World

Is Lockheed Martin Shadowing You? Is Lockheed Martin Shadowing You?

Have you noticed that Lockheed Martin, the giant weapons corporation, is shadowing you? If you have a life, Lockheed Martin is likely a part of it.

Jan 11, 2011 / William D. Hartung

Children Becoming Collateral Damage Children Becoming Collateral Damage

Christina-Taylor Green was nine years old. She was born on September 11, 2001. She died on January 8, 2011 in Tucson, along with a federal judge and four others in a shooting targe...

Jan 10, 2011 / Laura Flanders

Muqtada al-Sadr’s Fiery Call: ‘US Out of Iraq’ Muqtada al-Sadr’s Fiery Call: ‘US Out of Iraq’

Cleric, returned after four years in Iran, challenges Maliki to expel American troops–or else.

Jan 10, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

America’s Empire of Bases 2.0 America’s Empire of Bases 2.0

How many military bases does the US really have around the globe?

Jan 10, 2011 / Nick Turse

Gates Lectured by China’s Defense Minister Gates Lectured by China’s Defense Minister

Chinese tell Pentagon chief that US arms sales to Taiwan are a threat to China's "core interests."

Jan 10, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Obama Slaps Down Petraeus on Invading Pakistan Obama Slaps Down Petraeus on Invading Pakistan

The military has floated plans to send Special Forces across the Afghan border into Pakistan's tribal areas. Not gonna happen.

Jan 8, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Get ‘Happy’ (and Buy My Book) Get ‘Happy’ (and Buy My Book)

Our media has found a new way to be as bad as it ever was, LTC Bob on packing for an overseas deployment and some hate mail.

Jan 6, 2011 / Eric Alterman

Dwight Eisenhower & ‘The Nation’

Dwight Eisenhower & ‘The Nation’ Dwight Eisenhower & ‘The Nation’

The Nation was central to Eisenhower's understanding of the military-industrial complex.

Jan 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / James Ledbetter

Clampdown in Hungary Clampdown in Hungary

The right-wing nationalist government has defunded and harassed the influential theater community and passed a harsh new media censorship law, threatening the country’s fragi...

Jan 6, 2011 / Alisa Solomon

Gates to China: ‘Times’ Hypes China’s Military Threat, Again Gates to China: ‘Times’ Hypes China’s Military Threat, Again

Imagine! A great world power wants to expand its military reach.

Jan 6, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

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