Blog Posts - December 2011

2012: Revolution or Devolution

By Kelley B. Vlahos, on Dec 27, 2011

The year 2011 marked a critical confluence of militarism and revolution, not only in places like Libya and Egypt, but also here at home, where massive demonstrations in cities and towns throughout the country were met with a well-oiled law enforcement machine deployed in camouflage and Kevlar, lobbing tear gas grenades and packing rifles with rubber bullets.

Let’s Do 1989 All Over Again

By Kelley B. Vlahos, on Dec 20, 2011

How many times have we heard that the United States cannot abandon Afghanistan to the mercy of armed militias and thugs like we did in 1989?

So, why, pray tell, are we doing it?

Libertarian Feminism is Superior to Liberal Feminism

By Angela Keaton, on Dec 13, 2011

Iraq war veteran and talk show host Adam Kokesh bravely takes on why freedom must be the base of feminism.

Iraq: No Comfort in Being Right

By Angela Keaton, on Dec 13, 2011

[Kelley B. Vlahos's column for Antiwar.com is reprinted here with permission.  --LOLA eds.]

In 18 days, the last of the remaining U.S. forces will have left Iraq. So far, no fanfare has heralded this significant event, which has been quiet and orderly — nothing like the “shock and awe” of the initial invasion in March 2003, or the furor and tumult that marked the nearly nine-year occupation afterward.

Student Occupiers Asking for Even More Handouts?

By Anonymous, on Dec 12, 2011

I have a six-figure student loan debt.  I have no intention of fully repaying it.  And the government is okay with that.