283 BASES, 170,000 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, 140,000 TROOPS, AND AN ARMY OF MERCENARIES: THE LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE IN IRAQ
By Jeremy Scahill
AlterNet
March 30, 2009
With last week's announced escalation of the war in Afghanistan, including an Iraq-like "surge" replete with 4,000 more U.S. troops and a sizable increase in private contractors...
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OBAMA'S NUCLEAR WAR
By Mark Thompson
Time
January 26, 2009
The latest U.S. nuclear showdown doesn't involve any foreign enemy. Instead, it pits President Barack Obama against his Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, and concerns the question...
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VISION FOR A NEW FOREIGN POLICY
By Cora Weiss
The Nation
January 6, 2009
Peace activist Cora Weiss delivered this speech at the 28th annual Conference for Peace sponsored by the New Jersey Coalition for Peace Action at Princeton University November 16, 2008...
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BUSH: ONLY TIME WILL TELL ABOUT HIS LEGACY
By Carolyn Lochhead
San Francisco Chronicle
January 4, 2009
Love him or hate him, George W. Bush leaves office among the most consequential presidents in modern history. Like his home state of Texas, his presidency was big...
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ISRAEL'S ENDGAME
By John Barry
Newsweek
December 29, 2008
The attack on Gaza shows that the Olmert government feels it may be running out of options. Does the Gaza offensive signal that the Israeli government has decided to embark...
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OBAMA NEEDS A PROTEST MOVEMENT
By Frances Fox Piven
The Nation
November 15, 2008
The astonishing election of 2008 is over. Whatever else the future holds, the unchallenged domination of American national government by big business and the political right has been broken...
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WE HAVE THE MONEY — IF ONLY WE DIDN'T WASTE IT ON THE DEFENSE BUDGET
By Chalmers Johnson
Tom Dispatch
September 29, 2008
There has been much moaning, air-sucking, and outrage about the $700 billion that the U.S. government is thinking of throwing away on rich New York bankers...
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NUCLEAR BAN? START WITH U.S.
By Lawrence S. Wittner
Times Union
August 3, 2008
The world's nine nuclear powers continue to cling to some 27,000 nuclear weapons, almost all of them more deadly than that first atomic bomb...
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Just in time to counter the rosy perspective of General Surge and Ambassador Occupation.
—a report that reflects the people's perspective.
New York State has four
new representatives - all of whom are tepidly to
adamantly against the war. This brings New York State's
total up to 18 congress people mostly against the war,
3 who are on the fence and 8 who support it. Peace Action
of New York State is organizing a huge campaign to coordinate
visits in all of New York's 29 districts to turn
election time anti-war rhetoric into results. We also need
to monitor work on nuclear proliferation, Iran, and cooperation
with the world community to eliminate torture and small
arms sales to human rights abusing countries.