by Wade HudsonOn March 5, I head for Baghdad to join the Iraq Peace Team (IPT), a project of Voices in the Wilderness. About twenty IPT members, including myself, will stay in Iraq indefinitely, even if President Bush invades Iraq.We will not deploy ourselves as human shields at highly likely targets, as some peace activists are doing. We will live independently in … [Read more...] about – Why I am going to Iraq
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Stop That Train!
by Adele OliveriItaly is already at war. Nobody would have noticed, had it not been for a handful of trains carrying US military equipment from the military base of Ederle (north-eastern Italy) to Camp Darby (Tuscany); and had it not been, of course, for the mobilizations of a few hundreds of Italian activists who over the past few days have been chasing those trains all … [Read more...] about Stop That Train!
-So, Bush Wants Civil Disobedience?
by Naomi KleinThe U.S. President is urging Iraqis to rise up against Saddam Hussein. It's time to turn the domestic tables and -- voil$B!&(B -- escalate the war against the warAt the Pentagon, they call it the Voil$B!&(BMoment.That's when Iraqi soldiers and civilians, with bombs raining down on Baghdad, suddenly scratch their heads and say to themselves: … [Read more...] about -So, Bush Wants Civil Disobedience?
War by Howard Zinn
Published on Thursday, February 27, 2003 by CommonDreams.orgAs I write this, it looks like war.This, in spite of the obvious lack of enthusiasm in the country for war. The polls that register "approve" or "disapprove" can only count numbers, they cannot test the depth of feeling. And there are many signs that the support for war is shallow and shaky and ambivalent.. … [Read more...] about War by Howard Zinn
-Turkey’s Refusal Stuns US
by Matthew LeeWASHINGTON -- US officials appeared stunned by the Turkish parliament's refusal Saturday to allow the deployment of 62 000 US troops for a possible war with Iraq.The officials, who had been prepared to hail the parliament's approval of the deployment based on initial reports that the vote had succeeded, expressed consternation when told that it had in fact … [Read more...] about -Turkey’s Refusal Stuns US