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Trust in War is America’s New Creed
Mohammad Mossadegh, the democratically-elected leader of Iran who was overthrown in 1953 in a coup supported by the CIA Henry Pelifian Trust in war is the constant refrain from elected politicians of...
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The Real Deflategate: Why Media Coverage of Real News Leaves Democracy Deflated
It’s not your football that’s deflated, America: It’s your democracy Michael Brenner [Editor’s Note: It’s not footballs that are deflated, notes Michael Brenner. It’s our news, which is deliberately...
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Nothing Succeeds Like Failure
Finally an image that captures U.S. foreign policy The Crash, Burn, Repeat of America’s Militarized Foreign Policy Tom Engelhardt (courtesy of TomDispatch.com) Let’s take a moment to consider failure...
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Sustaining Perpetual War: The Bloodless Narrative
No, war is not bloodless, and its wounds are often hidden Peter Van Buren Editor’s Note: TCP is especially proud to offer an original article by Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well, a compelling...
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Goodbye Green
Walter Stewart Editor’s introduction: I’m a product of the all-volunteer force, having joined ROTC in 1981. But I’m a strong believer in a citizen military, one in which the burden of defending the...
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Halloween Special: Republican Zombies Stalk A Cold War Bogeyman!
W.J. Astore It’s Halloween, America, which perhaps explains the gruesome results of the latest Republican presidential debate. I watched a sliver of them (terrifying!), and read as much as I could...
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A Very American Coup
Will we see scenes like this on Main Street USA? W.J. Astore Back in January 2010, I wrote the following article for TomDispatch.com on the possibility of “a very American coup” occurring in...
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A Few More Thoughts on Raising Soldiers
Katie Stuart My 23 year old son, Gillen, is in the Air National Guard. He is four years into a six year commitment. A few weekends ago, he came home from “drill” with the news that he may have to go...
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American culture’s long, passionate relationship with violence
Nick Turse. Courtesy of TomDispatch.com. [Editor’s Note: In his recent address to the nation, President Obama expressed his belief in the U.S. as an exceptional nation. Inherent to that belief is the...
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The Republican Alternate Universe of Paranoia
Paranoia will destroy ya W.J. Astore I watched last night’s Republican debate so you wouldn’t have to. Leaving aside the usual mugging by Donald Trump, the usual jousting over side issues like whether...
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