Antiwar Iraq Vets Arrested
Brett Story & VideoNation : Iraq War
A look at the brutal suppression of antiwar Iraq veterans highlights their continued struggle for justice.
2008
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On Veterans Day, Don't Forget About the War
Aaron Glantz : Iraq War
Most Americans want to put the war in Iraq behind them, but this feeling is based not on a coherent critique but on a kind of collective exhaustion.
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War Is Personal
Eugene Richards : Iraq War
A 25-year-old certified medic, home from Iraq, can't escape the horrors of war.
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How the VA Abandons Our Vets
Joshua Kors
Injured veterans continue their battles at home while fighting for the healthcare treatment they deserve.
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Wasteful Weapons and the Pols Who Love Them
Robert Scheer : Presidential Election 2008
An Air Force contract to build an obsolete B-2 refueling tanker has suddenly become a campaign issue--and the Democrats are on the wrong side.
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Meet the New Dr. Strangelove
Tom Hayden : Iraq War
His name is David Kilcullen, an Australian academic and military veteran, who seeks to impose a mad science of counterinsurgency on Iraq.
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Empire or Republic?
Robert Scheer
Imagine the benefits if we could make significant cutbacks in military spending.
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Geeks and Hackers, Uncle Sam's Cyber Force Wants You!
William J. Astore : Internet & New Media
Part of the Air Force's new "above all" vision of full-spectrum dominance, America's emerging cyber force has control fantasies that would impress George Orwell.
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Dollar-Driven Recruiting
Allen McDuffee
The Department of Defense has dramatically increased its military recruitment budget, but where will the troops come from?
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McCain Sells Out Vets
Brian Beutler : John McCain
There's little evidence that John McCain will do anything, if elected, to repair the damage the Bush Administration has done to veterans' healthcare.
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Gitmo in Disarray
Ross Tuttle
Ethical conflicts and judicial dysfunction cloud the military commissions system at Guantánamo.
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Real Clear Numbers: 101,000 US Casualties a Year
Alexander Cockburn : Iraq War
The psychological wounds of war will be with us for years to come.
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Painful Performance
Robert Scheer : Iraq War
By urging lawmakers to stay the course in Iraq, General David Petraeus remained loyal to his President, but failed the American people.
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Unlawful Influence at Gitmo
Ross Tuttle : Constitutional Questions
Lieut. Cmdr. Brian Mizer has filed a motion to dismiss charges against Salim Hamdan, in light of new evidence documenting the improper involvement of political appointees.
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Winter Soldiers Speak
Laila Al-Arian : Iraq War
In compelling public testimony, US soldiers and Iraqi civilians bear witness to the horrors of combat.
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Pentagon General Counsel Resigns
Ross Tuttle : Constitutional Questions
As criticism over his support for torture and his interference in the Gitmo trials escalates, William J. Haynes steps down.
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Potshots in Space
Tom Engelhardt
From the heaving deck of the USS Lake Erie, the Bush Administration takes shaky aim at a rogue satellite hurtling to Earh, carrying unknown secrets. The missile attack is purely humanitarian, they assure us.
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Bush's Budget Legacy
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
Curb your enthusiasm. No matter who wins, we can't reverse the damage of Bush's bloated military budget.
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Denial in the Corps
Kathy Dobie : Iraq War
A stressed-out Marine Corps sends its troops on repeated tours to Iraq and then tosses them out when they come back traumatized.
2007
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The Old and New Shapes of Nuclear Danger
Jonathan Schell : Arms Spending & Proliferation
During the cold war, the driving force was the bilateral arms race; now it's proliferation.
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The Soldier and the Student
Aaron Glantz : Higher Education
Today's military members face red tape, false advertising and multiple deployments. What happened to the promises of the original GI Bill?
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Say No to Africom
Danny Glover & Nicole C. Lee : Africa
With little Congressional scrutiny and nary a whimper of protest, the United States will soon establish permanent military bases in sub-Saharan Africa.
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SOA Protest Draws Scant Support From Candidates
Patrick Mulvaney : Activism & Organizing
As the eighteenth annual demonstration against the Army's School of the Americas nears, we quiz Democratic hopefuls on whether they would shut it down. Their answers are not encouraging.
This week, what it all meant. Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on Barack Obama's victory and the coming battle for progressive change we can believe in. (13mb mp3)
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