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When it comes to violence nobody ever seems to ask “but what of the cost?” Yet proponents of non-violence are called naive and unrealistic. Even when violence turns out to be fantastically unsuccessful.
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My latest piece: It's about 9/11 and its aftermath. abc.net.au/religion/thata "The United States wasted two precious decades in fruitless military activity at the very moment when humanity faces its gravest collective threats: species death and ecocide."
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92: "We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong" rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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