Testimony by Anthony Arnove before the Congressional Out Now Caucus – January 29, 2007 Our Now Caucus Iraq Book Fair 1100 Longworth House Office Building Representatives Waters and Woolsey, members of Iraq Veterans Against the War in the gallery, colleagues: It is an honor to speak today about my book Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal.… Continue reading Anthony Arnove Testifies before Out Now Caucus

Target Iran: The Truth about the White House Plans for Regime Change –Today’s discussion? —————————————————————————————————————- PUT THE BRAKES ON WAR WITH IRAN “Not only did the President single out Iran (four times, according to an NPR commentator), but I heard no rebuttals from members of Congress regarding the threat of US war against Iran, with… Continue reading Bush Singles Out Iran in Address

DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP COOPERATES WITH THE BUSH EXPANSION OF THE IRAQ-IRAN WAR –   Woolsey and Nadler Bills Most Forceful but Likely to Die Without Massive Grassroots Pressure By Nick Mottern, Director, ConsumersforPeace.org In spite of protestations about the Bush Administration’s hike in troop levels in Iraq, the Democratic Congressional leadership is essentially cooperating through inaction… Continue reading Democrat Leaders Cooperate with Bush on War Expansion

Tale of Two Sisters: Why Is HUD Using Tens of Millions of Katrina Money to Bulldoze 4534 Public Housing Apartments in New Orleans When It Costs Less to Repair and Open Them Up? By Bill Quigley. Bill is a human rights lawyer and law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. Bill is one of the… Continue reading HUD Destroying NOLA Public Housing

by Avery Friend The streets were packed and Lori could barely breathe as she pushed her way through, her thick black hair sticking to the back of her neck. Her ponytail holder had slowly slipped down for nearly an hour before she had finally ripped it out and wrapped it around her wrist – they… Continue reading Remember

MICHAEL KLARE FORESEES YEARS OF IRAQ BLOODSHED AND CHAOS December 19, 2006 By Nick Mottern, Director, ConsumersforPeace.org On December 5, a day before the release of the Iraq Study Group report, I interviewed Michael Klare about what he envisions happening in Iraq.

We have published a new, important report by James Brooks on Israel’s use of exotic weaponry against Palestinians in Gaza. It is an extentively researched work, with over 50 links to resources (given the number of links, we make it available as a pdf file, rather than printed within the blog.) Brooks explores the nature… Continue reading Israel’s use of DIME bombs in context of DU

Letter to the Judge Who Sentenced My Husband to Federal Prison for Protesting Nuclear Weapons by Michele Naar-Obed. Michele is married to Greg Boertje-Obed who was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison in November 2006 for hammering on the concrete lid covering the missile silo which houses the Minuteman III nuclear… Continue reading Letter to plowshares judge

A true giving of thanks for people of conscience by Silvia Brandon Pérez On the eve of the celebration of Thanksgiving in the United States, and while thousands across the land battled each other for yet another nonsensical and highly expensive toy, I have returned from what I may characterize as one of the most… Continue reading SOA Watch uplifting

Want to End the War? Ask for Investigations! By David Swanson Public awareness of the lies that led to the war and the crimes committed during the war helps build public demand for the troops to come home. Not every committee in Congress can work fulltime on simply ending the war: a legislative process that… Continue reading Ask for Investigations on Iraq