Tag: colonialism and imperialism

The War on Us

September 9, 2026

Is Labor Day really about us and out work, our lives, the wars we fight? From the beginning, I have described the War On Iran, with emphasis on the ON, not ‘with,’ not ‘in,’ but on. In and with are so neutral, they convey just some happening ‘over there.’ But it was an unprovoked intentional … More The War on Us

Reform is not Enough

July 21, 2016

The violence continues. It seems pervasive. The list is long and diverse. Cops shoot unarmed Black men in every major American city. A lone deranged Air Force veteran kills five Dallas police officers. A disturbed marine Iraq-returnee assassinates three more in Baton Rouge. Suicide bombers turn Brussels, Paris, and Bagdad upside down. A wife-beating suicide … More Reform is not Enough