Writer
Brett Wilkins
Brett Wilkins is a San Francisco-based journalist and author who contributes regularly to Common Dreams and Counterpunch. He is also a member of Collective 20, a new anti-war collective with Noam Chomsky, Medea Benjamin and others.
Articles
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War Industry in US ‘celebrating Christmas early’ as House passes $858 billion for Defence
“There is no justification to throw…$858 billion at the Pentagon when we’re told we can’t afford child tax credit expansion, universal paid leave, or other basic human necessities,” said the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. Continue reading »
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Why America shouldn’t have nuked Japan (Asia Times 6 August, 2020)
US belief that atomic bombings were necessary to obviate even deadlier invasion of Japan is as false 75 years later as it was at the time….The idea of a Soviet occupation of Japan was their worst nightmare. Continue reading »