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Mass killings reported in Sudanese city seized by paramilitary group
October 28 Carlos Mureithi Reports of ethnically motivated mass killings and other atrocities are emerging from El Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces took control of the city in Sudan’s western Darfur region over the weekend.
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A Minefield in Gaza
October 27, 2025 Ariel Gold After two years of relentless bombardment, what Israel’s military has left behind in Gaza will continue to claim lives and maim the innocent. A Palestinian boy walks past the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City on October 22, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qatta / AFP via Getty Images)
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Editor’s note: the environmental cost of conflict
October 131, 2025 Philippa Nuttall It is estimated that processing the more than 42mn tonnes of building debris in Gaza will take decades © AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi
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Oct 131 min read


A killing at sea marks America’s descent into lawless power
September 10, 2025 Jon Duffy The United States has crossed a dangerous line. Last week, an American military platform destroyed a small...
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Sep 101 min read


As World Spends Record $2.7 Trillion on War, UN Report Pushes for 'Sustainable and Peaceful Future'
September 9, 2025 Jessica Corbett As global outrage over Israel's attack targeting Hamas ceasefire negotiators in Qatar began to mount...
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Sep 91 min read


Higher defence spending is pointless without climate aid, says UN chief
September 6, 2025 Fiona Harvey, The Guardian Spending more on defence will be pointless unless western governments also tackle the...
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Sep 61 min read


Is the Pentagon Spending Taxpayer Money on Alien Tech?
September 1, 2025 Ellen Brown The US federal debt has now passed $37 trillion and is growing at the rate of $1 trillion every five months...
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Sep 11 min read
Think tank staffer stumped when asked about arms industry funding
August 25, 2025 Nick Cleveland-Stout In a new Al Jazeera docuseries called the Business of War, the Atlantic Council’s Mark Massa was...
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Aug 251 min read


Trump's DC Occupation Costs 4 Times More Than It Would Take to House City's Entire Homeless Population
August 23, 2025 Stephen Prager Last week, when Trump federalized Washington, DC's police force and deployed the National Guard to occupy...
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Aug 231 min read


ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL: THE SDGs vs RISING MILITARY EXPENDITURES
August 20, 2025 This paper is submitted in response to the UNODA call for papers on ‘the impact of the global increase in military...
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Aug 201 min read


NATO’S 3.5% Spending Goal Unsustainable on every count
August 17, 2025 Transnational Institute In 2025, there is one glaring security challenge facing everyone in the world – and that is the...
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Aug 171 min read
America the FUBARAn Ailing, Flailing, Failing Empire Lashes Out
August 13, 2025 William Astore As a retired U.S. Air Force officer, I firmly believe in civilian control of our military. This country...
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Aug 131 min read
How the military-industrial complex captured US democracy | Business of War
August 11, 2025 Al Jazeera When it comes to selling weapons, the United States is in a league of its own: more than 40 percent of all...
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Aug 111 min read


PI Briefing | No. 29 | Destroyer of Worlds
August 10, 2025 In the Progressive International's twenty-ninth Briefing of 2025, we look at the enduring danger of nuclear weapons,...
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Aug 101 min read


The nuclear road not taken
August 6, 2025 Arjun Makhijani It all started in 1939, when Albert Einstein signed a letter , drafted by Leo Szilard, to US President...
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Aug 61 min read


Easy Money for War Profiteers in the Age of Trump
July 28, 2025 William Hartung ( Tomdispatch.com ) – When, in his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the...
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Jul 281 min read


2025 War Abolisher Awards Go to Albanese, Nader, Waters
July 10, 2025 By World BEYOND War The global peace organization World BEYOND War has announced the awardees for its fifth annual War...
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Jul 101 min read


Pentagon provided $2.4tn to private arms firms to ‘fund war and weapons’, report finds
July 9, 2025 William D. Hartung and Stephen N. Semler In five years, from 2020 to 2024, private firms received $2.4 trillion in contracts...
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Jul 91 min read


Soldiers Are Taking a Stand Against Trump's Abuses
July 7, 2025 Liza Featherstone On the Fourth of July, members of the military are calling on Congress to protect service members who...
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Jul 71 min read


The Military-Industrial Complex Is Riding High
July 1, 2025 William D. Hartung The Senate is on the verge of passing the distinctly misnamed “ big beautiful bill .” It is, in fact, one...
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Jul 11 min read
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