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Monday, February 1, 2010
Does President Obama Really Want a "Better Approach" to Fix Health Care?
(8 comments) Obama keeps saying he wants to hear better ideas on health care, especially ones supported by doctors and nurses. Yet, when Dr. Margaret Flowers tries to do what many have tried all year she is ignored or even arrested. Last Friday, Dr. Flowers and Dr. Paris were arrested outside the Republican Caucus in Baltimore trying to tell the president a better way -- Medicare for All.

Monday, January 25, 2010
The Anti-War Peace Movement Needs a Re-Start
(4 comments) The vast majority of Americans widely opposes war and wants the U.S. to focus its resources at home. But, these views are not reflected in the body politic and certainly not in the DC discourse on war. Rather than anti-war opposition being broad-based, politically independent and constant.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Dems Lose Massachusetts: Obama Needs a Major Course Correction
(2 comments) The Dems lost the Mass senate race. That's three in a row after the VA and NJ gubernatorial races. Obama needs a major course correction away from corporate elites and in favor of the people. Ending crony capitalism needs to be the election issue of 2010. He should begin by re-making the White House starting with replacing his first appointment, Rahm Emanuel. It's the people vs.the elites and the Dems are on the wrong side.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Doubletalk on Afghanistan: War is Peace; Escalation is Withdrawal
(8 comments) Now that Obama has made it official it is time to step up efforts to end the war. Let's not be confused by Obama's war is peace speech. This is an escalation of a disastrous war and the peace movement needs to unify to end it.

Thursday, October 29, 2009
115 arrested so far in 18 cities to demand for health care for all
(11 comments) Dr. Margaret Flowers, former pediatrician and mother of three teenagers: "I am planning to risk arrest,which may have serious consequences for me – up to six months in jail.But it won't be as serious as the suffering and needless deaths that too many face each day in this nation.I hope you will join me in our action.If you can't risk arrest,at least you can stand in solidarity with us during the legal picket."

Monday, October 19, 2009
Can the Democrats Avoid a Populist Health Care Rebellion?
(5 comments) Americans are mobilizing at MobilizeForHealthCare.org against insurance industry denials and abuses. They know private insurance is the problem, not the solution. But, Congressional leaders are planning a massive giveaway to the insurance industry. The seeds of a populist revolt are sprouting. Democratic leaders should heed the warning and change course.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Here We Go Again – Democrats Turning off Their Voting Base
(5 comments) The Obama administration is saying they are ignoring the peace movement and that for Afghanistan, all options are on the table except leaving. When political party's ignore their voting and activist base the result is inevitable -- they lose.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009
The Democrats Put the Health Insurance Industry Ahead of the Economy and Health Care
(8 comments) The Democrats are so determined to provide hundreds of billions in new revenue to their campaign donors in the insurance industry, that they are willing to risk the economy. Single payer would boost the economy with new jobs and new revenue, while the Dems health care plan will reduce jobs, tax small businesses and weaken the economy.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Urgent: Single Payer on the Table in Energy and Commerce on Thursday
Single payer vote tomorrow -- Thursday -- in House Committee, ACT NOW.

Monday, July 13, 2009
Torture Accountability Requires the People to Demand It
(6 comments) The Attorney General is considering a special prosecutor to investigate torture. People who want torture accountability need to increase their activity. A full investigation that excludes no one including policy makers in the White House is needed. The Department of Justice must follow the law and appoint a independent prosecutor to ensure the rule of law is followed. Anything less further undermines DOJ's credibility.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
No More Pretense for Health Reform
(3 comments) The fraud of Democratic Party health care proposals is evident now that the CBO has reported that ten years from now, under the most robust Democratic proposal, 36 million Americans will not have insurance. The only people that will profit from these proposals are the insurance industry. The necessities of the people will not be met. Does Obama have any political courage?

Friday, June 12, 2009
Congress on Path to Transfer Hundreds of Billions in Tax Dollars to the Insurance Industry While Calling it Health Care
(1 comments) The first single payer advocate, Dr. Margaret Flowers, to testify in the health care reform discussion did a great job but the senate is still trying to find ways to protect the profits of the insurance industry. They can't figure out how to pay for it or cover all Americans but they are proceeding anyway -- putting the interests of their contributors ahead of the people's needs.

