Hungry for Change? With Sixty Million Americans Going Hungry, the United States Needs to Make Peace Not War

Hungry for Change? With Sixty Million Americans Going Hungry, the United States Needs to Make Peace Not War

The United States cannot afford to maintain a war economy. Such a hyper-militarized economy is inciting dangerous tensions between nuclear powers, as well as eroding the very material foundations of American society. Food hunger in the United States has reached shocking levels with new figures showing that some 60 million Americans are in need of…

How Corporations Won the War on Terror

How Corporations Won the War on Terror

The costs and consequences of America’s twenty-first-century wars have by now been well-documented — a staggering $8 trillion in expenditures and more than 380,000 civilian deaths, as calculated by Brown University’s Costs of War project. The question of who has benefited most from such an orgy of military spending has, unfortunately, received far less attention….

Sinophobia Meets Prison Labor in a Think Tank Down Under

Sinophobia Meets Prison Labor in a Think Tank Down Under

The West has been literally swamped by a non-stop propaganda offensive about Uyghur forced labor camps – thoroughly debunked, for instance, here. Now let’s examine the other – Western – side of the story.  In early 2021, Defense for Children (DCI) took the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) to court in New South Wales. DCI’s lawsuit…

A People’s Guide to the War Industry -5: Portfolio of Conflicts

A People’s Guide to the War Industry -5: Portfolio of Conflicts

Without looking at military adventurism through the lens of the corporation, analysts are bound to produce error-filled studies. For example, one analyst contended in an interview on The Real News Network, “Military force is almost never going to achieve your political aims. The Americans learned this in Vietnam. They’re learning it in Afghanistan. They’re learning…

US Troops Die for World Domination, Not Freedom

US Troops Die for World Domination, Not Freedom

Listen to a reading of this article: Vice President Kamala Harris spent the weekend under fire from Republicans, which of course means that Kamala Harris spent the weekend being criticized for the most silly, vapid reason you could possibly criticize Kamala Harris for. Apparently the likely future president tweeted “Enjoy the long weekend,” a reference…