Lyle Jeremy Rubin

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Lyle Jeremy Rubin is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Rochester. He served in the United States Marine Corps for five years, and nearly a year of that service in the Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He is a proud member of About Face: Veterans Against the War (formerly Iraq Veterans Against the War), as well as the Rochester, New York, branch of the Democratic Socialists of America.

War and PeaceSeptember 19, 2018

The Forever War’s Cheerleaders

Democrats, liberals, and progressives have become some of the biggest hawks in Washington. That needs to change.

Lyle Jeremy Rubin
The LeftMarch 28, 2018

The Left’s Embrace of Empire

The history of the left in the United States is a history of betrayal.

Lyle Jeremy Rubin
US Wars and Military ActionApril 12, 2016

As a Former Marine, America’s War-Making Haunts Me—It Should Haunt Our Politicians Too

I am a veteran of the Afghanistan war, and I refuse to stop bearing responsibility for my past.

Lyle Jeremy Rubin
Police and Law EnforcementAugust 20, 2014

A Former Marine Explains All the Weapons of War Being Used by Police in Ferguson

There’s at least one line every Marine knows: “Never point a weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot.” The St. Louis County Police Department apparently never received that memo.

Lyle Jeremy Rubin
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