Category: Peace Movement

Blackwater To Open Indoor Site In Otay Mesa

 Staff  April 22, 2008  2 Comments on Blackwater To Open Indoor Site In Otay Mesa

By Anne Krueger / UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER / April 22, 2008 Blackwater Worldwide is planning to open an indoor training…

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U.S. deserters seek Canadian residency

 Staff  April 21, 2008  6 Comments on U.S. deserters seek Canadian residency

TORONTO, April 20 (UPI) — About 200 U.S. military deserters in Canada are awaiting a decision as to whether they…

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12 Reasons to Get Out of Iraq

 Staff  April 20, 2008  0 Comments on 12 Reasons to Get Out of Iraq

Unraveling Iraq: 12 Answers to Questions No One Is Bothering to Ask about Iraq By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch.com /…

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War and opinions collide at Palm Springs peace vigil

 Staff  April 19, 2008  0 Comments on War and opinions collide at Palm Springs peace vigil

[Ed.: The nation-wide antiwar demonstrations held on March 19th also included Palm Springs, where the following report says 100 antiwar…

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Longshoremen to close ports on West Coast to protest war

 Staff  April 14, 2008  3 Comments on Longshoremen to close ports on West Coast to protest war

by Jack Heyman While millions of people worldwide have marched against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and last week’s…

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The Peace Movement Shows Its New Face and It’s Beautiful

 Frank Gormlie  April 10, 2008  12 Comments on The Peace Movement Shows Its New Face and It’s Beautiful

Recent antiwar “march madness” reflects a more decentralized, more youthful & more militant movement Wanting to provide a contemporaneous record…

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Painful Performance by General Betray Us

 Staff  April 9, 2008  0 Comments on Painful Performance by General Betray Us

by Robert Scheer / April 9, 2008 General Betray Us? Of course he has. MoveOn.org can hardly be expected to…

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Petraeus-Crocker Hearings: Political Theater on Message

 Staff  April 9, 2008  0 Comments on Petraeus-Crocker Hearings: Political Theater on Message

By Phyllis Bennis / Institute for Policy Studies / 8 April 2008 Even before the House version gets underway on…

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Beyond Despair–The Young People Are Our Hope

 Patty Jones  April 8, 2008  1 Comment on Beyond Despair–The Young People Are Our Hope

By Jeri Reed Originally posted at Fire on the Mountain I stood out on the street Monday night with about…

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