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Antiwar Movement

Some Simple Questions After Obama's Afghanistan War Speech

David Sirota | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan War, Obama Afghanistan, Cnn, Military Industrial Complex, Antiwar Movement, Afghanistan Surge, Vietnam War, Politics News
David Sirota

Where's the antiwar movement and the marches and the organizing and the protesting? Where are all those well-funded groups that protested George W. Bush's war policy?

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For Liberty Examines the Kingmakers

J. Bradley Jansen | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Boaz, War on Terror, Rasmussen Poll, Antiwar Movement, Grassroots, Markos Moulitsas, Ron Paul, George W. Bush, David Kirby, Thomas Jefferson, Libertarian, Campaign for Liberty, Republican Convention, 2008 Election, CNN Poll, Arianna Huffington, Afghanistan War, Daily Kos, Iraq War, Nicholas Sanchez, Joe Scarborough, Tax Day Tea Parties, For Liberty, David Brooks, Alternative Media, Grover Norquist, Tea Party, Republican Party, Swing Voters, Republicans, 2010 Elections, 2012 Election, Politics News
J. Bradley Jansen

The documentary For Liberty beautifully shows us what Markos Mousitlas called the only true people-powered campaign in 2008: Ron Paul's campaign.

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The Antiwar Protester Who Set Himself on Fire Under Robert McNamara's Window

Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Norman Morrison, Robert McNamara, Vietnam, Robert McNamara Dies, In Retrospect, Antiwar Movement, Vietnam Protests, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

Norman Morrison, a Quaker from Baltimore, handed his infant daughter off to a bystander, doused himself with kerosene and set himself ablaze under McNamara's window at the Pentagon.

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While Obama Escalates War in Afghanistan, Iraq Could Blow Up in His Face

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Surge, Obama Afghanistan, Moqtada Al-Sadr, Thomas Ricks Fiasco, MoveOn.Org, Success of the Surge, Antiwar Movement, Afghanistan, Obama Iraq Withdrawal, Afghanistan Escalation, Iraq Occupation, Iraq Withdrawal, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Thomas Ricks, Myth of Iraq Surge Success, Iraq, Sunni Awakening, Obama Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, World News
Jeremy Scahill

There is great reason to suspect that the timeline for withdrawal -- all troops out by 2011 -- announced in February by the Obama administration will prove to be a fallacy.

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With Stimulus Bill Passed, Will "Antiwar" Pressure Now Build?

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.17.2009 | World

Read More: Obama, Iraq, Afghanistan, Airstrikes, Iraq Pullout, Lbj, Warwire, Antiwar Movement, Pakistan, Economy, World News
Greg Mitchell

Like the economic crisis, I'm sure Obama would rather not be saddled with the wars that continue from the Bush era, but now it's on him.

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Why Obama Cheered the Surge on O'Reilly

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Iraq War, The Surge, Barack Obama, Antiwar Movement, Presidential Politics, MoveOn.Org, Gop, Bill O'Reilly, Democrats, John McCain, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

What could Obama have possibly been thinking when he told Bill O'Reilly that the Iraq war surge is not only working but working beyond his wildest dreams?

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