How do you tell troops who volunteered to fight for our freedoms that the country they fought for won’t take care of them when they come back? In the time of war our troops and their families are supposed to be our number one priority.
John Salazar | war Read More »
The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.
Bianca Jagger | war Read More »
The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world.
Bianca Jagger | war Read More »
That’s Anil’s path. She grows up in Sri Lanka, goes and gets educated abroad, and through fate or chance gets brought back by the Human Rights Commission to investigate war crimes.
Michael Ondaatje | war Read More »
In reality, Republicans have long been at war with clean energy. They have ridiculed investments in solar and wind power, bashed energy-efficiency standards, attacked state moves to promote renewable energy and championed laws that would enshrine taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuels while stripping them from wind and solar.
Jeff Goodell | war Read More »
There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua?
Bianca Jagger | war Read More »
Maybe more climate activists will think about the climate change not as an international problem to be resolved in an air-conditioned meeting hall, but as a guerilla war to be fought in the streets.
Jeff Goodell | war Read More »
Bush’s war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties.
George Soros | war Read More »
I’m actually reading ‘World War Z’ again! It’s incredibly realistic and it’s written as an oral history through interviews with different characters. Max Brooks wrote this book in so many different voices. There are about forty or so. It’s incredible. When I finish ‘World War Z’ I’m going to go back and start again on the ‘Game of Thrones’ series.
Nathan Fillion | war Read More »