Norman Solomon: Stop Calling the Military Budget a ‘Defense’ Budget
As Orwell wrote in a 1946 essay, political language “is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”
The Long, Brutal U.S. War on Children in the Middle East, by Kathy Kelly
When children waste away to literally nothing while fourteen million people face conflict driven famine, a hue and cry—yes, a caterwaul —most certainly should be raised, worldwide.
Stop Endless Wars!
No New Wars and Interventions
Polly Mann: Yes, There Is A Woman Opposed to War in Washington, D.C.
Mann: For years now, we have seen a handful of powerful women in Washington proving that they are as aggressive as any man and sometimes even more aggressive as players on the world stage pushing the U.S. to go to war. Isn’t it time to listen to a woman like Barbara Lee who advocates against going to war?
▶ DN! Exclusive: Inside the Army Spy Ring Attempted Entrapment of Peace Activists, Iraq Vets, Anarchists
Editor's Note: Far-reaching implications included terrorist charges for Republican National Convention activists in Minnesota, including the RNC 8. More details have come to light showing how the U.S. military infiltrated and spied on a community of antiwar activists in the state of Washington. Democracy Now! first broke this story in 2009 when it was revealed More
Former CIA director: In order to spy on domestic dissidents, just call them Terrorists
In recent years, undercover informants have infiltrated antiwar movements targeted as "domestic terrorists". Posted by sosadmin PrivacySOS.org Fri, 01/31/2014 Back in 2012, the ACLU of Massachusetts published a report called ‘Policing Dissent’, exposing the Boston Police Department’s ‘red squad’ surveillance operations, directed at antiwar and economic justice organizers. Among the documents we obtained through a public records lawsuit were so-called ‘intelligence More
500 Years of History: Mass Spying Always Aimed At Crushing Dissent
It’s Never to Protect Us From Bad Guys Above: James Otis arguing in court in Boston in 1761 against the Writs of Assistance, general search warrants that allowed British authorities to search colonists at will. Otis lost before the King’s courts but many see the seeds of the American Revolution in this case. By Washington's Blog January More
▶ "It Was Time to Do More Than Protest": 1971 Burglars Who Exposed FBI Spying Reveal Their Names
Amy Goodman interviews the people who discovered Cointel-Pro, the FBI's secret spying program that targeted antiwar activists and African Americans in the 1970s. Editor's note: Two videos are included here, Parts 1 and 2 of the interview, so they are not the same information even though the top picture is the same. PART 1 [youtube=http://youtu.be/GMWuJipChs0] More
▶ “It Was Time to Do More Than Protest”: 1971 Burglars Who Exposed FBI Spying Reveal Their Names
Amy Goodman interviews the people who discovered Cointel-Pro, the FBI's secret spying program that targeted antiwar activists and African Americans in the 1970s. Editor's note: Two videos are included here, Parts 1 and 2 of the interview, so they are not the same information even though the top picture is the same. PART 1 [youtube=http://youtu.be/GMWuJipChs0] More
[Video] Democracy Now! Corporations Enlist Ex-U.S. Spies to Surveil Nonprofits
A new report reveals how corporations use ex-U.S. intelligence agents to spy on environmental, anti-war, consumer safety and other kinds of nonprofit groups they regard as potential threats. Democracy Now! Posted on Nov 25, 2013 by Truthdig.com 'Democracy Now! According to the report by Essential Information, a project of the Center for Corporate Policy, the More
Minnesota anti-war activists ask judge to unseal FBI documents that led to 2010 searches
Anti-war activists fight government secrecy in push to unseal documents on FBI raids (See also article below from Fight Back! News) Article by: AMY FORLITI , Associated Press Updated: November 1, 2013 - 5:40 PM StarTribune.com ST. PAUL, Minn. — An attorney for two anti-war activists whose Minneapolis homes were raided by the FBI three years More
More Daring Deeds! WAMM’s Sarah Martin
July 2012 As part of the celebration of Three Decades of Daring Deeds, long-time members of WAMM are being interviewed ab0ut WAMM's beginnings. Sarah Martin joined WAMM in 1983. Her first action was a day-long session about opposing nuclear weapons and empowerment. As an action that day, balloons with messages were released into the air. More