Tag Archives | War on Terror

What Julian Assange taught us about empire

Originally published: Red Flag on March 17, 2024 by Chloe Rafferty (more by Red Flag) | (Posted Mar 25, 2024)

The truth, it turns out, won’t set you free: under capitalism it can get you locked up. That’s what Julian Assange discovered when he spoke truth to power.
Over two decades, U.S.’s global war on terror has taken nearly 1 million lives and cost $8 trillion

Originally published: The Intercept on August 31, 2021 by Murtaza Hussain (more by The Intercept) | (Posted Sep 03, 2021)

A new report from the Costs of War Project makes staggering estimates for the human and financial costs of the global forever wars.
‘The Mauritanian’ rekindles debate over Gitmo detainees’ torture–with 40 still held there

Originally published: The Conversation on February 12, 2021 (more by The Conversation) |

“The Mauritanian,” directed by Kevin Macdonald, is the first feature film to dramatize how the war on terror became a war in court.