Josh Silver | Posted March 26, 2008 | Media
Last week, I reported on the Huffington Post about CNN's appalling coverage of anti-war protests that marked the five-year anniversary of the war in Iraq.
This week, CNN responded by mocking the criticism and dismissing it as "rabid."
Christine Escobar | Posted March 26, 2008 | Off The Bus
Last Thursday over 30 Democrat challengers publicly presented their support for "The Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq," assembled from existing congressional legislation by national security experts, retired generals, and Congressional candidate Darcy Burner. As of today, the number of Democrat endorsees of the plan has risen...
Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill | Posted March 26, 2008 | Politics
"So?"
So said Dick Cheney when asked last week about public opinion being overwhelming against the war in Iraq. "You can't be blown off course by polls."
His attitude about the the fact that the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq has reached 4,000 displayed similar...
Chris Weigant | Posted March 24, 2008 | Politics
Last week, on the fifth anniversary of American military involvement in Iraq, anti-war rallies were held in various locations around the country. These rallies, inevitably, got short shrift in the mainstream media, which could barely rouse itself from its somnolence to recognize the anniversary. Today seemed like a good...
Chris Weigant | Posted February 29, 2008 | Politics
Happy Leap Day!
Because we are given an extra day this year, I would like to spend it in a good old fashioned Bush-bash. Maybe it's because everyone's focused on the election, or maybe the entire country just doesn't want to think about President Bush anymore, but I feel that...
Dennis Perrin | Posted February 26, 2008 | Politics
Having completed a little tome about the gallons of blood guzzled by Democrats over numerous decades, I was stopped by an AP headline this morning that read, "Anti-war Democrats ponder next step."
Hmm. Must be about Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel anticipating more shit storms...
LA Times | DeeDee Correll | February 4, 2008 09:55 AM
John W. Whitehead | Posted January 23, 2008 | Politics
At first glance, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 may not seem dangerous. Yet nothing is ever what it seems, and this bill is no exception.
On its face, the Act, which was approved in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 404...
Eli Pariser | Posted January 18, 2008 | Politics
Here's MoveOn's plan: After consulting with MoveOn members, we're about to launch an aggressive new campaign to bring our troops home as soon as possible.
More Americans than ever oppose the war. Yet all the major contenders for the Republican nomination support it, and Congress is unable or...
Tom Andrews | Posted January 17, 2008 | Politics
A foolish headline in today's Politico suggests that the anti-Iraq War movement is planning a retreat. Nothing could be further from the truth. I'm the national director of one of the largest anti-war coalitions in the country, Win Without War, and I can tell you we're not retreating one...
John Bruhns | Posted January 11, 2008 | Politics
John Bruhns | Posted November 23, 2007 | Politics
I would like to start this blog by saying it has been my life's honor to serve with my fellow troops. I will never forget what I went through along side them in Iraq . In retrospect, anything I did "over there" was for them - I did it for...
John Bruhns | Posted November 21, 2007 | Politics
This past Monday the Philadelphia Daily News ran an op-ed that I wrote expressing my frustrations with big money anti-war lobbying organizations. Particularly the groups that I worked side by side with. However, the piece that I wrote needs to be elaborated on further.
I have...
Eric Stoner | Posted October 2, 2007 | Politics
While recent polls reveal that 60 to 70 percent of Americans have soured on the war in Iraq, most of these people should not be mistakenly labeled "antiwar."
Many of those calling for the troops to come home could more properly be called "anti-this-war." "We never should have...
Fox News | Roger Friedman | September 27, 2007 11:15 AM
Chris Weigant | Posted September 17, 2007 | Politics
First, a happy Constitution Day to everyone! Since, as this Huffington Post article points out, this is a rather obscure and wonkish holiday, we begin with a quiz: What do the phrases: "falsely shouting fire in a theater" and "clear and present danger" have to do with each other?...
Los Angeles Times | Tom O'Neil | September 16, 2007 11:41 PM
The New York Times | MICHAEL LUO and JEFF ZELENY | September 14, 2007 10:55 PM
Chris Weigant | Posted September 3, 2007 | Politics
The long weekend is almost over, which means it's time to announce the winners of our anti-war slogan contest.
Once again, there was a flood of excellent entries, making it extremely difficult to pick winners out of the field.
As always, winners receive absolutely nothing, other than bragging rights....
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Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted March 26, 2008 | Media