Speech: “Imperialism, racism, and torture”
This is the text of a speech I gave at a panel Stanford Says No to War hosted called “It’s All About U.S.: Questioning U.S. Militarism”. This speech was given on May 26th, 2010 and is the last speech I...
View ArticleOsama bin Laden’s death does not vindicate the use of torture
My first article for Examiner.com was published on Monday. Read it here or below. ——————————————————————————————————— The death of Osama bin Laden, at the hands of U.S. special operations forces in...
View ArticleTime to prosecute Dick Cheney
Lately, former Vice President Dick Cheney has been doing a massive publicity tour for his memoir. The book focuses on his long career in politics, including the infamous decisions he made (i.e., war...
View Article“Death Note” and Obama’s Kill List
On May 29, 2012, the New York Times published a long report (based on interviews with three dozen current and former Obama administration advisers) revealing how President Obama personally authorizes...
View ArticleDrone Technology Eases the Slide Into War
I wrote a piece in Turnstyle News about drone warfare. It’s the first in a series of two articles I wrote about drones. ———————————————————————————————————— From the National Public Radio (NPR) to the...
View ArticleU.S. Drone Strikes: Secrecy and Suffering Highlighted in Reports by Stanford,...
I wrote a piece in Turnstyle News about the Stanford/NYU and Columbia reports on the U.S. drone program. Please note that this was written before the November 6, 2012 presidential election....
View ArticleObama’s first-term record of militarism
The long and drawn out 2012 presidential election is finally over and President Barack Obama was reelected. Shortly after he was reelected, Obama launched another drone strike in Yemen — a harbinger of...
View ArticleIt’s a new year and Obama’s civil liberties violations continue
A few days before the new year rang in, I made three predictions for Turnstyle News about what’s in store for the year 2013. The first was a “drawdown but not a complete end to the war in Afghanistan”,...
View ArticleSecret “white paper” justifies assassinating American citizens — entrenching...
On Monday, NBC News reported on a leaked Department of Justice “white paper” summarizing memos that make the Obama administration’s legal case for targeted killing of U.S. citizens suspected of links...
View ArticleObama’s speech on drones and Gitmo is a repackaging of permanent war
Recently, President Barack Obama gave a speech about his counterterrorism strategy at National Defense University. In it, he justified his targeted killing policy and drone strikes of suspected...
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