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Once upon a time in what now seems to me like another universe, I took to the streets protesting the disastrous American war in Vietnam and, since I was then of an age to be drafted into the army (before it became an all-volunteer force), I even turned in my draft card in protest at a rally on
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Here’s a question for you: How did U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, more commonly known as ICE (though its actions are hot as hell), get the right to swarm over this country, arresting, even
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I began TomDispatch in November 2001 in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on my city, New York, and on Washington, D.C., and soon after, the Bush administration decided to essentially invade Afghanistan.
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Consider it something of a human miracle that, 80 years after the United States atomically obliterated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II, with eight other countries now possessing such weaponry (and my country and Israel
With the deadline for paying federal income taxes fast approaching, the thoughts of American taxpayers turn naturally toward the age-old question: Why isn’t there a fairer tax system?
Currently, in fact, campaigns for state tax-the-rich legislation are flourishing in California, Colorado, New York, Oregon, Rhode
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As Ms. Takaichi, the Prime Minister of Japan, meets with the U.S. President on this anniversary of the attack on Iraq with the attack on Iran underway, she should agree to nothing that violates
Article 9 of Japan’s constitution states:
“Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes. (2) To accomplish the aim of
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Hey, the clip was “erroneously” posted at Donald Trump’s Truth Social website, right? You know, the one I mean, the 62-second video clip (to the tune of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”)
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Honestly, I can barely believe that I’m living through it again. After all, I began TomDispatch in the wake — a distinctly appropriate word — of an American president (George W. Bush) ordering the invasion of Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks and, remind me, how did that turn out? Now, here I am, 24 years later, with an American president — and the