On May 11, 1973, charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case were dismissed by Judge William M. Byrne, who cited government misconduct. The "misconduct" was revealed by White House Counsel John Dean (under questioning in the Senate...
John Haag, co-founder and long-time leader of the California Peace and Freedom Party, died March 29 after a brief illness. He was 75. John was my mentor in my early days of politics. He taught me the basic skills of political organizing and strategy that have been...
This comes from Antiwar.com columnist Aaron Glantz: Dear Friends, I’m proud to report that my book, How America Lost Iraq, is now available in paperback! How America Lost Iraq a first person account of an unembedded journalist that shows how the United States went...
Harry Browne died last night. Harry was one of the leading antiwar voices within the libertarian movement. The author of 12 books, he was the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000. Harry was one of the first libertarians to speak out after 9/11,...
The Washington Post reports that Iraqi morgues have revised the number of those killed in last week's sectarian attacks to 1,300. What a mess we have helped to make. It is no wonder that 48% of Americans want US troops pulled out of Iraq now. Even William F. Buckley...
Paul Craig Roberts sends this post on the Iranian Oil Bourse: Readers keep asking if Bush is attacking Iran because it plans to open an oil bourse that would permit oil to trade in Euros. A number of readers mistakenly believe that this would wreck the dollar's value....
The last time 1st Lt. William "Eddie" Rebrook IV saw his body armor, he was lying on a stretcher in Iraq, his arm shattered and covered in blood. Now he is forced to pay for the "missing" body armor. The army charges soldiers for missing equipment. When medics rushed...
Kurdish writer Kamal Karim is to be retried for the crime of defaming Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani. Karim had been sentenced to 30 years in prison after a trial that lasted one hour. He was convicted in December under a law passed by the Kurdish regional parliament...
Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez, addressing troops in Germany on their way to Iraq, explained"The country’s on the verge of a civil war."They are finally starting to admit it.
At the invitation of the Perdana Peace Foundation, Justin Raimondo and Eric Garris spent the week attending their Global Peace Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We had a wonderful time and were treated royally by the staff and volunteers of the foundation and the other...
