Militarisation

9/11: Ten years later, who have we become?

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Middle East Conflict

Language English

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War & Pacification

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Article

Authors:

Tom Reifer

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Ten years and two wars later, Americans face the monetary and psychological costs of both militarism and Wall Street materialism, effectively bankrupting the country; not to mention the casualties of war at home, and in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Sept. 11, 2001. Sept. 11, 2011. It’s been 10 years. The horror of innocent noncombatants, civilians, targeted, with thousands killed and injured. In the months following the attacks, Americans and others expressed themselves in symbols and practices of the sacred, expressing unity through flags, flowers, commemorations, tears and vows for the future. Ten years later, where are we? Who are we?... Read more

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Why the U.S. won't cut ties with Israel, no matter how extreme its government gets

Topic:

Nuclear weapons

Language English

Programmes:

War & Pacification

Article type:

Article

Authors:

Phyllis Bennis

Teaser:

Israel's defence minister spends much more time in Washington than the nation's pro-"ethnic cleansing" foreign minister; no wonder when the US is committing hundreds of billions of US taxes to Israel's militarization.

Body:

Rumors are floating around about why Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak was in Washington – again – last week when Israel’s official top diplomat, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, is nowhere to be seen. This was Barak’s seventh visit to DC; Lieberman has been here exactly once.... Read more

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¿Por qué desembarcan los marines en Costa Rica?

Topic:

Middle East Conflict

Military Bases

Reforma de la ley de drogas en Costa Rica

Language Spanish

Programmes:

Guerra y Pacificación

Article type:

Article

Authors:

Atilio Boron

Teaser:

El desembarco de los marines busca reordenar el 'patio trasero' del imperio, que tiene así las manos libres para seguir guerreando en otras latitudes.

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Con los votos del oficialista Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN), el Movimiento Libertario y el diputado evangélico del partido Renovación Costarricense, Justo Orozco, el pasado 1 de Julio el Congreso de Costa Rica autorizó el ingreso a ese país de 46 buques de guerra de la Armada de los Estados Unidos, 200 helicópteros y aviones de combate, y 7.000 marines. Si bien la multiplicidad de versiones... Read more

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