Posts Tagged with ‘Iraq’

Anti-Empire Report

November’s edition of Bill Blum’s monthly essay contribution is a “rager;” “If machismo explains war, if men love war and fighting so much, why do we have to compel them with conscription on pain of imprisonment? Why do the powers-that-be have to wage advertising campaigns to seduce young people to enlist in the military? Why…

Aftermath and Remembrance

So today marks the 8 year anniversary of 9/11. But what few are speaking about, and is far too important not to acknowledge, is how “we” are dealing with the sordid aftermath and its productive remembrance. Granted, nearly 3000 people died — not solely American citizens either, a statistic I heard this morning is, the…