The maligned Warren Harding commuted Eugene V. Debs’ prison sentence and then invited the socialist anti-war felon to join him for breakfast in the White House. Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon, who otherwise might have landed in Leavenworth. George H.W. Bush pardoned...
The Only Aerial Bombing of an American City During the Cold War
...was carried out by cops, on this day, 20 years ago. Will Grigg tells the story. "Philadelphia was the only U.S. city to be bombed from the air during the Cold War, and the perpetrator of that attack was not the Soviet Union, the Weather Underground, or some other...
Ralph Nader’s Left/Right Against War and More
On Tuesday May 27, 2014 from 9AM-5PM, Ralph Nader and the Center for Study of Responsive Law will be hosting a free all day event on war, civil liberties and crony capitalism at Carnegie Institute of Washington at 1530 P Street NW Washington, D.C. Registration begins...
The Day We Fight Back
We are fighting back too at Antiwar.com. Please visit The Day We Fight Back for events in your area. If you are in Los Angeles, please join us tonight at Casey’s Irish Pub at 613 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles, California at 7:30pm. Restore The Fourth Los Angeles is...
NSA Surveillance and Our “Almost Orwellian” State
Directly lifted from the Electronic Frontier Foundation blog: January 23, 2014 - 7:30pm Berkeley, CA Join us for "NSA Surveillance and Our ‘Almost Orwellian’ State," hosted by St. John’s Presbyterian Church on Thursday, January 23, 2014. Address: St. John's...
Bitcoin Bolsters Antiwar Activism: An Interview with Antiwar.com’s Angela Keaton
Recently, I was interviewed by MK Lords, a manager at Roberts & Roberts Brokerage and correspondent for Bitcoin Not Bombs, of which Antiwar.com is a proud member. The transcript can be found here. Ms. Lords asks me all the major questions about antiwar activism,...
LA vs NSA, Antiwar.com vs FBI (or Us vs the Empire)
Thursday, November 14th, 6:30pm at Huffington Center at St. Sophia Cathedral, a coalition of activists will be introducing LA vs NSA: How to Push Back Against Warrantless Spying as part of the Stop NSA Spying Coalition. The Huffington Center is located at 1324...
Pardon Snowden Now!
Earlier today, Antiwar.com Editorial Director Justin Raimondo published this letter: Dear Friend of Antiwar.com, When darkness begins to fall, some curse the shadows – and others turn on the lights. One man, a 29-year-old former spook and apparent libertarian, has...
FISA grants warrant for dragnet of domestic calls — what’s next?
UPDATE: 'What's next?' Less than 24 hours later and we can answer that question. It's called total content awareness, or PRISM, reported tonight by The Washington Post. "I'm just an average man, with an average life. I work from nine to five; hey hell, I pay the...
