- 03/01/2001
-A Slow Motion Holocaust in Iraq
"When I visited Auschwitz I was horrified. And when I visited Iraq, I thought to myself, ' What wi
... > read more - 01/29/2002
-BUSH ASKS DASCHLE TO LIMIT SEPTEMBER 11 PROBES (and other disturbing 9-11 reports)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush personally asked Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle Tuesday to limit the congressional investig ... > read more - 02/04/2002
-AN IMPERIAL WAR EXPANDS
With characteristic imperial arrogance, George W. Bush's 'State of the Empire' speech was a blustering threat to several sta ... > read more - 02/06/2002
-MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
Secretary Powell's presentation at the UN today requires context. We give him an "A" for assembling and listing the charges agains ... > read more - 02/10/2002
-State of Their Union: A State of War
“The men and women of our armed forces have delivered a message now clear to every enemy of the United States: Even 7,000 miles aw ... > read more - 02/17/2002
-Newspaper Works Against War Effort - New Publication Hopes to Send Word Nationwide
A new anti-war newspaper has begun publication in the East Bay, hoping to promote what it bills as a more humane, less jingoistic ... > read more - 02/21/2002
-The Philippines: "Second Front" in the U.S.'s Global War
After some fits and starts, on February 15 the U.S. opened up a "second front" in the "war on terrorism" in the southern Philippin ... > read more - 02/28/2002
-Fallout Likely Caused 15,000 Deaths
WASHINGTON - Radioactive fallout from Cold War nuclear weapons tests across the globe probably caused at least 15,000 cancer dea ... > read more - 02/28/2002
-LOUDER than BOMBS, A Profile of Michael Franti
"You can bomb the world to pieces but you can't bomb it into peace," sings hip-hop artist Michael Franti. He and his group, Spearh ... > read more - 03/09/2002
-News from Dheisheh Refugee Camp
I compiled this report following phone calls to Dheisheh this morning and last night.
Israeli tanks, accompanied by bu ... > read more - 03/10/2002
-A Prayer for America
Published in the March 25 issue of The Nation
The following speech was given on February 17, 2002 in Los Angeles, Califor ... > read more - 03/12/2002
-A Deadly Pattern in Refugee Camps
Members of the Security and Foreign Affairs Committee of Israel's Knesset were outraged at the phenomenon of IDF soldiers writin ... > read more - 03/12/2002
-Annan Calls on Israel to End Occupation
Kofi Annan, in his strongest statements on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, finally demands that Israel end its "illegal occupa ... > read more - 03/23/2002
-Battles Rage in Iraqi Cities, Bodies Litter Desert
SOUTHERN IRAQ - Charred Iraqi corpses smolder in burned-out trucks. Black smoke hangs over bombed cities where U.S. troops battle ... > read more - 03/29/2002
-Israel Blasts Arafat's Office
RAMALLAH, West Bank –– Yasser Arafat's office came under heavy Israeli tank fire Friday as part of a raid on the Palestinian leade ... > read more - 03/30/2002
-Suspend US Military Aid to Israel
It's my strong sense that a majority of Jews in Israel today have begun losing hope. Whatever our blustering, chest-beating poli ... > read more - 04/03/2002
-Deadly Crisis in the Middle East
AlterNet's breaking coverage continues at: http://www.alternet.org/?IssueAreaID ... > read more - 04/03/2002
-Israeli Soldiers Shoot and Kill a US Citizen as She Holds Her 9-Month-Old Baby in Her Lap
With the Morgue Overflowing, the Family is Forced to Bury the 21-Year-Old Palestinian-American in the Ramallah Hospital Parking Lo ... > read more - 04/03/2002
-Greens Call for an International Peacekeeping Body to Enforce a Middle East Ceasefire
Green candidates for Congress urge a halt to the spiraling violence and immediate action from Bush.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - ... > read more - 04/04/2002
-In U.S. Media, Palestinians Attack, Israel Retaliates
The numbers will have risen by the time you read this, but more than 300 Israelis and 1,200 Palestinians have been killed since ... > read more - 04/05/2002
-ANGER SWEEPS THE MIDDLE EAST
The Arab League's foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting in Cairo this weekend to discuss a unified approach to Israel's ... > read more - 04/10/2002
-79 held as Cal rally turns rowdy, Palestinians' supporters storm building, demand UC divest from Israel
Story and online poll here.
