If you are an Antiwar.com reader like me, you are no doubt fed up with the lies, both of commission and omission, that pour out of the NYT, NPR and lesser mainstream media outlets, when it comes to Ukraine.And if you are like me, you are worried over the political...
An Assault From Obama’s Escalating War on Journalism
In a memoir published this year, the CIA’s former top legal officer John Rizzo says that on the last day of 2005 a panicky White House tried to figure out how to prevent the distribution of a book by New York Times reporter James Risen. Officials were upset...
Sisi Is Torture and Suffering, Confirms Sisi
Orchestrating a military coup against a demcoratically elected government, leading a junta that killed thousands of protesters and has sentenced many more to death for organizing those protests, Egypt's incoming president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is worried people think...
A Pivot on the Peace Island
Jeju Island, South Korea – For the past two weeks, I’ve been in the Republic of Korea (ROK), as a guest of peace activists living in Gangjeong Village on ROK’s Jeju Island. Gangjeong is one of the ROK’s smallest villages, yet activists here, in their struggle against...
Kerry’s Nigeria Comments Reflect Administration’s Conceit
Speaking Thursday at a State Department dinner, Secretary of State John Kerry said of Nigeria that "only the United States is there offering the assistance to help find those young woman," adding "other countries, not only aren't they invited, but they did not even...
Ralph Nader’s Left/Right Against War and More
On Tuesday May 27, 2014 from 9AM-5PM, Ralph Nader and the Center for Study of Responsive Law will be hosting a free all day event on war, civil liberties and crony capitalism at Carnegie Institute of Washington at 1530 P Street NW Washington, D.C. Registration begins...
Standing Up, One Year Later: President Obama’s Broken Foreign Policy Promises
A year ago, on May 23, 2013, I was in the audience at the National Defense University when President Barack Obama gave his major foreign policy address. Having worked for years trying to close the Guantanamo prison and stop US drone attacks, I was crushed to realize...
Gabiel Kolko, RIP
Gabriel Kolko died yesterday (May 19, 2014) peacefully at his home in Amsterdam. He was 82.Kolko was an American historian who wrote about the close connection between the government and big business throughout the Progressive Era and the Cold War. He was considered a...
Fortress Latvia: NATO’s Indefensible Baltics Policy
With an eye on the New Cold War, NATO officials have been examining existing defense plans and are finding, much to the delight of those advocating more spending, a stark reality: the Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are not prepared to fight off a...
An FBI Birthday Card Specially for Antiwar.com?
The Greg Abbott campaign crafted this birthday card for their supporters to send to Wendy Davis, his Democratic opponent in the race for the U.S. Senate in Texas. I'm not sure that they wish Wendy well. The card could also be sent to Antiwar.com, which is now...
