One tribal sheik, Youseff Ahmad, spoke about the debate about the future role of United States forces here that has dominated Iraqi public life of late. “We want them to leave, even before the end of this year,” Mr. Ahmad said. “They’ve destroyed us. They’ve only...
So what could really go wrong with an Air Force class that says nuclear war is moral and righteous -- because the bible tells us so? Well for 20 years no one had said a peep. But after a number of complaints by Air Force officers and a Truthout article last week by...
Many times as editor of my local newspaper, The Bushwick News, I have tried to get our local representative in the House, Nydia Velázquez, to give her opinions on WikiLeaks and whistleblower Bradley Manning. It didn't seem a reach to try to elicit some response on the...
If you're up for reading a dutifully deceptive article on foreign aid, check what the Washington Post has to say about it. Recognition for the biggest lie in the article goes to this lovely little number: At least since the end of World War II, foreign aid’s explicit...
Antiwar.com's Angela Keaton was on Gadfly Radio last night with Martha Montelongo talking about the antiwar movement, ComeHomeAmerica.us, and the campaign for a left-right-radical coalition united against war and American interventionism. Listen to her segment here or...
Just like the debt ceiling "debate" was a melodrama worthy of a daytime Emmy, so too is the "debate" over whether or not to keep American troops in Iraq. Keen observers of both American politics and foreign policy knew the inevitable outcomes of both from the start:...
Back in May I wrote about the secret war on Iran, which has so far manifested in cyber-terrorism, commercial sabotage, and assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists. I inferred, critics would charge speculated, cautiously that this last piece of the puzzle...
The trial of Hosni Mubarak began today. A small scale repeat of the "clearing" and beating that took place in Tahrir Square on Monday occurred just outside the courthouse where pro and anti-Mubarak protesters clashed a bit. If he is convicted of the charges of killing...
To some extent, my feeling has lately been that the information age of the internet, Wikileaks, etc. is kicking away the ladder of government secrecy. Reading through this recent ACLU report on secrecy laws has sort of deflated that feeling... According to the...
Also listen in to Angela Keaton's appearance on Alan Colmes's radio show, talking about antiwar libertarians, what happened to the Obama-era antiwar movement, and what's to come for the future.
