Jan 10, 2020
![Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the press briefing room, at the Department of State, in Washington D.C., on January 7, 2020. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain] Image: U.S. Department of State/Flickr](https://rabble.ca/sites/default/files/styles/top_picks/public/node-images/Pompeo-865x440.jpg?itok=8Gj4iZ3g "Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the press briefing room, at the Department of State, in Washington D.C., on January 7, 2020. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain] Image: U.S. Department of State/Flickr")
'America exists today to make war,' says Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
We should be skeptical when Trump, or any leader, invokes secret "intelligence" to justify their violent actions.
Afghanistan
Aug 30, 2019
Peter MacKay needs to remind us what Canada was fighting for in Afghanistan
David J. Climenhaga
What were Canadians fighting for in Afghanistan? Perhaps our former defence minister can emerge from obscurity to cast some illumination on this question.
Jun 27, 2019
Filmmaker Aisha Jamal on Kandahar, family dynamics, honesty and war
face2face
Aisha Jamal and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film "A Kandahar Away," family dynamics and pride, honesty and openness and why family relationships need a whole lot of patience.
Jul 27, 2018
From Sweden to the U.S., resistance Is in the air
Amy Goodman
Denis Moynihan
The Swedish government officials accompanying a refugee to Afghanistan tried to force Elin Ersson away from them. Turkish Airlines flight attendants tried to take her phone. But she persisted.
May 23, 2018
Elizabeth Mizraei talks about her film 'Laila at the Bridge'
face2face
Elizabeth Mirzaei talks to David Peck talk about her new film, freedom and oppression, bravery, corruption and persistence, corruption, systemic misogyny and the love of a mother.
Aug 25, 2017
Trump announces thousands more troops, billions of taxpayer dollars to fuel war in Afghanistan
Donald Trump long advocated for a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. On Monday, he commitment thousands more troops and tens of billions more taxpayer dollars to the war.
Aug 10, 2017
It's time for Canada's Conservatives just to admit Jack Layton was right about talking to the Taliban
David J. Climenhaga
As the Forever War continues, U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has admitted the United States is "not winning" the war against the Taliban.
Jun 28, 2017
'Island Soldier': From the training camps of Texas to the battlefields of Afghanistan
face2face
Nathan Fitch and David Peck talk about war, colonialism, family, community, second-class citizens and much more in Fitch's new film 'Island Soldier'.
Jun 16, 2017
Why do politicians get to 'blather freely' on international affairs?
Yves Engler
Foreign policy is a truth-free, fact-free zone. What do most Canadians know about our government’s actions in Afghanistan or Haiti?
Jun 1, 2017
Where is the wall-to-wall coverage on Kabul?
With a death toll over four times as high as Manchester, with hundreds injured, Kabul gets mentioned only in brief reports, the dead and injured listed as numbers rather than names.
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