US Militarism
Obama moves aggressively against North Korea
By Peter Symonds, June 10, 2009
The US administration has signalled a more aggressive stance toward North Korea that will only compound an already tense situation in North East Asia.
US proxy war continues in north-west Pakistan
By James Cogan, June 5, 2009
As part of completing the transformation of Afghanistan into a US client-state, Obama is demanding that the Pakistani government suppress the local Islamist movements that lend support to the Afghan r...
Spanish judge calls for extradition of US soldiers
By Marcus Morgan, June 3, 2009
A Spanish judge has again called for the extradition of three US soldiers to Spain to face charges of indiscriminate attacks against civilians in war.
US cybersecurity plan poses new war threats, attacks on democratic rights
By Tom Eley, May 30, 2009
On Friday, President Barack Obama announced the creation of a “cyber czar” who would oversee the defense of US financial networks. Separately, plans proceeded within the military-intelligence appa...
Torture photos: US soldiers raped, sodomized Iraqi prisoners
By Tom Eley, May 29, 2009
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph published Wednesday, former US General Antonio Taguba said that photographs the Obama administration is seeking to suppress show images of US soldiers raping a...
US Army chief sees Iraq, Afghanistan occupations continuing for a decade
By Bill Van Auken, May 29, 2009
Amid mounting violence in Iraq and preparations for a major escalation of the US war in Afghanistan, the chief of staff of the US Army said that the military is preparing to continue its interventions...
US: Army base ordered on stand-down after multiple suicides
By Naomi Spencer, May 29, 2009
Members of the 101st Airborne Division were ordered to suspend regular operations at the Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Army base Wednesday after the suicide toll rose to 11 for the year.
US media ignores threat to democratic rights
By Bill Van Auken, May 27, 2009
The media’s reaction to last week’s extraordinary back-to-back speeches by President Obama and former Vice President Cheney has been one of complacency and cover-up in the face of a profound threa...
Obama offers nothing to the Palestinians
By Jean Shaoul, May 25, 2009
His three-hour meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu made clear that President Barack Obama has no more intention of acting as an “honest broker” to secure a settlement with the P...
Democrats back US militarism
Senate approves $91 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
By Patrick Martin, May 25, 2009
By a margin of 86-3, the US Senate voted Thursday to approve a $91.3 billion supplemental funding bill to finance the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through September 30. The bill brings the total expen...
Obama’s AfPak war engulfs Pakistan’s Swat Valley
By James Cogan, May 23, 2009
The Pakistani military assault into Buner, Lower Dir and the Swat Valley has rapidly degenerated into the savage collective punishment of entire Pashtun communities.
The Obama-Cheney “debate” and the threat of dictatorship in America
By Joe Kishore, May 22, 2009
Behind the competing speeches from Obama and Cheney lie sharp differences within the American military-state apparatus and the deep erosion of democratic forms of rule in the United States.
