Antiwar news, viewpoints, and activities.
How the US Uses and Abuses Latin America
22 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
On January 10, 2025, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) posted a $25 million reward (up from a paltry $15 million) for information leading to the arrest of “former” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and associates, just as he was taking the oath of office in Caracas for his third term as President. Maduro had been … Continue reading "How the US Uses and Abuses Latin America"
How US Media Hide Truths About the Gaza War
22 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
A few days before the end of 2024, the independent magazine +972 reported that “Israeli army forces stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital compound in Beit Lahiya, culminating a nearly week-long siege of the last functioning hospital in northern Gaza.” While fire spread through the hospital, its staff issued a statement saying that “surgical departments, laboratory, … Continue reading "How US Media Hide Truths About the Gaza War"
The Gaza Genocide: The Fall of Israel’s Immunity
22 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
A dramatic escape was cited by Israeli media as the reason that Yuval Vagdani, a soldier in the Israeli army, managed to escape justice in Brazil. Vagdani was accused by a Palestinian advocacy legal group, the Hind Rajab Foundation, of carrying out well-documented crimes in Gaza. He is not the only Israeli soldier being pursued … Continue reading "The Gaza Genocide: The Fall of Israel’s Immunity"
Can Trump Fix Our Broken Foreign Policy?
21 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
By the time most of you read this column, we will have a new US President. Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated for his second term today at 11:30 AM, Eastern time, and many Americans are hopeful that the disastrous foreign policy of the past four years under Biden will be improved. There is good … Continue reading "Can Trump Fix Our Broken Foreign Policy?"
Federalism, New Hampshire, and the USS Liberty
21 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
In 1986, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan was awarded the “Seal Medallion of the Central Intelligence Agency ‘In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments as… a leader in establishing the oversight of intelligence…'” By 1995, on the first day of the first session of the 104th United States Congress, Sen. Moynihan informed his colleagues and the nation … Continue reading "Federalism, New Hampshire, and the USS Liberty"
Trump One; Biden Nothing
21 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
Before the first day of Donald Trump’s term in office, he already had more diplomatic achievements than Joe Biden did on the last day of his. The entrance of the Trump team into the negotiations was the difference in Gaza. Biden opened his administration with the promise of “a new era of relentless diplomacy.” But after four years … Continue reading "Trump One; Biden Nothing"
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Prophetic Warning, Denouncing the Merchants of Death
20 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
Over the past three years, a collective of volunteer researchers, lawyers, and commentators created The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal, dedicated to holding accountable four weapon manufacturing corporations based in the U.S. Their tribunal amassed copious evidence to prove that Boeing, Lockheed Martin, RTX (formerly Raytheon) and General Atomics (a company which manufactures weaponized … Continue reading "Dr. Martin Luther King’s Prophetic Warning, Denouncing the Merchants of Death"
The Fatal Effort To Dismantle UNRWA
20 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
Early in the year, State Department officials briefed Joel Rayburn from the Trump transition team there could be a humanitarian “catastrophe” in Gaza when a new Israeli law barring contact with the UN refugee agency for Palestinians takes effect at the end of the month. The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is the primary … Continue reading "The Fatal Effort To Dismantle UNRWA"
Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break the Silence
20 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
April 4, 1967, Riverside Church, New York The sermon which I am preaching this morning in a sense is not the usual kind of sermon, but it is a sermon and an important subject, nevertheless, because the issue that I will be discussing today is one of the most controversial issues confronting our nation. I’m … Continue reading "Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break the Silence"