Tag: military

Trump’s Iran War: And the Big Fool Says Push On

April 8, 2026 Joseph Gerson

Fact-checking the bald-face lies in a morally obscene address by the most criminally corrupt and morally bankrupt US president in the history of the nation. We were waist deep in the Big Muddy The big fool said to push on —Pete Seeger On April Fool’s […]

Are We Waking Up Fast Enough to the Dangers of AI Militarism?

October 8, 2025 Tom Valovic

by Tom Valovic AI is everywhere these days. There’s no escape. And as geopolitical events appear to spiral out of control in the Ukraine and Gaza, it seems clear that AI, while theoretically a force for positive change, has become has become a worrisome accelerant to […]

Defending our National Guard: Massachusetts Bill Would End Unconstitutional Deployments

September 30, 2025 Jason Brand

by Jason Brand “When one person can initiate war, by its definition, a republic no longer exists” — Ron Paul Legislation currently before the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs would prohibit the Massachusetts National Guard from being deployed into “active duty combat” unless […]

A Call to Conscience: Stand Together Against Militarism and Authoritarianism

June 3, 2025 Lewis Randa

by Lewis M. Randa Fellow Conscientious Objectors, Whether you voiced your opposition to war before draft boards, stood your ground before military tribunals, or declared your conscientious objection to war in the face of societal pressure, your courage and conviction have shaped the moral fabric […]

Anti-Trump resistance can’t be ‘hands off’ on militarism

April 23, 2025 Ben Grosscup

by Ben Grosscup This opinion piece was originally published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. On April 5, people in western Massachusetts and throughout the U.S. demonstrated against the Trump Administration’s escalating attacks on what’s left of our tattered social safety net and personal rights. Rallying […]

Belgium just had its biggest protest in history – why?

March 12, 2025 Carrie Hou

by Carrie Hou On Thursday, February 13, over 100,000 people in Belgium took to the streets of Brussels to protest the new coalition government austerity plans. Led by unions, who called for a general strike, the protest was one of the biggest in Belgium’s history, […]

How to Fight Trumpism

March 4, 2025 Brian Garvey and Cole Harrison

by Brian Garvey and Cole Harrison Donald Trump has launched his second term with a blizzard of executive orders and policy changes that have bamboozled the Democratic opposition and portrayed himself as a man of action to his supporters. Firing watchdogs, putting the world’s richest […]