Thursday, June 11, 2009
The Case for Disbarment of Lawyers Who Facilitated Torture Grows
(3 comments) Lawyers were the lynchpin if they had given real legal advice: torture is illegal under domestic and international law; there would have been no torture program. Now two generals and an x-general have called for torture accountability. And, DOJ emails have implicated President Bush and Vice President Cheney. All we need now is for an enraged citizenry to demand accountability for torturers and their facilitators

Tuesday, June 9, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: BIG BREAKTHROUGHS FOR SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE
(40 comments) Single payer health care, whose advocates were arrested in the senate a month ago, is now at the table and making progress. At the same time, the multi-payer, pro-insurance bill is faltering with support falling apart. It is time for single payer advocates to increase their activity and put pressure on Congress and the president.

Thursday, June 4, 2009
Time to Look Past Obama's Words and Face-up to His Actions
(9 comments) While Obama's words are often musical, he now has a record for people to judge. When it comes to foreign policy the music is not pretty. And, the response of the peace movement choir has not been loud enough. It is time for the peace movement to take action, escalate its protests and hold Obama and the Democrats responsible.

Monday, June 1, 2009
Baucus to Meet with Single Payer Advocates
(4 comments) Senator Baucus, in reaction to political pressure, will meet with a delegation of single payer advocates this Wednesday. This does not mean single payer is "on the table" or really being considered. It is an effort to reduce political pressure. But, it should be a signal to activists that they should escalate the pressure because it's working.

Thursday, May 21, 2009
Baucus Flees Single Payer Questions, Conducts Business of Health Care in Secret
(3 comments) The corrupt Senator Baucus, who has taken millions from health care profiteers, fled this morning when single payer advocates tried to question him. And, now he is marking up the health care bill in private -- invitation only. What is he afraid of? He's afraid that the public knows he is corrupt and writing a health insurance welfare bill rather than a health care bill.

Monday, May 18, 2009
Using a Law License to Facilitate Torture Should Result in Disbarment
(18 comments) Today, I signed and filed complaints against 12 Bush-Cheney torture lawyers on behalf of VotersForPeace.US and VelvetRevolution.US. We are seeking the disbarment of this cadre of torture lawyers for facilitating war crimes. If bar associations do no see justifying war crimes as a violation of legal ethics, what is left of ethical standards? Application of the rule of law to torture is a critical step in healing the nation.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The Single Payer Fire Has Been Lit
(3 comments) The Baucus Eight, so name because eight of us were arrested protesting the exclusion of single payer health care from the debate in Contress is now the Baucus 13. The single payer movement is growing stronger and threatens to become a populist rebellion against corporate health insurance which is ripping off Americans and making health care unaffordable. Join the effort. Your voice is needed.

Sunday, May 10, 2009
Max Baucus Should Not Be Deciding Health Care for America
(10 comments) Senator Max Baucus and the Senate Finance Committee are too corrupted by corporate health industry donations to give America the health care policy it needs. The Senate leadership should remove health care reform from the Senate Finance Committee and put it before the Health Committee. They need to start all over so the corruption of Baucus does not affect the outcome.

Thursday, May 7, 2009
Obama's Drug Czar Nominee Approved a Potential Break from the Past
(1 comments) Obama's drug czar nominee was approved today. Unlike previous drug czars he favors needle exchange, treatment instead of incarceration, easy access to methadone and is innovative and pragmatic. In Seattle, where he was chief, he ushered in a new marijuana law making it the lowest prosecution priority. Are we in for some positive changes in drug policy? Finally?

Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Why I Was Among Eight Health Care Advocates to Get Arrested in the Senate Yesterday
(10 comments) The Senate Finance Committee is excluding single payer advocates from their hearings. They only want to hear from the insurance industry, HMO's and pharmaceuticals -- the corporations that caused the health care crisis. As a result, yesterday eight of us protested by telling the truth in the senate. We were all arrested but hopefully, a new phase of the movement for a real national health plan has started.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Specter Switch to Dems Follows Voters
Senator Specter's switch to the Dems gives them one more year of one-party rule that should be cemented in 2010. But, it also presents challenges as now the people will expect the Dems to deliver. There is no more Republican excuse for them. If they put in place programs for the people rather than their funders their rule will continue. If not, it ends in 2012.

Friday, April 10, 2009
Can Senator Webb Lead America Out of the Drug War Quagmire
(6 comments) Sen. Webb is taking drug seriously. He's confronting the intractible war on drugs and the giant prison industry. Can he lead us out of the drug war quagmire? Can he bring sense to senseless prison mess? Only with your help.

Monday, April 6, 2009
End Nixon's Drug War Quagmire: Will Obama Have the Courage?
(4 comments) Last week New York reformed the Rockefeller drug laws. This brings to mind an even bigger question -- ending Nixon's drug war quagmire. Will Obama even face up to the issue?

