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“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”

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Give Shoes to President Bush Muntadhar al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist working for the TV channel Al-Baghdadia, gave his shoes to President Bush on December 14. In this season of giving, should we do no less? According to CNN, “reports suggest that al-Zaidi knows firsthand the anguish of the Iraq war. Al-Zaidi was kidnapped in November [...]

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The Humanitarian Tragedy Unfolding in Gaza Special Report: 10 am (CST) Sun Dec 7 on KMNY-1360 AM Also streaming Live on www.rationalradio.org

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Editor’s Note: I condemn the Mumbai attacks and offer my condolences to the victims and their loved ones.It is with profound sadness that I have read accounts of ordeals of the victims. This website has stood against wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the occupation of Palestine; it stands against all war, terror and injustice. [...]

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THE GRINDING MACHINE: TERROR AND GENOCIDE IN RWANDA keith harmon snow talks with Paul Rusesabagina, the ordinary man who inspired the film Hotel Rwanda. keith harmon snow http://www.allthingspass.com 20 April 2007 “The nickname for my country is ‘the land of thousands of hills,’” writes Paul Rusesabagina, in his autobiography, An Ordinary Man, “but this signifies [...]

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Ann Wright speaking at Brown University on April 16, 2007 about the war with Iraq and the possibility of war with Iran. Filmed by Paul Hubbard. Thank you Ann and Paul for sending this to us!

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Watch Cindy Sheehan – They Can’t Kill Love The Yellow Badge of Cowardice Cindy Sheehan There was an unbelievable story in The Cove Herald last week that comes from near where George Bush and I own property: Copperas Cove, Texas. Apparently two residents: Bill and Georgia Thomas decided that the Resident in Chief deserved one [...]

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Mass Murderers Cindy Sheehan “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” ~Chief Seattle~1855 Last night, at the annual White House Correspondent’s Dinner, we did not get the usual “stellar” [...]

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“War will not solve any problem we face with Iran.” Scott Ritter, former Major of the US Marines and Chief UNSCOM Weapons Inspector in Iraq, spoke on the folly of war with Iran in the General Pershing Room of the War Memorial, Indianapolis, IN on April 18, 2007. This is Part 1 – his presentation [...]

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“Why We Occupied Senator Herb Kohl’s Office — And Why This is Just the Beginning” A statement from the Campus Antiwar Network at UW-Madison http://www.campusantiwar.net/ * WisconsinCAN@gmail.com On Wednesday, April 18, the Campus Antiwar Network at the University of Wisconsin-Madison led a walkout of approximately 200 students against the war. This walkout culminated in 100 [...]

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Below is coverage of UW-Madison CAN’s ongoing occupation of Senator Herb Kohl’s office. (Despite the abrupt ending of the first article, which doesn’t make this clear, we’re still in the office.) Other coverage has included Air America and local television and radio. Elizabeth Wrigley-Field <http://www.dailycardinal.com/news/ anti-war-network-sits-in-at-sen.-kohl-s-office-through-the-night.html> (link no longer works) Anti-war network sits in at [...]

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Sacrifice Keynote Speech for the Omaha Peace and Justice Expo Cindy Sheehan If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. Arabian Proverb I recently discovered an incredible woman: Jeannette Rankin. She was the first Congress woman, in 1916…she was from the state of Montana and besides beginning [...]

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“They can kill somebody’s body, but they can’t kill love.” – Cindy Sheehan. Cindy Sheehan calls for nonviolent revolution, encourages activists and shares her emotions about the senseless killings of Iraqis and US soldiers due to this war. This is a must watch question and answer session, after her talk at the 3rd Annual Midwest [...]

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7AkCRTZ5i8[/youtube] Cindy Sheehan spoke at Purdue University on April 12, 2007. Proponents of war with Iraq tried to prevent her coming, by smearing her in the Lafayette newspaper and trying to discourage the university for bringing her to speak. The Peace Studies Committee at Purdue University sponsored her appearance (without using university funds). Protestors in [...]

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This is Part 2 of a 2 part video (split due to YouTube size limitations). It features Chaplain James Yee, former US Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo. In this Part 2, he discusses Guantanamo, including shocking interrogation technigues (such as sexual taunting from naked female interrogators), physical and psychological abuse, and desecration of the Koran. [...]

