AltWeeklies Wire
Congressman to Protesters: Go Directly to Jailnew
Maine's First District US Representative Tom Allen, a Democrat, has activists arrested when they demonstrate at his offices; Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, lets them stay.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
10-04-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Cartoon: Blackwater Target Guidenew
For Blackwater's hired guns, it's wall-to-wall bad guys.
Portland Phoenix |
David Kish |
10-04-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Pittsburgh Reaches Settlement with Antiwar Demonstratorsnew
The agreement will keep the 24-hour antiwar protesters within two marked sections of sidewalk along Forbes Avenue, and will keep city police officers from citing any more protesters for "obstructing passageways" while sitting or lying there during the rest of their nearly month-long fast and picket.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Marty Levine |
10-01-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Pvt. Brad McCall Heads to Canadanew
Feeling it's his only peaceable option, McCall packed his bags and left Colorado last weekend. In Canada, he'll join hundreds of other asylum-seeking soldiers.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
09-25-2007 |
War
Academic Colloquium on Afghanistan Riles Anti-War Activistsnew
In a province as almost palpably averse to armed conflicts as Quebec, it's no surprise that a major colloquium on Canada and Afghanistan, featuring a pro-interventionist government minister delivering the keynote speech, would attract some controversy.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
09-21-2007 |
War
Yo Soy el Armynew
If you're an immigrant, at least Uncle Sam wants you.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Deborah Davis |
09-20-2007 |
War
Fighting Back Against Military Recruitersnew
Recruiter Watch PDX makes the rounds outside Portland high schools before an important Oct. 1 filing deadline.
Willamette Week |
Rachel Schiff |
09-19-2007 |
War
Forget Petraeus, Here's the Juan Cole Reportnew
"No happy endings in Iraq that I can see," says the University of Michigan history professor and author of the must-read blog Informed Comment.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
09-18-2007 |
War
Fort Lewis Rangers Rack Up Accidental Casualtiesnew
Four of the fort's nine Ranger fatalities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and training exercises since 2004 have been caused by accidents, including the notorious friendly-fire death of Cpl. Pat Tillman.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
09-18-2007 |
War
The Alabama National Guard Prepares for Warnew
For five weeks this past July and August, 36 men and women from across Alabama trained in counter-insurgency warfare at Ft. Bragg, N.C., for their deployment to the Middle East, and we joined them.
Birmingham Weekly |
Bill Sasser |
09-18-2007 |
War
Enjoy the Air Show -- You Paid For Itnew
Let's move beyond the $320 million in aircraft you have bought, and the roughly $12 million in annual salaries you're paying for the people whose entire, year-round, full-time jobs are to use those aircraft to show off the military prowess of the United States by, um, flying really really fast very close to the ground.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
09-13-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Surge Protectors: Bush & Co. Are Lying to You Againnew
With the new report from General Petraeus, you can sniff the strong smell of desperation emanating from the administration and its apologists.
Philadelphia City Paper |
David Faris |
09-11-2007 |
War
3rd Degree: Rev. Roy Bourgeoisnew
The peace crusader on why he wants to shut down the infamous School of the Americas.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Joe Piasecki |
09-07-2007 |
War
Back from Iraq, Congressman Mike Arcuri Gives His Takenew
As long as the United States maintains a huge, powerful force in Iraq, Arcuri thinks the Iraqi government will never find the right motivation to actually work.
New York Press |
John DeSio |
09-06-2007 |
War
'Army of None' Aims to Thwart Military Recruitersnew
Former Oakland City Council candidate Aimee Allison publishes an activist guidebook.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
09-05-2007 |
War