Wednesday, November 26, 2008
The Real Cost of the "Bailout": Are We Getting Our Money's Worth?
(2 comments) The American taxpayer is on the hook for $7.7 trillion so far and the bottom of the economic collapse is not yet in site. You'd think for $7.7 trillion we'd get health care for all, tax relief or free college education! But Americans got none of that. Is this a wise use of tax dollars? Are there better ways to use this money? Will this trickle down approach work this time, even though it has failed in the past?

Friday, November 21, 2008
The Auto Bailout Shows the Failure of Corporate-Government More than the Failure of Detroit
Corporate government is at the root of the auto industry economic crisis. It is also the root cause of the crisis in health care and the finance markets. Solving the auto crisis is an opportunity to correct the relationship between corporations and government and get them to work for the interests of the people first.

Monday, November 17, 2008
G-20 Meets, Dines in DC, Does Nothing to Save the World Economy
(3 comments) The G-20 feasted on quail and $500 bottles of wine, but did nothing while the world economy worsened. The Federal Reserve and Treasury are acting without transparence and with little positive impact as all the economic measures got worse. The people need to get organized to Break the Bailout and build a new economy for the 21st Century.

Monday, November 3, 2008
Voter Integrity Group Urges Preservation of Unadjusted National Exit Poll
The National Exit Poll can provide an independent audit of the vote count. Early voting has shown widespread problems in voting in more than a dozen states. If the outcome of the election is in doubt the unadjusted poll numbers could be critically important information.

Monday, November 3, 2008
Urge Media to Archive All Exit Poll Results - Easy Action - Protect Vote
(1 comments) Voters should be provided with the unadjusted exit polls and if adjustments are made to the final polls they should be explained publicly. Major media outlets are urged to archive all of the interim exit poll results to allow independent analysis later. Election integrity advocates must push for greater transparency since large-sample exit polls can and should be used be used to audit vote totals.

Monday, October 27, 2008
Messy Elections: Can They Be Trusted?
Early voting is like watching an election meltdown in slow motion. Long lines, machine breakdowns, machines switching votes, machines not counting ballots, voter deception, registration fraud, challenges to voters . . . The U.S. democracy has a long way to go before it achieves its objectives of being the greatest on earth. You can take action now and after the election join in a democracy movement to make democracy work.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Subject: Take Action to Stop Vote Flipping in West Virginia
(1 comments) Stop vote flipping in West Virginia. Take action now.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Feeling Robbed? Wall Street Since the Bailout Shows No Signs of Changing and Washington is Not Forcing a Change
(3 comments) The new economy is coming -- what will it look like? It is, in part, up to us. So far the bailout is showing Wall Street has not changed its ways and Paulsen is hiding key information. A new economic stimulus package is coming. Its contours are not yet know -- each of us need to get educated and active to give it the shape we want.

Monday, October 20, 2008
Paperless Electronic Voting Machines Flipping Votes from Obama to McCain in West Virginia
(16 comments) Paperless e-voting machines have reportedly flipped Obama votes to McCain during early voting in West Virginia. West Virginia should immediately stop using the machines, conduct an independent investigation and conduct a paper ballot vote.

Friday, October 17, 2008
Now the Cost of War Really Matters
(5 comments) The U.S. must choose -- continued massive military spending or rebuild the U.S. economy. The country cannot afford to do both. Decades of mass military spending have hollowed out the civilian economy. Now we much change course. The cost of two war-quagmires and the biggest military in the world can no longer be ignored.

Friday, October 10, 2008
Time to Create the Economy We Want
(4 comments) The multiple crisis the U.S. is facing is an opportunity to create the economy we want - one that serves our interests, i.e. a democratized economy where profit is broadly shared, a new energy economy that is clean, sustainable and decentralized -- an economy that serves the peoples needs not mega-corporate profits.

Thursday, October 2, 2008
Bailout Update: Senate Passes Bailout, House Still Unclear
(1 comments) The bailout got through the senate but the House is still in question. We can still make a difference, slow down the bill and improve it.

Monday, September 29, 2008
"Senator McCain is absolutely right"
(3 comments) Obama expressed agreement with McCain a dozen times in the first debate. This conciliatory approach served him well according to the polls. But, is this the debate Americans needed? Do we need to candidates that agree to such a large degree on all the key issues facing the country from the bailout to militarism?

Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The Bailout Can Be Stopped
The people can stop the massive bailout which will be a theft of middle class funds to pay for the wealthy elite's bad investments. There are alternatives to the bailout -- build from the bottom up. Trickle down does not work especially when it is debt that is trickling down. Take action now -- we tell you how.

