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Evidence Mounts That Afghan Massacre Was Linked to Special Operations Forces’ Response to Improvised Explosive Device
Interviews with survivors, relatives of the civilians massacred in Panjwai on March 11, and with other local residents add new evidence suggesting that the massacre was linked to the …

Attorney: “NATO 3” Activists Detained on Terror Charges in Chicago Are Victims of Police Entrapment
Following a weekend that saw nearly 100 arrests of protesters at the NATO summit in Chicago, we speak with National Lawyers Guild attorney Sarah Gelsomino, who represents one of …

Boeing HQ Shut Down by Anti-NATO Summit Protesters to Cap Week of Action
Protesters staged a “die-in” outside of the defense contractor's office.

UN Chief Says Iran Deal Near on Inspecting Key Atomic Site
The flurry of diplomacy reinforced a shift of focus to talks from the possibility of military action by Israel.

The Politics of the Drug War in Mexico
The starting bell rang for the Mexican presidential campaigns on March 30, and the candidates are out of the gates. As the nation faces an unprecedented crisis in levels …

War Pay: The Nearly $1 Trillion National Security Budget
Recent months have seen a flurry of headlines about cuts (often called “threats”) to the U.S. defense budget. Last week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives even passed a bill that was meant …

From Pride to Shame: Vets Return Their Medals
The transition from pride to shame was a common theme among the more than forty veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who publicly hurled their medals in …

In Chicago, Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans Put NATO’s Endless War on Trial
Veterans hold court during the NATO demonstrations in Chicago, May 20, 2012. (Photo: peoplesworld) Truthout has been covering the antiwar movement closely for more than ten years. Click here …

Tom Morello, Troubadour for Justice
Songs of social protest — music and the quest for justice — have long been intertwined, and the troubadours of troubling times — Guthrie, Seeger, Baez, Dylan, and Springsteen …

Thousands March With Veterans for Peace at Chicago NATO Summit; Police Respond With Brute Force
Thousands of protesters marched beside Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans Sunday to accompany the vets as they marched, hoping to return their service medals to NATO's generals.