Congressional News Conference on Ending Funds for Afghan War: Wednesday 5/24
May 23, 2017
Update: Here is the video of the news conference. Wednesday, May 24: Congressmen Walter B. Jones (R-NC) and John Garamendi (D-CA), along with House cosponsors of H.R. 1666, will host a press conference regarding their bill to prohibit funds for activities in Afghanistan, and the importance of debating the 16 year war in Afghanistan, the […]
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Ron Paul on the Manchester Tragedy: Understanding The Big Picture
May 23, 2017
Yesterday’s tragedy at a Manchester, UK music concert reminds us that the threat of terrorism remains with us. ISIS claimed responsibility and governments will no doubt respond. But will their response make future attacks more or less likely? Also, we must look at the attack in the context of the emerging larger US/UK/allied war on […]
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Matching Funds Are Here: Let’s Do It!
May 23, 2017
Dear Friends of Antiwar.com, A group of our generous friends have gotten together and raised $30,000 in matching funds to support Antiwar.com’s Spring fundraising drive – but there’s a catch. We have to match that amount in individual donations, or else – no dice. It’s time to put an end to this fundraiser: we have […]
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Trump In Saudi Arabia – ‘Peace In Our Time?’
May 22, 2017
President Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia was perhaps one of the most bizarre spectacles of our time. Just months ago he accused the Saudi government of being behind the 9/11 attack on the US, yet over the weekend he stood on Saudi soil and discussed the virtues of religious diversity (something illegal in Saudi Arabia). […]
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Antiwar.com’s Angela Keaton on the Release of Chelsea Manning
May 21, 2017
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Condemns New US Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia
May 20, 2017
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) today condemned the Trump Administration’s new $460 billion arms deal with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – $110 billion immediately and $350 billion over the next 10 years – a country with a devastating record of human rights violations at home and abroad, and a long history of providing support to […]
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Video: Julian Assange Speaks After Sweden Halts Rape Investigation
May 19, 2017
Sweden’s top prosecutor said today that she has “discontinued” an investigation into allegations that Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, raped a woman in Stockholm in 2010, and withdrawn an international warrant for his arrest.
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Mueller Appointed ‘Chief Prosecutor’ – ‘Russiagate’ Crisis Over… Or Just Beginning?
May 18, 2017
In a surprise move, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as Special Counsel to look into whether the Russian government interfered in the 2016 US presidential election and whether the Trump election team colluded with the Russians. Mueller is also granted sweeping and unspecified power to look into many related […]
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Base World: The Pentagon’s Profligate and Prodigious Presence
May 18, 2017
As President Trump heads off on an overseas trip, trailing Washington scandals in his wake, it’s worth reminding ourselves of America’s prodigious global presence and the profligate expense at which it comes. As David Vine notes in his latest article for TomDispatch.com, the USA has something like 800 military bases overseas, which must be garrisoned […]
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Freed 28 Years Early, Chelsea Manning Can Finally Go Home
May 17, 2017
Chelsea Manning was the first of her kind, bringing a new type of whistleblowing to the public eye. In 2010, Manning leaked an impressive number of documents detailing the way the U.S. military and government violated the rights of many. Via communication with WikiLeaks and secret document-copying, she brought citizen bystander killings to light, exposed […]
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