Saturday, September 20, 2008
Corporate-Government On Display and ther Taxpayers Will Pay
(3 comments) The "Bailout" wil be on the backs of taxpayers rather than on those who profited from high risk speculation. It will cost every American $16,000 not counting the interest which our children and grand children will pay. The two corporate parties are representing the corporate interests knowing the voters have nowhere to go. Maybe, this will wake up the voters and one party will pay the price.

Monday, September 15, 2008
Election Theft for 2008 Already Underway
(8 comments) The theft of the 2008 election has already begun. The combination of suppressing voters and electronic voting machines will make this an election whose results will be hard to believe unless citizens get mobilized. One thousand eyes watching will make election theft more difficult.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Ron Paul Press Conference Unifies Third Party and Independent Candidates Around Four Key Positions
(9 comments) Ron Paul held a press conference on Wednesday to announce a statement that four independent and third party candidates agreed to. He urged voters not to waste their vote on either of the two party candidates. The candidates, Nader, McKinney and Baldwin, alon with Paul examined the dysfunction in American democracy which they described as a charade.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Obama Needs to the Peace Vote:
(5 comments) Obama is now behind McCain. He made the mistake of taking the peace vote for granted -- the vote that helped him win the nomination against Clinton. Now he needs them. Does he deserve the peace vote? Can he get it? What should peace voters do?

Saturday, September 6, 2008
The Republican Masquerade Is Over, Time to Remove The Masks
(2 comments) Time to lift the veil of deceipt presented by the Republicans at the convention. They claim to run from the Republican Party -- but they are the Republican Party! They claim to be reformers and change agents but really are the agents of the status quo. Of course, they are not alone, the Democrats where their maskes as well.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Now is the Time: Hold Barack Obama Accountable to His Promise
(5 comments) Do peace voters have the courage of their convictions? Sen. Obama has promised to "end the mindset of war." The time is now to hold him accountable -- as he requested voters to do.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
You Can't Tell a Magazine by Its Cover Or A Candidate by His Rhetoric
(2 comments) Obama's political birth in Chicago politics shows he has been someone planning a political career from the outset and made decisions along the way to achieve his goals. Nothing unusual -- knocking allies off the ballot who ran against him, redistricting in the fashion of Tom Delay and saying one thing in a campaign and doing another. Politics as usual, not politics of change.

Friday, June 27, 2008
Nader Calls on Obama to Challenge the White Establishment
(9 comments) Nader criticized Obama for failing to challenge the "white establishment." Obama reacted by criticizing Nader. But what if Nader is right? Could this be the issue that costs Obama the electon?

Saturday, June 21, 2008
Have Progressives Been Foooled?
(10 comments) Obama has promised 'change' to a new kind of politics, but his campaign is developing into an old school, big business funded campaign -- with advocacy for corporate-militarist interests. Why are progressives silent?

Monday, June 16, 2008
Revitalizing Urban America with the New Energy Economy
(1 comments) Baltimore, the city made infamous by the Wire, has started on the path toward a new energy economy -- Green Baltimore -- it is a path that will become the norm for urban America; and which may be its savior.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The General Election is Set: Where Do Iraq and Militarism Fit? What is a peace voter to do?
Obama and McCain are to the right of the public when it comes to getting out of Iraq and stopping the threats of a military attack against Iran. They both want to expand the U.S. military and have pledged military support for Israel. There are three strong third party candidates who are closer in line with the peace voters. What is a peace voter to do?

Monday, April 14, 2008
Paper Ballots and Audits in Time for Election Day 2008!
Election integrity is critical for the November 2008 election. Please act TODAY to ensure that a House vote on Tuesday on an emergency election reform bill strongly favors a trustworthy election system. The bill could bring the U.S. a paper-based voting system and mandatory audits in time for this November's vote. ACT NOW.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Independent Electoral Movement Sprouts with Former Democrats and Republicans Challenging Their Former Party on Iraq
(2 comments) Three legitimate third party/independent campaigns are all pro-peace while the two establishment parties will not end the Iraq occupation. Will the Democrats move to the right on war and risk losing the General Election? The public wants the troops brought home and they will have a choice on Election Day.

Thursday, April 3, 2008
Is It Time for the Peace Movement to Start Protesting Senator Obama?
(14 comments) Obama recently said he would leave the 140,000 private contractors aka mercenaries in Iraq, have strike forces in the region, leave tens of thousands of non-combat troops and keep the U.S. Embassy and long-term bases. This is not withdrawal from Iraq. Is it time for the peace movement to protest Obama to stop his rightward drift?

