…refer not to a baseball field but to bases: ‘If you build them, wars will come.’ Vine also chronicles countless examples of wars begetting bases begetting wars begetting bases that not only beget yet more wars but also serve to justify the expense of more weapons and troops to fill the bases, while simultaneously producing blowback — all of which factors build momentum toward more wars.” Illustrating the extent of the USA’s network of military ou…

…n by March 15. But when that deadline rolled around, just $1.3 billion had come in. “I am deeply disappointed,” said Jan Egeland, the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council. “The people of Yemen need the same level of support and solidarity that we’ve seen for the people of Ukraine. The crisis in Europe will dramatically impact Yemenis’ access to food and fuel, making an already dire situation even worse.” With Yemen importing more tha…

…Globally, through its armed forces but even more through the CIA and the so-called National Endowment for Democracy, through NATO muscle masquerading as mutual “defense,” in Europe as in Asia, as in Africa, as in the Middle East, as in Latin America, the United States exploits and dishonors the very real aspirations of good people for peace and self-determination. At the same time, it feeds the swamp where violent extremisms like the Taliban in Af…

…reported that the Royal Mail Group had successfully blocked a strike by postal workers over pay, insurance, holiday rights, and management practicises.   The RMG and the Communication Workers Union agreed to an Agenda for Growth 2013, which includes pay rises and pro-rata part-time pay. But the CWU outlines 4 alleged Broken Promieses by the RMG. Come on, people! Challenge that Court order…   Lisa from the Murdoch Simpsons tells it like it is: [yo…

…an civilians are located: “Nothing happens by accident . . . . When a three-year-old girl is killed in a home in Gaza, it’s because someone in the army decided it wasn’t a big deal for her to be killed—that it was a price worth paying in order to hit [another] target. We are not Hamas. These are not random rockets. Everything is intentional. We know exactly how much collateral damage there is in every home.” The call for a permanent ceasefire incl…

…from being put in the same situation. I teach at a university, and I teach compassion every day. It seems as if what you all are doing is just a tiny drop in the bucket, but each one of us, if we all pull in the right direction, we will change things. There is no other way, and no other choice. You are not alone, there are many thousands here who care for you, in the pitiful ways that we are capable of. Dear youth, we ae sorry that we have laid th…

…o two parts, “In the Military” and “Behind Bars”, this new work provides a compassionate, yet comprehensive perspective on the plight of veterans, prisoners and all those whose souls have been broken through violence. Whether perpetrator, witness or victim, they have sustained moral injury, a condition which only grows deeper and deeper until it is finally exposed through stories. The Lynds are here to pass these down to us, harrowing as they are…

…assy in Kabul is one of the largest in the world and already a largely self-contained community, its personnel are now even more isolated from Afghan people and institutions than before. “No one else,” other than US and coalition facilities, the Times reports, “has a compound with a landing pad.” While proclaiming its mission there “Operation Resolute Support” for Afghanistan, US officials no longer travel on Afghan streets. We have no helicopters…

…n only suffering in both peace and war, must be translated into bread or rice, shelter, health, and education, as well as freedom and human dignity – a steadily better life. If peace is to be secure, long-suffering and long-starved, forgotten peoples of the world, the underprivileged and the undernourished, must begin to realize without delay the promise of a new day and a new life.”…