Our fellow citizens and political leaders need to hear from us all about the dangers posed by this unaccountable, nuclear-armed war machine. After NATO’s catastrophic, illegal invasions of Yugoslavia, Libya and Afghanistan, on July 9th NATO plans to invade Washington DC. The good news is that it only plans to occupy Washington for three …

“There will be no democracy worth saving if it doesn’t lift the lives of poor and low-wage people all over this world,” one speaker said. Thousands of poor and low-wage workers and their supporters from religious, labor, and social justice organizations rallied in Washington, D.C. on Saturday and pledged to “break the …

The debate happened in a moment when many of our institutions, especially the ones that could be a check on an authoritarian president, are failing—miserably. So this is how liberty dies—in the void of an Atlanta TV sound stage plastered with more CNN logos than a NASCAR Camaro, where the relentless march …

You can’t separate agendas of sovereignty and self-determination from the massive global power structure which backs those stated agendas for its own interests. You have to be real about this. You can’t separate the agenda of national sovereignty and self-determination for the Jewish people from the US-centralized empire’s agenda to …

The moral qualities and rhetorical skills of American leaders are diminishing as U.S.’ political power declines. On June 27th, the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump took place. Both candidates made it clear how low the American political level is, with discussions being reduced to personal offenses, …

Venture capital and military startup firms in Silicon Valley have begun aggressively selling a version of automated warfare that will deeply incorporate artificial intelligence (AI). Those companies and their CEOs are now pressing full speed ahead with that emerging technology, largely dismissing the risk of malfunctions that could lead to the future …

The growth of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency means that data centers—and the cheap, plentiful energy that powers them—will become ever more essential to national security.

Records show 312,000 parcels and letters were recorded by postal inspectors between 2015-2023 The US Postal Service (USPS) has been spying on thousands of Americans’ mail every year for a decade, including letters and parcels, and provided citizens’ information to police and elements of the national security apparatus, a Washington Post investigation found. …

On the beauty of art and the terrifying nature of our weapons of mass destruction.

If physical violence is to be used only as a final resort, a dominant class must seek to gain people’s consent if it is to govern and control a population. It must attempt to legitimize its position in the eyes of the ruled over by achieving a kind of ‘consented …