... > read more - 04/10/2002
-Statement of the Global Green Coordination on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
This press release/statement was endorsed by the Global Green Coordination that consists of 3 elected delegates from each Green Fe ... > read more - 04/14/2002
-Synapsis of This Weekend's Failed, US-Backed, Coup in Venezuela
CHAVEZ IS BACK
This was the fastest turnaround in the history of Venezuela and probably of Latin America. In less than thre ... > read more - 04/14/2002
-US Supported Military Coup in Venezuala Reversed After Popular Uprising
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Hugo Chavez was freed by his military captors and returned to reclaim the Venezuelan presidency Sunday, ... > read more - 04/16/2002
-Amid the Ruins of Jenin, the Grisly Evidence of a War Crime
A monstrous war crime that Israel has tried to cover up for a fortnight has finally been exposed. Its troops have caused devastati ... > read more - 04/16/2002
-US military plans for a long-term presence in the Philippines
When US troops started to arrive in the Philippines in February to extend the Bush administration’s “war against terror” into Sout ... > read more - 04/17/2002
-Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
What follows is an excellent summary analysis of the situation compiled by Foreign Policy In Focus.
General:
� ... > read more - 04/17/2002
-Fear and Learning in America
Osama bin Laden once told me that Americans did not understand the Middle East. Last week, in a little shuttle bus shouldering its ... > read more - 04/18/2002
-1,000's of Greens Join April 20 March
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Thousands of Green Party members will "Be Seen Being Green" in support of this Saturday's "United We March for ... > read more - 04/18/2002
-Helicopter Pilot 'Refused Order to Blast Palestinian House'
An Israeli helicopter gunship pilot reportedly refused to fire a missile at a Palestinian house, the latest sign of growing unease ... > read more - 04/20/2002
-Americans' War Support Fracturing, Poll Suggests
... > read more - 04/20/2002
-50-100,000 Protesters March Peacefully in D.C.
WASHINGTON –– Marching with puppets and placards and armed with many messages, tens of thousands of protesters joined forces on a ... > read more - 04/21/2002
-Thousands March in S.F. Protest
At Least 20,000 Decry Bush's Mideast Policy, Israeli Actions
In one of the largest Bay Area protests in recent years, at least 20,000 people marched through San Francisco yesterday in opposit ... > read more - 04/21/2002
-Massive Anti-War Protest in San Francisco, 35,000 Strong
Demanding justice for Palestine and displaying their opposition to the Bush Regime's war machine, tens of thousands of protesters ... > read more - 04/21/2002
-Demonstrators Rally to Palestinian Cause- Police Estimate 75,000
Tens of thousands converged on downtown Washington yesterday to demonstrate for a variety of causes, but it was the numbers and pa ... > read more - 04/22/2002
-We Come For Peace
[Remarks to April 20, peace rally in Washington, DC]
We come here today from the four corners of this nation.
... > read more - 04/23/2002
-Afghans Allege U.S. Is Ignoring War Errors
Civilian Victims Seek Recognition
KABUL, Afghanistan, April 22 -- A delegation of local leaders from Khost showed up at the U.S. Embassy here the other day seeking ... > read more - 04/24/2002
-Latest Poll Shows Support for Bush on Steady Decline, Support for Palestine, Democrats to Take Lead in 2002
Bush job performance rating drops to 69%;
Gore soars into strong lead for
2004 Democratic nomination;
Democrats tak ... > read more - 04/25/2002
-Please, Dad, Tell Me:
How Do I Stop Being Complicit?
Dear Dad,
It was an enormously heavy responsibility you raised me with. You taught me that the Jews have been oppresse ... > read more - 05/02/2002
-Twisted Sister:
How UC-Berkeley Neglects its Sister School in Bethlehem
Back in 1990, the Student Senate at UC-Berkeley voted to establish Bethlehem University as its first official sister school. The b ... > read more - 05/03/2002
-Congressman Calls for Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians
WASHINGTON - CAIR is calling on all people of conscience to contact House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) to demand that he retr ... > read more - 05/09/2002
-Bush Approach on Mideast Conflict "Out of Step" with U.S. Public, Poll Shows
The United States public may not be nearly as supportive of the Israeli government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the Israeli-P ... > read more - 05/13/2002
-Large Tel Aviv Rally Calls for Pullout From Territories
Tens of thousands rallied in Tel Aviv’s Kikar Rabin last night to call for a withdrawal from the territories. Police estimated the ... > read more - 05/13/2002
-Poll Points Toward Peace
An in-depth poll conducted by the University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Initiatives (PIPA) found that a majorit ... > read more - 05/27/2002
-Anti-war rally ties up bridge
Cops stop traffic to make arrests at Golden Gate
An anti-war protest on the Golden Gate Bridge turned ugly Saturday when police stopped northbound traffic to arrest demonstrators, ... > read more - 06/16/2002
-Rhetoric Distorts Realities
In today's bizarre political climate, a relativist is someone who argues for moral consistency.
