Yearly Archives: 2008

US: Vets Break Silence on War CrimesBy Aaron Glantz SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 28 (IPS) – U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are planning to descend on Washington from Mar. 13-16 to testify about war crimes they committed … Continue reading →

From Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog

Human Rights, Torture and the PresidencyBy Naomi Wolf / February 28, 2008 I just flew back from Australia, where I was speaking about the erosions of our civil liberties. Believe me, the rest of the world is agog at our … Continue reading →

In its March 3, 2008 issue, The New Yorker magazine has a major feature story on the T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, Texas – one of two facilities in the country used to detain immigrant families. Hutto has … Continue reading →

Ben Griffin: Former SAS, Banned Speech to Anti-War Rally Ben Griffin speaks to World Against War rally before being gagged by UK Government “As of 1940 hrs 29/02/08 I have been placed under an injunction preventing me from speaking publicly … Continue reading →

Nah … George W. Bush and his gang have been scaring us into believing that the terrorism threat is much greater than it really is, and making it dramatically worse by their actions in Iraq and other parts of the … Continue reading →

Still PretendingBy James Kunstler The maneuvers that the big banks are making nowadays, along with their enablers at the Federal Reserve and elsewhere in Washington, really amount to little more than the old Polish blanket joke — in which (excuse … Continue reading →

The Three Trillion Dollar WarBy Peter Wilson / February 28, 2008 The Iraq war has cost the United States 50-60 times more than the Bush administration predicted and was a central cause of the sub-prime banking crisis threatening the world … Continue reading →

It’s Time To Demilitarize US Policy in Africa: No Arms! No Transfers! No Military Aid!by Bruce Dixon / February 28th, 2008 It’s time to demilitarize US policy toward the African continent. Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, … Continue reading →

Design and the Peace Sign By Kate Ward / February 21, 2008Fifty years ago, little known designer and activist Gerald Holtom revealed his logo for the newly formed Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. CND never applied for copyright on the symbol, … Continue reading →

Causes and Consequences of Our Foreign Policy in the Middle East: What It Means for AmericansBy Karen Kwiatkowski The following is the text of a speech given at Virginia Tech on February 12, 2008. 02/28/08 — — -I want to … Continue reading →