In Alex Cockburn's Counterpunch, John Walsh complains that United for Justice and Peace, the old-line leftie antiwar umbrella organization, excluded anyone hostile to the Democratic party from the platform of its latest (and smallest) Washington demonstration. Ralph...
Warmongering Wusses
Ever notice how many of those who are the keenest to torture and kill can't take the slightest criticism? Doug Bandow highlights a Japan Today article on how Dick "F*ck Yourself" Cheney deals with the sting of fairly obvious observations.
Iran Supplying IEDs to Sunni Insurgency?
(Updated below) I first debunked this pathetic lie 11 months ago (a few days after Bush unveiled it): While President Bush was threatening Iran on Monday, he blamed the Iraqi Shiites and Iran for the insurgency. According to the AFP, Bush said that: “Tehran has been...
Amazing Development in Media Technology
The New York Times reporter behind this story is actually a tape recorder. (There's some disagreement on the matter, however: Editor & Publisher claims that Michael R. Gordon is a sentient creature of some sort.)
Great Guests on CSPAN2 Today
Today on CSPAN2, some great shows: Barry Lando, author of Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush (recently interviewed on Antiwar Radio): 2-3pm (EST) Elizabeth de la Vega, author of United States v. George...
David Mitchell
Antiwar Radio: David Mitchell Former Vietnam War resister David Mitchell discusses his own case, the trial of Lt. Ehren Watada and the larger issue of men being forced to obey illegal orders. MP3 here. (15:48)
9/11 — What Did the Israelis Know?
A new piece by the talented Christopher Ketcham in Counterpunch relates a story well-known to longtime readers of Antiwar.com: we were, after all, the first to write about the Israeli connection to the events of 9/11. A month later, Carl Cameron came out with his...
Jon Basil Utley
Antiwar Radio: Jon Basil Utley Journalist Jon Basil Utley talks about the anti-Communist legacy of his mother Freda, who lost China, his post-Cold War break with the pro-empire "conservative" movement, the Armageddon Lobby and some of the possible consequences of a...
Anthony Gregory
Antiwar Radio: Anthony Gregory The Independent Institute's Anthony Gregory discusses the Left, Right, Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives, libertarians, war and a State out of control. MP3 here. (29:45) Anthony Gregory is a research analyst at the...
Tony Swindell
Antiwar Radio: Tony Swindell Vietnam veteran and newspaper editor Tony Swindell tells the story (he was there that day) of Hugh Thompson and the My Lai massacre, how the Army destroyed Thompson for his heroic actions, the terrible fact that his predictions about Iraq...