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Inside America’s Doomsday Bunkers: “Built To Withstand Apocalypse”
Inside America’s Doomsday Bunkers: “Built To Withstand Apocalypse” Evidence that officials in the government are planning for an apocalyptic scenario is hiding in plain sight. America’s doomsday bunkers are built to withstand the apocalypse but kept quiet from the public, as the elites’ plans for survival do not include us. First developed during the Truman Administration, in […]
Unprecedented Israeli Strikes Target Iraqi Shia Militias In Syria
Unprecedented Israeli Strikes Target Iraqi Shia Militias In Syria A day after a mysterious airstrike close to the Iraq-Syria border reportedly killed over 30 Syrian government soldiers and Iraqi paramilitary forces backed by Iran, a US official has told CNN the attack was carried out by Israel and not by the US coalition. Syrian state […]
Foundation of Anti-Imperialism
Foundation of Anti-Imperialism The United States has had a policy of imperialism beginning after the Civil War. The US way of war, developed against Indigenous peoples, spread worldwide as the US sought to extend its power through military force, economic dominance and diplomatic hegemony. Imperialism is driven by what Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. identified at the end […]
US Debating Whether To Expand Military Presence In Yemen
US Debating Whether To Expand Military Presence In Yemen As if the US hasn’t already done enough to exacerbate the humanitarian crisis raging in Yemen, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the Trump Administration is considering a request by the United Arab Emirates for “direct US support” as a coalition of Sunni majority nations […]
Congress Weighs Indefinite Detention of Americans
Congress Weighs Indefinite Detention of Americans A Senate bill under consideration could allow Donald Trump to indefinitely jail American citizens without charge if they oppose U.S. military action, says Marjorie Cohn. Under the guise of exercising supervisory power over the president’s ability to use military force, Congress is considering writing Donald Trump a blank check […]
As US Military Effectiveness and Diplomatic Efforts Fade into Irrelevance Many Countries Start Ignoring Washington
As US Military Effectiveness and Diplomatic Efforts Fade into Irrelevance Many Countries Start Ignoring Washington Diplomatic work continues in some of the areas with the highest geopolitical tensions in the world. In recent days there have been high-level meetings and contacts between Turkey, Iran and Russia over the situation in Syria; meetings between Modi and Xi […]
U.S. Government Is Boosting Military Spending to Record Levels
U.S. Government Is Boosting Military Spending to Record Levels Photo by DVIDSHUB | CC BY 2.0 Early this February, the Republican-controlled Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed new federal budget legislation that increased U.S. military spending by $165 billion over the next two years. Remarkably, though, a Gallup public opinion poll, conducted only days before, found that […]
Racing Towards a Low-Yield Armageddon
Racing Towards a Low-Yield Armageddon Photo by James Stencilowsky | CC BY 2.0 On February 3 the Washington Post observed that “the United States can deliver a [nuclear] strike anywhere in the world in 30 minutes with astounding accuracy” and questioned the need for “a new generation of low-yield nuclear weapons,” quoting the commander of the strategic force, General […]
War Spending Will Bankrupt America
War Spending Will Bankrupt America “Why throw money at defense when everything is falling down around us? Do we need to spend more money on our military (about $600 billion this year) than the next seven countries combined? Do we need 1.4 million active military personnel and 850,000 reserves when the enemy at the moment — […]
America: A Military Nation
AMERICA: A MILITARY NATION Americans like to think of their country as different from those run by military regimes. They are only fooling themselves. Ever since the federal government was converted into a national-security state after World War II (without a constitutional amendment authorizing the conversion), it has been the Pentagon, the CIA, and the […]
Israel Carries Out “Large Scale Attack” On Syria After Israeli F-16 Shot Down
Israel Carries Out “Large Scale Attack” On Syria After Israeli F-16 Shot Down Open war has now essentially broken out between Israel and Syria. Israel confirms through its IDF spokesperson that it has carried out “a large scale attack” consisting of at least a dozen strikes on Syrian and Iranian military targets inside Syria. What we […]
Russian Military Pulls Out Of Syrian Kurdish Town As Turkey Initiates “Massive Cross-Border Attack”
Russian Military Pulls Out Of Syrian Kurdish Town As Turkey Initiates “Massive Cross-Border Attack” Turkey’s defense minister has confirmed the Turkish military has begun cross-border shelling of the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin in what he further describes as the “de facto start” of the operation in order to destroy – in President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s […]
Sweden Is Preparing For A “Civil War”: PM Wants To Deploy Army In No-Go Zones
Sweden Is Preparing For A “Civil War”: PM Wants To Deploy Army In No-Go Zones For the first time since World War II, Sweden is preparing to distribute a civil defense brochure to some 4.7 million households, warning them about the onset of war. The booklet will serve as a manual of “total defense” in case […]
Prevention is the Only Solution: a Hiroshima Native’s View of Nuclear Weapons
Prevention is the Only Solution: a Hiroshima Native’s View of Nuclear Weapons Photo by Gerry Lauzon | CC BY 2.0 At 8:07 on Saturday morning, Hawaii residents woke up to an emergency alert on their cellphones: BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Until a second message called […]
