US civilian and military employees regularly target and fire lethal unmanned drone guided missiles at people across the world. Thousands of people have been assassinated. Hundreds of those killed were civilians. Some of those killed were rescuers and mourners. These killings would be criminal acts if they occurred inside the US. Does it make legal sense [...]

On Staring Death in the Face and Not Noticing Here’s the essence of it: you can trust America’s crème de la crème, the most elevated, responsible people, no matter what weapons, what powers, you put in their hands.  No need to constantly look over their shoulders. Placed in the hands of evildoers, those weapons and powers could [...]

Hace 35 años Adolfo Pérez Esquivel se encontraba detenido por la Policía Federal Argentina en el marco de la última dictadura militar argentina. En estas nuevas reflexiones, recuerda lo que para él significó vivir y sobrevivir a un “Vuelo de la Muerte” en manos de la crueldad represiva de los militares: “Volví a “ver” el calabozo “tubo [...]

 Versión muy abreviada de una conferencia en el XII Seminario de Solidaridad Política en la Universidad de Zaragoza, España, 27 de marzo de 2012. Los principios del Siglo XXI son adictos a la pornografía bélica, el principal espectáculo deportivo consumido por el sillón global y las patatas digitales. La pornografía bélica se robó el centro de [...]

Some of us pause on Good Friday to mark the torture and death of a high-value detainee rendered, extraordinarily, to Roman occupiers. Although the charges against Jesus of Nazareth were trumped up, the Romans decided to err on the safe side by going to the “dark side.” They applied enhanced torture techniques with the ultimate hanging. I [...]

Investigaciones en torno a Libia A los diez días de la sublevación de Benghazi el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas creó la Comisión Internacional de Investigación sobre Libia. La finalidad de la Comisión fue “investigar todas las supuestas infracciones del derecho internacional de derechos humanos en Libia”. La agenda general fue establecer los hechos [...]

Bibi Stirring Trouble The first Israel missile sped down to its target, scorching the Gaza earth and everything in between. Palestinians collected the body parts of two new martyrs, while Israeli media celebrated the demise of two terrorists. Zuhair Qasis was the head of the Popular Resistance Committee. He was killed alongside a Palestinian prisoner from Nablus, [...]

Killing at least sixteen Afghan civilians as they slept. Urinating on dead Afghan bodies while laughing about it. Setting fire to their Korans. Day after day, a tired American public hears that these are just “isolated acts” and that these incidents “cast shadows” and “complicate” Washington’s plan for a gradual withdrawal of troops over the [...]

 Media smears suggest Swedish complicity in a Washington-driven push to punish Julian Assange War by media, says current military doctrine, is as important as the battlefield. This is because the real enemy is the public at home, whose manipulation and deception is essential for starting an unpopular colonial war. Like the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, attacks on Iran [...]

Is it all over but the (anti-American) shouting — and the killing?  Are the exits finally coming into view? Sometimes, in a moment, the fog lifts, the clouds shift, and you can finally see the landscape ahead with startling clarity.  In Afghanistan, Washington may be reaching that moment in a state of panic, horror, and confusion.  [...]