US Wars and Military Action

Take Back Our Country Take Back Our Country

Fighting words from a 98-year-old activist about the power of the people to demand peace and achieve peace justice in these troubled times.

Jul 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Elsie Fox

The US Military Descends on Paraguay The US Military Descends on Paraguay

The US "war on terror" now extends to an unlikely frontier in Paraguay, where farmers are caught in the crossfire and human rights groups are skeptical of the threat posed by Islam...

Jul 12, 2006 / Feature / Benjamin Dangl

Watada, the War and the Law Watada, the War and the Law

Bolstered by a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked the Bush Administration's excessive exercise of power, Lieut. Ehren Watada's pending court-martial could help restore the rule of l...

Jul 10, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

Standing Against an Unjust War Standing Against an Unjust War

A Quaker activist explains why the war in Iraq is not only illegal, but morally indefensible.

Jul 5, 2006 / Feature / Joe Parko

Stop the Waffling Stop the Waffling

Democrats should take a page from the GOP playbook and back candidates willing to stand up for their values, rather than wasting their money, time and votes on those who won't.

Jul 5, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Shifting Winds on Iraq Shifting Winds on Iraq

Peace sentiments are rising among the American public and even in the much-divided Democrats. What does this mean for electoral politics and for the course of a war that seems to h...

Jul 2, 2006 / Feature / Tom Hayden

History Lesson History Lesson

Back in Washington's day, Congress printed money to fight the Revolutionary War without collecting taxes to back it up--and paid the price in inflation: History repeats itself toda...

Jun 27, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Lieutenant Watada’s War Against the War Lieutenant Watada’s War Against the War

In a remarkable, media-savvy protest, First Lieut. Ehren Watada has refused orders to go to Iraq, claiming the war and the occupation violate the Constitution, international law an...

Jun 26, 2006 / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

Moving Toward the Exit Moving Toward the Exit

Americans know it's time to end the US presence in Iraq. They will reward the party that offers a plan for leaving before more American soldiers--and countless Iraqis--are killed.

Jun 21, 2006 / The Editors

War Is Personal: Mona Parsons/Age 52/Mt. Vernon, Ohio War Is Personal: Mona Parsons/Age 52/Mt. Vernon, Ohio

The hidden toll the Iraq War is exposed in a photo essay on how one mother braces for her son's second deployment to Iraq.

Jun 21, 2006 / Feature / Eugene Richards

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