Syria bombarded as imperialist powers attack to halt revolutionary change in the Mideast.
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State Department: the Pentagon’s war partner
The “bad cop” Pentagon uses military force while the State Dept. uses diplomatic pressure — but both options are wielded as tools of war.
US Navy expands its reach as New Zealand softens anti-nuke stance
New Zealand’s historic and heroic ban of U.S. warships is being compromised by “junior imperialists” in the N.Z. government.
Timor Leste in the Grip of Australian imperialism
“Therefore I say that it is a narrow policy to suppose that this country or that is to be marked out as the eternal ally or the perpetual enemy of England. We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty… Read more »
End the Zionist genocide in Palestine
Arabs observed a bloody anniversary around the globe in 2008. Sixty years earlier, the Settler State known as Israel was founded on stolen Palestinian lands. Al Nakhba, (the catastrophe) was preceded by years of terrorism by organised Zionist gangs. The Palestinian people are in exile or else trapped in two enclaves, the West Bank and… Read more »
Anti-war veterans speak out
In 1918, on 11 November at 11.00 am, the guns of the Western Front fell silent. The first global war ended after millions had perished. On November 11, 2008 the Freedom Socialist Party marked the 90th anniversary with an anti-war forum. This date, when we remember those killed, is associated more with the war-worshipping Returned… Read more »
Lions for Lambs and the limits of liberalism
Director and actor Robert Redford’s antiwar film, Lions for Lambs, would be easy to dismiss as a long, drawn-out lecture delivered with sledgehammers. But as a pithy illustration of stagnant, stupefied and stranded liberal politics, it’s priceless. The film is composed of alternating dialogues that take place in three different settings. In one, seasoned reporter… Read more »
Military indoctrination: A factory for producing violence against women
A long-ignored aspect of Washington’s war machine is now getting sporadic attention in the U.S. mainstream media. This is the explosion of violence against women, both in war zones and the military itself. The corporate media, however, is incapable of tracing this problem to its source: the character of imperialist military indoctrination. Gender-specific brutality is… Read more »
Kabul in Winter: the ravages of war and religious rule in Afghanistan
Kabul in Winter: Life without Peace in Afghanistan (Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2006) hits hard in the gut while absorbing the mind. The book is a scathing indictment of U.S. policies that promoted the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, used the plight of Afghan women to justify an unjust war, and finally… Read more »
Unity for Peace Conference injects energy into the Australian anti-war movement
The Unity for Peace Conference, held in Melbourne on 27 May, attracted nearly 300 activists from around the country to discuss strategies for the movement. Alison Thorne, who represented the Freedom Socialist Party, assesses the conference. Delegates from 80 organisations and individual anti-war activists filled the hall at the Maritime Union for a day of… Read more »