AltWeeklies Wire
Sparking a Prairie Fire: Cindy Sheehan at City Hallnew
The founder of Camp Casey and her "Bring Them Home Now" Tour arrives to a big Austin welcome
Austin Chronicle |
Wells Dunbar |
09-03-2005 |
War
A Crawford Diary: Keeping Vigil With Cindy Sheehannew
At the campsite where a grieving mother waits to talk to President Bush, small white crosses line the road. Each bears a name of one of the approximately 1,900 soldiers who have died in Iraq.
The Memphis Flyer |
Cheri DelBrocco |
09-01-2005 |
War
Casualties on the Home Frontnew
Murders and suicides by military personnel might be part of the Iraq war toll.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
08-31-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Home on the Rangenew
A visit to Camp Casey, where one mother has set off a vibe that tempers even the most rabid Iraq-war backer.
Boston Phoenix |
Barry Crimmins |
08-18-2005 |
War
Uncle Sam's Rolodexnew
Massachusetts peace organizations are going head-to-head with military recruiters in order to offer potential soldiers alternative information to signing up.
Dig Boston |
Chris Farone |
08-10-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Tough Lesson in Gun Buyingnew
Amaya Hanshaw joined the Air Force under the GI Bill so she could pay for college later. Instead, she might be starting a prison sentence for buying two pistols.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rebecca Ford |
07-22-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
The Fate of Georgia's Fortsnew
The seemingly losing battle to save four Georgia military bases -- and 6,000 military and civilian jobs -- has state and local officials debating what to do with the properties, should the bases close.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
07-07-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Fort Carsondadnew
To prepare its soldiers for war, the U.S. Army is building mock Iraqi villages on a military base near you -- complete with anti-Bush graffiti and Iraqi-American villagers.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
06-24-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Lionesses of Iraqnew
As a military police platoon leader in Operation Iraqi Freedom, 1st Lt. Erica Smith was about as close as a woman can get to combat in today's military. But that was far from the only battle she had to face in Iraq.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
06-08-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Uncle Sam Wants Your Kidsnew
Military recruiters are grabbing information on students from Phoenix schools without their parents' permission.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
06-07-2005 |
War
Talk Firstnew
The nation’s first demobilization program to include mandatory one-on-one counseling has just debriefed its first wave of Iraq-war Army National Guard soldiers. So far, so good.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
05-27-2005 |
War
Iraq: When Will We Get Out?new
Congressman Barney Frank, David Cobb, G. Gordon Liddy, Rabbi Michael Lerner, and others share their views with the Phoenix.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
05-26-2005 |
War
The Three-Chord Sound of Homenew
Soldiers in Iraq find solace in punk music, but a band that played for them was met with angry anti-war protest.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jimmy Calanchini |
05-13-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Sister Soldiersnew
For two veterans of the 1544th Maintenance Company, a year in Iraq meant mortars, memorial services and Mary Kay cosmetics. The 1544th had the second-highest casualty rate of Army National Guard units serving in Iraq.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-12-2005 |
War
Spying on the Governmentnew
A University of California, Berkeley, geographer maps the secret military bases of the American West -- where billions of dollars disappear into creepy clandestine projects.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A. C. Thompson |
05-04-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
