Cindy Sheehan was just arrested during a sit-down protest on the sidewalk in front of the White House.

From an Associated Press report:Police came through commandeering drivable vehicles and siphoning gas. Officials took over a hotel and ejected the guests. An officer pumped his shotgun at a group trying to return to their hotel on Chartres Street. "This is our block,"...

Quite amazing, the distinction.

From the Army Times: Combat operations are underway on the streets "to take this city back" in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina....While some fight the insurgency in the city, other carry on with rescue and evacuation operations. (emphasis added). According to the...

Outrageous! As the National Guard delivered food to the New Orleans convention center yesterday, American Red Cross officials said that federal emergency management authorities would not allow them to do the same. Other relief agencies say the area is so damaged and...

From SPLOID: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the lead federal agency in the rescue & recovery operation at work in New Orleans and the Mississippi gulf coast. FEMA has released to the media and on its Web site a list of suggested charities to help...

I woke this morning to terrible news: Jude Wanniski is dead of a heart attack. He was 69. Jude was one of the leading ex-conservatives who had turned antiwar, and hard-core antiwar at that. His writings had been among the strongest antiwar articles featured in...

KPFA in Berkeley (a Pacifica station) aired a great interview with Daniel Ellsberg today (and he gave a plug to Antiwar.com). Listen to an archive of the show here.

Report By Lawrence SamuelsFor months, antiwar Libertarian Party leaders in California have attempted to get LP County organizations to pass peace resolutions. Many LP members were upset that the Libertarian Party had put the Iraq War on the backburner. They wanted the...

Report by Debbie ClarkAtlanta war mothers and antiwar activists held a press conference and protest in front of the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia today in a show of solidarity with Cindy Sheehan, currently camped outside of George Bush's...