Opposing the Wars at Occupy Wall Street
For some demonstrators, the name of the Occupy Wall Street protest is especially ironic: those whose primary concerns are the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
For some demonstrators, the name of the Occupy Wall Street protest is especially ironic: those whose primary concerns are the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ted Balaker | Posted 05.25.2011
True conservatives recognize that, whether it's public education or national defense, more spending doesn't guarantee better results. Maybe it is time for the antiwar left and Tea Party to team up in support of defense cuts and ending the wars.
HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011
Even as President Obama on Thursday attempts to put a good face on the war in Afghanistan, Vietnam-era whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and several dozen...
Harmon Leon | Posted 05.25.2011
So we had the first big Obama-era war protest. How did it rate? To be honest it seemed to lack focus. On Saturday, it appeared that the majority of...
The Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 05.25.2011
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had barely begun to give his acceptance speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention when a clamor went up in the uppe...
Salam Al Marayati | Posted 05.25.2011
To divert planes and stop people from entering the United States because they disagree with our government policies undermines the principles underpinning our open society.
Susan Eleuterio | Posted 05.25.2011
Noblesville, Indiana -- A group of intrepid peace activist Hoosiers (members of CodePINK, Women for Peace) braved a Sarah Palin rally in Noblesville, ...
Jeanine Molloff | Posted 05.25.2011
Washington University in St. Louis was the setting for the Vice Presidential Debate yesterday evening. Picture perfect, against a sedate Midwestern s...
Jill Gentillon | Posted 05.25.2011
On one side, signs carried tallies of the number dead and the cost of the Iraq war. On the other side, signs honored Gen. Petraeus as "man of the year" and called the marchers the "Al Qaeda Fan Club."
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011
For those who want troops out, "you've got more holes in here than Swiss cheese," said Tom Andrews, national director of the war protest group Win Wit...
Eamon Murphy | Posted 12.10.2011