Last month we got a record $1700 from readers who bought stuff on Amazon.com by clicking on the Antiwar.com Amazon link on the front page (or by bookmarking our auto-link to Amazon). When you click on the Antiwar.com link to Amazon, everything you buy on that visit...
Ron Paul on the Afghan Surge
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) on the possibility of stopping a US surge in Afghanistan.
Civility, 2007-Style: Hanging George Bush
Some people who are outraged by anti-Obama placards have forgotten that, only a few years ago, many people were condemning George Bush in terms as harsh or harsher. Here is a picture I took at an antiwar rally in Washington in January 2007. The sign - "What's good for...
Daniel Ellsberg: The Most Dangerous Man in America
More like The Most Heroic Man in America. Daniel Ellsberg is the subject of a new documentary: Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. The movie is opening today in selected theaters. Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman interviewed Ellsberg...
Military to share classified intel with state and local fusion centers
Correct me if I am wrong, but this must spell an unprecedented level of domestic intelligence sharing. One wonders, is the sharing between the DoD and fusion centers -- which incorporate local, state and federal law enforcement and homeland security agencies -- both...
Busily Making More Enemies in Pakistan
U.S. policy is succeeding brilliantly ... in making more enemies in Pakistan. Reports McClatchy Newspapers: For weeks now, the Pakistani media have portrayed America, its military and defense contractors in the darkest of lights, all part of an apparent campaign of...
A Good First Step on Cuba
President Barack Obama has relaxed controls over contact with Cuba. Reports the Washington Post: The Treasury Department formally lifted nearly all U.S. restrictions on family travel to Cuba on Thursday, along with limits on how much money families can send to...
From the People (And Sarah Palin!) Who Brought Us the Iraq War
The same neo-conservatives (and some new ones like Sarah Palin(!), plus Amb. Ryan Crocker) who created the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) 12 years ago and subsequently campaigned ceaselessly for the ouster and invasion of Iraq have just called on Pres....
Google News continues to label Antiwar.com as “satire”
UPDATE: Google News says "We should begin to show your original site name "Antiwar.com" within a few days. We appreciate your patience during this process." I don't know why it would take this long. Unfortuantely, Google News continues to label all Antiwar.com...
The End of Freedom Communications? (maybe not)
In 1972, when I was a young political activist working in the antiwar and pro-marijuana movements, I became aware of the Orange County Register. I was working at the campaign office for Prop. 19, the first California marijuana initiative. Word came in that the main...
