Frida Berrigan writes for TomDispatch, Waging Nonviolence and other outlets. Her book, It Runs in the Family: On Being Raised By Radicals and Growing Into Rebellious Motherhood, was published by OR Books in 2015. She lives in New London, Conn., with her husband, three kids and six chickens.
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As Russia Pulls Back From the Nuclear Treaty, The Fate of Humanity Hangs in the Balance
The fragility of the arms control treaty lays bare the need for nuclear abolition.
Frida Berrigan
Cover Story
How to Avoid Nuclear Stand-Offs That Threaten the Entire World
Frida Berrigan on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the fight for nuclear abolition.
Frida Berrigan
Feature
Striking Back Against Empire: 40 Years of In These Times
War, peace and the American military machine.
Frida Berrigan
Feature
After Trump’s Election, I Regret Being Leftier-Than-Thou. It’s Time To Get To Know My Neighbors.
In addition to organizing resistance, progressives should build communities that support and protect the vulnerable.
Frida Berrigan
Feature
Judge Jails Anti-Drone Granny
A 58-year-old protester is sentenced to one year.
Frida Berrigan
Feature
Garbage: It’s What’s for Dinner
An easy way to combat the wastefulness of our food system.
Frida Berrigan
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Can We Reclaim The Holiday Season From Corporations?
A guide to giving children joy, instead of more gifts.
Frida Berrigan
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Aiding and Abetting War Crimes
The Israeli military tested new weapons in Gaza with U.S. support.
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Feature
Defense Budget Shell Game
Behind the hoopla, military spending continues to rise.
Frida Berrigan
Dispatch
We Arm the World
The United States once again leads the world in exporting weapons.
Frida Berrigan
Viewpoint
5 Minutes to Nuclear Midnight
Frida Berrigan
Feature
The Fog of War Crimes
Who's to blame when 'just following orders' means murder?
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What We Leave Behind
From Kosovo to Lebanon, cluster bomb casualties continue to mount
Frida Berrigan
Dispatch
Lawyers Fight for Habeas Rights
The Military Commissions Act suspends Habeas corpus for foreign citizens accused of hostilities against the U.S.
Frida Berrigan
Feature
Halliburton Hearts Congress
Do partisanship and cronyism trump congressional oversight and corporate accountability?
Frida Berrigan
Feature
Walking to Guantnamo
Peace marchers aim to keep the abuse of 'enemy combatants' visible
Frida Berrigan
Why is it called violent extremism when “they” do it to us?
Frida Berrigan
U.S. Activists Trek Towards Guantanamo/AP
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Walking
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Christian Witnesses Against Torture
Frida Berrigan
Dispatch
White Phosphorous Lies
Did the Pentagon use chemical weapons indiscriminately in Fallujah?
Frida Berrigan
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George in Georgia
The president's short, happy visit to the former Soviet state masked the long-term failures of U.S. policy.
Frida Berrigan
Dispatch
The Real Scandal
The Oil-for-Food program may have been corrupt, but more dangerous dealings have been ignored
Frida Berrigan
Culture
Seeking True Security
Frida Berrigan
Dispatch
Depleted Morality
The first signs of uranium sickness surface in troops returning from Iraq
Frida Berrigan
Dispatch
Outside the Inside
Frida Berrigan
Dispatch
Oil and Democracy Don’t Mix
Bush administration policies guarantee a constant flow, no matter what the human cost
Frida Berrigan
Dispatch
Who They Know
Boeing’s ties bloat government budgets
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Feature
Weapon of Mass Deception
What the Pentagon doesn’t want us to know about depleted uranium.
Frida Berrigan
Feature
Halliburton’s Axis of Influence
Frida Berrigan
Feature
Richard Perle: It Pays To Be the Prince of Darkness
Frida Berrigan
Dispatch
Inspect This
America’s own secret bioweapons program
Frida Berrigan
Dispatch
Sky High
The military busts the 2003 federal budget
Frida Berrigan
Dispatch
The Daughters Generals
Bush's cronies are eager to renew ties with Indonesia's military.
Frida Berrigan
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