Protesters prepare for Saturday's antiwar demonstration
Maggie Pondolfino has a 24-year-old son who is a soldier serving in Afghanistan -- "he's honorable, courageous, has a lot of integrity and he loves his mother," she said. Which is why, in part, she said she will be marching in an antiwar demonstration Saturday to bring him and other ...
Cindy Sheehan camps out on National Mall
Washington - Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, who became a household name for protesting outside of former President Bush's Texas ranch, is now camping out on the soggy grounds of the Washington Monument in an effort to draw attention to her cause.Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, said she and ...
Antiwar Activists Plan Nationwide Protests to Mark Seventh Anniversary of Iraq Invasion
Antiwar activists are gearing up to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq with a weeklong series of events to protest the ongoing occupation of the country.The US invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003. Then-President George W. Bush and top administration officials told the American people Saddam ...
Healthcare Not Warfare Vigils in 82 Districts on March 17th
Labor and advocacy groups organized "brown bag" lunch vigils against war funding in 22 congressional districts in January and 67 in February. Currently 82 are planned for March 17th, with more being added. Organizations participating include: Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), AfterDowningStreet, the Backbone Campaign, Democrats.com, the California Nurses Association ...
Sheehan Restarting Peace Campaign With Washington Rally
Washington, DC -- Tents are going up near the Washington Monument as anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has renewed her campaign to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Sheehan and her group, Peace of the Action, has initiated what is called "Camp OUT NOW," where she and others in the ...
Activist Cindy Sheehan revives anti-war efforts
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is restarting her campaign against wars in Iraq and Afghanistan today, setting up tents and teaching protest seminars near the Washington Monument.Dubbed "Camp OUT NOW," the protest is geared to pressure President Obama and Democrats, whom Sheehan says have abandoned the anti-war cause now that they ...
Sheehan turning attention to Obama, camping out at Washington Monument
Cindy Sheehan is about to start another anti-war camp. This one will be in Washington, and it could conceivably last for months. The problem?“I’m kind of over the whole camping thing,” she admits.It’s a fair enough statement for Sheehan, who gained international attention in 2005 for “Camp Casey,” a five-week ...
Windsor border agents allow U.S. peace activist into Canada
A prominent U.S. peace activist who has previously been refused entry to Canada crossed the border into Windsor Monday afternoon after three hours of questioning by Canadian border agents.“I guess they didn’t find my offences so offensive,” joked Ann Wright shortly after emerging from the tunnel into Windsor.The 63-year-old former ...
War's death toll brings out protesters
Local anti-war protesters, marking what they count as the 1,000th American killed in action in Afghanistan, staged a demonstration Tuesday night in Daytona Beach. The death toll differs from the count of the U.S. Department of Defense, which reports 916 total soldiers have been killed in action in and around ...
Vigil for 1000 deaths in Afghanistan
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Over the weekend, the number of American troops killed in Afghanistan hit 1000. To mark that milestone, several people held a vigil in downtown Fort Wayne Tuesday night. They gathered at the corner of Clinton and Berry and held signs that said "U.S. Out of ...
Rain-Drenched, Wind-Tossed NYC Peace Grannies Hold Memorial for 1,000 Dead G.I.s in Afghanistan
It seems as if most of our U.S. populace has forgotten that U.S. soldiers are dying in Afghanistan. Focused on Tiger Woods' sex life and, more understandably, the seemingly endless, unresolvable health reform and jobs battles in Washington, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan appear to be ignored. However, a ...
Peace of the Action's "Camp OUT NOW" Comes to Washington, DC
Enough is enough! It's time we up the ante and demand that our voices be heard and heeded. It's time that the logical and rational voices of reason get a Peace of the Action.While the wars in Central Asia and the Middle East rage hotter and hotter, and while the ...
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) organized "brownbag" lunch vigils against war funding at noon on Wednesday, January 20th, at the district offices of 22 members of the U.S. House of Representatives.On February 17th, PDA will be joined by CODEPINK, AfterDowningStreet, Democrats.com, the California Nurses Assn./National Nurses United, and United for ...
I'm Not Sorry and I Would Do It Again!
[The following is an update to Emma Kaplan's blog, 'Stop Military Spying, Support Port Protesters!']I want to thank everyone for their statements of support and donations to our trial over the past couple of weeks. The Port Military Protest trial ended January 27th with the judge declaring a mistrial due ...
Families of Iraq war dead voice anger at 'smirking' Blair
The families of British military personnel killed in Iraq condemned Tony Blair's performance before the Chilcot inquiry today, accusing him of being disrespectful.One, Theresea Evans, asked the former prime minister to look her in the eye and say sorry for the loss of her son.Evans, from Llandudno, North Wales – ...
9 Minnesotans Arrested at White House Protest
9 people from Minnesota were arrested Wednesday after laying down on the sidewalk in front of the White House in a protest the group called a "die-in." FBI whistleblower and activist Colleen Rowley was one of the protesters at the White House on Wednesday who started their demonstration by reading ...
Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo, dies at 87
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and a leading faculty critic of BU president John Silber, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was traveling, his family said. He was 87."His writings ...
Blair’s appearance at Iraq inquiry to spark mass anti-war protest
Thousands of anti-war campaigners are preparing for Tony Blair’s appearance at the Iraq inquiry in what could be the biggest political demonstration since last year’s G20 protests. Riot police will be on stand-by around the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, close to the Houses of Parliament, as the former Prime ...
Cindy Sheehan leads drone protest in Virginia
LANGLEY, VA. — A group led by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan rallied Saturday near the CIA's headquarters and former Vice President Dick Cheney's home in northern Virginia to protest the use of unmanned drone aircraft for attacks on al-Qaida and Taliban targets.The group of about 70 people rallied along a ...
Protest outside CIA offices against drone strikes
WASHINGTON — Anti-war activists held a protest march in the US capital on Saturday against drone strikes in Pakistan that they said had killed hundreds of innocent people. After rallying outside the CIA’s headquarters in Virginia, the protesters plan to march to former vice president Dick Cheney’s home nearby in ...
Raging Grannies light up the age with rage
Maybe it had something to do with the banners, or the earnest-looking students bellowing through megaphones, but at first the march seemed pretty much par for the course. Then something happened.As the thousand or so climate change demonstrators wove their way through San Francisco's financial district, a group of older ...
Why Obama Has Defaulted to Bush Foreign Policy Positions
After a year with President Barack Obama at the helm of U.S. foreign policy, an observer could be forgiven for concluding that the presidency is more like taking over the controls of a train than getting behind the wheel of a car. That's because you can't steer a train; you ...
Films that marked the past decade
Emilie Bickerton looks at the films that helped define the past 10 years. FAHRENHEIT 9/11, 2004 (Cannes Golden Palm winner) Political documentaries made waves with the likes of Al Gore's eco-cautionary tale, An Inconvenient Truth or Spike Lee's account of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. But Michael Moore has been ...
Anti-war activists losing patience with Obama
Abby Tomlinson voted for President Barack Obama, hoping that he would help end the war in Iraq quickly.But the Lubbock woman said she’s disappointed in what the "peace" candidate has accomplished along those lines, nearly a year after taking office.Two wars continue. The Iraqi war may soon wind down but ...
Alan Grayson: Afghan war 'futile'
Florida Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson said Tuesday that the war in Afghanistan is “futile” and vowed to vote against the Pentagon’s appropriations bill to protest President Barack Obama’s decision to send more U.S. troops there."This is an 18th century strategy being employed against a 14th century enemy,” Grayson said. “ ...
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