Strange Marchfellows Strange Marchfellows
The numbers and diversity of the April 20 protests in Washington represented a giant step forward for the antiwar movement. The weekend's events dealt a lethal blow to the notion-...
Apr 25, 2002 / Liza Featherstone
Where Are the Peaceniks? Where Are the Peaceniks?
Do Not Employ Arabs, Enemies Should Not Be Offered a Livelihood and We Will Assist Those Who Do Not Provide Work For Arabs are just a few of the slogans covering billboards throug...
Apr 11, 2002 / Neve Gordon
A Prayer for America A Prayer for America
I offer these brief remarks today as a prayer for our country, with love of democracy, as a celebration of our country. With love for our country. With hope for our country.
Feb 26, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Dennis Kucinich
Patriotic Dissent Patriotic Dissent
It just got a little harder to ignore the dissenters in America's War on Terrorism.
Feb 24, 2002 / Feature / Jordan Moss
The Beloved Community The Beloved Community
In this most emotionally charged of times, I think that many of the moral issues we face are overlaid by an oft-expressed tension between the need for security and the full prote...
Jan 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams
Path of Least Resistance? Path of Least Resistance?
"Yes, nonviolence is a noble ideal, but do you really think it would stop a Hitler?" Or a street thug, a dictator, a death squad? Pacifists are long accustomed to these...
Feb 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Colman McCarthy
Middle East Divide Middle East Divide
Jerusalem One of the many casualties of the Palestinian intifada in the occupied territories, now entering its third month, is the alliance between the Palestinian nationa...
Dec 7, 2000 / Graham Usher
Antiwar and Proud of It Antiwar and Proud of It
The throngs of Vietnamese who hailed Bill Clinton as "the antiwar President" demonstrated that they as a people remember something that we as a people have chosen to forget. It i...
Nov 27, 2000 / H. Bruce Franklin
Israeli Doves Speak Out Israeli Doves Speak Out
Although most Israelis, even those who consider themselves members of the left, are blaming Yasir Arafat for escalating the current violence, some are trying to voice a different...
Oct 12, 2000 / Neve Gordon
Getting Active Getting Active
Peace Action (www.peace-action.org), the largest grassroots peace group in the United States, has made stopping NMD and reducing nuclear weapons its top
Jun 1, 2000 / Feature / William D. Hartung and Michelle Ciarrocca