Fighting for Peace–UPDATED Fighting for Peace–UPDATED
****HELP GREET BUSH IN FLORIDA**** George W. Bush is going to Florida tomorrow. Help the local progresive community give him a proper greeting. He'll be at MacDill Air Force Bas...
Mar 23, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
Against the Hijacking of Patriotism Against the Hijacking of Patriotism
"In all good conscience, I cannot and will not vote for a resolution that supports and endorses a failed policy that led us to war," declared US Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, as he ...
Mar 22, 2003 / John Nichols
Rachel Corrie’s Echo Rachel Corrie’s Echo
In the last note that 23-year-old American college student Rachel Corrie wrote to her father from a Palestinian community on the Gaza Strip, she thanked Craig Corrie for stepping ...
Mar 20, 2003 / John Nichols
Urgent Antiwar Activism–UPDATED Urgent Antiwar Activism–UPDATED
George W. Bush has launched war with Iraq, a war that is unnecessary, unwise and illegal. In response, a wave of angry antiwar protests began to roll across Europe and the Middle...
Mar 20, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
A War Begun in Failure A War Begun in Failure
It appears that George W. Bush will get his war. But it will be a war begun in failure. Even as Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders in the United States dutifully sign...
Mar 18, 2003 / John Nichols
Walking into War Walking into War
President Bush ended an hour-long summit in the Azores today by giving the UN a deadline of 24 hours to act on a resolution authorizing war with Iraq, marking an abrupt end to si...
Mar 17, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
Harkin Stumps for Peace Harkin Stumps for Peace
No one has made life on the campaign trail more difficult for several of the frontrunning candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination than US Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. L...
Mar 13, 2003 / John Nichols
Resisting US Pressure for War—UPDATED Resisting US Pressure for War—UPDATED
The Observer newspaper (London) reported recently that the United States is conducting a secret surveillance campaign against UN Security Council delegations as part of its battl...
Mar 7, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
Bush Nominee is Blocked Bush Nominee is Blocked
In the first significant setback for the Bush Administration in the 108th Congress, Senate Democrats blocked a move Thursday by Republicans to force a vote on controversial judici...
Mar 6, 2003 / John Nichols
A Convergence of Opposition A Convergence of Opposition
The growing antiwar movement is building on the considerable momentum of the historic February 15 protests with a series of marches, petition drives, lobbying efforts and teach-i...
Feb 28, 2003 / Peter Rothberg