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Raging Grannies Mourn the Dead in Iraq
Raging Grannies mourn at midnight in Palo Alto, California, on March 21, 2008. Members of the Raging Grannies Action League were mourning the loss of life and limb in the Iraqi War. Photo by Pam Walton who is producing a … Continue reading
Forcing the Candidates to Get Serious About Ending the Wars
Anti-war Campaigners Have To Change Electoral TacticsBy Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill Neither Clinton nor Obama has a real plan to end the occupation of Iraq, but they could be forced to change position 25/03/08 “The Guardian” — — ‘So?” … Continue reading
Seeking to Terrify the World into Submission
Elaine Brower Winter Soldier 2008: A Marine Mom’s Eyewitness Account of the Testimonyby Elaine Brower I. I have spent the past seven-plus years as an activist against the policies of George W. Bush and his regime. Already, my son has … Continue reading
4,000 and No End in Sight
Coffins mark the U.S. and Iraqi dead at Austin vigil. Photo by Alice Embree.Austin vigil marks 4,000 dead.by Alice Embree / March 25, 2008 / The Rag Blog For over a month, CodePink Austin had the 4,000 U.S. dead in … Continue reading
4,000.
Vigil in Austin, March 24, 5 p.m. I am sorry to report that the U.S. casualty count in Iraq has just reached the sad milestone of 4,000 deaths. Please join us for a vigil to mourn these tragic deaths this … Continue reading
Freeze!
CodePink’s Medea Benjamin “freezes” at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station. (Photo: Thomas Good / NLN)Stop-Action Action By William Blum / March 23, 2008 Washington, DC – Freeze! No, it wasn’t the police or the FBI breaking into a house and yelling … Continue reading
Listen to the Winter Soldiers – Stop the Wars
Pete Seeger to Winter Soldiers Winter Soldier Marches AgainBy Amy Goodman / truthdig / March 23, 2008 Last weekend, in the lead-up to the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, a remarkable gathering occurred just outside Washington, D.C., called … Continue reading
Austin Student Reports on Direct Action in Washington
Students Serve Congress With “Stop-loss” Order by Nora Hansel / The Rag Blog /March 21, 2008 This is a report from Austin’s Nora Hansel, a student at Wesleyan University who was arrested during direct action demonstrations at the Capitol building … Continue reading
Israel, Zionism, Anti-Semitism and Palestine : A Discussion
A thread for peace in the Middle East The following discussion has been put together from an ongoing thread of posts on the MDS/Austin listserv from March 19-21, 2008. The posts have created both noise and reason, dissonance and unity. … Continue reading
Diplomats Still Say No to U.S. Policy
Why We Said No: Three Diplomats’ Dutyby Ann Wright, John Brown, and Brady Kiesling / Huffington Post / March 20, 2008 Five years ago this month, the three of us left the US Foreign Service in opposition to the war … Continue reading
Tom Hayden’s Return to Vietnam
[This is a fine article by Tom Hayden, SDS co-founder, primary author of The Port Huron Statement and now California state senator, on his return trip to Vietnam. I recommend it highly. Thorne Dreyer, The Rag Blog.] The Old Revolutionaries … Continue reading
Iraq Protesters Gather at Texas State Capitol
Vigil at Texas State Capitol. Photo by Jamie Josephs / The Rag Blog.There was a liberal turnout at last night’s (March 19, 2008) Peace Vigil which started at 7 p.m. at the front gates of the Texas State Capitol in … Continue reading
