I just received the very sad news that my old friend David Nolan has died. David Nolan was the founder of the national Libertarian Party in 1971. He continued to be a leader of the LP, running for US Senate in this past election against John McCain. David was the...
Last night, antiwar historian Chalmers Johnson died after an extended illness. This note is from Tom Engelhardt, who was Chalmers' good friend and editor of his books.I’m sad to report that Chalmers Johnson died on Saturday. He was a stalwart of this site, writing...
from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for November 19th, 2010: The Washington Post: The Post editorial board, led by neocon Fred Hiatt, is challenging Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’s opposition to a military strike on Iran. “To be clear:...
Last Sunday, the Daily Bell published a lengthy interview with Antiwar.com's founder and managing editor Eric Garris. Garris discusses his time in Venice Beach, the beginning of LewRockwell.com, the influence of Murray Rothbard, political activism in the 70s, the...
from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for November 18th, 2010: The Wall Street Journal: Soner Cagaptay, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), writes that Turkey’s governing Justice and Development Party...
from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for November 16th, 2010: FrumForum: Arsen Ostrovsky highlights an interview with Bahazad Massawi, a former Iranian Air Force pilot who defected to France. The segment aired on Israeli Channel 10 News....
from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for November 16th, 2010: The Wall Street Journal: Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) fellow Benjamin Weinthal categorized a trip by five German parliament members to Iran last month to meet with...
Antiwar.com's editorial director Justin Raimondo has fallen ill over the weekend and we regret that we were forced to cancel his talk at UC Berkeley on Thursday, November 18. Our apologies to SFL and to organizer Casey Given who worked hard to plan and promote this...
from LobeLog: News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for November 15th, 2010: The Hill: Rebecca Heinrichs, an adjunct fellow at the hawkish Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), blogs that the $60 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia should not be allowed...
Antiwar.com editorial director Justin Raimondo spoke in Boston yesterday on "Getting Beyond 'Left' and 'Right'." The event was sponsored by the new antiwar coalition, Come Home, America, which seeks to unite conservatives, liberals and libertarians against militarism...
