Tag: militarism
Drawing Links Between US Militarism Abroad and Gun Violence at Home (Pt 1/2)
Boston teacher Nino Brown, of the ANSWER Coalition, speaks with TRNN’s Ben Norton about the links between US militarism, gun violence, and police brutality. He connects the epidemic of school shootings domestically to the endless…
Militarizing US Schools and Society Only Creates More Gun Violence and Police Brutality
TRNN’s Ben Norton continues his discussion with Boston teacher Nino Brown, of the ANSWER Coalition, on the links between US militarism, gun violence, and police brutality. Nino Brown argues militarizing schools and more heavily arming…
Rep. Ro Khanna: Democrats Can’t Be Liberal at Home But Hawkish Militants Overseas
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California), vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, discusses Trump’s war on immigrants via the Muslim ban and family incarceration. He also addresses his differences with hawkish Democratic leaders on foreign policy,…
Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Calls Israeli Military Weak: He is Correct
Shir Hever discusses the relationship of mutual admiration that has developed between Israel and Hezbollah, and that Nasrallah’s sources in the Israeli media indicate a continuing erosion of the Israeli military edge in the region….
Assange Arrested for Exposing U.S. War Crimes – Paul Jay
Wikileaks released Manning’s leaked documents and exposed multiple crimes committed by the U.S. government and armed forces – Jay says this is getting lost in the corporate media coverage of Assange’s arrest; when he was…
Black Alliance For Peace Revives Black Anti-War Tradition (Pt 1/2)
The US has been at war in the Middle East for 28 years, starting with Operation Desert Storm in Iraq, then into Afghanistan, Syria, and now we are learning of military bases, operations, and troops…
Why Should Americans Care About NATO/US In Africa? (Pt 2/2)
The anti-war movement rightfully focuses on the expansion of US military action around the world, but what connection does that have to every day struggles in poor & Black communities in the US like Baltimore?…
D Day: Mythology of America as Liberator Feeds Trump’s Militarism
It was the Soviet army that broke Hitler’s back at Stalingrad, but the myth that the American army liberated Europe, serves aggressive U.S. policy, including Trump targeting Iran – historian Peter Kuznick joins Paul Jay…
Bidding farewell to the American century | The Chris Hedges Report
Like Cicero in the Roman Republic, there are always a handful of chroniclers who can see and articulate clearly the social, cultural, and political realities of empires in terminal decline. They call out the bankruptcy…
