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Paper Tiger: the Failure of America’s Trillion Dollar War Machine
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the United States spent $21 trillion on its military between 2001 and 2024 (in constant 2024 dollars), equal to the combi...
The State Department’s Cuba Report Revives McCarthyism While Ignoring the Human Cost of Sanctions
On July 20, Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s State Department released a specious 100-page report, Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism. Presented as a national security assessment, it is in fact a political manifesto that resurrects...
Eight Contradictions Behind NATO’s Summit of “Love”
Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the NATO Summit. Photo Reuters.
“I just want to say there was tremendous love in that room,” President Trump declared as he wrapped up the 2026 NATO summit in Ankara....
NATO Heads to Ankara to Sell a New Arms Race
On July 7–8, NATO leaders will gather in Ankara, Türkiye. The summit will focus on increasing military spending, expanding arms production, and continuing military support for Ukraine. They will call it an investment in security. In reality...
Iran Challenges the US Doctrine of Low-Intensity Warfare
Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
The 60-day extension of the ceasefire between the United States and Iran may lead to lasting peace or it may be over within a week, doomed by the dysfunctional alliance between the US and Israel. If it ho...
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Cofounder of peace group CODEPINK. Author. Peace activist. Wannabe salsa dancer :)
CODEPINK is a feminist grassroots organization working to end U.S. warfare and imperialism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect resources into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs. Join us!
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