(AUSTIN, Texas) A hi ... > read more - 06/17/2002
-The Colombian Contras
Otto Reich, assistant secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere, wasted little time before traveling to Bogotá to congratula ... > read more - 06/18/2002
-War On Terror Little To Do With Terror
THE MOST peculiar aspect of George W. Bush's war on terrorism is how little it has to do with terrorism.
Certainly, it ... > read more - 07/07/2002
-Jenin Deaths Video Implicates Israeli Army
The BBC has obtained video footage which appears to show an incident in the West Bank city of Jenin two weeks ago in which two Pal ... > read more - 07/08/2002
-Saddam Risk a Lie, Says UN Expert
UNITED Nations weapons inspectors colluded with British secret service agents to spread disinformation about Saddam Hussein's nucl ... > read more - 07/13/2002
-Antelope Valley Catholic Worker Sentenced to Federal Prison for Civil Disobedience in Georgia
MEDIA ADVISORY
For immediate release:
Contact:
Tom Bolema, Regional Liaison, 661-944-0282
Highdesertgre ... > read more - 07/22/2002
-Their Religion Teaches Them To Do It....
Their religion teaches them to do it, they say of the Palestinian suicide bombers.
They teach them in school to hate ... > read more - 07/29/2002
-US Accused of Airstrike Cover-Up
AMERICAN forces may have breached human rights and then removed evidence after the so-called wedding party airstrike that killed m ... > read more - 08/07/2002
-Green Party Calls Senate Hearings on Iraq a 'Sham'
Greens demand that critics of Bush's intended invasion be included in hearings, especially UN weapons inspectors
W ... > read more - 08/07/2002
-Is the US Navy Killing Children in Nevada?
Last June, Adam Jernee died from acute lymphocytic leukemia, a remorselessly fast-moving cancer of the blood. He was 8-years old ... > read more - 08/11/2002
-The Constitution, The War, and The Candidates
There is an important test voters should give this year to every candidate running for the United States Senate and House of Repre ... > read more - 08/14/2002
-Israeli Forces Are Targeting Nonviolent Palestinian, Israeli, and International Peace Workers
Greens demand an end to brutality against nonviolent activists in the occupied territories and a reversal of Bush's support for th ... > read more - 08/19/2002
-The Case Against War on Iraq
The Bush administration's plan for preemptive war against Iraq so flagrantly violates both international law and common morality t ... > read more - 08/20/2002
-We, The People, Can Stop a War
As someone trying to build a third party in the United States, I often complain about the lack of democracy in this country: the w ... > read more - 08/30/2002
-In Memoriam, William 'Bill' Doherty (1973-2002)
... > read more
- 09/08/2002
-Peace Movement & Rent Control
20,000 People Attend Peace Festival in Golden Gate Park
... > read more
- 09/09/2002
-Peace Movement Wakes Up
Opinion
The rest of the country may be sleepwalking while the Bush administration drags us into a nightmarish war in Iraq, bu ... > read more - 09/19/2002
-Bush comes clean on his reasons for war
In a recent joint statement, President George W. Bush and his father, former-President George Herbert Walker Bush, made thei ... > read more - 09/26/2002
-Nader Rails on Bush's Iraq-Attack Plan as Political Game
Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader railed Wednesday against President Bush's preparations for war with Iraq, calling it a d ... > read more - 10/07/2002
-1.5 Million Take to the Streets in Italy to Protest Bush War Plans
Analysis: Rallies Change Italy on Iraq?
ROME, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- More than 1.5 million Italians took to the streets of dozens of cities Saturday afternoon and evening to pro ... > read more - 10/07/2002
-Anti-War Rallies Across U.S.
