Shepherd Express | News | War | AAN.org

Are We at a Turning Point, or Another Stalemate, on Iraq?new

Five-plus years after the invasion of Iraq and two years after Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold first called for a troop-withdrawal timetable, the U.S. may be shifting its military and diplomatic strategy in the Middle East -- maybe. "We could have been out of there a long time ago," Feingold told the Shepherd Express last week. "And in a much better position as a nation, both in terms of our economy and national security, if we had done this earlier."

Shepherd Express | Lisa Kaiser | 08-01-2008 | War

Tags: Iraq, 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Russ Feingold, war & peace, troop withdrawal

'Mission Accomplished' Turns Fivenew

Since Bush's photo-op on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, 3,917 more U.S. soldiers have died. The total number of U.S. military deaths now stands at 4,056, and an estimated 10-15 percent of soldiers have experienced traumatic brain injuries.

Shepherd Express | Lisa Kaiser | 05-02-2008 | War

Tags: Iraq, George W. Bush, deaths, propaganda, war & peace

Iraq Vets Will Testify About the Conduct of the Warnew

Winter Soldier 2008 will raise awareness of Iraq's realities.

Shepherd Express | Lisa Kaiser | 02-22-2008 | War

Tags: war in iraq, Iraq, veterans, Afghanistan, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Winter Soldier, war & peace

Milwaukee Nun Arrested During Peaceful Protest Against the Warnew

Conviction raises questions about the right to freedom of speech.

Shepherd Express | Lisa Kaiser | 02-01-2008 | War

Tags: war & peace

A Weather Underground Leader on the Anti-War Movement, Then & Nownew

He's 60 now and has renounced violence, but former Weathermen leader Mark Rudd is still a major critic of war and a major supporter of mass mobilizations that create change.

Shepherd Express | Lisa Kaiser | 11-06-2007 | War

Tags: war in iraq, Weather Underground, war & peace