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This is Part 1 of a 2 part video (split due to YouTube size limitations). It features Chaplain James Yee, former US Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo. In this Part I, he discusses how he became a Muslim. In Part II, he goes into detail about shocking abuses at Guantanamo and his arrest and threatened [...]

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Cindy Sheehan gave the Plowshare Keynote Address at the 3rd Annual Midwest Peace and Justice Summit on April 13, 2007 at the Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis campus. See more on the conference at http://www.mpjs.org Sponsoring organizations were IUPUI Students Advocates for Global Equality, Plowshares Consortium of Peace Studies, Indiana Peace and Justice Network, [...]

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by David Taylor I was hoping to see someone else write a substantive post about yesterday’s action in Smithfield, North Carolina. Here I’ll share my experience/observations in lieu of a report from someone more intimate with the details. I think it’s important that awareness be raised on this issue for several reasons. First and foremost [...]

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Wally Nelson would have been 98 on March 27th. He was a pioneer civil rights activist and is considered a parent – along with his partner Juanita Nelson – of the modern war tax resistance movement in the US. See more on Wally (with links to other resources) at http://www.traprockpeace.org/wallynel… and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Ne… This short video [...]

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Veterans Paul Abernathy and Matt Southworth, both member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, speak with Sunny Miller, Executive Director of Traprock Peace Center, after the antiwar/anti-occupation rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina on March 17, 2007. For more information, see: http://www.ivaw.org http://www.traprockpeace.org http://www.veteransforpeace.org For videos of the Fayetteville peace events on March 17-18, 2007 (more [...]

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Iraq War veterans leading march in Fayetteville, North Carolina – March 17, 2007. A short clip of the head of the march. The vets led the chanting for the march through Fayetteville, the home of Fort Bragg (82nd Airborne). See Veterans for Peace – http://www.veteransforpeace.org – and Iraq Veterans Against the War – http://www.ivaw.org. For [...]

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Marchers in North Carolina took to the streets to protest war in Fayetteville on March 17, 2007. About 500 marched to a rally against the war and occupation. For more information on the rally and march, see http://www.fayetteville-peace-rally.org Video recorded and edited by Charles Jenks. © 2007 Traprock Peace Center; all rights reserved. info@traprockpeace.org http://www.traprockpeace.org

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“We want justice, got to have justice.” This was one of the songs performed by the Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble at the peace rally in Fayetteville, NC on March 17, 2007. Fruit of Labor is the cultural arm of Black Workers for Justice; http://www.bwfj.org Members are affiliated with the NC Public Service Workers Union, [...]

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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber spoke at the peace rally in Fayetteville, NC on March 17, 2007. He is President of the NC NAACP and pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, NC. Chuck Fager of Quaker House introduced him. For more information, see http://www.fayetteville-peace-rally.org video recorded and edited by Charles Jenks; charles@traprockpeace.org © 2007 [...]

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Anti-torture and antiwar activists in North Carolina, joined by Ann Wright and Sunny Miller, protested outside the gates of Aero Contractors LTD in Smithfield, NC. Aero Contractors has been reported to provide planes and pilots for the CIA’s ‘extraordinary rendition’, in other words kidnapping, of people in other countries for interrogation and imprisonment, which has [...]

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The Folly of War with Iran   By Stanley Heller   The feeble Democratic leadership has given up on legislation to require the President to seek approval from Congress before attacking Iran.  It stripped the language from the Iraq Supplemental Appropriation Bill.  Reportedly convervative Democrats didn’t want to “tie the President’s hands”.  While the President’s [...]

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“DEATH” OF CONGRESS SHIFTS WEIGHT OF WAR RESISTANCE MORE HEAVILY ON MILITARY By Nick Mottern, Director, ConsumersforPeace.org March 2, 2007 One can argue that Congress died as a representative body on Feb. 16-17, 2007 when it went on record as doing nothing to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq. Statements of the Democratic leadership about the [...]

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Jonathan Hutto: A Powerful and Inspiring Voice Feb. 18 Middletown, Connecticut AppealforRedress.org Active Duty Seaman Jonathan Hutto spoke with infectious enthusiasm about the campaign he co-founded — the Appeal for Redress, an appeal addressed to Congress from members of the active duty military. (Hutto with Sally Weiss, Traprock Core Group member; photo © 2007 Carl [...]

