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Category Archives: Military-industrial complex
Reclaiming the Truth about Vietnam
by Robert C. Koehler | Common Wonders – TRANSCEND Media Service 20 Sep 2017 – “From Ia Drang to Khe Sanh, from Hue to Saigon and countless villages in between, they pushed through jungles and rice paddies, heat and monsoon, … Continue reading
Posted in Armed conflict, Democracy, Donald Trump, Economy and war, Environmental impacts of war, Genocide, imperialism, Media, Military-industrial complex, Patriotism, Understanding violence
Tagged "Vietnam syndrome", “moral damage”, 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, Agent Orange, ecocide, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, George McGovern’s 1972 presidential campaign, gook, Howard Machtinger, Lt. William Calley, My Lai, My Lai massacre, napalm, Paul Meadlo, Robert C. Koehler, Seymour Hersh, The Full Disclosure campaign, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam War, war on terror
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Begging for War
By Robert C. Koehler “There are no good options,” Brian Williams said the other night on MSNBC, launching a discussion about North Korea with the implication that war—maybe nuclear war—is the only solution to the problem it represents. We’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Armed conflict, Donald Trump, Economy and war, Media, militarization, Military-industrial complex, politics, Propaganda, Understanding violence, Weaponry
Tagged 1970 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Anna Fifield, Brian Williams, Common Dreams, John Delury, Kim Jong-un, Korean war, MSNBC, North Korea, nuclear club, nuclear disarmament, nuclear weapons, Robert C. Koehler, Simon Tisdall, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley
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Buddhist Social Democracy, Part 1
by Stefan Schindler All things pass; life is brief; seek freedom; be kind. Siddhartha Gautama, Gangamala Jataka “A Buddha arises for the welfare of the multitude.” This is a common refrain in Buddhist sutras. On Buddha’s Eightfold Path to … Continue reading
Posted in capitalism, Champions of peace, Democracy, Military-industrial complex, Nonviolence, Pacifism, Patriotism, politics, Poverty, racism, Understanding violence
Tagged Buddha’s Eightfold Path to the common good, Buddhist Social Democracy, by “chains of illusion”, corporatism, crine against humanity, Dharmachakra, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., economic apartheid, fascism, Gangamala Jataka, George Santayana, H.G. Wells, Howard Zinn, Life of Pi, Mark Twain, moral-egalitarian economics, Mussolini, Nagarjuna, peacemakers, Plato’s cave, plutocracy, power elite, profiteering, Siddhartha Gautama, Siddhartha’s “Teaching Wheel”, Siddhartha’s Four Noble Truths, social democracy, Stefan Schindler, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, Weapons of Mass Dysfunction, Yann Martel
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