Virginia — draft registration is automatic even for 15-year-olds who want a learner’s permit to drive a car. (This is still only for males, as […]
Our first presentation of the 2021/2022 school year was a visit to a high school class in Oregon. The students were about to start reading The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien which deals with his personal conflict about whether or not to accept being drafted or to escape to Canada and his subsequent experiences […]
If you missed watching this panel discussion hosted by Cornell University live, it has been recorded so you can watch it when you are able. Click here to access the presentations. Speaking are Anand Gopal, Judith LeBlanc, Samar Al-Bulushi, Tejasvi Nagaraja and Lyle Jeremy Rubin, a We Are Not Your Soldiers presenter who tells about […]
We Are Not Your Soldiers had a remarkable 2021, reaching over a thousand students and engaging them in critical conversations. For example, remote visits were made to classes in a well-prepared New York City middle school; several NYC high schools including a special five-speaker series over one semester to the same five classes; high school […]
By Rich Jahnkow From COMDweb | Original Article The most immediate danger of expanding draft registration to women is not, as some people think, an increased likelihood of a draft. The chance of that happening anytime in the near future continues to be remote. It wasn’t even on the table for serious government consideration after […]
The world still cannot wait for the United States to cease being the biggest danger to world peace. Please support the message from people living in this country that humanity and the planet come first with your year-end donation. Twenty years after bombing its way into Afghanistan, U.S. troops left in chaos, with the Taliban […]
By Jennifer Steinhauer From The New York Times | Original Article Ian Fishback revealed abuse of detainees during the Iraq war, but struggled after leaving the service. He died awaiting a bed at the V.A. Ian Fishback saw the world as cleaved between the just and unjust, the exemplary and the erring. A scholar-athlete from […]
By Sam Roberts From The New York Times | Original Article His letter to two senators about beatings by U.S. troops in Iraq led to legislation in 2005 prohibiting extreme mistreatment of military prisoners. Ian Fishback, an Army whistle-blower whose allegations that fellow members of the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq routinely beat and abused […]
Three interwoven stories reveal the traumatic effects of war on the psyches of veterans from different generations (IMDB). With Danny Glover, Sam Underwood, Prema Cruz. By Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon From CounterPunch | Original Article In recent years, Danny Glover has used his formidable acting chops and Hollywood connections to boost a series of […]
From Refuser Solidarity Network | Original Article Hello, my name is Oren, I’m 29 years old. I live in Jerusalem and I am an MA student. I run a social worker NGO and work in the Jerusalem branch of the Hadash party (The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality). I was just released after 14 […]
