US Military

Senate Vote Advances President’s Effort to Kill War Crimes Act Senate Vote Advances President’s Effort to Kill War Crimes Act

The 109th Congress, led by Republican Senators McCain, Warner, and Graham and with the acquiescence of many Democrats, is poised to legalize torture, trials with secret evidence, ...

Sep 22, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

Torture and the Content of our Character Torture and the Content of our Character

The standoff between the Senate and the Bush Administration over military tribunals, torture and war crimes tests core legal and moral issues and will determine the kind of country...

Sep 15, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

Troops and Hoops Troops and Hoops

There's something unnerving about USA Basketball's motivational tactics for the 2006 world championship--encouraging players to spend time with wounded Iraq veterans, in hopes of e...

Aug 20, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin

The US Military Descends on Paraguay The US Military Descends on Paraguay

The US "war on terror" now extends to an unlikely frontier in Paraguay, where farmers are caught in the crossfire and human rights groups are skeptical of the threat posed by Islam...

Jul 12, 2006 / Feature / Benjamin Dangl

Watada, the War and the Law Watada, the War and the Law

Bolstered by a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked the Bush Administration's excessive exercise of power, Lieut. Ehren Watada's pending court-martial could help restore the rule of l...

Jul 10, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

Lieutenant Watada’s War Against the War Lieutenant Watada’s War Against the War

In a remarkable, media-savvy protest, First Lieut. Ehren Watada has refused orders to go to Iraq, claiming the war and the occupation violate the Constitution, international law an...

Jun 26, 2006 / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

Danger in Paradise Danger in Paradise

It's hard to tell whether the US is conducting a war against terror or against Native Hawaiians, as the military uses parts of the Waianae coast as a live-fire training ground.

Jun 14, 2006 / Mindy Pennybacker

When Soldiers Shoot a War When Soldiers Shoot a War

The War Tapes, a documentary shot by US soldiers and sanctioned by the military, may turn out to be the most powerful statement against the war to date.

Jun 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Kevin McCarthy

The Circle of Responsibility The Circle of Responsibility

If certain acts in violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them, and we are not prepared to lay down a rul

Jun 13, 2006 / Feature / Richard Falk

Nightmare Scenario Nightmare Scenario

Exhausted and overused American forces could become so unglued that staying in Iraq may well become impossible. Then what?

Jun 12, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

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