Happy Birthday to Justin Raimondo: Remembering Antiwar.com’s Co-Founder

Antiwar.com co-founder Justin Raimondo passed in 2019.  He would have been 73 today.

Justin had been a close friend and political partner of mine since 1976.   We started Antiwar.com in 1995.

You can read about his life here.   He wrote close to 3,000 articles for Antiwar.com which you can read here.

Here is a mostly-complete archive of Libertarian Vanguard, the newspaper of the first Libertarian Party Radical Caucus, which was run by Justin Raimondo, Eric Garris, Murray Rothbard, Roy Childs, Colin Hunter, Bob Costello,  Chris Weber, Diane Pilcher, Scott Olmsted, Johnnie Gilman, and others.   Justin Raimondo was the editor and wrote most of the content.  It existed from 1979 to 1984 and operated out of Libertarian Books and Periodicals in San Francisco.

Justin wrote a regular column for Chronicles MagazineHis archive is available here.    They will allow you to read two articles at no cost but then require you to subscribe.

His book Reclaiming the American Right is an excellent history and analysis of neoconservationism.   He also wrote the best biography of Murray Rotherbard, An Enemy of the State.

We at Antiwar.com all miss Justin very much.

American Surgeon Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Who Volunteered in Gaza, Interviewed by Dave DeCamp

Antiwar.com news editor Dave DeCamp interviews California trauma surgeon Feroze Sidhwa. Dr. Feroze saw real trauma in Gaza as a volunteer earlier this year.

He was one of 99 American healthcare workers in Gaza who released an open letter to the White House pleading for an end to Israel’s bombing of little children.

Dr. Sidhwa wrote a letter urging support for Antiwar.com’s fund drive.

Dr. Feroze Sidhwa on the Kim Iverson Show

California trauma surgeon Feroze Sidhwa saw real trauma in Gaza. He saved children who had been shredded by bombs.  Dr. Sidhwa appeared on the Kim Iverson Show to talk about his experiences in Gaza, as well as the repercussions against healthcare workers who are trying to aid the Palestinians.

Dr. Sidhwa has written a letter urging people to contribute to Antiwar.com during our fundraising drive.

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Israelis Riot To Free IDF Torturers

Warning:   This has graphic narrative content, discretion is advised.

Yesterday, Israeli police detained Israeli soldiers who were suspected of raping a Palestinian prisoner at the notorious Sde Teiman prison in southern Israel.  Israeli soldiers at the facility refused to leave and barricaded themselves in. They also reportedly used pepper spray on the military police.  Members of the Israeli Knesset joined protesters as they stormed Sde Teiman.

Antiwar.com news editor Dave DeCamp wrote up this story last night.

Video below is from Breaking Points today:

The reaction of Israeli officials is described in this video, it is appalling.