Monday, March 31, 2008
What is a Peace Voter to Do?
(2 comments) Peace advocates should stay focused on our demands for an end to Iraq and a shift from a militarist foreign policy. We should not let the elections divide us as we will need to be united to end the Iraq occupation no matter who is nominated.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Do You Want the Military Industrial Complex Counting Your Votes?
(13 comments) The military industrial complex counting your vote! If United Technologies has its way and buys Diebold then that will be the reality in U.S. elections. It is time to return vote counting to government and remove corporations from controlling the tabulaiton of votes.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008
2008 A Year of Opportunity for Peace Advocates
(4 comments) The hawkish candidacy of John McCain offers an opportunity for peace advocates. War vs. peace, militarism vs. diplomacy, investment in military vs. investment in the civilian economy. This is an election year for the peace movement to floursh and educate Americans that war is not the answer -- that war should be seen as an obsolete tool of foreign policy.

Friday, February 8, 2008
Is Dennis Kucinich Getting McKinney'd
(36 comments) Kucinich has been a thorn in the side of the Democratic Party leadership. He's challenged them on impeachment, the war and big business controll of government. Now they are becoming a thorn in his re-election to Congress. The McKinney Treatment is being applied to Kucinich. It's a tough challenge at home. Will the peace and impeachment movements come to his aid?

Monday, February 4, 2008
Obama: "I want to end the mindset that got us into war in the first place."
(2 comments) Sen. Obama says he wants to end the "mindset" of war. Does he mean it? Is it consistent with his voting record? With his call for expanding the military by 100,000 troops? And, even if he does -- can he? It will take a well organized citizenry to challenge the military industrial complex. 2008 is a year to organize and 2009 is a year to pressure the new president.

Monday, January 21, 2008
Peace Mirage Makes Iraq a Non-Issue in Democratic Primary
(5 comments) The top Democratic nominees are sounding like peace candidates but in reality will be leaving tens of thousands of troops in Iraq. The peace mirage may be fooling some peace voters, but will it keep most peace voters in the Democratic fold?

Thursday, December 20, 2007
Will Republicans Nominate an Evangelical Minister to Be Commander in Chief?
(6 comments) A minister as commander-in-chief when we're fighting a war against Islam! Welcome to the 21st Century crusades. Is America ready for the evangelical minister, Mike Huckabee, to be their leader -- the leader of the most powerful military in history?

Thursday, November 29, 2007
Two Candidates Explicitly Put Peace Before Party: Kucinich and Paul Challenge Their Party to Take Peace Seriously
(5 comments) Two candidates, Rep. Paul and Kucinich, have put peace before party by pledging not necessarily to endorse the nominee of their party. In fact, peace voters have a variety of choices in 2008. The question is "will peace voters have the courage to vote for peace candidates?"

Monday, October 29, 2007
The Catastrophic Military Occupation of Iraq is Rarely Described Accurately in the U.S. Media
(5 comments) Independent journalist Dahr Jamail tells it like it is from Iraq and the Middle East. In this interview he summarizes some of his key findings over the last few years as well as describes the key misperceptions Americans get from the media.

Saturday, September 15, 2007
Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave When First We Practice to Deceive
The war has been based on lies and continued on lies. The way to end the war is to break the web of lies with the truth and for those who oppose the war to not fear their power. We have the power to end this war and to end all wars, making war an embarrassment of history.

Monday, September 10, 2007
JOIN IRAQ VETS IN THE HISTORIC MARCH AGAINST THE IRAQ WAR ON SEPTEMBER 15th
The reaction of the government to the September 15th should convince anti-war activists that we have the power to end the war and the establishement fears us. Join this unique opportunity to stand with Iraq vets who oppose the war. This will be a historic event you should not miss and it comes at the key time in the Iraq occupation debate.

Friday, July 13, 2007
While Bush Grey Washes Iraq Claiming Progress, Vets Get Out the Truth
(3 comments) Iraq war vets who can tell Americans what is really happening in the U.S. occupation of Iraq are becoming increasingly important in the debate and the truths they are telling are brutal and make it clear: Every day we are in Iraq the U.S. creates new enemies. Our national interest demands an immediate withdrawal

Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Air Force Claims Anti-war Minister is a National Security Threat!
(1 comments) As part of a coordinated effort to intimidate leaders of the anti-war movement, the U.S. Air Force is threatening to discharge Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. on the basis of being a national security threat. This shows the absurdity of the military -- accusing an African American anti-war activist of being a security threat. The real threat to U.S. security is U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Friday, June 29, 2007
A Different Kind of Peace Candidate for President
(2 comments) A peace candidate who will work to end the Iraq War as he runs for president. Dal LaMagana, an independently wealthy businessman, will be bringing the voices of Iraqis to the U.S. as part of his unique presidential camapaign

Monday, June 25, 2007
Bush Talks Long-Term Stay in Iraq and More Troops Die
There has been a spike in U.S. soldier deaths coinciding with President Bush telling the world that the South Korea model, i.e. a multi-decade long stay, might be best for Iraq. Once again the commander in chief is killing U.S. troops with his words.

