Tag Archives: Militarism

Harry Targ :
The neocons, the humanitarian interventionists, and the new Trump

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

His foreign policy combines the worst aspects of the two factions of the foreign policy establishment. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | April 19, 2017 Although most progressives preferred a Hillary Clinton victory in the 2016 election, strong … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ :
Obama’s ‘glass is half-empty’ foreign policy

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

It is the non-military parts of the Obama speech that peace activists should mobilize around, weak as they are. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | June 8, 2014 President Obama has retrenched U.S. global engagement in a way … Continue reading →

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Jack A. Smith : The Left and the ‘Lesser Evil’ Dilemma

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic from Liberation News.For whom should the left vote? Many progressives now view Obama as the ‘lesser evil,’ but worry he will sell them out once again. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | November 5, 2012 There … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Paul Atwood’s ‘War and Empire’

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Paul Atwood’s War and Empire The book details the nation’s progression from a bunch of European colonizers to an international syndicate stealing resources and labor and replacing them with U.S. corporate products and empty culture. By Ron Jacobs | The … Continue reading →

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Harry Tarq : 9/11’s in U.S. and Chile 28 Years Apart

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

After 9/11: The War-on-Terror Machine. Political cartoon by David Baldinger / dbaldinger.com.U.S. and Chile:Two 9/11’s have similar impact In both countries the 9/11 event was followed by violence, threats to democracy, and economic shifts from the vast majority of the … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Up, Up, and Away

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Digital montage image by T.J. Griffin.Wings over Vermont:Up, up, and away… By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / May 25, 2011 BURLINGTON, Vermont — Though two summers away, an invitation by the mayor to discuss inviting another Burlington air … Continue reading →

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Jim Turpin : The Endless War and American Society

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Thomas Paine’s Corner.Is endless war the American way?Why militarism permeates our society By Jim Turpin / The Rag Blog / July 28, 2010 Orwell would be proud. The United States is about to begin its tenth year in … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Slaughter of the Innocents

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from picsdigger.SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / June 6, 32010 Toward the end of Bread & Puppet’s marvelous Christmas Story, after the news spreads of Jesus’s birth, King Herod picks up the phone: … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama : The Audacity of Imperial Hubris

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Famed graffiti artist Banksy’s statement on war and peace. Protest poster in Parliament Square, London.Imperial hubris:Barack Obama and Nobel’s preemptive strike Obama might have used the Nobel stage to mark a break from [the] geopolitical approach to U.S. hegemony through … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : In the Opt-Out States of America

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Big digeridoo. Photo from Pihkva.com. I pledge new legions to The Hagueand fresh new lesions to The Plaguefor medicines to moan and begas Corporatocracy humps my legin the Opt-Out States of AmericaRe the Public Option’s widget plansfor bleeding gums and … Continue reading →

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Surrealist Group : No War on the Moon!

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Dark Side of the Moon’ by Al Magnus / photo.net. In Defense of the Dark Side of the MoonBy The Surrealist Group / The Rag Blog / August 20, 2009 “But, for myself, the Earth’s records had taught me to … Continue reading →

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US Military: A Little Too Big for Its Britches

Posted on July 31, 2009 by RagBlog

National Guard (murderers) at Kent State in May 1970.The Military Is Not the PoliceJuly 29, 2009 It was disturbing to learn the other day just how close the last administration came to violating laws barring the military from engaging in … Continue reading →

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