8,000 Protesters in S.F. Part of Resistance Gaining Momentum
Anti-war fever awoke over the weekend, as about 8,000 pro ... > read more - 10/07/2002
-The Other 'Good War' : Afghanistan One Year Later
As the full imperial dimensions of current administration policy become clearer, helped along by the recent promulgation of a ne ... > read more - 10/10/2002
-White House 'Exaggerating Iraqi Threat'
Bush's Televised Address Attacked by US Intelligence
President Bush's case against Saddam Hussein, outlined in a televised address to the nation on Monday night, relied on a slanted a ... > read more - 10/10/2002
-The Spoils of War
Be the First on Your Block to Make a Buck off Iraq
Mondo Washington
As they prepare to make war on Iraq, cowboy-in-chief George Bush and his cohorts have pulled out all t ... > read more - 10/10/2002
-Council opposes war
"The real purpose of this meeting tonight is so that people know they're not alone," said Mayor Sam Spooner, a member of the co ... > read more - 10/10/2002
-Case of Spinelessness
What Dick Gephardt and the L.A. Times Have in Common
AS I WATCHED GEORGE W. BUSH deliver his Big Speech on Iraq earlier this week, I half-expected to see the freckled, grinning visage ... > read more - 10/11/2002
-"No Further Reason to Vote for Democrats and Republicans," Say Greens, as Congress Hands Power to Declare War to Bush
A dark day for democracy: Congress undermines its own constitutional authority to declare war, drops plans for an independent inve ... > read more - 10/17/2002
-Clarity Of Conscience Causes Some Israeli Soldiers To Refuse Service In The West Bank And Gaza Strip
"Suddenly you are asked to do things that should not be asked of you." Everyone knows this feeling, this moment of decision betwee ... > read more - 10/24/2002
-US Anti-War Groups Flex Their Muscle
Medea Benjamin has been close to both President Bush and his defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, over the past few weeks. S ... > read more - 10/24/2002
-Guerrillas of the Week
Iraq War 'Unjustifiable', says Bush's Church Head
"Attacking Iraq now will cause a lot of problems.... It might ... > read more - 10/25/2002
-Greens From Across U.S. Converge In D.C. & SF To Protest Bush's War Plans
While the U.S. bribes and threatens other nations into supporting the invasion, Greens condemn Bush's anti-constitutional policy o ... > read more - 10/25/2002
-Military Training Links String of Serial Killers
Some time after he was discharged from the army, his life turned sour, he got angry and delusional and he snapped. Wielding his ... > read more - 11/09/2002
-400,000 March Against War in Italy
FLORENCE, Italy -- Thousands of demonstrators marched through Florence in a carnival-like protest Saturday against a possible wa ... > read more - 11/14/2002
-1 in 3 Say Bush is Bigger Threat to World Peace Than Sadam
President George Bush is seen by a third of Britons as a bigger threat to world safety than Saddam Hussein, according to a new pol ... > read more - 11/20/2002
-D.C. Mystery: Who Sucked The Life Out Of Nancy Pelosi?
Was it "Meet the Press" or the Sci-Fi Channel? Watching Nancy Pelosi make her first Sunday morning TV appearance since being ele ... > read more - 11/28/2002
-Where is Israel's Daniel Ellsberg?
Daniel Ellsberg, the U.S. Department of Defense official who in 1971 leaked classified documents subsequently known as the Pentago ... > read more - 11/29/2002
-Majority of Palestinians Oppose Attacks on Israel: Poll
JERUSALEM—A majority of Palestinians want their police to crack down on militants attacking Israel — a shift that coincides with u ... > read more - 12/02/2002
-Antiwar Effort Gains Momentum
Growing Peace Movement's Ranks Include Some Unlikely Allies
AMHERST, Mass. -- The idea was hatched on a brig ... > read more - 12/03/2002
-GREENS ANNOUNCE SUPPORT OF "PEACE HOLIDAY"
Mendocino- The Green Party of California has endorsed the growing "Peace Holiday" actions, slated to immediately follow any A ... > read more - 01/13/2003
-Protests in LA Cry Out For Peace
Objectors to war in Iraq take to the streets by the thousands to have voices heard.
The beat of downtown Los Angeles on ... > read more - 01/19/2003
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Us Opposition To War Grows
Over 100,000 Marched in SF, 2-500,000 in DC & Thousands More in Other Cities
Bush's Approval Rating Dives to 53%!
In the largest outpouring of opposition to the Bush war drive to date, more than 300,000 people demonstrated in the US against the ... > read more - 01/20/2003
-As Opposition Grows, Bush's Ratings Slump to 53%!
The spirit of the 60s returned to the streets of Washington at the weekend with a massive protest aimed at stopping the war in Ira ... > read more - 01/20/2003
-A US Invasion of Iraq Can Be Stopped
Democrats Feeling Pressure From the Green Party
A number of Democrats who supported the war resolution are now advising the administration to avoid a rush to war, fearing that ... > read more - 01/21/2003
-Nader Criticizes President's Handling Of Iraq
Calls Bush, Other Top Republicans 'Belligerent Draft Dodgers'
WASHINGTON -- Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader criticized President Bush on Monday for his handling ... > read more - 01/27/2003
-This Is The Time: We Can Stop This War
*France and Germany announced their joint opposition to the unilateral announcement of impending war by the US against Iraq. The ... > read more - 01/28/2003
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The Green Party Response to George Bush's State of the Union Address.
Greetings from the Green Party, the party of peace!
My name is Natalie Johnson Lee. I am privileged to represent Ward 5 ... > read more - 01/29/2003
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On America's Stage, Performance Protest
Activists Take a Role Outside the Capitol
... > read more - 01/30/2003
-I'm Losing Patience With My Neighbours, Mr Bush
I'm really excited by George Bush's latest reason for bombing Iraq: he's running out of patience. And so am I!
