From Democracy Now | Original Article As the United States ends a 20-year occupation of Afghanistan, a former intelligence analyst for the CIA’s drone program offers an apology to the people of Afghanistan “from not only myself, but from the rest of our society as Americans.” During deployments to Afghanistan, Christopher Aaron says he was […]
From Refuser Solidarity Network My name is Shahar. I’m 18 years old and I live in Kfar Yona, Israel. In two days, I’m going to arrive at the Israeli military enlistment center where I will declare my refusal to be conscripted. I will probably be sent to jail shortly after that. Exactly 6 years ago, […]
By Mike Hastie, Army Medic Viet Nam Once again I am confronted with so many U.S. lies as I watch how the U.S. government uses Afghanistan’s children to convince the American people that we are the greatest country in the world. I have been looking at many pictures of American soldiers displaying compassion as they […]
From Monthly Review | Original Article In the latest of our MR Conversations, Tom Wilber and Jerry Lembcke, coauthors of Dissenting POWs: From Vietnam’s Hoa Lo Prison to America Today, sit down for a conversation with two invited guests, Vivian Rothstein and David Zeiger, to discuss the story of American prisoners who dissented against the […]
We are so excited that our article about We Are Not Your Soldiers came out in the latest issue of the online journal Radical Teacher. Please read it and pass it on. Let’s continue to grow this important project in the upcoming school year! And do let us know your thoughts on it, comments, questions.
By Ryan Devereaux From The Intercept | Original Article With prosecutors seeking a maximum sentence, Hale delivered a powerful handwritten letter describing his motivations to the court. The missiles that killed Salim bin Ahmed Ali Jaber and Walid bin Ali Jaber came in the night. Salim was a respected imam in the village of Khashamir, […]
This is just the beginning of this heartfelt amazing letter written by Daniel Hale to the Judge and the Court as prosecutors seek a maximum sentence against him. Here he delivers this powerful handwritten letter describing his motivations to the court. Hale was indicted by a grand jury and arrested in 2019 on a series […]
By Matthew Hoh From Counterpunch | Original Article Thirty thousand dead from suicide in 20 years among American service-members and veterans. Brown University’s Costs of War Project, utilizing data from the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), calculates that four times as many men and women who have served in the […]
The planned, yet abrupt pull-out of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the bombing of Iranian-backed militia in Iraq, happening while most people living in the U.S. pay little attention, nevertheless call our attention to U.S. global aggression and vulnerability. World Can’t Wait began organizing U.S. vets to speak to students when the US army of […]
By Rory Fanning From Truthout | Original Article In his “What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July” speech, Black abolitionist Fredrick Douglass highlighted the gross contradictions of a country that claimed to celebrate freedom and independence while embracing slavery. Douglass, however, took solace in America’s age. “There is consolation in the thought that […]
From Refuser Solidarity Network My name is Eran, I’m 19 years old and I live in Tel Aviv. I refuse to be conscripted to the Israeli military becuase I am not willing to take part in the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. I already served 14 days in military jail and last Sunday I […]
Dirty South Chronicles is Miles Megaciph’s new album about the global south and those topics most rappers don’t want to touch – like being an LGBTQ ally and talking about safe spaces and food deserts …. all the not so cool stuff made cool. And about the state of our planet. Find out all about […]
