A number of years ago I was at an antiwar protest in St. Petersburg, FL where one of my fellow protesters was holding a sign that said, "The U.S. military is killing innocent people in Iraq."Within moments, a person who said he was in the Army began...
The Russia-Blamers Think You’re Stupid
“Russian operatives used Facebook ads to exploit America’s racial and religious divisions,” the Washington Post claims in a September 25 headline.Over at The Daily Beast, Dean Obeidallah explains “How Russian Hackers Used My Face to Sabotage...
Turn Away in Disgust? Dr. Frankenstein Did, But Our Leaders Can Not
I think we do know that terrorist organizations have an interest in using drones…We’ve seen that overseas already with growing frequency. I think the expectation is that it’s coming here imminently. I think they are relatively easy to acquire, relatively easy to...
Lessons From Stop the Draft Week 50 Years Ago
In 1967, protesters filled the streets of Oakland to stop the draft. Seven faced serious charges – and their message still resonates todayOctober marks the 50th anniversary of Stop the Draft Week, the largest militant anti-Vietnam War demonstration up to that...
Trump Says ‘No’ To Catalan Independence
The Catalan push for independence from Spain appears to be part of a larger European – and possibly worldwide – movement away from larger, more distant governance and toward more local control. Elsewhere in Europe, the old order is slowly breaking down. New parties...
Media Matters’ Goofball Argument That the Drudge Report Is a Russian Propaganda Pipeline
Media Matters published an article Wednesday with the provocative title “How Matt Drudge became the pipeline for Russian propaganda.” The explanation offered in the article for the title’s grand claim, however, would be convincing only to someone who has no...
Ron Paul on the Kurdish Independence Vote – Progress or Danger?
The US was strongly opposed to Monday's independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan, as were the countries in the region. The US wanted to manage the Kurds' relationship with Baghdad, but it did not work out the way Washington's planners hoped. How did we get to the...
Today Is the Day: International Day for the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
Today, September 26, is the International Day for the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons. This day, first proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013, draws attention to the international commitment to global nuclear disarmament by the majority of the...
Ron Paul on Trump vs The NFL – The Right To Protest
Do NFL players have the "right" to protest against the national anthem on the playing field? Should Trump's demand that anyone who does not stand should be fired? What about the owners? And what about the millions the Defense Department sent the NFL to militarize the...
Scott Horton in Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28: US Out of Afghanistan!
This Thursday evening, September 28, join KPFK Radio's Alan Minsky, and Scott Horton, managing director of the Libertarian Institute and opinion editor of Antiwar.com, for a discussion about the deadly and disastrous war in Afghanistan you won't hear anywhere...