For som ... > read more - 01/31/2003
-All Bush Wants is Iraqi Oil, Says Mandela
Former president Nelson Mandela said on Thursday the United States was preparing to go to war because "George Bush wants to get ho ... > read more - 02/05/2003
-Nader: Bush Admin "Marinated In Oil", Activists Target Gas Stations Nationwide
Peace activists Tuesday protested any military action against Iraq in demonstrations at more than 100 gasoline stations in the Uni ... > read more - 02/06/2003
-Terror Gets Its Props
"Dodgy tapes, grainy videos, great rhetoric. Where's the proof?" headline London Mirror, Feb. 6, 2003
"Powell's Case ... > read more - 02/06/2003
-Mr. Powell, You’re No Adlai Stevenson
Already, pundits are comparing Secretary of State Colin Powell’s speech at the United Nations to the dramatic presentation in 1962 ... > read more - 02/06/2003
-If US Can Strike First, So Can We
North Korea Threatens US with First Strike
Pyongyang Asserts Right to Pre-emptive Attack as Tensions Rise Over American Build-Up
North Korea is entitled to launch a pre-emptive strike against the US rather than wait until the American military have finished w ... > read more - 02/06/2003
-Britain's Intelligence Dossier on Iraq, used by Powell in UN Presentation, was Plagiarized from a Grad Student
A story is sweeping the world tonight and it says a great deal about those who are forcing the world into a war it does not want. ... > read more - 02/06/2003
-MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
Secretary Powell's presentation at the UN today requires context. We give him an "A" for assembling and listing the charges agains ... > read more - 02/09/2003
-Powell’s Dubious Case for War
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation to the UN Security Council on February 5 wasn't likely to win over anyone not ... > read more - 02/12/2003
-Rice, Blix Confer On Iraq Briefing
Acknowledgement Of Violation Urged
(*Truthout.org Editors Note | That Condoleezza Rice would see fit to press Hans Blix for a report that would suit the Bush Adminis ... > read more - 02/12/2003
-Daniel Ellsberg's Comments To The German Press On The Bush Administration's Reasons For First-Use Nuclear Threats Against Iraq
To say that Saddam cannot be contained and should be subjected to preventive war is exactly like saying that Stalin could not be ... > read more - 02/13/2003
-U.S. Conspiracy to Initiate the War Against Iraq
[Deja vu: This article was originally published on May 11, 1991 and describes the government deception implemented to force the fi ... > read more - 02/14/2003
-CIA 'Sabotaged Inspections and Hid Weapons Details'
Senior democrats have accused the CIA of sabotaging weapons inspections in Iraq by refusing to co-operate fully with the UN and wi ... > read more - 02/14/2003
-CIA Director Caves In
Wanted: gas masks for CIA’s analysis directorate. Not because of Code Orange, but to stanch the stench and give analysts’ arms som ... > read more - 02/23/2003
-Speak Out
And a vast paranoia sweeps across the land
And America turns the attack on its Twin Towers
Into the beginning of the Thi ... > read more - 02/27/2003
-College Student's Quiet Protest Is on the Ball
In one corner we have Toni Smith - the college basketball player whose silent protests against U.S. policies during the playing of ... > read more - 02/27/2003
-U.S. Diplomat's Letter of Resignation
t r u t h o u t | Letter U.S. Diplomat John Brady Kiesling Letter of Resignation, to: Secretary of Stat ... > read more - 02/28/2003
-Patriotism and the Flag
I put the flag in my lapel tonight. First time. Until now I haven't thought it necessary to display a little metallic icon of patr ... > read more - 03/01/2003
-Turkey's Refusal Stuns US
WASHINGTON -- US officials appeared stunned by the Turkish parliament's refusal Saturday to allow the deployment of 62 000 US troo ... > read more - 03/01/2003
-Wartime Contracts Favor Bush Administration's Corporate Cronies
Greens see extensive war profiteering by firms with White House and Pentagon connections, while Bush urges Americans -- especially ... > read more - 03/04/2003
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Bush Pushes the Big Lie Toward the Brink
So the truth is out: George W. Bush lied when he claimed to be worried about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction. Otherwise ... > read more - 03/06/2003
-A U.N. Resolution for Peace?
If the U.S. attacks Iraq without support of the U.N. Security Council, the world is not powerless to stop it. Employing a legal pr ... > read more - 03/06/2003
-Transatlantic Battle Over the New World Order
Transatlantic ties have frayed as pundits and politicians have hurled invectives and insults across the ocean over France and Germ ... > read more - 03/06/2003
-War
As I write this, it looks like war.
