31 March 2009 | News | Laurence Vance
It was 70 years ago on March 31 when Great Britain committed the fatal blunder that led to World War II: issuing a war guarantee to Poland. This was the war, as Pat Buchanan says in his recent book, Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War, that “led to the slaughter of the Jews and tens [...]
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30 March 2009 | News | Eric Garris
A dear friend died this morning. Burt Blumert was not only an old and close personal friend, he was an important friend to Antiwar.com. In 1999, when Antiwar.com started really taking off, Burt took us under his wing by making us a part of the nonprofit Center for Libertarian Studies, giving us the ability to [...]
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30 March 2009 | News | Eric Garris
I never heard the speech before, it is awesome and timeless. The actor does a great job, he even looks like Butler. During his 34 years of Marine Corps service, Smedley Butler was awarded numerous medals for heroism including the Marine Corps Brevet Medal (the highest Marine medal at its time for officers), and subsequently [...]
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29 March 2009 | News | Jason Ditz
Monday the Friends Committee on National Legislation is organizing a national call-in day encouraging people to call their senators (1-800-590-6313) and asking them to co-sponsor S. 416, the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2009, a bill sponsored by Sen. Feinstein (CA) and already co-sponsored by 23 other senators. Though it’s unfortunately still somewhat short [...]
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28 March 2009 | Site Updates | Mike Ewens
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28 March 2009 | News | Jason Ditz
Klaus Madersbacher has set up a really great German language website called Antikrieg.com with German language translations of some of the best English language antiwar articles available – including many from Antiwar.com. So if you know some German speakers looking for a good source for antiwar articles, this is great place to keep in mind.
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