The eyes of a new generation were opened in an episode that seemed like dark science fiction for those of a certain age, and an unyielding nightmare regardless: a genocide streaming into smartphones around the world in real time. Many American eyes were opened for the first time to the reality not only in Palestine, … Continue reading “The All-Devouring Machine: Pentagon Malfeasance and Insatiable Empire”
David S. D'Amato
The New Cold War Has Made US Liberals Learn To Love the Bomb
In a recent white paper, the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy’s Christopher Mott examines a deep realignment in American political ideology, the replacement of "the older rationalizations for primacy, hegemony, and interventionism" with "neo-imperialism with a moral face." Mott finds that this ongoing transition reflects changes in ruling class norms. American elites, more connected than … Continue reading “The New Cold War Has Made US Liberals Learn To Love the Bomb”
World Leaders Must Turn Away From Nuclear Arms
The war in Ukraine has revived Cold War fears of civilization-ending cataclysm in the form of a nuclear war between the United States and Russia. Earlier this month, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres admitted this "bone-chilling" reality: "The prospect of nuclear conflict, once unthinkable, is now back within the realm of possibility." As unsettling as this … Continue reading “World Leaders Must Turn Away From Nuclear Arms”