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Tag: Militarism

Moving from liberal gun reform to a truly radical movement will require us to make the connection between interpersonal violence and state violence.
Judith Levine

Support for the U.S. military has long been seen as a crucial way for black Americans and immigrants to show that they “belong.”

Aziz Rana

Standing Rock shows us that businesses don't simply silence protestors, they also discredit and bankrupt them.

Lauren Carasik

Could Trump's repudiation of the Iran Deal be the beginning of the end of U.S. hegemony abroad?

Aziz Rana, Aslı U. Bâli

On becoming the collateral damage of American warmongering.

Victoria-Lola M. Leon Guerrero

In an era of military solutionism, can citizens still exercise control over American military force?

Andrew Lanham

Myths of American exceptionalism.

Howard Zinn

How our claim of victory distorts American foreign policy.

Neta C. Crawford

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Modern weapons are so destructive that war is less and less likely to take place.
Randall Forsberg

Why does needless military spending remain impervious to reduction, while critically needed domestic programs are slashed?

Randall Forsberg

Cooperative Security: The Military Problem.

Randall Forsberg

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A roundtable with Randall Forsberg.

Randall Forsberg

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