Thursday, June 7, 2007
Iraq Occupation Coming to a Head Over Oil
(5 comments) The congress and president are pressuring Iraq to pass an oil law. The Iraqi parliament is resisting. The Iraqi oil workers are striking and being threatened with an "iron fist" by the Iraqi prime minister. The parliament passed a law calling for withdrawal, while Bush is saying we'll be there for 50 years. The occupation is coming to a head over who controls the oil -- Iraq or U.S. oil companies.

Sunday, June 3, 2007
Veterans Groups Unite Behind Kokesh Battle With Marines for Free Speech
(2 comments) The Marines are trying to muzzle Iraq Vets by threatening to reduce their honorable discharge is they speak out to aggressively against the Iraq War. Adam Kokesh is facing a hearing this Monday morning. This is a report from the road with Kokesh and his supporters.

Friday, May 18, 2007
THIS WEEK IN IRAQ News Summary
The week in review -- the news related to Iraq and Iran.

Friday, May 18, 2007
The American Empire is Failing – A Good Thing for America and the World
(1 comments) The media does not discuss it much, but the U.S. is an empire that is failing. This interview with Terry Paupp, author of "Exodus from Empire" examines the failing American empire and what it means to Americans and the world.

Thursday, May 17, 2007
Bush Heats Up Iran Rhetoric Through Evangelical Allies – "U.S. could lose a city, or ten cities or a hundred"
Bush seems to be using his evangelical base to build fear of Iran and support for a military attack. Can Congress stop an attack on Iran? Yes, in fact it has the constitutional power to do so, but probably will be silently complicit and allow the Iraq War to expand into a Mid-East War.

Monday, May 14, 2007
Thirty Three Arrested Protesting War as Part of 'Mother of a March'
The SWARM on Washington, DC began with the Mother of a March from the White House to Congress. In front of the U.S. House of Representatives thirty-three protesters were arrested blocking Independence Ave.

Friday, May 11, 2007
THIS WEEK IN IRAQ
A review of the week in Iraq -- key votes by the Iraqi Parlament, and U.S. House; Casualties in Iraq Approach 55,000; U.S. Soldiers Admit Abusing Iraqi Civilians; Both Parties Agree on Shifting Blame to Iraq Rather than Taking Responsibility and more. . .

Thursday, May 10, 2007
Playing Politics With the Iraq War Brings Out the Worst in the Duopoly
(1 comments) Both parties are complicit in the Iraq War and now both parties are playing 2008 politics with it.

Thursday, May 3, 2007
The Democrats Cave To Bush – The Peace Movement Must Stand Up
(2 comments) The Democrats rapidly backed down to President Bush's veto reinvigorating a lame duck president. The peace movement must react strongly. Anti-war groups are joining together in a "Summer of Action" in Washington, DC beginning with a Mother of a March, called by Cindy Sheehan, on May 14th. Join us and be part of history.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Durbin Gives Edwards More to Apologize For
(3 comments) Sen. Durbin announced that the before the war the Senate Intelligence Committee was given information diametrically opposed to Bush administration statements. There were sixteen members of that committee that remained silent. Including Senator John Edwards and former Senator Fred Thompson. They have some explaining to do.

Friday, April 27, 2007
While the Congress Approved Another $95 Billion for War the Peace Movement Protested Inside the Senate
The peace movement is aggressively demonstrating in the Halls of Congress. A spectacular three-part demonstration on the day that the Senate passed the supplemental appropriation resulted in 14 arrests, including the author.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Unreported News: Tacoma Police Aggressively Attack Peace Demonstrators
(3 comments) Tacoma police became violent against Tacoma, Washington peace demonstrations. The video linked to this article should have been played on national news over and over so there could have been a discussion about the militarization of American society, but instead it was ignored. Here's the story . . .

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
President Bush and Congressional Leaders Fail to Reach Agreement on Iraq Funding
While protesters urged peace outside, Congressional leaders and President Bush met inside the White House reaching no conclusion concerning the funding of the Iraq War. And, in Baghdad 178 people died in the worst day of violence since the Bush security plan began.

