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Seeds of resistance

Nov 17, 2024 | nationofchange.org | William D. Hartung |A TomDispatch regular

When the election results came in on November 4th, I felt a pain in the pit of my stomach, similar to what I experienced when Ronald Reagan rode to power in 1980, or with George W. Bush’s tainted victory over Al Gore in 2000. After some grieving, the first question that came to my mind was: What will a Trump presidency mean for the movements for peace and social justice?
The Armageddon agenda

Sep 13, 2024 | nationofchange.org | Michael T. Klare |A TomDispatch regular

The next president of the United States, whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, will face many contentious domestic issues that have long divided this country, including abortion rights, immigration, racial discord, and economic inequality. In the foreign policy realm, she or he will face vexing decisions over Ukraine, Israel/Gaza, and China/Taiwan.
World-ending maneuvers?

Aug 8, 2024 | nationofchange.org | William D. Hartung |A TomDispatch regular

The Pentagon is in the midst of a massive $2 trillion multiyear plan to build a new generation of nuclear-armed missiles, bombers, and submarines. A large chunk of that funding will go to major nuclear weapons contractors like Bechtel, General Dynamics, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman. And they will do everything in their power to keep that money flowing.
Trusting the ‘five eyes’ only

Jul 4, 2024 | nationofchange.org | Michael T. Klare |A TomDispatch regular

Wherever he travels globally, President Biden has sought to project the United States as the rejuvenated leader of a broad coalition of democratic nations seeking to defend the “rules-based international order” against encroachments by hostile autocratic powers, especially China, Russia, and North Korea. “We established NATO, the greatest military alliance in the history of the world,” he told veterans of D-Day while at Normandy, France on June 6th.
Philosopher kings or new-age militarists?

Jun 25, 2024 | nationofchange.org | William D. Hartung |A TomDispatch regular

Venture capital and military startup firms in Silicon Valley have begun aggressively selling a version of automated warfare that will deeply incorporate artificial intelligence (AI). Those companies and their CEOs are now pressing full speed ahead with that emerging technology, largely dismissing the risk of malfunctions that could lead to the future slaughter of civilians, not to speak of the possibility of dangerous scenarios of escalation between major military powers.
White House Denial of Genocide Buried Under Mountain of Evidence to the Contrary

May 30, 2024 | truthout.org | Joshua Frank |A TomDispatch regular

As Amal Nassar lay in pain on a bed at the Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza, the echoes of explosions and artillery fire could be heard all around her. It was mid-January and she had made her way to the embattled hospital to give birth to a baby girl she would name Mira.
Reflections on student activism

May 15, 2024 | nationofchange.org | William D. Hartung |A TomDispatch regular

I’ve spent most of my life as an advocate for a more peaceful world. In recent years, I’ve been focused on promoting diplomacy over war and exposing the role of giant weapons companies like Lockheed Martin and its allies in Congress and at the Pentagon as they push for a “military-first” foreign policy.
Armed by Washington, Israel trashes the genocide convention

Mar 20, 2024 | nationofchange.org | Priti Gulati Cox |Stan Cox |A TomDispatch regular

It’s been almost two months since the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to stop killing Gazans and destroying their means of subsistence. So let’s look back and ask (1) how Israel has responded to its “orders,” and (2) how hard the Biden administration has pushed Israel to abide by those orders. Spoiler alert: the short answers are (1) not well and (2) not very.
The American empire in (ultimate?) crisis

Mar 12, 2024 | nationofchange.org | Alfred McCoy |A TomDispatch regular

Empires don’t just fall like toppled trees. Instead, they weaken slowly as a succession of crises drain their strength and confidence until they suddenly begin to disintegrate. So it was with the British, French, and Soviet empires; so it now is with imperial America. Great Britain confronted serious colonial crises in India, Iran, and Palestine before plunging headlong into the Suez Canal and imperial collapse in 1956.
War is bad for you-and the economy

Feb 27, 2024 | nationofchange.org | William D. Hartung |A TomDispatch regular

Joe Biden wants you to believe that spending money on weapons is good for the economy. That tired old myth — regularly repeated by the political leaders of both parties — could help create an even more militarized economy that could threaten our peace and prosperity for decades to come.