War and Antiwar : Jeremy Scahill The author of the best-selling book Blackwater discusses the impact of the privatization of war and how this issue is affecting the 2008 election.
July 9, 2008 Suicides among veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan now likely exceed combat deaths, but the government is trying to keep the crisis quiet.
July 4, 2008 : Mateo Rebecchi An IVAW member explains what went into the 800-strong Northwest Regional Winter Soldier hearing in Seattle, and what vets and activists are planning next.
June 18, 2008 : Eric Ruder The biggest problem for the movement isn't that millions of people are frightened of it, but that the antiwar majority has no active outlet to express opposition.
June 16, 2008 In a blow to the Bush administration, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prisoners of the "war on terror" can appeal to federal courts.
June 16, 2008 : Martin Smith Gen. William Odom had become a darling of the Bush administration's opponents, but his "antiwar" stance came from a disagreement over tactics, not aims.
June 10, 2008 : Dahr Jamail Dozens of antiwar veterans converged on Seattle to share stories of atrocities being committed in Iraq at the Northwest Regional Winter Soldier hearings.
June 6, 2008 : Anthony Arnove Millions of his supporters believe he is committed to a radically different course for U.S. foreign policy. But is Barack Obama really the anti-warrior he is made out to be?
June 4, 2008 : Mathis Chiroux A member of Iraq Veterans Against the War who served in Afghanistan and beyond explains why he decided to defy orders to deploy to Iraq.
May 23, 2008 : Michael Schwartz Out of view of the U.S. media, American forces have been continuing an escalation in violence in Iraq that is claiming more lives.
May 21, 2008 : Paul D'Amato While the racist colonial jargon of old may be gone, the talk about making Iraq pay for its occupation proves that what replaced it isn’t much different.
May 15, 2008 : Eric Ruder Prominent Democratic lawmakers are demanding that Iraqis pay for reconstructing their country from the damage inflicted by the U.S. occupation.
May 12, 2008 : Michael Klare The growing global demand for energy is driving the world's military powers into confrontations to control the earth's dwindling resources.
May 9, 2008 A Pentagon program for lining up retired officers to appear in the media as independent "analysts" has been exposed.
May 7, 2008 A recent class-action lawsuit has exposed the failure of the Veterans Administration to provide adequate mental health treatment to former soldiers.
May 6, 2008 Iraqi security forces may have carried out summary executions, according to revelations that once again expose the scale of brutality in "liberated" Iraq.
April 11, 2008 How did the Sadrist movement arise, and what are its conflict with other Shia forces? A book by Patrick Cockburn provides answers.
April 11, 2008 : Patrick Cockburn Journalist Patrick Cockburn explains the background to the eruption of renewed combat in Iraq and what it means for the future.
April 4, 2008 For three days, a stream of veterans took the stage to describe their experiences at the front lines as part of "Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan."
March 21, 2008 : Eric Ruder The veterans and active-duty soldiers who gather for Winter Soldier in Washington will be following in the footsteps of antiwar vets during Vietnam.
March 14, 2008 Socialist Worker talked to veterans from three wars--and participants in the Winter Soldier hearings, then and now--about their experiences.
March 14, 2008 Political prisoner Sami Al-Arian is putting his life on the line again in a protest against the renewal of a government witch-hunt against him.
March 14, 2008 More than 200 veterans and active-duty troops from Iraq and Afghanistan will participate in the four-day "Winter Soldier" event in Washington.
March 7, 2008 At Fort Drum in New York, the U.S. Army tried to save a buck by preventing returning soldiers from getting the benefits they deserve.
February 15, 2008
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