By Paul Shannon and Brian Garvey On Saturday, September 25th at Fenway Park, a Raytheon Antiwar Campaign demonstration highlighted Raytheon’s hypocritical sponsorship of the Run to Home Base. A project of the Red Sox Foundation in partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital, the Run to Home […]
By Brian Garvey Hayat, 2, Malika, 3, Somaya, 3, Benyamin, 6, Arwin, 7, Farzad, 10, Faisal, 16, Zamir, 20, Naser, 30, and Zemarai, 43. These are the innocent victims of the last US airstrike on Afghanistan. After over two weeks of denials and obfuscations, the […]
by H. Patricia Hynes Originally posted by Informed Comment on September 16th, 2021. The Deadly Sins of the US War in Afghanistan Today, that Congress together with the Executive Branch, the Pentagon, and military contractors should return to the National Cathedral to confess their deadly […]
by Kathie Malley-Morrison As the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. approaches, we suggest that you review the principles of just war described here by Dr. Michael Corgan. Then consider: Can the extremists who made the attacks in 2001 justify them based on just war […]
by Ross Caputi I began studying the Anglo-American invasion and occupation of Iraq shortly after my unit’s deployment to Anbar Province ended and I was discharged from the US Marine Corps. I was an infantry soldier during the second siege of Fallujah in November of […]
by George Capaccio It is right that the Western troops are finally leaving our country — they should have done so much earlier. We cannot have a serious peace process as long as the Americans are in Afghanistan. We must build our country with our […]
by Valentine Moghadam Originally published in Against the Current This background analysis and personal account by Professor Valentine Moghadam was written on May 27, 2021, before the precipitous August offensive and conquest of Afghanistan by the Taliban. AFGHANISTAN HAS BEEN in a state of chaos […]
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