The National Defense Authorization Act would expand the “battlefield” to include the United States of America, and allow the President the ability to order the military to pick up and imprison—without charges or trial—civilians anywhere in the world.read more

If President Obama wants to truly demonstrate that he’s in charge of the military, then he must promptly fire the commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James T. Conway.read more

There are U.S. soldiers now doing their 3rd, 4th, even 5th tour of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. For their sake, and for the sake of the peoples under siege of American imperialism, we echo the call of the Seattle-based hip-hop group Blue Scholars: bring 'em back home.

THE SPOKEN WORD ARCHIVE

If Obama doesn’t boot McChrystal out on his can, the President will look appallingly weak. But there are other good reasons to get rid of him.read more

At Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Army police detained four peace activists for three hours and then ordered them held in a local jail for a day.read more

The U.S. Northern Command now has a dedicated fighting unit—fresh from Baghdad—for dispatching here at home. Is that even legal?read more

For a couple of years, he was purporting to be an anarchist. But he actually was working for the military at Fort Lewis.read more

Boeing, BAE Systems (British), Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics and Raytheon were the largest producers of death, with arms profits for Boeing itself topping $4 billion.read more

Hard times are forcing people to make life-changing decisions, especially those who have little choice but to join the military.read more