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How to Militarize Your Local Police

Is your local police force facing noisy demonstrations from disgruntled citizens? Need some armoured Humvees or assault rifles from the US Department of Defense? Call 1-800-532-9946. That’s the phone...

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#VetsVsHate – and Trump

If there’s a silver lining to Donald Trump’s alarming run for the US presidency, it’s the rise of a group of military veterans dedicated to challenging his hatred and racism. In recent months, members...

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The Dangerous Dignity of War

What does it take for Donald Trump to appear commanding, decisive and ‘presidential’? The answer, it appears, is a troop surge and a missile strike. Trump is not currently in an enviable political...

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Six Essays About War and About Peace

A series of post-9/11 reflections. September 2001 Shortly after 9 AM last Tuesday, when we still thought the attack might be a freak accident, I walked down the street in my Brooklyn neighborhood to...

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Those Who Don’t Count

Why it matters to remember the Iraq War’s civilian victims. Published in ZNet, CounterPunch, ATTAC, and TomPaine. Since the invasion of Iraq has ended, a tone of vindication and bravado has seeped...

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The Ascent of Niall Ferguson

In his new “financial history of the world” a historian famous for celebrating empire turns to praise the wonders of capital. Published in the Spring 2009 issue of Dissent. Nestled in the...

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Is Rambo Still A Republican?

Lessons from late-Cold War cinema for the post-9/11 era. Published in Radical Society, Volume 31 (2004), No. 1. On January 29, 2004, when I heard the news of U.S. army forces surrounding a rural...

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War: The Wrong Jobs Program

The real question is not whether the government should spend on job creation. It is whether the government has been spending well. Published in Foreign Policy In Focus and Common Dreams. More than 40...

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Lessons from the Pledge of Resistance

Thirty-five years ago, Central American solidarity activists developed a model for building resistance before disaster strikes. Their efforts may have stopped a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua. Published by...

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Does It Make Sense to Protest a President Who Is Not Persuadable?

Richard Nixon told everyone he was indifferent to protests—in fact, he was obsessed with them. Published in The Nation. President Richard Nixon would not be influenced by protest—or so he insisted. “I...

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