Anti-War Movement

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Sam Stein

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Clinton Camp Won't Say How Hillary Disagrees With MoveOn

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Sam Stein   |   April 21, 2008 02:23 PM


There was a significant dose of stonewalling on Monday's conference call with aides to Sen. Hillary Clinton. Asked to explain what areas of disagreement the senator had with the Democratic activist group Moveon.org -- which Clinton said she had clashed...

Clinton Slams Democratic Activists At Private Fundraiser

Celeste Fremon | Posted April 18, 2008 | Politics


Celeste Fremon At a small closed-door fundraiser after Super Tuesday, Sen. Hillary Clinton blamed what she called the "activist base" of the Democratic Party -- and MoveOn.org in particular -- for many of her electoral defeats, saying activists had "flooded" state caucuses and "intimidated" her supporters, according to an audio recording of...

A Misunderstanding on Iraq

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted March 26, 2008 | Media


Katrina vanden Heuvel Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill are valued contributors to The Nation. Their writing and reporting are essential to the magazine's journalistic work and impact. However, their Huffington Post column, "Players, Not Cheerleaders" reflects a serious misunderstanding of The Nation's role in this election when it comes to ending this...

CNN Response to War Coverage Criticism? Just Call 'em "Rabid"

Josh Silver | Posted March 26, 2008 | Media


Josh Silver

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."

Players, Not Cheerleaders

Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill | Posted March 26, 2008 | Politics


Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill

"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...

Anti-War Dems? Where?

Dennis Perrin | Posted February 26, 2008 | Politics


Dennis Perrin

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...

Was Encounter With Cheney A Touch, A Slap Or A Shove?

LA Times   |  DeeDee Correll   |   February 4, 2008 09:55 AM


No one can agree on what exactly happened the day a Colorado man spotted Dick Cheney strolling the streets of a ski resort town and decided to give the vice president a piece of his mind. Steve Howards, 55, says...

Are You a Homegrown Terrorist?

John W. Whitehead | Posted January 23, 2008 | Politics


John W. Whitehead

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...

What's Next for the Anti-War Movement?

Eli Pariser | Posted January 18, 2008 | Politics


Eli Pariser

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...

Engaging The Other Side

John Bruhns | Posted December 10, 2007 | Politics


John Bruhns

This past weekend I attended an anti-war demonstration in West Chester, Pennsylvania. There were a couple stories written about it recently in the Philadelphia Inquirer that caught my attention. While I won't be a regular attendee I wanted to show my face there at least once to see...

Meet the New American Revolutionaries!

Linda Milazzo | Posted December 4, 2007 | Politics


Linda Milazzo

With our beloved Constitution under attack, and new legislation (H.R. 1955 and S. 1959) that will further usurp our freedoms, Americans are reaching back into history for the familiarity of their Revolutionary past. American freedom fighters, determined to reNEW their democracy, are digging into the fashion of their Founders, donning...

Trial By Fire Hose

Robert Koehler | Posted November 30, 2007 | Politics


Robert Koehler

"This is America, get used to it."

A generation ago -- well, two, perhaps -- such a comment, surfacing with malicious anonymity at a Deep South high school, along with Confederate flags, swastikas and scrawled references to "white power," would have been meant as friendly advice to uppity integrationists and...

Volunteering On A Two Front War

John Bruhns | Posted November 23, 2007 | Politics


John Bruhns

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...

Courage of my Convictions

John Bruhns | Posted November 21, 2007 | Politics


John Bruhns

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...

Captured Red-Handed By the Media - At Last

Linda Milazzo | Posted October 31, 2007 | Politics


Linda Milazzo

After six years of America's mainstream media bowing to its corporate mandate to ignore all opposition to George W. Bush, a media miracle has happened. Thanks to the great camera work of AP photographer Charles Dharapak, the American anti-war movement has been revealed to the world. In one flash of...

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Return Of Reid Aide Applauded By Anti-War Figures

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Sam Stein   |   October 24, 2007 04:20 PM


The anti-war movement had a small but important victory today, not in the form of legislation on Iraq, but rather in the reemergence of a prominent aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV. Susan McCue, who held the title...

 

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