Over 100 San Francisco antiwar activists protested against the Iran blockade bill, HCR 362, at Nancy Pelosi's house on Saturday. The protest was emotional, and three people were arrested for trespassing. This coverage was the lead story on KRON Channel 4's evening...
I’m not a big fan of The New Republic, but there are two articles in the July 30 edition that are well worth a read. The first essay is by the always-insightful John Judis, who two years ago wrote the best account to date of McCain’s evolution from realist to...
Gary Sick, an acute observer of U.S.-Iranian relations for more than three decades who served on the National Security Council staff under president Ford, Carter and Reagan and now teaches at Columbia University, wrote a brief comment today on the latest developments...
Ray’s Stray Thoughts Candidates Speak: Un-Reality About Iraq (Updated) You say you expected more rhetoric than reality from Senators Obama and McCain yesterday in their speeches on Iraq and Afghanistan? Well, that’s certainly what you got. What I find...
Don’t be surprised if Sen. John McCain “refines†his own Iraq plans very soon, just as his campaign has accused Barack Obama of doing. In an article in Monday’s USA Today, ret. Army Gen. Jack Keane, a key architect and supporter of the “Surgeâ€, who is...
Tomorrow, July 8th, could mark the beginning of official condoning of warrantless surveillance of law-abiding citizens in the US, not to mention foreign nationals. Much of this information has been covered by Glenn Greenwald in the past week. In the video below, I...
It was dispelled Wednesday by Adm. Mike Mullen, who repeatedly made clear that he opposes an attack on Iran — whether by Israel or his own forces — and, moreover, favors dialogue with Tehran. While various media have printed or run excerpts of his press...
Joe Klein has been doing battle with the neocons over at Commentary Magazine, who have gone so far as to label him anti-Semitic. Klein penned this essay and this response last week. Klein continues the battle today regarding the insistance of the neocons that Israel...
An Antiwar Radio exclusive! [audio:http://dissentradio.com/radio/08_06_30_hersh.mp3] Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, author of the book Chain of Command and many important articles about the Bush administration’s Iran policy, discusses his new one for The New...
An old and dear friend of Antiwar.com, Vince Miller, has died. Vince had been a libertarian activist for over 37 years. He was one of the founders of the Libertarian Party of Canada and was an editor of the early magazine Libertarian Option. In 1980, Vince founded the...
