June 30, 2017 – Calvin Pollak One of the keys to maintaining a militarized society is managing the people’s political common sense, or ideology: the stories, values, and concepts we take for […]
The Common Sense of War and Militarism
Sectarian, Schmectarian: The Need for Unity Against U.S. Imperialism
May 17, 2017 By Ron Read There has been a recent debate among socialists, religious people, communists, anarchists, and others in Pittsburgh over how the peace movement should respond to various military […]
Killer Robots Cast Long Shadows Over Academe
May 13, 2017 By Calvin Pollak Carnegie Mellon University is the most prestigious higher education institution in the western half of Pennsylvania, with computer science and engineering departments that rank at or […]
Syria: Revolution and Counter-Revolution
March 9, 2017 By Michael Drohan Review of book “Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War” by Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami, Pluto Press, 2016 Robin Yassin-Kassab is a British based journalist […]
Persecution by the Turkish Government
February 1, 2017 By Sebnem Unlu The Hizmet (the Turkish word for service) movement was inspired by the Turkish Muslim scholar M. F. Gulen about 40 years ago in Turkey. For decades, […]
Stop Palestinian Suffering: A New Conversation on Campus
February 1, 2017 By Ken Boas When Israeli supporters complain about student interruptions of pro-Israel speakers they miss the point of these protests. The debate about academic freedom is real and […]
Highly Radioactive Liquid Nuclear Waste Shipments Set to Begin
February 1, 2017 By Molly Rush On February 17th truckloads of highly radioactive liquid waste may begin their journey along public highways, from on the edge of Lake Ontario and the Niagara River in […]
Military Budget: Trillions Unaccounted For
February 1, 2017 By Molly Rush “The Pentagon buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in military waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the funding as an […]
How Pittsburgh Banks Fund the War
February 1, 2017 By Ron Read Pittsburgh’s downtown business district holds offices for several major banking institutions that have been in existence for over a hundred years. Three institutions worth noting are […]
Abolish Nuclear Weapons Now
February 1, 2017 By Michael Drohan The problem of nuclear weapons and their abolition has received new urgency with the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. On December […]
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