The term is “banal militarism” – that is to say, violence and the preparation for violence so utterly commonplace that most people don’t even notice. Banal militarism is as American as apple pie. It’s also global in scope. #WorldBEYONDWar
This week on Talk World Radio, we’re talking about Palestine. Our guest, who has been on before, is Dan Kovalik, whose latest book is The Case for Palestine: Why It Matters and Why You Should Care. #WorldBEYONDWar
Top Israeli government and security officials have overseen a nine-year surveillance operation targeting the ICC and Palestinian rights groups to try to thwart a war crimes probe, a joint investigation reveals. #WorldBEYONDWar
The U.S. government should begin to set things right by passing repeal of the Monroe Doctrine. #WorldBEYONDWar
The pernicious influence of lobbying within the U.S. war industry and how it creates needless suffering and death abroad is closely examined in this segment of the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal. #WorldBEYONDWar
The Revolving Door details the insidious practice of U.S. government employees or military officers revolving in and out government positions to work for private weapons manufacturers. #WorldBEYONDWar
We have the technological and psychological capacity to kill not simply thousands or even millions of people but the whole human race, but let’s talk about it in terms of strategy, tactics and public relations! #WorldBEYONDWar
“Let’s say you calculate [that there is one] Hamas [operative] plus 10 [civilians in the house],” the officer said. “Usually, these 10 will be women and children. So absurdly, it turns out that most of the people you killed were women and children.”
This week on Talk World Radio, we welcome back Coleen Rowley, a retired special agent and former Minneapolis Division legal counsel of the FBI who taught constitutional law and law enforcement ethics. #WorldBEYONDWar
