6 arrested for disrupting Chicago Easter Mass charged with felony
The six antiwar protesters who disrupted an Easter mass at a Chicago church and then who were arrested, were charged…
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80 year old protester arrested at NY mall for refusing to take off antiwar T-shirt
Staff March 31, 2008 2 Comments on 80 year old protester arrested at NY mall for refusing to take off antiwar T-shirt
LONG ISLAND, NY. An 80-year-old church deacon was removed from the Smith Haven Mall yesterday in a wheelchair and arrested…
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A View From the Right: “the Left’s escalating war on military recruiters”
Staff March 30, 2008 1 Comment on A View From the Right: “the Left’s escalating war on military recruiters”
(Ed.: I found this article fascinating, not for its rightwing perspective, but for its chronicle of antiwar and civil disobedient…
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March 28th : Anniversary of the Infamous Collier Park Riot in Ocean Beach, 1971
Staff March 28, 2008 2 Comments on March 28th : Anniversary of the Infamous Collier Park Riot in Ocean Beach, 1971
OCEAN BEACH, CA. Today marks the 37th anniversary of the infamous Collier Park Riot, a clash between San Diego Police…
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232 Americans Arrested During Week of Antiwar Protests
By our search of reports of antiwar protests and demonstrations during the week of March 15 to March 20, OB…
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Thousands in Baghdad Protest Basra Assault While Iraqi Government Fails to Take It for 3rd Day
Staff March 27, 2008 1 Comment on Thousands in Baghdad Protest Basra Assault While Iraqi Government Fails to Take It for 3rd Day
Update: American-trained Iraqi security forces failed for a third straight day to oust Shiite militias from the southern city of…
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Five Years of Iraq Lies
How President Bush and his advisors have spent each year of the war peddling mendacious tales about a mission accomplished….
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Sadrist-organized Sunni-Shia conference in Baghdad demands US withdrawal while “cease-fire” unravels
Staff March 25, 2008 0 Comments on Sadrist-organized Sunni-Shia conference in Baghdad demands US withdrawal while “cease-fire” unravels
300 Sunni & Shia Tribal Leaders Demand Scheduled Withdrawal of Occupation Forces Missing Links, March 24, 2008 This is about…
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Why Is the Left So Boring?
If I Can’t Dance …. By DAVID ROVICS (posted on CounterPunch 3/24/08 Last weekend I sang at an antiwar protest…
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… continuing reports of last week’s antiwar protests…
by Frank Gormlie Posted on March 25th, 2008 (I originally posted this during today, but due to a later technical…
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Survey of Antiwar Protesters Yields Interesting Results – 1/4 Are New
Frank Gormlie March 25, 2008 0 Comments on Survey of Antiwar Protesters Yields Interesting Results – 1/4 Are New
A couple of English leftists have surveyed antiwar demonstrators at recent protests in London and another city. Their survey of…
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Daniel Ellsberg to the Die-In Participants: We as a People Have the Power
Staff March 25, 2008 0 Comments on Daniel Ellsberg to the Die-In Participants: We as a People Have the Power
by Daniel Ellsberg These were my remarks to several hundred activists and supporters participating in a die-in in downtown San…
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