Tell Congress: NO arms sales to a government complicit in potential war crimes. Pass the Stand Up for Sudan Act (H.R.2059, S.935) today. November 28 FORGOTTEN CONFLICT, FORGOTTEN NATION. WILL ANYONE LISTEN…
A war criminal gone, but not forgiven
Speaking of war criminals, I appreciated Andy Worthington’s piece on “Dick” Cheney, “gone – but not forgiven.” While noting that Cheney did accurately identify Trump as dangerous, and oppose him, Andy writes: “As the primary architect…
We oppose war criminals & the crimes they perpetrate
We shed no tears over the death of “Dick” Cheney, the U.S. Vice President who went gladly to the “dark side” of state-engineered torture in 2001, as the U.S. began a war…
No tears for Dick Cheney as global vigils mark 8,700 days of Guantánamo’s existence
by Andy Worthington 15 torture victims still languish at Guantánamo, while Cheney, the architect of the “war on terror”, died having evaded all accountability. My new article on my website, Photos and…
Not only war crimes – completely law-less killing of boaters
Our friend L. Michael Hager, cofounder and former Director General, International Development Law Organization, Rome posted this in August, principally to speak to the degrading of the rule of law internationally, as the…
Requiem for the Rule of Law
By L. Michael Hager, originally posted on counterpunch.org The phrase “Rule of Law” (ROL) is frequently referenced in the major media but seldom defined. Google calls it “a principle under which all…
Sudan’s Struggle September 15, 2025 – October 16, 2025
October 16 CHOLERA OUTBREAK WORSENING AS FIGHTING CONTINUES. Fed Min of Health reported 120,496 cholera cases and 3,368 deaths nationwide. WHO warned that at 2.8%, the fatality rate is nearly 3…
Reckoning with where weaponized drones have got us
Trump’s six strikes so far this fall on boats in international waters, killing a reported 26 people, echo a pattern of identifying a “terrorist enemy” and employing means of aerial weapons to…
TYPES OF KILLER DRONES and AI TOOLS
by Nick Mottern This appendix discusses the primary categories of killer drones now in use; where some have been, or are in now, in use; and their manufacturers. These are representative…
ARGUMENTS FOR THE BANNING OF WEAPONIZED DRONES
by Nick Mottern Introduction The chart below, provided by Drone Wars UK, shows which nations have large, reusable, weaponized drones. So-called “suicide” drones, that crash into their targets and explode, and…