This, in spite of the obvious lack of enthusiasm in the country for war. The polls ... > read more - 03/11/2003
-When Bombs Fall, U.S. Will Join Ranks of War Criminals
The maiming or killing of a single Iraqi civilian in an attack by the United States would constitute a war crime, as well as a pro ... > read more - 03/13/2003
-The Case Against US Adventurism in Iraq
The most powerful state in history has proclaimed that it intends to control the world by force, the dimension in which it reigns ... > read more - 03/14/2003
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US Preparing to Abandon UN & Launch War Within a Week
The United States sent a powerful signal last night that it will soon abandon efforts to win a second United Nations resolution, i ... > read more - 03/17/2003
-Even the Chinese tanks stopped at Tiananmen.
Moments after this photo was taken yesterday, Rachel Corrie, a 23 year-old student at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washingt ... > read more - 03/17/2003
-When Democracy Failed in Nazi Germany: The Warning of History
The 70th anniversary wasn't noticed in the United States, and was barely reported in the corporate media. But the Germans r ... > read more - 03/18/2003
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A Letter from Michael Moore to George W. Bush on the Eve of War
George W. Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC
Dear Governor Bush:
So today is what you ca ... > read more - 03/18/2003
-In Iraq Crisis, Networks Are Megaphones for Official Views
Network newscasts, dominated by current and former U.S. officials, largely exclude Americans who are skeptical of or opposed to an ... > read more - 03/20/2003
-Patterns of Death and Deceit in Afghanistan
In what must qualify as a stellar example of the old adage - those who fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it, a seco ... > read more - 03/21/2003
-No Ribbons, No Flags, No Fireworks: An Open Letter to Pro-War Americans
Dear neighbor,
Please spare me the lecture. Likewise, don't bother asking me why I refuse to tie a yellow ribbon arou ... > read more - 03/22/2003
-Arabs Seethe as TV Brings Iraq Destruction Home
CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of Arabs seething with anger about a heavy U.S.-led bombing of Baghdad protested for a third day on Sa ... > read more - 03/23/2003
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50 Civilians Dead in Basra Bombing, Says Arab TV
About 50 Iraqi civilians were killed in coalition bombing of the southern city of Basra, the independent Arab-language satellite s ... > read more - 03/23/2003
-Independent reporters fired upon and killed by US forces
4 separate cases of television crews not "embedded" in US military units are fired upon. In one incident US forces fired upon a je ... > read more - 03/24/2003
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The Judicially-Selected Dictator's Pre-Emptive War
As this is written, the campaign known as "shock and awe" has begun over Iraq and the five million civilian inhabitants of Baghdad ... > read more - 03/24/2003
-In and Out the Battlefield: The US Government War of Deception and Lies
Americans and British forces Repulsed near al-Najaf, Basra, al-Nasiriya and other Locations.
Higher US Casualties than Rep ... > read more - 03/24/2003
-Director Moore Scolds Bush from Oscar Stage
LOS ANGELES - Politics grabbed center stage at the Academy Awards on Sunday as the winner for best documentary, director Michael M ... > read more - 03/24/2003
-850 US/British Veterans to the Troops in Iraq:
"War is Murder by another name.
"When, in an unjust war, a thousand poor farmer conscripts die in a trench defending a ... > read more - 03/25/2003
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On NPR, Please Follow the Script
Last week I found out that National Public Radio wants the opinions of antiwar activists -- as long as we follow the right script. ... > read more - 03/25/2003
-Prisoners of Hypocrisy
"American intelligence agents have been torturing terrorist suspects, or engaging in practices pretty close to torture. They have ... > read more - 03/25/2003
-Axis Of Arrogance
(3/18/03) By the time these words reach you, the skies over Baghdad may be ablaze with red light. Not the searing shimmer of th ... > read more - 03/25/2003
-A War On The Environment
In the aftermath of the 1991 Persian Gulf War and ensuing U.N. sanctions against Iraq, there is one point on which everyone agrees ... > read more - 03/27/2003
-Soldiers at the Door
Military Intimidation, MTV & Clear Channel Censorship
Michael Franti describes how a bandmate's mom received an unnerving visit from the military and how MTV has warned artists it won' ... > read more - 03/27/2003
-Support Our Tunes!
