Gore Vidal: Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace

Chalmers Johnson (1931 – 2010) on United States’ military bases around the world

His main books:

Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, 2000.
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic, 2004.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic, 2007.
Dismantling the Empire: America’s Last Best Hope, 2010.

American Imperialism — Tariq Ali interviews John Pilger

Myth of Joining the Military

What U.S. Soldiers Actually Sign up For

Crimes of U.S. Presidents

Meltdown: Global Financial Collapse of 2008

Illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine

The Wikipedia article “Israeli settlements” gives a good history of the ongoing Israeli encroachment on Palestinian lands, with various maps and photographs.