Monday, April 16, 2007
Marine Mom Arrested at Speaker Pelosi's Washington, DC Office
(2 comments) A Marine Mom whose son has served two tours in Iraq and is 80% disabled was arrested outside of Speaker Pelosi's office today (video available). Just as George Bush refused to meet with Cindy Sheehan, Nancy Pelosi seems unwilling to meet with a Marine Mom. A request for a meeting was delivered by a "Women's Delegation for Peace."

Sunday, April 15, 2007
Peace Movement Leaders Urge Democrats to Respond to Bush Veto with Strength and Urge Peace Advocates Not to Compromise
Part of a series of interviews with peace movement leaders, this one with Kevin Martin of Peace Action and Sue Udryu of UFPJ. They urge the Democrats to respond to Bush's veto of the supplemental with strenght. And they urge peace activists to be uncompromising in their demands for a real end to the war.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
A Scandal Bigger than Walter Reed – The Rape, Assault and Harassment of Women in the Military
(2 comments) Women in the military face constant harassment, assualt and even rape by their male colleagues. These problems begin with recruiters and carry through every phase of the military and even as vets there is inadequate treatment. This should be a scandal bigger than Walter Reed but it is not getting the attention it deserves.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Time To Break The Silence Once Again
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech in 1967 "Beyond Vietnam: Time to Break the Silence" proivides lessons for the United States today. He connects the history of U.S. repression in Vietnam to the war, demonstrates how the war undermines domestic necessities, and how a paradigm shift in values is needed. Ending the Vietnam War was not enough, just as ending the Iraq War is not enough today.

Saturday, March 31, 2007
Police Escort Marine Mom from Pelosi's Office
(2 comments) Pelosi threatens Marine mom with arrest rather than meet with military families opposed to Iraq.

Thursday, March 29, 2007
Senate Passes $123 billion More for Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
Democrats vote to extend the war in guise of a loophole ridden exit "goal." How they respond to Bush's veto will determine whether Bush is a lame Duck or the Democrats are running a lame Congress

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Oil-enriched Arab Investors Turning Away from U..S Dollar & U.S. Investments
The economic cost of the war may be greater than we think. The oil rich nations are investing in Asia and Europe rather than the U.S. because of possible future attacks in the U.S, massive trade deficits and the realization that our markets are not as open as claimed. The U.S. is getting poorer as Asia and the Middle East are getting wealthier.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Support the Troops By Sending Them to War!
(2 comments) The Democrats are claiming they must vote for Iraq War funding to support the troops. How is sending people to kill and be killed supporting the troops? Like the American people a majority of troops oppose the war. If the Democrats really wanted to support the troops they would put forward an exit strategy that really supported the troops and brought stability to Iraq.

Thursday, March 15, 2007
House Appropriations Committee Passes Iraq War Supplemental
(1 comments) The House appropriations committee passed the Iraq War supplemental totaling $124.1 billion, $95 billion for the war in Iraq. Protesters were kept out of the hearing and 10 were arrested. Next step for the bill is the House floor where it currently looks like no amendments will be allowed.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Marine Mom Tina Richards Continues to Pressure the Democrats to End the War
(1 comments) Tina Richards, the mother of a Marine facing his third deployment to Iraq, is lobbying hard in Washington, DC to end the war, bring the sons and daughters of the U.S. home and make sure they are taken care of when they return.

Monday, March 12, 2007
The Fraudulent Iraq Exit Plan That Is Likely to Lead to a Bigger Middle East War
(2 comments) The House Democrats are claiming to end the Iraq war in the supplemental. But, the details that have leaked out and have been reported by Rep. Obey's staff in a private meeting indicate this so-called exit may be a mirage that leads to a wider war.

Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Democrats Beginning to Pay a Political Price for Failing to End the War
(2 comments) The Democrats need to understand -- if they pay for the war it is theirs. Sen. Barbara Mikulski is the senior senator for Maryland and a Democratic Party leader. She is a critic of the war and President Bush but has been voting to fund it. She has been the focus of protesters occupying her office. This is the beginning of Democrats being held responsible for the Iraq War. They have the power to end it.

Saturday, March 3, 2007
The Democrats Want the Peace Movement to Work for Them; The Peace Movement Needs to Demand the Democrats End the War
(17 comments) The Democrats want to enlist the anti-war movement in their efforts to elect more Democrats but they are not willing to use the power they currently have to end the war. In 2004 many in the peace movement made the mistake of buying into the "Anybody But Bush" rhetoric. This year we should insist the Democrats end the war if they want the peace vote.

