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The outcome of the Palestine vote and the American veto at the United Nations Security Council on April 18 was predictable. Though European countries are becoming increasingly supportive of a Palestinian state, the United States is not yet ready for this commitment. These are some of the reasons that the US deputy envoy to the … Continue reading "Feeding War, Killing Peace: Why the US Vetoed ‘Palestine’?" The post Feeding War, Killing Peace: Why the US Vetoed ‘Palestine’? appeared first on Antiwar.com.

Student action on university campuses against US involvement in Israel’s slaughter of Gaza has exploded across the country. Suddenly there is the distinct feel in the air of the anti-Vietnam war protests once they finally caught on in 1968 and soon thereafter changed the course of US history. Both protest movements were fully demonized by the same … Continue reading "Tin Soldiers and Nixon Coming…" The post Tin Soldiers and Nixon Coming… appeared first on Antiwar.com.

The accepted Western narrative is that, in February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine with the intent of conquering the entire country. But there is a competing narrative that is compelling enough to be worthy of consideration. Following the United States’ rebuff of their December 2021 proposal on mutual security guarantees, which included a … Continue reading "What Killed the Peace Talks in Ukraine?" The post What Killed the Peace Talks in Ukraine? appeared first on Antiwar.com.

Originally appeared at TomDispatch. “To this day I feel humiliation for what was done to me… The time I spent in Abu Ghraib – it ended my life. I’m only half a human now.” That’s what Abu Ghraib survivor Talib al-Majli had to say about the 16 months he spent at that notorious prison in … Continue reading "Torture, Abu Ghraib, and the Legacy of the US War on Iraq" The post Torture, Abu Ghraib, and the Legacy of the US War on Iraq appeared first on Antiwar.com.

An elderly Israeli woman abducted by Hamas during the group’s October 7 attack was likely gunned down by an IDF aircraft, an internal military probe has found. To date, Tel Aviv has offered few details about other captives who may have been killed by friendly fire. The 67-year-old grandmother, Efrat Katz, was taken hostage from … Continue reading "How Many Israelis Killed by ‘Friendly Fire’?" The post How Many Israelis Killed by ‘Friendly Fire’? appeared first on Antiwar.com.

“Absent a directed, sustained, and articulated policy of no daylight between the United States and Israel,” Matthew Continetti wrote in the Washington Free Beacon on March 29, “the rift between America and her ally will widen and the world will grow more dangerous.” Proof that Continetti had things completely bass-ackward arrived on April 1, when Israeli aircraft … Continue reading "US Foreign Policy: ‘No Daylight’ Is Where Peace Dies In Darkness" The post US Foreign Policy: ‘No Daylight’ Is Where Peace Dies In Darkness appeared first on Antiwar.com.

The center of the U.S. military-industrial complex has been shifting over the past decade from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area to Northern California – a shift that is accelerating with the rise of artificial intelligence-based systems, according to a report published Wednesday. The report – entitled How Big Tech and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the … Continue reading "Report Sounds Alarm Over Growing Role of Big Tech in US Military-Industrial Complex" The post Report Sounds Alarm Over Growing Role of Big Tech in US Military-Industrial Complex appeared first on

In the last days of East Germany, when government officials detected that their power was unraveling, they ratcheted up enforcement of the nation’s reporting laws. The reporting laws made it a felony to know of a crime and fail to report it. It was also a crime to tell the person of whose crime you … Continue reading "Killing the Constitution" The post Killing the Constitution appeared first on Antiwar.com.

The North American peace movement is contesting ongoing US wars in Ukraine and Palestine and preparations for war with China. Out of the fog of these wars, a clear anti-imperialist focus is emerging. Giving peace a chance has never been more plainly understood as opposition to what Martin Luther King, Jr., referred to as “the … Continue reading "The North American Peace Movement at an Inflection Point" The post The North American Peace Movement at an Inflection Point appeared first on Antiwar.com.

The clusterf*ck in the US House of Representatives this past weekend is surely the final straw. The dreadful grip of the UniParty on national security policy has finally produced sheer madness in a single package. To wit: $95 billion of foreign aid boondoggles that do not benefit America’s homeland security in the slightest. An extension … Continue reading "The UniParty’s Day of Infamy" The post The UniParty’s Day of Infamy appeared first on Antiwar.com.