Category Archives: Military-Industrial Complex

The Merchants of Fear: Israel’s Profiting from Homeland Insecurity

Posted on 20 January, 2010 by

By Maidhc Ó Cathail In the wake of the weird Christmas Day “underwear bomber” incident on Northwest Flight 253, former Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff, as if on cue, was all over the mainstream media touting whole-body scanners as the … Continue reading →

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Robot wars: a 'killer' application

Posted on 6 November, 2009 by

With unmanned, remote-controlled drones increasingly in use from Pakistan to Palestine, as well as Iraq and Afghanistan, we are grimly reminded about the latest lethal machines from the high-tech military-industry complex and the putative robotics revolution in warfare. From Hungry … Continue reading →

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Iraq, AfPak, beyond: the global cost of war

Posted on 21 June, 2009 by

While the toxic phrase “war on terror” has fallen out of use, the destructive effects continue amid increases in military spending against an economic downturn, making for a recession-proof weapons industry, Paul Rogers notes: A major landmark in the in … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Lerner and Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA) on AIPAC’s influence

Posted on 16 September, 2007 by

As the much anticipated book The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy by Walt and Mearsheimer is released this month, the liberal Jewish-spiritual progressive magazine Tikkun has its current issue devoted to the Israel Lobby (including, but not limited to, … Continue reading →

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