Tommy Raskin, former intern for Antiwar.com and a former staffer at the National Friends Committee on Legislation. He was 25. No cause of death was given. Tommy had been attending Harvard Law School. Tommy was the son of Rep. Jamie Raskin, (D-MD), who announced...
Stephen F. Cohen & Mikhail Gorbachev in Conversation
A documentary film by Rosemarie Reed featuring conversations between former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Professor of Soviet Studies at NYU and Princeton Stephen F. Cohen. 1994. In three parts:
Cuba and Washington’s Absurd Overuse of Sanctions
From The American Conservative:Mike Pompeo is reportedly considering adding Cuba to the list of state sponsors of terrorism in another last-minute move to box in the incoming administration:State Department officials have drawn up a proposal to designate Cuba as a...
Good News and Bad News for the Military Draft in 2021
Applicants for Federal financial aid for higher education will no longer be required to have registered with the Selective Service System for a possible military draft or answer questions about their Selective Service registration status or compliance.Among the...
‘A Blatant Violation’: Sahrawis Dismiss Pompeo’s Announcement of US Consulate in Moroccan-Occupied Western Sahara
Sahrawi independence advocates defiantly dismissed an announcement Thursday by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the United States would open a "virtual" diplomatic mission in Western Sahara as a first step toward establishing a permanent consulate in the...
Spooky Western Journalists Regurgitate CIA and Collaborate With Spy Agencies
From The Grayzone: Max Blumenthal, reporting from Venezuela, discusses with Aaron Maté and Ben Norton how Western corporate media outlets are full of stenographers for spy agencies, how the CIA and MI6 drive reporting on Russia, how the US and UK governments fund...
Antiwar.com Staff Celebrating the Long Weekend
Antiwar.com will begin a four-day weekend and doing only minor updates. The viewpoints and most news stories will not be updated until Sunday night. A skeleton crew will be working to update with major breaking stories. Thank you to our readers for helping us hit our...
Karen Kwiatkowski on Whistleblowing and the War on Terror
The "Fortress On A Hill" podcast, hosted by veterans Danny Sjursen, Chris ‘Henri’ Henrikson, and Keagan Miller interview Karen Kwiatkowski, USAF Lieutenant Colonel (retired) and senior fellow at the Eisenhower Media Center. She discusses serving at the height of the...
Biden Likely To Continue US Stringent Policy Against Venezuela
According to a Bloomberg article published last Friday, advisers from Joe Biden's team are said to be ready to negotiate with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in order to end the serious political and economic crisis in the South American country. The demand...
Win Without War: Trump’s Pardon of Blackwater Murderers Is an Insult to Justice
Win Without War Advocacy Director Erica Fein released the following statement regarding President Trump’s pardon of four Blackwater guards convicted for murdering Iraqi civilians:“On September 16, 2007, private military contractors employed by the firm...


