The farcical NPT conference drags on: the US and Israel, both nuclear powers, the former actually noncompliant, the latter not even a signatory, point their trigger fingers at Iran; Iran, with not even a nuclear power plant, complains the world doesn't care that the...
Interspersed between the US claims that they are virtually certain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is living in Pakistan is the occasional wild theory about where the reclusive terrorist mastermind actually is. Today's theory comes by way of a documentary filmmaker...
Democracy Now! has an excellent and comprehensive report on the 40th anniversary of the Kent State shootings. On May 4th, 1970, National Guardsmen opened fire on hundreds of unarmed students at an antiwar rally at Kent State University in Ohio. The guardsmen fired off...
Chicago's South Side is indulging itself in a bit of nostalgia for the '80s and '90s. Michelle Obama's hood is overrun with gang-related murders; deaths are at the same rate as US soldiers dying in both major theaters of the US' "War on Terror." Government must do...
An Antiwar Forum was canceled at the last minute by the University of Wisconsin (Madison) over unspecified "security concerns." The event was expected to draw a large audience to hear Cindy Sheehan, Antiwar.com's Angela Keaton, Ben Manski of the Liberty Tree...
Representatives of the Iraq Veterans Against the War and the Ladies of Liberty Alliance, including conscientious objector Tracey Harmon (pictured below), are spreading the message of freedom to Iraq - not with war, but with peace. Tracey writes via Freedom'sPhoenix:...
For another data point on the marked shift in American discourse on Israel/Palestine that has been occurring in recent years, check out the new report on “Setting the Conditions for a Palestinian State†that was released today by the Center for a New American...
Andy Worthington, an absolutely tireless seeker of the truth as it pertains to the continuing U.S detention of terror suspects abroad, has decided the mainstream news has done such a pathetic job at covering what could be one of the most important national security...
WikiLeaks and their defenders have been under fire for "not supporting the troops," by releasing the video now titled "Collateral Murder." The video shows American snipers killing Iraqis on the ground, including children and journalists. The Pentagon and others have...
With all the talk, pro and con, about the WikiLeaks video "Collateral Murder," not much attention has come to the company without which the whole operation would be impossible: Boeing. This excellent video combines Pentagon collateral damage videos with Boeing's...
