"What, sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. ...Whenever Governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army...
Right On Cue… The ‘New ISIS Threat’ in Afghanistan
Afghanistan - the "good war" that never ends. Just when it seemed the US was making progress toward ending the longest war in its history, a new bad guy has emerged that, we are told, is far more threatening than the guys we've been fighting for 20 years. Forget the...
Snowden Bombshell Six Years On: Has Anything Changed?
Six years ago undercover CIA officer and NSA contractor Edward Snowden came out from the shadows to reveal that he was responsible for the greatest leak of secret government information in US history. Americans learned that the government was not spying on terrorists...
Stop War Today Project: Overview Film on Costs of War and Peacebuilding
24-minute overview film of StopWar.Today project. Released June 2, 2019. Discusses costs of post-9/11 wars. Promotes peacebuilding rather than militarism. Promotes the work of Brown University's Costs of War Project, with interviews of Prof. Linda Bilmes, Prof. Neta...
Video Emerges Showing Assange in Britain’s Belmarsh Prison
From Ruptly, Russia Today's video channel: Exclusive footage showing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London’s high security Belmarsh prison has been obtained by Ruptly. It was filmed on a device by a fellow inmate who describes himself as a supporter of the...
Trump’s Latest Giveaway to the Saudis
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The New York Times reports that Trump’s bogus arms sales “emergency” is even more of a giveaway to Saudi Arabia than we suspected:When the Trump administration declared an emergency last month and...
Pompeo Accidentally Tells Truth About Failed Venezuela Coup
Secretly recorded while speaking off the record to a group of supporters, Secretary of State Pompeo revealed that US policy toward Venezuela has been a disaster and that the US government has lied from the beginning about the level of support for the opposition and...
Who’s The Bigger War Criminal – Rep. Duncan Hunter… Or Those Who Sent Him To Iraq?
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) has found himself in the hot seat after defending a Navy SEAL on trial for wantonly killing civilians and stabbing prisoners while in Iraq. On a podcast, Hunter wondered what the big deal was - after all, he's responsible for hundreds of...
David Bergland, RIP: 1984 Libertarian Party Candidate for President
I am sorry to announce that David Bergland has died at the age of 83. He had been battling prostate cancer. Bergland was the 1984 presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party. He was also the 1976 candidate for Vice-President. I met David in 1973 and worked closely...
The ‘Good War’? US Bomb Kills Entire Afghan Family
A determined father was not about to give up trying to find out how his entire family plus four cousins were killed one morning last fall. The US denied conducting any raids in the area. Then the bomb fragments were found. How many times has this tragedy been repeated...


