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WAR | My military ambivalence
I thought it was wrong to fight in the Vietnam War, and there has not been one since that I found compelling. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | April 22, 2021 Ambivalence is the most accurate word … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War Movement, Iraq War, Lamar W. Hankins, Rag Bloggers, U.S. Imperialism, Vietnam Draft, Vietnam War, War
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STORY & VIDEO PODCAST | Asylum, terror, and the future #5: From military officer to drug lord
Based on case stories by Jennifer Harbury… Asylum, Terror, and the Future #5 from military officer to drug lord Based on case stories of Jennifer Harbury from Anne Lewis on Vimeo. By Anne Lewis | The Rag Blog | July … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Lewis, Central America, Immigration, Manifest Destiny, Podcast, Rag Bloggers, U.S. Imperialism, Video
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Bipartisan wars
(There’s no there there.) By Murray Polner | The Rag Blog | January 10, 2019 “Try to calm down, America. Whatever RussiaGate (and the Greater Middle East] ultimately turns out to be, it won’t be anything worth a single drop … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipartisanship, Murray Polner, Rag Bloggers, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Imperialism
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My General Theory of Relative Violence
The economic philosophy of violence & the cultural/historical development of violence in the U.S. By Alan Pogue | The Rag Blog | April 11, 2018 Alan Pogue and Lamar W. Hankins will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guests on the syndicated Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Pogue, Rag, Rag Bloggers, U.S. Imperialism, Veterans for Peace, Violence
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The Vietnam War: An American crime
Vietnam was ‘the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time.’ By Murray Polner | The Rag Blog | October 12, 2017 Our government has no right to send American boys to their death in any battlefield in … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold War, Ernest Gruening, French Colonialism, LBJ, Murray Polner, Peace Movement, Rag Bloggers, U.S. Imperialism, Vietnam War, Wayne Morse
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NATO: An obituary
Who will follow the capitalist class clown car into future military adventures to protect the profits of fossil energy tycoons? By David P. Hamilton | The Rag Blog | July 23, 2017 PARIS — NATO died recently. Over the past … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold War, David P. Hamilton, Emmanuel Macron, NATO, Rag Bloggers, Trump Foreign Policy, U.S. Imperialism
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Foreign policy: The elephant in the room
An undercurrent in the 2016 election was growing opposition to an activist United States economic/political/military role in the world. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | January 11, 2017 An empire in decline United States global hegemony is coming … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Elections, Election Hacking, Harry Targ, Rag Bloggers, Russia, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Hegemony, U.S. Imperialism, WikiLeaks
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Hillary Clinton and the declining
American empire
The war against the Qaddafi regime that destroyed Libya’s social fabric was enthusiastically endorsed by Secretary of State Clinton. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | March 1, 2016 “I think President Obama made the right decision at the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Elections, Bernie Sanders, FDR, Harry Targ, Hillary Clinton, Libya, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Qaddafi, Rag Bloggers, Regime Change, U.S. Imperialism
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Break up the banks and the military/industrial complex!
What Hillary Clinton calls ‘American leadership’ is more about militarism than statesmanship. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | January 27, 2016 Hillary Clinton recently declared that she was the only candidate who had the knowledge and experience to … Continue reading
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Imperialism, war, and/or diplomacy: Where should the peace movement stand on Iran?
Any foreign policy initiative that reduces the possibility of war, and arguments about its necessity, must be supported. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | August 31, 2015 Not every conflict was averted, but the world avoided nuclear catastrophe, … Continue reading
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It’s time to act against escalation in Iraq and Iran
We must support diplomacy while pointing out there is no military solution. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | March 3, 2015 Peace and justice activists should — at the very least — send messages now to members of … Continue reading
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Tagged Iran, Iraq War, Israel, Middle East Escalation, Netanyahu, Rag Bloggers, Tom Hayden, U.S. Imperialism, War Powers Act
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Should we make more war? Where? How?
Obama’s foreign policy reflects the contradictory approaches of U.S. leadership since the country’s emergence as a superpower. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | February 17, 2015 Both unity and contradiction are reflected in the history of United States … Continue reading
