“Patriotism is not pinning a flag pin to one lapel to free up both hands, so you can tear up the U.S. Constitution.†-Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in The Warning. The new production company/website Truthtopower.tv has just released its powerful first film, The Warning,...
Raimondo, Penn, Sheehan Protest 5 Years in Iraq in SF 3/16/08
Antiwar.com Editorial Director Justin Raimondo will be speaking in San Francisco, CA this Sunday, March 16th at "Iraq: 5 Years Too Many," an event marking the fifth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Actor Sean_Penn (a longtime activist who recently lent his...
War Made Easy: Coming To A Theatre Near You
The documentary War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us To Death (based on Norman Solomon's book of the same title) is now playing at movie theatres and other independent venues throughout the United States. The movie, narrated by actor Sean Penn,...
New PBS Series: “America at a Crossroads”
April 15th-20th, PBS will be airing America at a Crossroads, a series of eleven independently produced documentaries, each focusing on a different aspect of "the challenges confronting the post-9/11 world," including the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the internal...
New Play Explores Genesis of Iraq War
Previews of David Hare’s new play Stuff Happens began last night at New York City’s Public Theater. The play explores the reasons for the war in Iraq using characters ripped from the headlines; actors actually play Bush, Powell, Blair, Rice and Rumsfeld, transforming...
Play Stirs Memories of Falklands War
Oakland, CA: TheatreFIRST is producing a rare revival of playwright Robert Holman’s abstract portrait of the lingering effects of war, Making Noise Quietly. In three one-act plays, Holman gives playgoers a glimpse at war’s more rarely acknowledged consequences and...
Attention SF Bay Area Readers
If you are an Antiwar.com reader living near our home office in the San Francisco Bay Area, we’d like to ask for your help! We are looking for a volunteer to help us with processing donations. The job isn’t for thrill-seekers; it would mostly involve data entry, and...
Raimondo to Speak at Whittier Law School Tuesday
Antiwar.com Editorial Director Justin Raimondo will be speaking at Whittier Law School tomorrow, Tuesday, March 15 from 12-2 p.m. His topic will be the media's responsibility to report the truth. The speech will be free and open to the public. Directions: Whittier Law...
“Economic Draft” Stepped Up
According to Mark Kassis' letter to the editor of Ames, IA's Tribune newspaper (12/9/04, print edition), the "economic draft" is gaining strength. Kassis writes that his son, a college student, recently received an offer from the US Army of "up to $20,000 enlistment...
1937 Anti-War Musical Revived in San Francisco
This Saturday, 42nd Street Moon’s new production of the Broadway Musical Hooray for What! opens in San Francisco. This will be the first time the Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg show has been performed in its entirety since its original run and tour in 1937-38, and its...
