Category Archives: The Right’s Challange

Come Home America at Nullify Now! Philadelphia

Darren Wolfe with Come Home America speaks at Nullify Now! Philadelphia on march 31, 2012. He spoke about peace activism, the tenth Amendment Center’s Defend the Guard legislation, and the upcoming End the Fed rally.

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McCain’s Call “Bomb Iran & Syria” In War Championing US Not Prosecutable?

By Jay Janson Senator John McCain, a chief promoter of Wall Street wars for predatory investments, steadfastly dismissive and contemptuous of Nuremberg Chief Prosecutor Telford Taylors’s publicized desire to have prosecuted him for bombing civilian populations of Vietnamese cities, has … Continue reading

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Why OWS Should Lead the #NoIranWar Resistance

Stolen from Joe Scarry at Scarry Thoughts: A national call went out just a week ago for a National Day of Action to resist U.S. war against Iran. Will the Occupy movement be the leading voice saying “No Iran War!” ? … Continue reading

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King, Who Condemned US Wars, Again Betrayed by War-Supporting Clergy’s Praise

by Jay Janson We have just witnessed the annual birthday-highlighted betrayal of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with clergy leading the way – a betrayal of what King taught and was dedicated to when he was assassinated, namely, exposing … Continue reading

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No War, No Sanctions, No Intervention, No Assassinations

Kn@ppster has an important message for the No War on Iran: National Day of Action on February 4th: don’t let your political allegiances make you stray from the message: A lot of anti-war activities get bogged down in lengthy laundry … Continue reading

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#NoIranWar Daily Action

Chairperson Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, (Rep. Fla), has decried any prospective talks with Iran a “foolish venture.” This kind of action–diplomatic inaction–makes any peaceful outcome of this whole debacle impossible. Is it really just that Ms. Ros-Lehtinen … Continue reading

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National Day of Action on Iran #NoIranWar

National Day of Action February 4th.  No war, no sanctions, no intervention, no assassinations.  #NoIranWar Details to follow.  

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Congress: Who Is Behind Assassinations In Iran? #NoIranWar

by Joe Scarry, (Lifted directly from Scarry Thoughts) Yet another Iranian scientist has been assassinated.In an environment in which the U.S. is beating the drums of war against Iran, we do not have the option of closing our eyes and acting as … Continue reading

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War Clouds Darken: Russia Warns of US Strike on Iran #NoIranWar

From Common Dreams is a comprehensive update on the road to war with Iran: UPDATE: Robert Baer, the long-time senior CIA officer who spent 21 years working the Middle East, was on MSNBC’s ‘Hardball’ this evening saying that he believes … Continue reading

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Ten Years of Gitmo and No Looking Back

David Cole of the Nation tells us of the horrible legacy that Gitmo has left us: But in another way, Guantánamo is a deeper problem today than it ever was. No longer a temporary exception, it has become a permanent … Continue reading

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The Tyranny of Defense Inc.

Most Americans know about President Dwight Eisenhower’s prophetic farewell address. Beware the dangers of the military industrial complex, he warned. Of equal significance was Eisenhower’s speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1953. Forgotten by most Americans, the general … Continue reading

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Obama Seeks to Distance U.S. from Israeli Attack

President Obama, writes Gareth Porter, “appears to be hoping that he can avoid being caught up in a regional war started by Israel if he distances the United States from any Israeli attack.” But all of this could change, he … Continue reading

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The Case Against the Next War

Check out this amazing presentation, the Case Against the Next War, by Nick Hankoff. Included are: a debate excerpt from Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio, a talk about Israel by Scott Ritter, a wonderful video on Iranian-American relations, and a … Continue reading

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Iowa Votes for Peace

[Reprinted from the American Conservative.  Much thanks to the editors for their support for peace.] By Bill Kauffman Our daughter will be spending the snowy months rehearsing her role as Marian the Librarian in her high school’s production of Meredith … Continue reading

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Three Myths About the Detention Bill

Despite a groundswell of public opposition, the Orwellian named National Defense Authorization Act passed in the House and Senate. President Obama initially had plans to veto it. His veto threat was not made out of concern for the civil liberties … Continue reading

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Compose #AfghanistanTuesday Super-Tweets!

by Joe Scarry, Scarry Thoughts Want to compose #AfghanistanTuesday tweets that people read, retweet, reply to, think about, emulate …? Want to really start something with your #AfghanistanTuesday tweets? I looked through the week-by-week list of #AfghanistanTuesday top tweets and … Continue reading

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Die for the Benefit of the 1%: Get Dumped in a Landfill

[Below is the Director's Pick of the Week.  Some details may disturb some readers. -- Angela] From yahoo: The US Air Force dumped the cremated, partial remains of at least 274 troops in a landfill before halting the secretive practice in 2008, … Continue reading

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#NoIranWar

(Stolen directly from the Scarry Thoughts blog. –Angela) By Joe Scarry You would have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the fact that the Obama administration is beating the drums of war against Iran. Here are … Continue reading

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Double Header on Military’s Influence on Academia.

Peace activist Steve Horn and Professor Ruff examine the military’s infiltration of universities. 1.) How Private Warmongers and the US Military Infiltrated American Universities 2.) Defunct War Strategy Program May Still Overshadow University of Wisconsin-Madison’s History of Dissent

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Who to Tweet for #AfghanistanTuesday

@aheram @Aishaf786 @amadorlicea @AnonNep @AnthonyIanozi @Antiwar2 @Antiwarcom @bboyblue @ChristinaDLC @codepinkalert @CostsOfWar @cy_guevara @EvanTKelly @futureup2us @Human___Rights @info_from_vcnv @JanetRWeil @JeremySapienza @jilreb @Kate_Chase @katpen6 @khaake @Leftpalm @LibertyWebA @llambertschmidt @merlinw @MoniqueFrugier @MoralOutrage1 @MylaReson @nat_riverascott @ramahkudaimi @ronpaulrca2012 @sethfreytag @ShaggyBull @SmoochArt @Spudlovr @susanhogarth @Tosfm @TRTears @USDayofRageIN … Continue reading

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