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The U.S. State Department has shamelessly published a video celebrating “imperialism” and “dominance” of the Western hemisphere under the banner of the Monroe Doctrine, complete with falsified history and grotesque omissions.

In 2013, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had declared the unpopular and blatantly imperialist Monroe Doctrine dead, even while acting as if it were his daily guide to action. The difference in both Trump terms, but especially in this second one, is a move toward read more

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, August 4, 2026

Robert Kagan, veteran warmonger extraordinaire, wants to know what the “utility” would be of admitting that the war on Iraq was “a mistake.” I’m glad he asked.

But, “mistake” is not exactly the word. This was a criminal action based on lies that killed over a million people, injured over 4 million people, made homeless over 4 million people, left behind permanent read more

“There has never been a war launched without a pile of lies, and very often those lies are literally recycled from previous wars.”

By The Zero Hour, August 2, 2026

Richard R.J. Eskow discusses David Swanson’s new book War Is Still A Lie with David Swanson.

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War is Still a Lie . . . still hell, still destruction, still profit, still a racket, still an investment, still death to cultures by Paulo Kirk

Not a single thing that we commonly believe about wars that helps keep them around is true. –Excerpted from “War Is Still A Lie”

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