Essays by S. Brian Willson

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Summary of the Common Thread Running through these Essays

Revisiting the Ambush of September 1, 1987: A Metaphor/Myth for the Epoch We Call Civilization Sept. 1, 2007 posted 09/2007
The Trauma of Civilization for Our Species: War and Its Victims Aug. 17, 2007 posted 08/2007
9/11 & Bush are Distractions from a People's Revolt from Below April 21, 2007 posted 05/2007
Air Force "Ranger" Training Provokes Personal Moral Issues revised March 23, 2007posted 03/2007
PTSD: Reality Versus Rhetoric March 18/19, 2006 posted 03/2006
The War on Terror Requires Looking in the Mirror: British Playwright Harold Pinter Tells "Americans" the Truth about Ourselves
Dec. 11, 2005
posted 12/2005
The Defining and Enabling Experience of Our "Civilization": The Thanksgiving Myth
Nov. 2005
posted 12/2005
The End of War, or the End of US
Sept. 2005
posted 12/2005
Torture IS an "American" Value: Reality Versus the Rhetoric
Sept. 20, 2005
posted 09/2005
Root and Structural Causes of War Sept. 2005 posted 09/2005
Prohibited Government Recruiting Sept. 2005 posted 09/2005
Terror and Preventive War are "American" Values April 2005 posted 09/2005
Noncooperation with and Resistance to Illegal Militarism and Wars are Legal under International and U.S. Constitutional Law February 21, 2005 posted 02/2005
People's Strategies for Blocking U.S. Presidents from Waging Pre-emptive (Aggressive) War July 29, 2004 posted 07/2004
People's Revolt From Below July 20, 2004 posted 07/2004
John Kerry's Obsession Spring 2004 posted 07/2004
Who is the Real John Kerry? January 2004 posted 07/2004
The Pretexts Behind War Making December 7, 2003 posted 12/2003
Propaganda and Coercion October 5, 2003 posted 07/2004
Depleted Uranium revised Sept. 25, 2003 posted 10/2003
Dear America: A Letter to My Country April 6, 2003 posted 04/2003
Open-Ended Fast Reflecting Upon A Quantum Leap in Consciousness: Our Survival is at Stake March 25, 2003 posted 04/2003
Memorandum from the ACLU Regarding "Patriot Act II" March 18, 2003 posted 04/2003
The Shadow March 13, 2003 posted 04/2003
A Wounded Child Hobbles Along Jan. 2003 posted 04/2003
Is 9/11 and Bush's "War on Terror" a Psychic Trigger for a Quantum Leap in Human Consciousness? Jan. 6, 2003 posted 04/2003
Armageddon or Quantum Leap? U.S. Imperialism and Human Consciousness from an Evolutionary Perspective Dec. 15, 2002 posted 04/2003
Fundraising Letter for Santa Cruz Film Associates Documentary Film Projects Dec. 2002 posted 12/2002
Drawing the Line: An Open Letter to Present and Future U.S. Troops Dec. 7, 2002 posted 12/2002
U.S. Reach: Product of U.S. Fundamentalism, Not Security Nov. 2002 posted 04/2003
An Open Letter to Senator John Kerry on Iraq Oct. 10, 2002 posted 10/2002
A Pivotal Evolutionary Moment for the World Oct. 6, 2002 posted 10/2002
A Radical Manifesto for the New Millennium Sept. 2002 posted 04/2003
History of Palestine and Green Line Israel 1992, revised May 2002 posted 07/2002
Letter to Sam Farr Sept. 28, 2001 posted 10/2001
Sept. 11, 2001 Wake Up Call: We Are Not Worth More, They Are Not Worth Less Sept. 22, 2001 posted 09/2001
When will the United States Apologize for its War Crimes? Importance of the Korea Truth Commission to this End Sept. 8, 2001 posted 09/2001
History of U.S. Sabotage of Korean Peace and Reunification revised Sept. 8, 2001 posted 09/2001
"Forgotten" Crimes Continue to be Revealed at Various Locations in Korea: Germ Warfare in South Korea? Aug. 30, 2001 posted 09/2001
Revelations Continue to Mount of U.S. War Crimes in Korea Aug. 21, 2001 posted 09/2001
The Unknown Truth about Korea: U.S. Sanctioned Death Squads and War Crimes, 1945-1953 2001 posted 09/2001
The Chronic U.S.-Concocted Distortions about Cuba June 2, 2001 posted 06/2001
Bob Kerrey and the Crime of Vietnam: Will We Learn? May 13, 2001 posted 05/2001
A Radical Proposal for Healing: The Invocation of a National People's Truth Commission 1999; revised Sept. 2000 posted 09/2000
