By David Edwards and Stephen Webster When the FBI staged a terror raid on the New York home of 41-year-old Elliot Madison, they were not looking for weapons of war, deadly chemicals…
Category: Iraq
Robocops Come to Pittsburgh
by: Mike Ferner No longer the stuff of disturbing futuristic fantasies, an arsenal of "crowd control munitions," including one that reportedly made its debut in the US, was deployed with a massive,…
The Baby Killers
By Richard Neville Note – this article was written last year, as the 7th anniversary of the U.S. led war in Afghanistan approached; we are posting it this year as the world…
U.S. War, Occupation Deepen the Bitter Oppression of Afghanistan’s Women: This Must End
By Lina Thorne I want the women of Afghanistan to be liberated. Do I have to support the war? Short answer: No. In fact, supporting the war only works against their…
Trigger-Happy in Afghanistan
The Flood of Kabul-Shit By Richard Neville The brain disease sweeping the West is virulent and vicious, like the golden Staph which haunts so many hospitals. Most at risk are Presidents,…
“View From A Grain of Sand”: A Film Review
by Peter Lehu Now that the Obama administration has committed our troops and tax dollars to a prolonged war in Afghanistan, people living in the US need to educate themselves on…
Mass Murder in the Sands of Dasht-i-Leili
From Revolution newspaper In November 2001, a massacre of at least 2,000 Taliban prisoners took place in Afghanistan, where many of them were buried in the Dasht-i-Leili desert. But only…
Keeping Track of the Empire’s Crimes
by William Blum (This is an excerpt from an article on William Blum’s website www.killinghope.org). If you catch the CIA with its hand in the cookie jar and the Agency…
Torturing Children: Bush’s Legacy, Obama’s Silence
by: Henry A. Giroux This is an excerpt from Henry A. Giroux’s forthcoming book, "Hearts of Darkness: Torturing Children in the War on Terror," to be published by Paradigm Publishers. Nowhere…