War and Antiwar

  • Israel is trying to stifle an international outcry after soldiers' accounts of atrocities during the war on Gaza appeared in the press. March 31, 2009

  • What other explanation could there be for Canada allowing George W. Bush in to speak, but barring British antiwar leader George Galloway? March 27, 2009

  • A military resister explains that the Army's actions against him for refusing to deploy to Iraq are coming to a head in April. March 26, 2009

  • Thousands of antiwar demonstrators marked the sixth anniversary of war on Iraq at protests on March 21. March 23, 2009

  • Barack Obama is continuing a troop buildup in Afghanistan begun by George W. Bush, but support for the U.S./NATO occupation is still eroding. March 20, 2009

  • Two new studies reveal the devastating toll on Iraq's surviving population in the wake of the U.S. invasion and occupation. March 18, 2009

  • Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, plus family members and activists, came together for a Winter Soldier event in Austin, Texas. March 10, 2009

  • The military health-care system remains overburdened, while suicides by soldiers have hit their highest rate in three decades. March 4, 2009

  • Barack Obama's decision to maintain a "residual" occupying force is shaped by the conventional wisdom that the U.S. is finally winning in Iraq. It's not. March 2, 2009

  • Israel's Gaza assault has stirred a commitment among people around the world that the time has come to do something about the war on Palestinians. February 27, 2009

  • While Barack Obama prepares to scale back the U.S. occupation of Iraq, he's ramping up the American military machine in Afghanistan. February 25, 2009

  • Falluja is filled with the shells of buildings pulverized by U.S. weaponry. But a new U.S. strategy has made Sheik Aifan Sadun the richest man in town. February 20, 2009

  • With the Taliban displaying new strength, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is increasingly looking like the fall guy for Western failures. February 16, 2009

  • An antiwar veteran examines the claims of two military recruiters that they are providing a service to students looking for a career. February 10, 2009

  • Barack Obama is honoring a campaign pledge to close the U.S. prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, but there are omissions and inconsistencies in his actions. January 28, 2009

  • Juan Cole's proposal that supporters of Palestinian rights need to form a "peace" lobby to counteract the "Israel lobby" is wrong on a number of points. January 20, 2009

  • Israel declared a "cease-fire" after a 23-day onslaught on Gaza, but reports continued of attacks on Palestinians. January 19, 2009

  • The Israel media and government claim that Israel is carrying out a moral military campaign against Hamas. January 19, 2009

  • Israel's war on Gaza has raised a longstanding debate with sections of the antiwar movement that have tried to avoid the issue of Palestine. January 15, 2009

  • Israel claims it is defending itself against Hamas rockets, and it is using some of the most powerful and deadly weaponry in the world to do so. January 13, 2009

  • Gaza has been plunged into a living nightmare as Israel's war on Palestinians claims more victims every day--men, women and children alike. January 12, 2009

  • A national student coalition calls on fellow activists to make their voices heard in opposition to the onslaught on Gaza. January 9, 2009

  • There is one sad, near certainty about 2009: the war in Afghanistan will grow bloodier, more brutal and more dangerous to the region. January 6, 2009

  • The national convention of the main U.S. antiwar coalition left a number of questions unanswered about the movement's future. December 19, 2008

  • An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George Bush during a press conference has become a hero to Iraqis who hate the U.S. occupation. December 17, 2008