Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 17, 2014
Truthdig contributor Fred Branfman, who was among the first to inform the world that the aerial war in Vietnam had spilled into neighboring Laos, and who campaigned to end the war, died of ALS on Sept. 24 at his home in Budapest. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Fred Branfman / TruthdigJan 13, 2011
There are few scenarios more frightening for America than a domestic nuclear terrorist attack. We now know that U.S. policy is actually increasing the danger of a nuclear incident. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
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Fred Branfman / TruthdigSep 29, 2010
Future historians will marvel at how U.S. leaders failed to learn from their horrific crimes in Indochina, and are instead repeating many of them today. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Fred Branfman / TruthdigAug 24, 2010
Greatly expanded US military Special Ops teams, U drone strikes and private espionage networks run by former CIA assassins create a threat to our security. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Fred Branfman / TruthdigJul 1, 2010
It is amazing how little commentary there has been on the key issue raised by the McChrystal Affair: Should U.S. war policy be made by Rolling Stone? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By Fred Branfman, AlterNetJun 24, 2010
The immensity of Iraqi civilian suffering is incomprehensible. How can war's cheerleaders like Christopher Hitchens claim to fight on behalf of the people whose lives they helped destroy?How can war's cheerleaders like Christopher Hitchens claim to fight on behalf of the people whose lives they helped destroy? Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Fred Branfman / TruthdigJun 7, 2010
Whether in war or finance, the imperial mentality of elites is increasingly threatening the "unpeople" of the world, as Noam Chomsky writes in his latest book. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
Fred Branfman / TruthdigFeb 2, 2010
Should progressives hold themselves to a higher standard than the name-calling and intellectual violence that conservative bloggers routinely engage in? Much could rest on the answer to this question. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Fred Branfman / TruthdigJan 29, 2010
One of our beacons of integrity has flickered out. Our world has suddenly become a little darker, a little colder, a little more bitter and a little more insane. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
BLANKNov 27, 2009
In Theodore Roszak's spirited new manifesto, he calls on aging baby boomers to rekindle their youthful idealism and remake America. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Fred Branfman / TruthdigOct 9, 2009
The Obama administration has already begun to escalate the fighting in Pakistan, a policy that could make even the Nixon-Kissinger destruction of Cambodia seem like a pleasant memory.The escalation of U.S. incursions into Pakistan could make even the destruction of Cambodia seem like a pleasant memory. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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