On August 25, New York State Supreme Court Justice Jacqueline Silbermann ruled that the activist coalition United For Peace and Justice (UFPJ) cannot rally in New York's Central Park this Sunday, stating that the more than 250,000 demonstrators expected to participate...
The DNC showed that the present path of the organized antiwar movement cannot lead to success. The antiwar movement within the Democratic Party was utterly defeated. It placed its hopes in John Kerry, in spite of Kerry's call for greater military power for the U.S.,...
What I took away from reading the entire James Schlesinger "independent" commission report [.pdf] and the executive summary and a skim of the rest of the Jones-Fay generals' report [.pdf] on the abuses of prisoners at Abu Ghraib was a profound confirmation of what...
Beneath the thin plastic veneer of American society, rage roils around the irrationality of life in the Empire, and occasionally it boils over. As it did in Hollywood, Florida, the other day, when Carlos Arredondo "snapped," as the news reports put it: "Melida...
See Chapter One of The Bush Betrayal appearing today on Antiwar.com. Bovard begins his book by defining a new concept: Though Bush continually invokes freedom to sanctify himself and his policies, Bush freedom is based on boundless trust in the righteousness of the...
BELGRADE, SERBIA-MONTENEGRO - Anger and incredulity erupted from the crowds gathered around TV screens in Belgrade's outdoor cafes Monday night, as they realized their national team was going to lose to China by just one point. For the once-proud winners of the world...
Finally, the conflict in Darfur in western Sudan is a focal point for diplomats and the media. This is the least one could expect after months of murder, rape and, dare I say, ethnic cleansing, starting as early as February 2003. Almost all parties who have recently...
How Do They Get Away With It?Yes, how in the world do they get away with it? Are we that ignorant and stupid in this country to want to reelect a president who has done nothing but make a complete mockery of the Constitution and the rule of law, caused close to 8,000...
As we defend liberty and justice abroad, we must always honor those values here at home. – George W. Bush, October 28, 2003 George W. Bush came to the presidency promising prosperity, peace, and humility. Instead, Bush has spawned record federal budget deficits,...
"For all I care, they can starve to death!" announced Tzahi Hanegbi, after Palestinian prisoners declared an open-ended hunger strike against prison conditions. Thus the Minister for Internal Security added another memorable phrase to the lexicon of the...
