America and Australia’s war of terror in Iraq and Afghanistan has exacted a terrible toll on the population of those countries. Far less obvious has been the toll suffered by the soldiers that the war machine uses, chews up and spits out. 

The slaughter of civilians, US army death squads, bombing raids that kill entire families. This is the true nature of the US led “mission” in Afghanistan.

There has been a lot of debate about the pros and cons of withdrawal from Iraq. The central concern for the US ruling class is the continued subjugation of the Iraqi people to US interests. 

As British troops announce a humiliating withdrawal from Sangin in Helmand province, British socialist Judith Orr looks at why the West is losing the war.

For most of the time, the war in Afghanistan is like static on the edges of a slightly un-tuned radio station: you know it’s there, but other news items usually dominate. That is until Australian soldiers die.

An Iraq war veteran describes the grim economic circumstances that U.S. soldiers face back at home when they return from Iraq and Afghanistan.

America has emerged from the era of outright aggression on the rest of the world and into the age of nuanced terror.

Protests will take place in Sydney and Canberra to coincide with Barack Obama’s visit later this month.

The US alliance is a cornerstone of foreign policy that allows the Australian ruling class to better project its power into the Asia-Pacific.

NGOs in Haiti have provided the means for the U.S. government to circumvent the Haitian state and impose neoliberal polices.

While ever more are being thrown into poverty around the world, governments are increasing military spending.

Whenever George Bush came to Australia he was met by thousands of angry anti-war protesters. Barack Obama deserves the same when he arrives next month.

Dahr Jamail, author of The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, reports on how the U.S. military has used anthropologists and other social scientists to further the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.