US military forces are now waging simultaneous drone missile attacks, bombings, special forces assassination raids and ground combat in five separate countries: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya and Yemen. President Barack Obama, who owed his 2008 election victory in large measure… Read More ›
The centennial of Ronald Reagan has just gone by. The former President is highly praised in the media, but in reality there is much evidence that Ronald Wilson Reagan did far more to harm the people of this country and… Read More ›
“It is our decree that there will be no poppy cultivation. It is banned forever in this country, whether we get assistance or not, poppy growing will never be allowed again in our country.” — Mullah Amir Mohammed Haqqani, Taliban… Read More ›
In May 2009, when U.S. President Barack Obama was defending his decision to close Guantanamo’s prison, he vowed to review the intelligence files of every remaining detainee. “We’re cleaning up something that is, quite simply, a mess — a misguided… Read More ›
The face of Jeremy Morlock, a young US soldier, grins at the camera, his hand holding up the head of the dead and bloodied youth he and his colleagues have just killed in an act military prosecutors say was premeditated… Read More ›
“He is simply one of the giants of American foreign policy,” President Obama said of him on Monday. Upon the news of the sudden death of Richard Holbrooke on December 13th, 2010, an elaborate state funeral was quickly arranged,… Read More ›
Severe Clear, or This is War, is a documentary made from footage shot by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti on his own personal camera as he is deployed in Iraq as part of the invasion force sent in to capture the… Read More ›
The Theory of “Shock Therapy” Every once in a while, a book comes along that sets the liberals on fire. The Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein is one such book. This volume has been hawked… Read More ›
In October, drone strikes increased in Pakistan. The US is the only country in the region known to possess drones, however officials do not usually comment on suspected drone attacks. NATO convoys into Afghanistan were halted after officials named NATO… Read More ›
As the Obama administration started to openly discuss torture, there seemed to be some celebration on behalf of progressives, followed by the inevitable backlash when the President caved in to the arguments of Dick Cheney. Apparently, Guantanamo will not be… Read More ›
October 7, 2001 – Present Today, the war and military occupation in Afghanistan continues onwards for its tenth year, marking the ninth anniversary of the invasion on October 7th, 2001. The so-called “Global War on Terror” has escalated into a… Read More ›
Governmental studies report that the rate of illegal drug use in the United States has risen to its highest in a decade following a sharp rise in the use of ecstasy, methamphetamine and marijuana. 21.8 million Americans reported using illegal… Read More ›
The Iraq War “Over?” On the 31st of August 2010, the last Stryker division of America’s combat forces crossed the border into Kuwait. While the reduction of the number of occupying forces isn’t an unwelcome development, the reality is that… Read More ›
The Man & the Myth “I’d like to harness their youthful energy with a strap.”–Concerning student demonstrations in California, 1966 “The entire graduated income tax structure was created by Karl Marx. It has no justification in getting government revenue.”–During the… Read More ›
Adam Jones’ book Genocide, War Crimes and the West: History and Complicity is an incredibly revealing anthology containing accounts of atrocities carried out by Western imperial capitalism and those who serve its interests abroad. Articles describing the little-known and little-understood… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 