Now that the right has knocked the Dixi ... > read more - 03/27/2003
-As Eyes of the World Focus on Iraq, The Rest of the World's Hotspots Get Hotter
Indian-Pakistani relations deteriorated to a dangerous level yesterday after New Delhi blamed Islamabad for a massacre in Kashmir ... > read more - 03/29/2003
-Why This Protester is Against the War on Iraq
On television and radio recently I've heard descriptions of protesters of the War on Iraq as selfish, uninformed, or simply pacifi ... > read more - 03/30/2003
-Why Not a Real War on Terrorism
A "war on terrorism" is, by definition, beyond reproach. After all, who could be for terrorism? The only snag is that, as with the ... > read more - 04/01/2003
-Honesty: The Worst Policy
When Telling The Truth Will Get You Fired From The Networks
When NBC -- which is owned by General Electric, a prime military-industrial complex contractor -- decided to fire Peter Arnett ... > read more - 04/01/2003
-British Military Critical of US Troops' Heavy-Handed Style with Civilians
Coalition Divided Over Battle for Hearts and Minds
Cracks are appearing between British and American commanders which have serious implications for their future operations in Iraq. ... > read more - 04/01/2003
-US Troops Kill Ten Civillian Women & Kids at Checkpoint
NEAR KARBALA, March 31 - As an unidentified four-wheel drive vehicle came barreling toward an intersection held by troops of the A ... > read more - 04/01/2003
-Wartime Contracts Favor Bush Administration's Corporate Cronies
Greens see extensive war profiteering by firms with White House and Pentagon connections, while Bush urges Americans -- especially ... > read more - 04/05/2003
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US Marines Ready to Kill Civilians
SOUTHEAST OF BAGHDAD, April 5 (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine commander said on Saturday American troops would use overwhelming force to ... > read more - 04/06/2003
-Western Journalists Beaten, Starved by Americans
Arab News has learned that Luis Castro and Victor Silva, both reporters working for RTP Portuguese television, were held for four ... > read more - 04/06/2003
-Arabs Doubt U.S. Will Let Go of Iraq After the War
Arabs fear the United States is in Iraq to stay as Washington prepares to establish a civil administration in areas it has occupie ... > read more - 04/07/2003
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Our Flag, Too
The residents of an unassuming house, tucked away in a quiet corner of a small New England college campus, have found themselves ... > read more - 04/07/2003
-Killing a Child: 'I Did What I Had to Do'
When a young Iraqi boy stooped to pick up a rocket propelled grenade off the body of a dead paramilitary, US Army Private Nick Bog ... > read more - 04/08/2003
-Hospitals Overwhelmed By Living and the Dead
Its sirens wailing, the cream-colored ambulance barreled into the compound of Baghdad's Kindi Hospital. Doctors in blue scrubs -- ... > read more - 04/08/2003
-US Forces Step Up Attacks on Independent Journalists Killing 3
A U.S. tank fired on a Baghdad hotel packed with foreign journalists on Tuesday, killing two cameramen, one from Reuters, the othe ... > read more - 04/09/2003
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US-Backed Militia Terrorises Town
Hay Al Ansar, on the outskirts of Najaf in Iraq, was glad to be rid of Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party government, when the city was ... > read more - 04/10/2003
-Police Violence Shocking at Port of Oakland Protest
April 7, An anti-war demonstration at the Port of Oakland turned violent this morning when Oakland Police opened fire with wood
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-Unease in Basra About Who Will Rule It
Basra residents remain skeptical about British proposal to put tribal leader in charge of Iraq's second city.
British p ... > read more - 04/11/2003
-Saddam Key in Early CIA Plot
U.S. forces in Baghdad might now be searching high and low for Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, but in the past Saddam was seen by ... > read more - 04/11/2003
-Iraqis To US - 'Thank You, There's The Door'
The people of Baghdad on Thursday were still savouring their liberation by American troops, but said they will also be pleased to ... > read more - 04/11/2003
-Is Killing Part of Pentagon Press Policy?
The Pentagon has held up its practice of "embedding" journalists with military units as proof of a new media-friendly policy. On A ... > read more - 04/11/2003
-Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and Euphrates
How many children, in how many classrooms, over how many centuries, have hang-glided through the past, transported on the wings of ... > read more - 04/11/2003
-Cause for Celebration, Cause for Concern
The Iraqi people certainly have reason to celebrate the ouster of Saddam Hussein's regime. But it's premature for the Bush admin ... > read more - 04/11/2003
-Geoff Hoon: After Iraq, Rogue Nations Won't Be Spared
If you thought the war on Iraq is over, wait. This could be just the first of many more to come.
British Defence Secr ... > read more - 04/12/2003
-Hans Blix Accuses U.S. of "Fabricating" Evidence
Blix: US was bent on war
War against Iraq was a foregone conclusion months before the first shot was fired, the chief ... > read more - 04/12/2003
-Iraqis Storm Embassy In Tehran chanting "Death to America."
