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News
Dec 16, 2010
Police arrest 100-plus anti-war demonstrators at White House fence. Three of our Wage Peace members were there!
Still Relevant:
June 17, 2008
One of the consequences of a climate of war and violence is the turning of human beings into inhuman beings! The truth about torture and abuse are flowing out! See below.
Report Questions Pentagon Accounts: Officials Looked Into Interrogation Methods Early On
Probe: Officials warned about harsh interrogation
Report: Exams prove abuse, torture in Iraq, Gitmo
Apr 21, 2008
This is certainly no surprise to us, but here is the whole story from the NY Times:
Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand
Mar 25, 2008
View local coverage of Wage Peace vigil marking the 4000th death in Iraq:
First Coast News
News4Jax
Jan 23, 2008:
False Pretenses - Following 9/11, President Bush and seven top officials of his administration waged a carefully orchestrated campaign of misinformation about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
Read the report by Public Integrity.
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Opinions
September 5, 2009
Here's an excellent column by Bob Herbert of the NY Times.
Reliving the Past
This is kind of long, but a good read.
Afghanistan for Dummies
Here's a "must-read" for everybody!
Living in a Culture of Cruelty: Democracy as Spectacle
July 16, 2009
The Democrats' Selective Amnesia on Assassination: Clinton Did It and Obama Does It Too
February 5, 2009
Why Are We Still at War?
Bill Moyers Journal - January 30, 2009
Two important books, "Bombing Civilians: A 20th Century History," with Marilyn Young, and "America's Defense Meltdown: Pentagon Reform for President Obama and the New Congress," with an important chapter from Pierre Sprey.
January 14, 2009
An excellent essay by Rep John Conyers on why he must pursue investgation of the Bush regime.
Why We Have to Look Back
January 4, 2009
Two very good essays:
War Talk, the Death of the Social, and Disappearing Children: A Lesson for Obama
The War in Common
Timeless:
Here's a good summary of US military inteventions by Dr. Zoltan Grossman. Does this sound like a peaceful nation?
FROM WOUNDED KNEE TO IRAQ: A CENTURY OF U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTIONS
Here is Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech about war delivered 4 April 1967 at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City. It is remarkable to listen to the audio!
Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence
Here are a couple of offerings from author Naomi Wolf:
- Talk by Naomi Wolf author of "The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot" given October 11, 2007 at Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus. This is 47 minutes but it's worth it!
- A "Paper Coup" - a short essay
Daniel Ellsberg, the former Defense Department analyst who leaked the secret Pentagon Papers history of the Vietnam War, offered insights into the looming war with Iran and the loss of liberty in the United States at an American University symposium on Sept. 20. Below is an edited transcript:
"A Coup Has Occurred" by Daniel Ellsberg
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