35 Articles

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Military Rape Awarness Week Starts At Times Sq. Recruiting Station
(1 comments) Military Rape Awarness Week, a national campaign sponsored by Veterans for Peace, started this morning with a rally and press conference at the NYC Times Square Military Recruitment Station with Col. Ann Wright.

Friday, July 31, 2009
The Capture of John Walker Lindh: A Marine's Mother Remembers
(7 comments) Vivid memories haunt me from the time John Walker Lindh was captured by my son in the hills of Afghanistan on November 25, 2001.

Sunday, May 17, 2009
A Legend in Her Own Time
Long-time activist and freedom fighter Molly Klopot is joined by her friends at her 90th birthday party in New York City on Saturday, May 16th.

Sunday, May 3, 2009
Criminal Complaint Served and Seven Arrested at the Army Experience Center in Philadelphia Mall
(18 comments) Seven activists arrested and over 300 protest in Philadelphia to shut down the Army Experience Center.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009
It's Not OK!
(3 comments) It's time to get serious about protest. We must protest the continued occupation of Iraq, the increase in troop levels in Afghanistan, and make everyone in this government uncomfortable when we are doing it.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Wake Up Call: Activists Visit "The Army Experience"
(4 comments) 50 activists take on the newest slickest recruitment center in the Country located in Philadelphia called the "Army Experience Center".

Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Iraq Veterans Against the War Needs You!
(1 comments) Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), aired a television commercial today just after Obama was inaugurated. Support them now!

Monday, January 19, 2009
Shoes for Bush!
(6 comments) Hundreds of protesters took to the streets today in D.C. holding shoes high in the air, and then throwing them at the White House.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Seventeen Anti-war Protesters Arrested in Hart Building while Congress Celebrates
(2 comments) The haunting of the 111th Congress by protesters representing those killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza.

Friday, December 19, 2008
An Open Letter To the "Anti-war Movement" in the United States
(9 comments) A letter asking people of conscience who care about acting like humans instead of Americans to stand up against the so called "war on terror" no matter who is president.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Life on the L-edge
(5 comments) Climbing the "scaffolding" at the National Archives on November 15th with the Vets for Peace was an experience I'll never forget. We demand the prosecution of George Bush and Dick Cheney for War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity.

Sunday, September 28, 2008
It's the war, and now the bailout, stupid!
(1 comments) Why isn't Obama challenging the "surge is working" rhetoric being used by McCain and the republicans? 30,000 troops sent into Iraq was not the sole cause to the seemingly decrease in violence, which is merely wishful thinking.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The "Shock and Awe" of the Rising Police State
(3 comments) Why is everyone so surprised at the tactics being used at the DNC and RNC. Get used to it, this is your Country.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Pelosi needs a reason to impeach, I'll give her one
(6 comments) Nancy Pelosi recently appeared on the morning talk show The View. Joy Behar, much to her credit, asked her why she took "impeachment off the table." Pelosi, in her arrogance, said someone should give her a crime that Bush could be impeached for. Well, if she doesn't believe Kucinich's 35 crimes, I have one she might like.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The Heinous Crimes of George W. Bush in 35 Articles of Impeachment
(7 comments) The bravery and courage of Congressman Dennis Kucinich should lead us all out of the shadows and demand impeachment finally be done.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
"Happy Mother's Day" from Uncle Sam
What about all those mothers and wives who are stuck in this quagmire of a war and occupation and cannot have a "Happy Mother's Day" as most moms enjoy every year?

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Confrontation with Iran in the Calculations of the Candidates
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Want to End the War? Talk to the Troops
(4 comments) Iraq Veterans Against the War, Labor Against the War, Veterans for Peace and anti-war activists meet to discuss conducting face to face outreach to active duty military forces.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Want to End the War? Talk to the Troops
(4 comments) Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans for Peace, and anti-war activists plan face to face outreach to the troops.

Monday, March 17, 2008
Winter Soldier 2008: From a Marine Mom's Eyewitness account of the Testimony
(3 comments) An account of the Winter Soldier event at the National Labor College written by a Marine Mom.

Thursday, March 13, 2008
Iraq and Afghanistan Soldiers Testify at "Winter Soldier 2008", Day One
(2 comments) Winter Soldier, Iraq and Afghanistan, largest ever gathering of Iraq Veterans Against the war signals growing GI movement to bring the troops home. They will share eyewitness accounts of occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Don't Get Caught by "Election-Mania"
How we can punch a hole in the election mania that is consuming the American public.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007
The Myth of the "American Dream" (the simple version)
(1 comments) Why I no longer believe in the "American Dream" and what other Americans should realize.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007
"Eyes Wide Open Exhibit" Meets Iraqi School Teacher
American Friends Service Committee Eyes Wide Open meets Iraqi School Teacher Nasreen

Wednesday, July 11, 2007
MAYBE THE IDIOTS WILL UNDERSTAND THIS: FUGHETABOUTIT!!!
(1 comments) Analysis and discussion of recent announcements of benchmarks, troop surge failures and congressional legislative status.

Tuesday, June 5, 2007
What's a Few Obscenities Between Marines
(5 comments) United States Marine Corps. decides to make an example out of a Patriot and Iraq War Veteran.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007
THE LONG ROAD TO DRIVING OUT THE BUSH REGIME
(6 comments) Realization that Impeachment is possible and absolutely necessary to end a war of aggression and reverse the devastating course this Country is heading.

Sunday, February 4, 2007
Stolen Time, Stolen Lives, A "Memorial" in the Rayburn Building

Saturday, February 3, 2007
Stolen Time, Stolen Lives: A "Memorial" in the Rayburn Building

Thursday, December 28, 2006
Wake Up and Smell 2007
(8 comments) Simple exit strategy: Choke the big companies.

Thursday, November 9, 2006
Beware of Politicians Bearing Gifts
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Saturday, October 28, 2006
The Homecoming

Wednesday, October 4, 2006
There But For The Grace of God go I
(4 comments)

Monday, September 25, 2006
Why We Fight; A Mother's Guide to Civil Disobedience
(6 comments) This Mother of a GI in Iraq is a different kind of hero. She reports the planning and actual experience of civil disobedience-- protests at the UN that led to her arrest

Friday, July 7, 2006
RAINING METAL?
Yesterday I was speaking with my son who is a Marine stationed in Fallujah. Every so often I am lucky enough to get a phone call, but the conversations have a background noise. All I hear when speaking with him is mortar fire and machine guns hammering away at something. My imagination runs away with me, although it isn't an imaginery time. This is real gun fire, not fireworks on display. His CEO emails offer NO comfort.