12 Articles

Sunday, November 22, 2009
The Tea Party as Good Beginning
My "left-leaning" friends had persuaded me that "right-leaning" folk are successful at spreading their message because they know they how to tow the party line, how to follow, and how to obey. And that this is unlike those of us on the "left" who march to our own tune, squabble for meager media attention, and splinter off to form smaller and less effective groups when challenges arise.

Saturday, November 21, 2009
Melissa - Raped! -- For Band of Buddies War Series
MELISSA stopped drinking water in the early afternoon so she didn't have to walk to the latrines after dark. Women were being raped by members of their own battalion and she didn't want to risk that. She knew the risk of dehydration in 120 degree heat but " raped by fellow troops? Wasn't going to happen to her.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Daniel - Deployed! Band of Buddies War Series
DANIEL was on the radio at a FOB near Ramadi and Fallujah when the engineer unit called in a “sit rep”: several men had been hit by an IED explosion. Three were dead and two expectant, meaning they wouldn't survive.

Monday, November 9, 2009
No surprise on the House's support of Ros-Lehtinen/Berman resolution
(1 comments) Oy vey! So, what's new? Ros-Lehtinen/Berman resolution 867 passed: 344-36. That it did so with such a wide margin is a bit unsurprising...certainly craven...and shameful. After all, this nonbinding resolution merely urged Obama and Clinton to oppose unequivocally any endorsement of the Goldstone report. If ever there's a time to placate the progressive population...

Friday, November 6, 2009
Ryan, Recruited! - Band of Buddies Series
RYAN had talked non-stop over dinner about the military recruiters in his high school"and the cool free stuff like t-shirts and video games! They said he could be a helicopter pilot and get a job anywhere. His little brother said helicopters were cool" His sister said a friend's boyfriend died in Afghanistan. She was dumb -- the recruiters said he wouldn't even have to go to combat!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Bob: Burned in Combat - Family of War Series
BOB had been completely surprised by the car that came outta nowhere and rammed into the Bradley Fighting Vehicle! All hell had broken loose. The bomber dude must have been sitting on a huge pile of explosives because the impact killed our tank commander right off and hurt two of our guys, one of them burned even worse than Bob".

Saturday, October 31, 2009
Luis - Corporate Warrior: Family of War Series
LUIS was on his way to Ramadi for his brigade's combat patch ceremony when he started wondering again if the War on Terror really was a war for oil. My art work expresses the horror faced by families of those injured in war. And I hold that the suffering of Iraqis and Afghans- and so many others - is not yet receiving much attention. Feel free to comment on the symbols used here.

Friday, October 30, 2009
Business as Usual
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert just ended what he may have hoped would be a victory lap speaking around the United States. Meanwhile, fundamentalist settles prevented Palestinian school children from the villages of Tuba and Maghayir Al Abeed were prevented from attending school in At-Tuwani.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Jerry and Candy - Family of War
I create pieces for the Family of War Series as I find that art and images are an effective way to express and communicate with those who don't read much or are overwhelmed by what they read. My sculpture coupled with a story uses the human face to encounter the horror faced by families of those injured in war. And I hold that the suffering of Iraqis and Afghans- and so many others - are not yet receiving much attention.

Saturday, October 17, 2009
Support the Troops? Or Support The Enforcer?
(3 comments) That my son and many others like him are proud of their military service does not mean that the US military is not the enforcer for US foreign policy. Nor does it mean that the US military is not the instrument used to pacify populations and make their lands compliant to US corporate penetration.

Friday, May 4, 2007
Resistance R Us - Then ... and Now
A view of the forces of resistance within the military today with comparisons to resistance during the Vietnam war era. As a counselor on the GI Rights Hotline, I know that, for every GI in the news refusing to fight, there are thousands more GIs quietly saying "no" to this war.

Saturday, January 27, 2007
Don't send your sons...
Susan Galleymore is the mother of a U.S. Army soldier, a counselor on the GI Rights Hotline, founder of MotherSpeak sharing the stories of mothers affected by war and co-founder of Courage to Resist supporting the troops who refuse to fight. She returned from Lebanon and Syria in January 2007.