Justin Raimondo

Justin Raimondo passed away on June 27, 2019. He was the co-founder and editorial director of Antiwar.com, and was a senior fellow at the Randolph Bourne Institute. He was a contributing editor at The American Conservative, and wrote a monthly column for Chronicles. He was the author of Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the Conservative Movement [Center for Libertarian Studies, 1993; Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2000], and An Enemy of the State: The Life of Murray N. Rothbard [Prometheus Books, 2000].

SMEARING THE GERMANS

The comment by the German Minister of Justice that President Bush was focusing on Iraq to divert attention from domestic problems – "That’s a popular method. Even Hitler did that" – came in the midst of an all-out propaganda offensive by the War Party to paint the antiwar opposition as "anti-Semitic." On the nation’s campuses, … Continue reading “SMEARING THE GERMANS”

LET THE UN INSPECTORS IN

The recent conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) opened with an announcement that Cuba would become a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The last three hold-outs in the world are Israel, India, and Pakistan. The Arab states, led by Iraq, have proposed that Israel should sign on as part of a framework … Continue reading “LET THE UN INSPECTORS IN”

BACK DOOR TO WAR

The Americans won’t take "yes" for an answer. Here is how the war-maddened Bush administration is dealing with Iraq’s decision to let in the UN weapons inspectors: "Saddam Hussein’s words cannot be taken at face value." – White House press secretary Ari Fleischer "We have seen this game before." – Secretary of State Colin Powell … Continue reading “BACK DOOR TO WAR”

ATTACK OF THE GREED-HEADS

No wonder all those crunchy-granola kids hate capitalism, or think they do. Getta loada this from today’s [September 15] Washington Post: "Although senior Bush administration officials say they have not begun to focus on the issues involving oil and Iraq, American and foreign oil companies have already begun maneuvering for a stake in the country’s … Continue reading “ATTACK OF THE GREED-HEADS”

House Iraq Hearings – Only War Party Allowed to Testify

p> The House Committee on International Relations is holding hearings this Thursday on the question of whether we ought to invade Iraq – and only one side, the pro-war side, is going to be heard. Here is a list of the witnesses: Richard Perle – a chicken-hawk of the first order, who has been all … Continue reading “House Iraq Hearings – Only War Party Allowed to Testify”

WE’RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Antiwar.com is making a difference. I first realized this when commentators  outside our little circle of noninterventionist policy wonks and activists began referring to "the War Party" in heartily derisive tones. Of course, it’s a logical name for the interventionists, a name that tells it like it is, as well as being deeply rooted in … Continue reading “WE’RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE”

LET’S VOTE ON IT

As America returns to offices and factories after the long Labor Day holiday, the realization that this may be the last summer before a long and horrendous war has focused the nation’s attention on the issue policy wonks and ideologues have been debating for months: do we take Iraq? It is either serendipity or divine … Continue reading “LET’S VOTE ON IT”