Who’s The Bigger War Criminal – Rep. Duncan Hunter… Or Those Who Sent Him To Iraq?
June 5, 2019
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) has found himself in the hot seat after defending a Navy SEAL on trial for wantonly killing civilians and stabbing prisoners while in Iraq. On a podcast, Hunter wondered what the big deal was – after all, he’s responsible for hundreds of civilians killed in Fallujah. It sounds like a war […]
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David Bergland, RIP: 1984 Libertarian Party Candidate for President
June 4, 2019
I am sorry to announce that David Bergland has died at the age of 83. He had been battling prostate cancer. Bergland was the 1984 presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party. He was also the 1976 candidate for Vice-President. I met David in 1973 and worked closely with him during my time in the Libertarian […]
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The ‘Good War’? US Bomb Kills Entire Afghan Family
June 4, 2019
A determined father was not about to give up trying to find out how his entire family plus four cousins were killed one morning last fall. The US denied conducting any raids in the area. Then the bomb fragments were found. How many times has this tragedy been repeated in the futile 18 year war? […]
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By Backing al-Qaeda, Trump Continues Obama’s Horrible Syria Policy
June 3, 2019
Over the weekend, President Trump tweeted a condemnation of Syria and Russia’s assault on the Idlib province. Yet even the US government special envoy for Syria admitted on video that Idlib is home to the largest concentration of al-Qaeda fighters. Are Trump’s advisors feeding him false information? Why continue the disastrous policy of backing al-Qaeda […]
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One Bomb. 11 Children Killed. And the Evidence That Implicates the US
June 3, 2019
An investigative report from the New York Times. Warning: Graphic Video
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The Julian Assange Beard (JAB) Movement: A Suggestion
May 31, 2019
… on Seeing Julian’s Political Asylum Unceremoniously Withdrawn Have any of you readers had the trouble Ray has experienced in getting the following photo out his mind? Ray’s hair/beard grows in disheveled witness to the uncivilized treatment accorded his admired friend Julian. Why such treatment? For publishing truthful information highly embarrassing to war criminals and […]
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Ron Paul asks Are US/UK Trying to Kill Assange?
May 30, 2019
Jailed Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange is reportedly “too ill” to even speak at a scheduled extradition hearing today. He is said to be “gravely ill” and even near death. If Assange is worth more dead than alive to the governments he has embarrassed by publishing the truth about their crimes, are they trying to make […]
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The Brilliance of Randolph Bourne: Happy Birthday!
May 29, 2019
Today is the 133nd anniversary of Randolph Bourne’s birthday. Antiwar.com named its parent institute for this early 20th century antiwar activist. Read Jeff Riggenbach’s biography of Bourne. [Transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode “Randolph Bourne (1886–1918)”] Randolph Bourne was an American intellectual journalist who flourished for a few years in the second decade of […]
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Mueller Blames Russia, Bolton Blames Iran. Should We Believe Them?
May 29, 2019
Robert Mueller resigned today as Special Counsel investigating Trump Campaign collusion with Russia. Though he found no collusion, his parting shot was aimed directly at Russia for “interference” in the election. His evidence? Allegations of a grand jury. Meanwhile, John Bolton swears that Iran is behind sabotage of four tankers in the UAE. His evidence? […]
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Robert Stuart vs. the BBC: One Man’s Quest To Expose a Fake BBC Video About Syria
May 28, 2019
It’s a David vs. Goliath story. A former local newspaper reporter, Robert Stuart, is taking on the British Broadcasting Corporation. Stuart believes that a sensational video story about an alleged atrocity in Syria “was largely, if not entirely, staged.” The BBC would like it all to just go away. But like David, Stuart will not […]
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