Tiranos dentro y fuera de Estados Unidos Imaginemos la siguiente escena: un hombre, el cuerpo recubierto de tatuajes, irrumpe en el salón de una casa que no es la suya. Increpa al enemigo. Ladra órdenes. Lanza al enemigo contra una silla. Luego contra una pared. Se planta en medio de la habitación, las piernas separadas, los [...]

Tyrants at Home and Abroad Picture this.  A man, armored in tattoos, bursts into a living room not his own.  He confronts an enemy.  He barks orders.  He throws that enemy into a chair. Then against a wall.  He plants himself in the middle of the room, feet widespread, fists clenched, muscles straining, face contorted in [...]

  “Tomamos las armas para abrir paso a un mundo en el que ya no sean necesarios los ejércitos”. Subcomandante Marcos Está claro: un zapatero arregla zapatos, una enfermera cuida de los enfermos, una azafata atiende a los pasajeros en vuelo y un músico alegra el espíritu con la música. ¿Cuál es la función específica de un militar? [...]

“War’s lingering phantoms haunt every society.” As two hellish, costly and needless wars struggle toward collapse, this is the time — now, right this minute, before the next false alarm goes off — for us to look honestly at the cost and quality of national security based on militarism. It’s time to squeeze the romance out [...]

Al nivel humano, la inmoralidad del asesinato es fundamental y la mayoría de la gente comprende la demencia del odio armado. Mantener ocultas esas tenebrosas fuerzas es esencial para la existencia de la sociedad humana. ¿Por qué entonces, al nivel abstracto del nacionalismo, se honoran, veneran, saludan, elogian como gloriosas, y reciben el control de [...]

Ever notice the way certain basic human values quietly transform into their opposite on their way to becoming national policy? At the human level, the immorality of murder is fundamental, and most people understand the insanity of armed hatred. Keeping these dark forces under wraps is essential to the existence of human society. So why is [...]

So it turns out that mass-murder suspect Robert Bales once used a bad word in a Facebook conversation. This is one of the more bizarre details of his life that has come breathlessly to light in the media, along with his big smile, arrest record and disastrous financial dealings. The word was “hadji” (misspelled “hagi”), which [...]

Is the U.S. Army acting like the Mafia in seeking to imprison 23-year-old Private Bradley Manning for the rest of his life? Is the primary aim of the abuse being dished out to Manning that of deterring other U.S. soldiers who might be tempted to put conscience, compassion, and commitment to [...]

On October 7, 2010, the Afghanistan War will enter its 10th year. We’re fighting to stop this brutal, futile conflict, but we need your help. Maintaining a network of contacts on the ground in Afghanistan and an ongoing campaign here in the U.S. is expensive. The 10th Year: Afghanistan Veterans Speak Out (Second video)

Llamémosla Jenny. Jenny estaba sola y su expresión exteriorizaba una clara confusión. Su cara estaba sembrada de acné y su pelo, rubio y corto, se tensaba en las puntas. Cuando el tren Skyline aceleró hacia su próximo destino, se “cuadró” con toda su fatiga militar y sus botas mirando fijamente al infinito en la inmensidad [...]