Iraqis stormed their embassy in the Iranian capital on Friday, tearing down photographs of Saddam Hussein but also chanti ... > read more - 04/12/2003
-Lest We Forget
Nazism was a form of government that restricted personal freedom but permitted private ownership of property. It called for aggres ... > read more - 04/12/2003
-Looters Sack Baghdad Antiquities Museum
Looters have sacked Baghdad's antiquities museum, plundering treasures dating back thousands of years to the dawn of civilisat ... > read more - 04/13/2003
-Voices in the Wilderness Banned from Palestine Hotel in Baghdad by U.S. Military
BAGHDAD - April 17 - Less than 24 hours after issuing a press release (below) highlighting the failures of the U.S. Military's att ... > read more - 04/15/2003
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US Troops Shoot to Death 10 Iraqi protesters
MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - At least 10 people were shot dead and scores wounded in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul, a hospital doctor sa ... > read more - 04/16/2003
-Lessons from Afghanistan
The last nation we invaded stands as a testament to what can go wrong in post-Hussein Iraq.
AS THE LAST vestiges of Sa ... > read more - 04/17/2003
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For the People on the Streets, This is not Liberation but a New Colonial Oppression
America's war of 'liberation' may be over. But Iraq's war of liberation from the Americans is just about to begin
It's ... > read more - 04/18/2003
-Tens of Thousands in Baghdad Call for US Withdrawal
Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Baghdad protested against the United States presence in Iraq on Friday, following Friday pra ... > read more - 04/19/2003
-Baghdad's Banks Stripped as US Soldiers Stand By
A wave of brazen bank robberies has swept through the centre of Baghdad in the past few days in full view of the occupying America ... > read more - 04/29/2003
-"Activists in Baghdad switch gears to help"
Baghdad -- They lost the fight to stop the war, and a U.S. administration they loathe has taken power as Iraq's new provisional ru ... > read more - 05/09/2003
-My Country: The World
Our government has declared a military victory in Iraq. As a patriot, I will not celebrate. I will mourn the dead -- the American ... > read more - 05/11/2003
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The Gift of Peace for Mothers Day
It's true. Mothers Day was NOT invented by Hallmark. Or by 1-800-FLOWERS or even Sees Candies. In fact, the woman credited with in ... > read more - 05/27/2003
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State monitored war protesters
Days before firing wooden slugs at anti-war protesters, Oakland police were warned of potential violence at the Port of Oakland by ... > read more - 06/22/2003
-Us Troops Admit Shooting Iraqi Civilians
American troops today admitted they routinely gun down Iraqi civilians - some of whom are entirely innocent.
As distrus ... > read more - 06/30/2003
-Former Green Party President Candidate Ralph Nader Gives His First Major Address on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
On June 14, former Green Party Presidential candidate and Lebanese-American Ralph Nader gave his first major address on the Israel ... > read more - 03/01/2004
-Haitian President Kidnapped by US Military
Multiple sources that just spoke with Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide told Democracy Now! that Aristide says he was "kidn ... > read more - 05/27/2004
-COUNT THE DEAD
President Bush might prefer to skip Memorial Day this year. In the buildup to the invasion of Iraq, he sold us a fantasy of mili ... > read more - 05/29/2004
-Congressman Tom Lantos Uninvited to City College of SF Graduation Because of
SAN FRANCISCO--In an extraordinary development, Congressman Tom Lantos(D-San Mateo) late Friday was told his invitation to addr ... > read more - 02/15/2005
-Bush $82 billion war fund request targets those in need at home
President Bush's request for another $82 billion in war funds should be rejected by Congress until he lays out a plan to end the w ... > read more - 03/17/2005
-California Greens Join Peace Demonstrations
Green Party of California members will participate in a series of mass demonstrations throughout California this weekend marking t ... > read more - 07/27/2006
-Krissy Keefer, Green Party Congressional Candidate, Calls for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Conflict Between Israel and Lebanon and Gaza
Unlike her opponent Nancy Pelosi, Green Party candidate Krissy Keefer, who is challenging Pelosi for her District 8 Congressional ... > read more - 08/07/2006
-Green Party Calls for Immediate Cease-fire and Issues a Statement Addressing the Crisis in Israel and Lebanon
The San Francisco Green Party issued the following statement today to address the escalating violence between Israel and Hezbollah ... > read more - 08/18/2006
-Pro-War Democrats ‘Cowards,' Greens Charge
SACRAMENTO – Green Party candidates for state Assembly today called Democrats "cowards" for refusing to support – one Democrat ... > read more - 07/21/2008
-A Farewell To Arms: Persian-Gulf Veteran Supports JROTC Abolition
In late June I attended a San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education hearing on the abolition of the Junior Reserve ... > read more - 08/18/2008
-America's Outrageous War Economy
Pentagon Can't Find $2.3 Trillion, Wasting Trillions on 'National Defense'
ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Yes, ... > read more - 01/17/2009
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Dr. MLK Jr. Struggling Not to Lose Him
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