The GI Bill Made Art

The GI Bill is proof: if people have access to education and the means to live, they’ll create meaningful art.

The Wolfowitz Doctrine

In 1992, the Cold War was over. But the Defense Department was already planning for the next one.

Once Upon a Time in … Kashmir

We journey to Indian-occupied Kashmir, where the cinemas have been turned into torture chambers.

Finding the Lesser Evil

Taking stock of the Democratic field on US empire.

Dismantling the School-to-Soldier Pipeline

Inside the fight against JROTC, a Pentagon program that targets working-class teenagers at public schools.

All Dad’s Armies

British politics have become a strange form of World War II cosplay, where the European Union are the Nazis, 1945 is a betrayal, and Boris Johnson is the newWinston Churchill.

The University of Phoenix Army

For-profit colleges are making Wall Street firms even richer. Bush’s 2008 GI Bill helped make that possible.

UN Peacekeepers Are Not Your Friends

Even for the United Nations, bombs and troops are increasingly the solution to problems created by an unjust global economy.

Terms of War

Your guide to military euphemisms.

From Swords to Ploughshares

We’re held hostage by a political and military elite that exploits us to fuel its endless wars.

Hollywood and the Pentagon

Some of your favorite movies were probably made with help from the Department of Defense. Now we know which ones.

Letters + The Internet Speaks (Issue 34)

Because communication is at the heart of any good relationship.

Broken Barry

On HBO’s new tragicomedy, a veteran plumbs the depths of his combat record for the stage — but ends up painting a portrait of middle-American desolation.

Camera in One Hand, Gun in the Other

With its celebration of mercs rampaging through Africa, no healthy society could produce a magazine like Soldier of Fortune.

Selling Tony Blair’s War

Working people knew the war in Iraq was a mistake — but they didn’t have a media to speak for them.

Ike & Hayek

Eisenhower’s warning about the “military-industrial complex” marked an era when the American right feared militarism could bankrupt the country and plunge it into socialism.

Masters of War

Endless war … it’s good work, if you can get it.

The Killing Never Ends

Breaking the Chains of Command

For centuries, working-class people have been sent to die in wars for empire. The rich history of soldier revolt isn’t just about foreign policy — it’s about breaking the power of the mighty in society as a whole.

Defense Spending: the Endless Frontier

The military sets the agenda for scientific research, so it’s still much easier to get funding to develop new bombs than to get the resources to develop new, potentially life-saving antibiotics.