by Gordon P. Erspamer October 18, 2009 Despite the passage of four decades, America and its military have never come to grips with its own ghastly programs of using soldiers as guinea pigs to test chemical or biological weapons such as LSD, sarin, nerve gases, plague, mescaline, anthrax and hundreds of others. At the same time, they [...]

by Dahr Jamail September 6, 2009 “Throughout history, culture and art have always been the celebration of freedom under oppression.” - Author unknown Soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have tough truths to tell, and it has been well demonstrated that the establishment media does not want to broadcast these. Given the lack of an outlet for anti-war [...]

by Dion Nissenbaum August 13, 2009 JERUSALEM — Israeli soldiers battling Hamas militants last winter in Gaza opened fire on at least seven groups of Palestinian civilians who were carrying white flags, killing 11 people, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Thursday. During the three-week conflict, the U.S.-based human rights group says, Israeli soldiers in separate [...]

Thoughts on Western Jihad by John Feffer August 6, 2009 The actor Will Smith is no one’s image of a suicide bomber. With his boyish face, he has often played comic roles. Even as the last man on earth in I Am Legend, he retains a wise-cracking, ironic demeanor. And yet, surrounded by a horde of hyperactive vampires [...]

And Ten Steps to Take to Do So by Chalmers Johnson July 30, 2009 However ambitious President Barack Obama’s domestic plans, one unacknowledged issue has the potential to destroy any reform efforts he might launch. Think of it as the 800-pound gorilla in the American living room: our longstanding reliance on imperialism and militarism in our relations with [...]

by Elaine Elinson July 23, 2009 During the Vietnam War, GI dissent was both documented and nurtured by a slew of underground GI newspapers. Papers like “Up Against the Bulkhead,” “Harass the Brass” and “About Face” were mimeographed and passed from base to base, hand to hand. These bold, clever, ragtag papers gave voice to the soldiers’ [...]

english version below Un informe elaborado por la ONG israelí Breaking the Silence (Rompiendo el Silencio) basado en testimonios de soldados que participaron en la masacre de Gaza -entre el 27 de diciembre de 2008 y el 18 de enero- deja en evidencia que se cometieron atrocidades como el uso de civiles como escudos humanos, la [...]

by Daniel J. Lakemacher June 10, 2009 After having been deployed for six months as a member of the medical team assigned to the detainee population at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, I can easily say that Gitmo is the most hate-filled place I have ever experienced. The animosity I felt in the “camps” on a daily basis was [...]

Leaflets Tell Gazans to Keep a 300-meter Distance by Jason Ditz May 25, 2009 Israeli aircrafts dropped exploding boxes full of leaflets across the Gaza Strip today, littering the tiny enclave with threats to shoot any Gazans who come within 300 meters of the border fence. The exploding boxes themselves caused a casualty, injuring a 12 year old [...]

Senators decry KBR’s shoddy work and ask why the company continues to win contracts. By Jeremy Scahill May 20, 2009 The Department of Defense paid former Halliburton subsidiary KBR more than $80 million in bonuses for contracts to install electrical wiring in Iraq in 2007-2008. The award payment was for the very work that resulted in the electrocution [...]