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ARE HOUSE LEADERSHIP CONFLICTS OF INTEREST STALLING THE DRIVE TO GET THE U.S. OUT OF IRAQ By Nick Mottern www.consumersforpeace.org At least seven bills have been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would halt the escalation of the Iraq War and/or forbid further money from being used for anything except bringing U.S. forces [...]

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OCCUPATION PROJECT ROLLS INTO McCAIN’S WORLD By Bill Rau for www.consumersforpeace.org Washington, D.C. February 5, 2007 The arrests started just five minutes after people entered Senator John McCain’s (R-AZ) office in the Senate Office Building. The first of a planned three-month series of occupations of U.S. legislators’ offices was designed to demand specific action to [...]

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MARCHERS SEND MESSAGE-AND DESERVE BETTER By Charles Jenks January 31, 2007 See photos See videos of march On January 27th, the people sent a clear message to Washington – “Get U.S. Troops Out of Iraq Now!” Hundreds of thousands of people marched, and they completely – for the first time in history it is reported [...]

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WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? Why protest matters By Sharon Smith | February 9, 2007 HUNDREDS OF thousands of antiwar protesters amassed on the streets of Washington, D.C., on January 27, emboldened by the optimism of an antiwar majority that has finally found its voice. To be sure, skeptics were quick to point out that [...]

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At YouTube The Campus Antiwar Network brought hundreds of students into the Unified Youth and Student Contingent on January 27th in DC. The new SDS, World Can’t Wait and other groups joined in one of the largest contingents in the march, and clearly the largest student bloc. This 8 minute video shows the march to [...]

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http://www.consumersforpeace.org/news_former_generals_involved_war.html FORMER -GENERALS WHO WANT THE U.S. TO STAY IN IRAQ ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE WAR INDUSTRY – Keane devises and pushes Bush’s “surge”. – McCaffery wants more arms and money for Iraqis. – Hoar and Odom, little connected to military business, call for withdrawal. – The importance of “contractors” in sustaining the war; [...]

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This video joins 10 clips together to give a sense of this historic event, on January 27, 2007, which brought about 500,000 people to DC to march on the Capitol. The video starts with a short clip of the intended ‘head’ of the march, with celebrities and politicians. A large swarm of photographers and videographers [...]

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On January 27, 2007, 500,000 marched against war and occupation in Washington, DC. After this mass demonstration against the war, Kelly Dougherty, co-founder and Executive Director of Iraq Veterans Against War, and Anthony Arnove, author of Iraq: the Logic of Withdrawal, spoke at the Bus Boys and Poets cafe. Their talks followed an incredible performance [...]

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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. [...]

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This program, with ANTHONY ARNOVE, author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal, was held at the University of Illinois at Chicago on January 20, 2007. (JEFF ENGLEHART of Iraq Veterans Against the War also spoke, and will appear in a separate video.) You may also download the audio of both of the speaker presentations – [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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This Buddhist monk, of the Nipponzan Myohoji Order, was sitting outside across from the White House, chanting Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo on a beautiful day in April, 2006. We chatted – and had mutual friends in the New England Peace Pagoda – and she kindly allowed me to digitally record her lovely [...]

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Killing of Anthony Hayes by NOLA Police – 12/26/05 Four clips are sequenced of the scene of this killing by police on December 26, 2005. The video is jumpy, for understandable reasons. This was a very tense situation that ended in tragedy. A question: How could this man, even with a little knife, have posed [...]

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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.

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Perpetual War for Peace? …Iraq…Iran…& the Corporate Agenda This is a television production of Traprock Peace Center on November 3, 2006 that featured Antonia Juhasz, Rostam Pourzal, and Raed Jarrar – with Sunny Miller, Traprock’s Director, as moderator and Executive Producer. [Video requires Shockwave Player. Intel based Macs using the Firefox browser must open Firefox [...]

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Anthony Arnove, author of “Iraq: the Logic of Withdrawal” spoke at the plenary session of the Campus Antiwar Network’s Midwest Regional Conference at the University of Illinois at Chicago on April 22, 2006. He makes the case for immediate withdrawal, and points out the lies that led to war, and the lies that sustain the [...]

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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 [...]

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