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29 July 2012
Re-examining the Lucasville uprising Essay 2: What Caused the Uprising?
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Staughton Lynd
History books often contain a chapter that tries to answer the question: What caused such-and-such a revolt or revolution?
For example: What caused the “Boston Massacre” in 1770 when British troops stationed in Boston fired on a...
28 July 2012
The drone and the bomb
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Ed Kinane
The lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki belong always before us. The agony of those two cities must remain our dark beacon.
Hiroshima/Nagasaki wasn’t so much about targets as about audiences. We – or rather, the very highest reaches...
28 July 2012
Guess what % of Americans know military spending is increasing
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David Swanson
And keep guessing some more, because pollsters are unlikely to ask that question.
A year and a half ago, a poll found that Americans drastically underestimate how high U.S. military spending is.
This fits with consistent...
21 July 2012
About the Colorado movie theater shooting
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Joe Bialek
The second amendment of the United States Constitution states: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Obviously the need for a...
21 July 2012
Abolishing war: One last step -- Remarks delivered at Peacestock 2012
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David Swanson
Almost our entire population claims to favor peace. At least three quarters of us favor getting the U.S. military out of Afghanistan and ending that particular war, which by the way isn't ending. When carefully surveyed and shown what the...
21 July 2012
Aurora massacre
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David Rovics
In the wake of the Aurora Massacre, pundits of all stripes are saying the same things they always say after all the massacres. In this sort of situation, poems are better, even if they may be just as inadequate as any other form of...

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