AltWeeklies Wire
Major Tom to Ground Controlnew
Activist Tom Hayden gives Canada's New Democratic Party a strategy to win refuge for U.S. soldiers fleeing service in Iraq.
NOW Magazine |
Matt Mernagh |
04-29-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
State of Illinois Revokes Veteran's Silver Star Platesnew
Joe Wilkins, a prominent Vietnam veteran, had his Silver Star and Purple Heart license
tags revoked in response to an Illinois Times investigation raising questions about the medals he claimed.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
04-15-2005 |
War
Fighting Stop-Lossnew
A lawsuit challenges the government's right to extend soldier's service.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
04-06-2005 |
War
Precious Medalsnew
Vietnam veteran Joe Wilkins, who built a distinguished career in academia and local and state government, claims he was twice wounded in combat and earned the nation's third-highest decoration, a Silver Star. The military says otherwise.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
04-05-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Stopping 'Stop-Loss'new
The federal 9th Circuit Court is coming to Seattle to hear the case of a National Guard soldier forced to stay on.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
03-30-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
School District Resists Military Recruiters' Methodsnew
A school district in New York State is standing up to the Pentagon by turning over information about students to military recruiters only if parents specifically request that it does so.
City Newspaper |
Krestia DeGeorge |
03-25-2005 |
War
Soldier's Storynew
A Marine, killed in Iraq, leaves behind an extended family with differing opinions about the war.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
03-25-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
A Tale of Two 'Heroes'
Soldiers Ed Pulido and Camilo Mejia both served in Iraq but have two different perspectives on the war. It's a rift that matches the mindset of a nation divided more than ever over the Iraq conflict, now on the heels of its second anniversary.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Deborah Benjamin |
03-23-2005 |
War
Tags: Iraq
The Antiwar Credibility Gapnew
Rather than being reflexively antimilitary, antiwar activists should learn to understand and embrace why this war is bad from the perspective of the men and women fighting it.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
03-23-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
When Fear is Fatalnew
As the U.S. military relies more on reservists in Iraq, are fatal mistakes inevitable?
Weapons of Mass Improvisationnew
The roadside bomb has mass appeal among insurgents and is having a massive impact.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
03-09-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Safe at Home, Ill at Easenew
The biggest group of Washington state soldiers who served in Iraq are starting to return, and it's not clear we're ready for them.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
03-09-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Second Stringers: Reservists in Iraq
Reservists, by definition, aren‘t professional soldiers. They’re military amateurs and a lot of them know it. The result is that many reservists in Iraq are scared all the time, and according to some soldiers, that means mistakes.
Charleston City Paper |
David Axe |
03-08-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
New Report Criticizes VA's PTSD Services
The Government Accountability Office says the VA has failed to improve its Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder services for veterans despite suggestions from a special committee.
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Dan Frosch |
03-03-2005 |
War
Tags: Iraq war veterans, Soldier's Heart
Tennessee Troops Patrol Volatile Eastern Iraqnew
Diyali Province is a potential battleground between Iraq's religious and ethnic groups, and between the West and Iran. The fear is of a full-on, all-out, 1,000-dead-per-day war, like the one between Iran and Iraq in the 1980s.
The Village Voice |
David Axe |
02-25-2005 |
War
