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Category: War

World War I

How World War I unleashed total war and the power of propaganda

November 11, 2018 Michael Robbins History, Ideas, Language/Words, War Leave a comment

Nov. 11, now called Veterans Day, was originally Armistice Day, a commemoration of the end of World War I, in 1918, the cessation of

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peace economy

Guns or butter? Butter, says Peace Economy Project

August 15, 2018 Maggie Hannick Economy, War Leave a comment

What’s better: a military-based economy or a peace-based economy?  Jason Sibert of the Peace Economy Project, says that cutting military spending and funding human

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Russian aggression

Beware of Putin after World Cup and meeting with Trump

July 13, 2018 Arthur Lieber Foreign Policy, International, War Leave a comment

Four and a half years ago, on Sunday, February 23, the 2014 Winter Olympics ended in Sochi, Russia. Four days later, masked Russian troops

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thinking

Trump transcripts: Latest “thinking” on Syria

April 25, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Foreign Policy, Trump, War Leave a comment

For those who think that Donald Trump is thinking about issues, think again. From his utterances [let’s not dignify them by calling them “statements”]

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Francis Horton

What a Hell of a Way to Organize: An Interview With Francis Horton

February 14, 2018 Adam Levin Foreign Policy, Guns, Military, War One comment

(reprinted from Midwest Socialist) Francis Horton is that rarest of U.S. soldiers: a leftist and self-identifying socialist. Born in Missouri in 1983, he joined

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Myesha Johnson

What we don’t say about the Gold Stars

October 24, 2017 Arthur Lieber Foreign Policy, Government, Military, War Leave a comment

If we needed to be re-awakened, the PBS Series “The Vietnam War” reminded us that men and women who served in Vietnam were certainly

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US troops in Africa

Where does US have troops in Africa, how many, and why?

October 23, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Foreign Policy, International, Military, Terrorism, War Leave a comment

Recently, many of us learned that the US has troops stationed in Niger and in other African nations. The news came as a surprise

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niger

US has troops in Niger? Why?

October 15, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Foreign Policy, War One comment

I was surprised to learn that last week, four US soldiers were ambushed and killed in the northwestern African nation of Niger. I was

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Trump-Afghanistan

With Afghanistan, Trump cannot run away from his mental health problems

August 22, 2017 Arthur Lieber Democracy, Mental Health, Terrorism, Trump, War Leave a comment

It’s possible that Donald Trump can run away from his Charlottesville problems by trying to be commander-in-chief and uttering a policy about Afghanistan. What

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Erdogan

Erdogan Makes A Mockery Of “Justice And Development”

April 15, 2017 Adam Levin Corruption, Foreign Policy, International, War Leave a comment

The longest running joke on the leftist humor podcast Chapo Trap House is that its hosts are fervent devotees of Turkish president Recep Tayyip

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