1.10 military intervention

Mapping Political Violence: A Review of Bomb after Bomb: A Violent Cartography

Grenada painting
Authors: Ashley Hinson

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Ink craters the pages.

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What Do You Do When a Child is Burning?: A review of the film The Camden 28

Camden 28 poster

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She could now understand her protesting son, because the trial revealed the lies which killed her other son.

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Camden 28 Trial Opening Statement

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Conscientious Objection in Turkey: Struggling to Emerge

Turkish Antimilitarism Demonstration
Authors: Andreas Speck

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Anyone who discourages military service can face prosecution. Birgul Ozbaris could face 21 years in jail.

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A Case for Impeachment of President Bush

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Impeachment is a vital protection against evisceration of the balance of power among the three branches of government.

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A Senator Exhorts: De-fund the War

Nurse tends to patient, 1967

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They will some day curse us for our pitiful willingness to let the Executive carry the burden that the Constitution places on us.

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Origins of US Wars in Iraq and Vietnam

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"I'm often asked whether there aren't big differences between the Iraq War and Vietnam. And I'm always quick to say, of course, there are differences. In Iraq, it's a dry heat. And the language that none of our troops or diplomats speak is Arabic rather than Vietnamese." -Daniel Ellsberg

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"Credibility" Kills: Vietnam, Iraq, and Excuses for Prolonging War

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Government policymakers care about military "credibility,"not the people of Southeast Asia -- or Iraq.

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An Army of None

An Army of None

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I told her about chanting "Kill the people, burn the village," and how that chant still runs through my veins to this day.

Counter-recruitment organizing is the most practical way to tangibly resist United States policy that, while cutting funding for education, employment, and social programs, promotes war and empire. It exposes the relationship between, and acts to correct, both local and global injustices.

From Issue 377 - July-August 2007
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