Cold War
‘Savagery by proxy’: U.S. imperialism’s Korean executioners
February 9, 2024The Korean War holds a lesson for today: When does “savagery by proxy,” in Gaza, for instance, become savagery by us?
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Albert Maltz’s long-suppressed civil rights novel is rediscovered—and still relevant
January 23, 2024A Long Day in a Short Life, just released in a beautiful new paperback edition by Alma Books, is available for the first time since 1957. You’ve probably never heard of it.
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‘I Was a Red Priest’: Christianity on socialism’s side during the Cold War
October 2, 2023I Was a Red Priest: Memories and Testimonials offers through its protagonist a Christian social analysis that is now minimized but was widely held in the post-World War II era.
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The Oppenheimer paradox: Scientists vs. the military-industrial complex
August 4, 2023The Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb represented multiple ruptures in society, which still cast a cloud over the world today.
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How U.S. imperialism’s drive for nuclear weapon dominance poisoned St. Louis forever
July 14, 2023The AP examined hundreds of pages of internal memos, inspection reports, and other items dating to the early 1950s, and found nonchalance and indifference to the risks of materials used in the development of nuclear weapons...
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