From Swords to Ploughshares
We’re held hostage by a political and military elite that exploits us to fuel its endless wars.
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Letters + The Internet Speaks (Issue 34)
Because communication is at the heart of any good relationship.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Defector
How Rory Fanning went from Army Ranger to war resister.
The Seventh-Inning Stretch Under Socialism
It’s possible to elevate the working class without the jingoism.