Revealing Historic Truths as Foundation for Korean Reunification on its Own Terms: Report of Korean Truth Commission Delegation to Korea, Aug. 9-17, 2000 Aug. 21, 2000 posted 09/2001
The First U.S. Korean War Summer 2000 posted 09/2001
End of Cruel U.S. Policies Demands Radical Healing of the National Ethos July 20, 2000; revised Sept. 24, 2000 posted 09/2000
What the Flag Means to Me July 4, 2000 posted 07/2000
U.S. Government Impunity At Home: The Politicization of "Terrorism" 2000 posted 06/2000
Memorial Day! What Does It Mean? May 29, 2000 posted 05/2000
Who is Disabled? Spring 2000 posted 05/2000
Vietnam: The Redemptive Potential of Our Forever War April 30, 2000 posted 04/2000
A Summary of the Common Thread Running through These Essays Feb. 2000 posted 02/2000
Korea, Like Vietnam: A War Originated and Maintained by Deceit Dec. 1999 posted 04/2000
Reflections on America Autumn 1999 posted 03/2000
Domestic Counterterrorist Trainings: A Dangerous Trend 1999 posted 03/2000
Assimilation or Elimination Pax Americana: Buy In or Check Out 1999 posted 02/2000
Pinochet and the Unraveling of the "American Century" 1999 posted 02/2000
U.S. Criminal History in Indonesia 1999 posted 02/2000
U.S. Lawlessness with Impunity 1999 posted 02/2000
Who Is Going to Stop Us? 1999 posted 02/2000
Who are the REAL Terrorists? The REAL Terror Network: Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda 1999 posted 02/2000
U.S. Aggression Against Iraq: Historical and Political Context 1999 posted 02/2000
Making War Obsolete: Nonviolence 1990; revised 1999 posted 02/2000
Memorandum: Accelerated Mortality Rates of Vietnam Veterans Summer 1999 posted 05/2007
Celebrating Columbus is Blasphemy Oct. 12, 1999 posted 06/2000
The Slippery Slope: U.S. Military Moves Into Mexico revised 1998 posted 06/2000
NAFTA versus LIFE: U.S. Complicity with Mexico in Waging a Final Solution (Genocidal War) to the Indigenous "Problem" July 2, 1997 posted 06/2000
"Slow" and "Small" are Beautiful: Recovering from the American Way of Life 1996; updated 2005 posted 09/2005
A Call for a Decentralist, Self-Reliant, Earth-Centered Revolution 1996 posted 02/2000
The Politics of Healing in the Context of Systemic Injustice 1996 posted 02/2000
A Time for Healing Feb. 1995; revised 1999 posted 02/2000
Sustainable Community 1995 posted 02/2000
The Irredeemability of "America" and the Call for a Decentralist Revolution 1995 posted 03/2000
The Columbus Enterprise Prevails in Vietnam: The U.S. Finally Enjoys a Long Eluded Victory March 1994 posted 03/2000
The Imperative of Revolutionary Nonviolence 1994 posted 03/2000
BOOK: On Third World Legs 1992 posted 06/2000
Male Spirituality: Die if You Must, But Never Kill July/Aug. 1991 posted 03/2000
A Dialogue with the Great Spirit Jan. 18, 1991 posted 06/2000
Reflections on my Personal Theology 1991 posted 03/2000
Reflections with Seneca Indian Floyd Redeye: The Legacy of the Columbus Enterprise 1991 posted 02/2000
How the U.S. Purchased the 1990 Nicaragua Elections 1990 posted 04/2000
U.S.-Waged "Low Intensity" Warfare in Nicaragua Dec. 30, 1989 posted 02/2005
The Case of Panama: U.S. Continues its Bully Ways as International Outlaw Dec. 1989; revised 1991 posted 02/2000
The Sept. 1, 1987 Tragedy at Concord, CA Naval Weapons Station (CNWS): Perspective of the People Invoking the Nuremberg Principles at CNWS Nov. 18, 1987 posted 06/2000
The Significance of Nuremberg Actions July 4, 1987 posted 08/2007
Veterans Peace Action Teams Press Release March 20, 1987 posted 08/2000
Letter from Members of the First Veterans Peace Action Team to U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, Harry Bergold March 19, 1987 posted 08/2000
History of the Idea of the Veterans Peace Action Teams (VPAT) Feb. 1987 posted 08/2000
A Fast For Life Sept. 1, 1986 posted 08/2000
Revelations of U.S. Embassy, Managua, Nicaragua Jan. 17, 1986 posted 08/2000
Tax Resistance Aug. 15, 1985 posted 04/2000
Walpole State Prison: An Exercise in Torture June 9, 1981 posted 03/2006


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