On AlterNet: militarism

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "militarism"

Sexual Puritanism and Empire: Sex, Shame, and Military Might

Phil Rockstroh, AlterNet. June 13, 2011.

What "character issues" come into play involving an individual’s complicity in the maintenance of blood-fueled imperium?

Nobel Committee Aiming for War And Domination in The Name of Peace

Yoichi Shimatsu, New America Media. October 18, 2010.

The fact that an open warmonger heads the Nobel Peace Committee has completely discredited what was once the world’s most prestigious Peace Prize.

With Opposition to U.S. Militarism in Latin America on the Rise, Colombian and Venezuelan Govs Clash

Moira Birss, AlterNet. July 30, 2010.

Relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate.

America Can't Afford its Empire

William Collins, AlterNet. July 21, 2010.

One day the deficit will force us to bring all those troops home, like it or not.

On Anniversary of Iraq Invasion, Time to Rethink Anti-War Activism

Sarah Lazare, Clare Bayard, AlterNet. March 19, 2010.

The antiwar movement must go beyond challenging one war at a time. We need a deeper analysis of the structures that underlie militarism and war.

No Jail Time For War Resister Benji Lewis, But His Fight Continues

Benjamin Lewis, Courage to Resist. May 14, 2009.

My resistance was a conscious decision to cease participation in the continued maintenance and creation of empire.

The Perfect Lean, Mean, Macho Machine

Marco Lanzagorta, PopMatters. April 6, 2008.

"Die Hard" is a militaristic fantasy that serves as an allegory for an outnumbered and out-gunned America.

40 Years Later, Martin Luther King Is Still Silenced

Jeff Cohen, AlterNet. April 5, 2008.

In his last year of life King condemned American militarism. But we don't see that in retrospectives.

The Iraq War Is Wrong. Why Can't Candidates Admit It?

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. March 4, 2008.

The only way for Democrats to challenge U.S. militarism is to condemn the Iraq war as inherently immoral.

America Loves Peace? Odd, Since We're Always at War

David Michael Green, AlterNet. February 28, 2008.

We've been in conflict for about half the period between World War II and the present but consider ourselves a "peace-loving" nation.

Militarism Is Deeply Entrenched in the American Psyche

William Astore, TomDispatch.com. February 6, 2008.

The military is not from Mars. We must understand its endless appeal if we ever hope to change it.

Permanent Bases the World Over: Behold the American Empire

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. June 14, 2007.

In Iraq and beyond, America's empire of permanent bases grows at an alarming pace.

Can We End the American Empire Before It Ends Us?

Chalmers Johnson, TomDispatch.com. May 17, 2007.

Brilliant historian and essayist Chalmers Johnson argues that unless we face up to the tremendous strain our empire is having on America, we will lose our democracy, and then it will not matter much what else we lose.

Va Tech Killer's sister an Iraq Recon Employee... [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, April 19, 2007.

Michael Moore's hypothesis in action?

The insanity of doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results* …

Joshua Holland, January 13, 2007.

Joshua Holland: Monkey grabs banana, monkey gets a shock ... monkey grabs banana, monkey gets a shock ... monkey grabs ...

American Fascism Is on the Rise

Stan Goff, Truthdig. October 14, 2006.

The precursors of fascism -- militarization of culture, vigilantism, masculine fear of female power, xenophobia and economic destabilization -- are ascendant in America today.