One year ago, Wikileaks’ “Collateral Murder video1 created outrage over the actions of U.S. soldiers in Baghdad, including the platoon I deployed with. If that grisly video didn’t stop you in your tracks, the photographs and report on the “Kill Team,” released by Rolling Stone should be the wake-up call ...
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CASEY AUSTIN SHEEHANMAY 29, 1979-APRIL 04, 2004TOMORROW WILL BE THE 7TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE OUR DARLING CASEY WAS KILLED IN JUST ONE MORE IN A LONG LINE OF US MILITARY DISASTERS AND OUR FAMILY MISSES HIM MORE EVERYDAY.WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ...
Civil Resistance to the Wars Continues
"We should not think that the destruction and suffering unleashed by war is limited to Iraq and Afghanistan. Individuals and whole cities here at home have become 'collateral damage.' Millions of people are thrown out of their jobs and then out of their homes. Pressures cascade onto state and local governments as ...
Why Don't We Anti-War Protesters DO It?
The massive protest in Wisconsin got me thinking. Why can't we do the same to end the war in Afghanistan and the occupation of Iraq? There are millions of people in the U.S. who urgently want these wasteful, tragic and unjustified conflicts concluded immediately and all troops and armaments brought ...
Why am I here? That’s the question I asked myself as I glared up to the ceiling of the rotunda inside the beautiful Madison capitol building. Its not that I was asking myself the question to reassure myself I was there for the right reasons. Why spend all day inside ...
Recalling the Slaughter of Innocents
Twenty years ago, as Americans were celebrating Valentine’s Day, Iraqi husbands and fathers in the Amiriyah section of Baghdad were peeling the remains of their wives and children off the walls and floor of a large neighborhood bomb shelter. The men had left the shelter the evening before, so their ...
Call to Action: March 17-19 Iraq War Protests
I'm listening to an MLK speech from 1967, where King says that the United States, at that point, had committed "more war crimes than almost any other nation." Add 44 years of invasions, CIA-engineered coups, and occupations, from Vietnam through Afghanistan. Add the development of weapons and training for modern ...
Furious families spurn Tony Blair's apology for Iraq War deaths
TONY Blair finally apologised for the Iraq War yesterday – and was jeered by furious relatives of British soldiers who lost their lives. After facing an official inquiry for the second time, the strained-looking ex-PM offered his “deep regrets” for the 179 troops killed in the conflict. But his remarks ...
Contours of a large and lasting American presence in Iraq starting to take shape
BAGHDAD - Despite Iraqi leaders' insistence that the United States meet its end-of-2011 deadline for withdrawing all troops, the contours of a large and lasting American presence here are starting to take shape.Although a troop extension could still be negotiated, the politics of Iraq's new government make that increasingly unlikely, ...
December 30th, 2010
Veterans of recent wars confront grim employment landscape
IN HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. During the seven months that he was stationed in Iraq, Joe Janssen served as an assaultman, a job that involved manning the turret gun in a Humvee and using shoulder-fired rockets and other explosives to support his fellow Marines.Those skills were invaluable in war. But they are ...
'Raise Your Voices, Protest, Stop These Wars'
The following is a personal appeal from Ron Kovic, Vietnam War veteran and author of Born on the Fourth of July, to Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and active-duty service members. Kovic issued the appeal to bring more veterans and GIs into the anti-war struggle and to support the work ...
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
A soft landing for America 40 years from now? Don’t bet on it. The demise of the United States as the global superpower could come far more quickly than anyone imagines. If Washington is dreaming of 2040 or 2050 as the end of the American Century, a more realistic assessment ...
Wars Are Not Prolonged For the Good of Soldiers
An excerpt from David Swanson's new book War Is A Lie. We learn a lot about the real motives for wars when whistleblowers leak the minutes of secret meetings, or when congressional committees publish the records of hearings decades later. War planners write books. They make movies. They face investigations. ...