Friday, March 2, 2007
A Coalition Covering the Political Spectrum Joins Together to Oppose War with Iran
Below is a letter to Congress signed A broad coalition of organizations covering the political spectrum have joined together to oppose a military attack on Iran. The coalition lists the numerous likely negative consequences to such a war and urges Congress to take action including the use of the appropriations process to prevent an attack on Iran.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Democrats Buy War From Bush and Use it to Fund Projects for their Constituents
(2 comments) The Democrats are not only ready to fund the Iraq War, but they plan to use it to give billions in tax dollars to their friends and constitutents. Speaker Pelosi is planning to give more than $1 billion to her home state avocado growers as part of the Iraq funding bill. Is this why voters put the Democrats in power? No, but it may be why they throw them out. The Democrats War may be even uglier than the Republican version!

Friday, February 23, 2007
Can Voters Opposed to the Iraq War Trust Hillary Clinton?
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
A Populist Anti-War Campaign for President, Senator Mike Gravel Seeks the Democratic Nomination
Mike Gravel runs for president of the United States as a populist advocate for ending the war, restoring democracy and a fair economy.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007
House Debates Iraq Surge as Their Popularity Drops
Article reviews the House debate on the troop increase in Iraq. The Republicans are trapped by the Democrats and the Democrats are trapped by their own divisions. The article urges the Democrats to represent the voters or risk losing their majority status.

Monday, February 12, 2007
"You cannot oppose the war and fund this war."
(1 comments) A conversation between Anthony Arnove, author of "Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal," and Kevin Zeese. They discuss how to end the war and the arguments used by opponents of ending the war among other issues.

Friday, February 2, 2007
Republicans Poised to Hang Themselves on Iraq
The Republican leadership is putting loyalty to Bush ahead of representing the voters. Sen. John Warner is poised to be the next 'Macaca' -- a former Senator. The only thing that can save the Republicans from their mistaken leadership, is the Democrats!

Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Feingold Asks the Basic Question: What is Congressional Power to Stop the War?
(3 comments) Sen. Feingold holds hearing that shows Congress has the power, indeed the responsibility to address the Iraq War. And, if it wants to prevent a war with Iran, it better take action to do so.

Monday, January 29, 2007
Senator Chuck Hagel's Comments Should Be a Wake-Up Call to Congress
(1 comments) Senator Hagel's strongly pro-military voting record, Vietnam experience and potential presidential run make him a voice that is being heard. His run for the presidency cut turn the election upside down with a very strong anti-war Republican challenging a wishy-washy on the war Democrat.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Since Nov. 7th Support for Iraq War Dropping
A series of polls published this month finds little confidence in Bush or Democrats. Voters want Democrats to stop the "surge" by withholding funding. Majority favors withdrawal and wants a time table to exit.

Sunday, January 21, 2007
Peace Activists Must Use All the Tools in Their Tool Box
(1 comments) An interview with the National Coordinator of United for Peace and Justice, Leslie Cagan, about what peace activists should be doing to end the war. Includes information about the upcoming Washington,DC demonstration on January 27th and lobby day on January 29th.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Listen to the Voices of Iraqi's
(1 comments) An interview with businessman and progressive advocate Dal LaMagna regarding his recent trips to the Middle East. The video of the interview can be viewed at DemocracyRising.US

Sunday, January 14, 2007
Real Solutions to the Quandary of the Iraq Quagmire
(4 comments) Description of Out of Iraq Caucus/Progressive Caucus hearing that presented real alternatives that can reduce the violence in Iraq and bring U.S. troops home safely.

Thursday, January 11, 2007
"What's a Peace Voter to Do?"
Interviews with Cindy Sheehan and David Swanson -- the first two in a series with leaders of the anti-war movement.

Friday, January 5, 2007
Americans Voted for Peace
The failure of the Bush Administration and the Democratic Congress to represent the wishes of Americans to end the Iraq War as shown at the ballot box on November 7 makes the peace issue a democracy issue. And, it is a call to action for anti-war voters to get more organized. Begin by signing the voters pledge at VotersForPeace.US

Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Supporting US Troops by Putting the Iraq War on Trial
An interview of the organizers of the Citizens' Hearing on the Leaglity of U.S. Actions in Iraq. They describe how the purpose of this effort is to put forward the information that Lt. Ehren Watada would put forward in his courts martial if he were allowed to present a full defense.

Sunday, December 31, 2006
Saddam Killed in the Nick of Time for U.S. Interests
(1 comments) Saddam's death paves the way for U.S. troop escalation and ensures there will be no exposure of U.S. complicity in Saddam's crimes

Friday, December 29, 2006
Americans Want a Rapid Exit from Iraq but Elected Leaders Aren't Even Considering It
(2 comments) Ending the occupation will reduce violence, immediately save more than $100 billion and respect the wishes of the American people. Why is Washington, DC ignoring the obvious?