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About Face: Military Resisters Turn Against War
“About Face: Military Resisters Turn Against War,” is a book that should be stacked up on a table in every high school cafeteria, next to the vultures. Sorry, …
Police Case for Iranian Bomb Plot Based on Tainted Evidence – Part 2
Gareth Porter dissects the Delhi police accusation against an Indian journalist and four Iranians of involvement in the bombing of an Israeli embassy car.
Obamacopters Give West Papuans Another Reason to Worry
There has been talk of an arms deal between the United States and Indonesia.
Freedom and the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Tehran
In March 2005, President George W. Bush used the phrase “freedom is on the march” in reference to Lebanon's Intifadat-al-Istiqlal uprising against Syria's heavy influence in their country. Bush …
Evidence in Delhi Embassy Bombing Suggests Journalist Was Framed
In “The Delhi Car Bombing: How the Police Built a False Case”, a three-part series beginning today, award-winning investigative journalist Gareth Porter dissects the Delhi police accusation against an …
A Dream Come True: Ed McCurdy’s 1950s Folk Song and the Kellogg-Briand Pact
In a few places around the country groups are working to make August 27th a local or national holiday as a result of reading “When the World Outlawed War.”
Crackdown Toll Seen as Syrians Bury Hundreds
Mass burials in this Damascus suburb on Sunday showed the carnage of the past few days in gruesome detail: scores of bodies lined up on top of one another …
US Arms Sales Make Up Most of Global Market
Weapons sales by the United States tripled in 2011 to a record high, driven by major arms sales to Persian Gulf allies concerned about Iranu2019s regional ambitions, according to …
Michael Franti: “Music Gives Us New Energy and a Stronger Sense of Purpose“
Musician. Poet. Activist. Messenger. These are all terms that fit Michael Franti.
Pocket Guide Advises US Troops to “Avoid Arrogance,” “Respect Islam” in Order to Prevent “Green on Blue” Attacks
“Green on blue” attacks have become an “emerging threat” in the 11-year-old Afghanistan war.