The True Afghanistan Withdrawal Date
The seemingly endless war in Afghanistan is now admittedly endless, as Obama has officially announced at the NATO summit in Lisbon that the U.S. military will remain heavily engaged, with “eye-watering levels of violence,” beyond 2014. (Sacramento Bee, Nov. 18)When the Bush administration launched a full-scale invasion of Afghanistan in ...
Ensign seeks legislation to blunt Wikileaks
Sen. John Ensign says he will be introducing legislation that would make it a crime to publish the names of military and intelligence informants, a response to the latest leak of classified field reports from the war in Iraq.Ensign said he is disturbed by the ongoing activities of the whistleblower ...
Vatican urges Iraq to halt Aziz execution
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Vatican has urged Iraq to not carry out the death sentence meted out to former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz and says it may intervene diplomatically to try to halt it.The international face of Saddam Hussein's regime, Aziz, was sentenced to death by hanging Tuesday for ...
Saddam’s deputy sentenced to hang
BAGHDAD: Saddam Hussein’s most powerful deputy, Tariq Aziz, has been sentenced to death by an Iraqi court for being personally involved in the killing of members of Shiite religious parties after the first Gulf war.[...]Aziz’s son, Ziad, who was flown to the Jordanian capital by American forces in return for ...
Saddam Hussein aide Tariq Aziz sentenced to hang
BAGHDAD (AP) — The international face of Saddam Hussein's regime, Tariq Aziz, was sentenced to death by hanging Tuesday for persecuting Shiites just over three months after the Americans transferred him to Iraqi government custody.Iraqi High Tribunal spokesman Mohammed Abdul-Sahib did not say when the 74-year-old former foreign minister would ...
Iraq sentences Tariq Aziz to death
Tariq Aziz, one of the most notorious public faces of Saddam Hussein’s deposed regime in Iraq, has been sentenced to death by hanging.Mr Aziz, who rose to international prominence when he served as Iraq’s foreign minister during the invasion of Kuwait in 1990, received the sentence from the Supreme Iraqi ...
Britain to investigate WikiLeaks abuse claims
The British government has promised to investigate allegations of detainee mistreatment during the Iraq war.A spokesman for prime minister David Cameron says there is no place for the mistreatment of detainees, and any allegations will be investigated.[...][Click here to read the rest of this article from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation]
Danish PM demands answers over torture report
COPENHAGEN, Tuesday — Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said Tuesday he had ordered the country’s defence ministry to provide a full report on allegations Danish troops handed Iraqi insurgents over for torture.Confidential documents published on Friday by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks showed that Danish troops deployed in Iraq from 2003 ...
UN rights chief urges US, Iraq to probe WikiLeaks evidence
GENEVA — UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Tuesday urged Iraq and the United States to investigate allegations of torture and unlawful killings in the Iraq conflict revealed in documents leaked last week."The US and Iraqi authorities should take necessary measures to investigate all allegations made in these reports ...
VIDEO: National Guard members deploy to Iraq
Another group of local soldiers is making their final preparations to head overseas to Iraq. They are National Guard members who remove explosive devices and clear roads for convoys, and today they said their emotional goodbyes to friends and family.[...]Melissa Harrell of the 501st Ordnance Battalion says, “I feel honored ...
UPDATE: Tonko wants investigation into soldier's death
Congressman Paul Tonko says he expects a thorough investigation into what happened to a Montgomery County soldier who was found dead at his base in Iraq over the weekend.Army Private David Jones from St. Johnsville was found in his room with a gunshot wound to the head.The 21-year-old only had ...
A local soldier who planned to propose to his girlfriend was found dead in his room in Iraq, according to a family member.Army Pvt. David R. Jones, 21, of St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, was making plans to ask his girlfriend to marry him at an upcoming New York Giants football ...
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June 5th, 2013
Here's How We Built a Movie Theater for the People – and Why the MPAA Says It's #1 in the World
This past week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the main federation of Hollywood's six major studios, posted on their web site a list of what they believe ...
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March 23rd, 2013
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March 21st, 2013
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March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
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March 13th, 2013
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
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February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
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February 26th, 2013
Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
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September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
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December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
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May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
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November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
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September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
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December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
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November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
