1/2/08- Twelve Arrested in Des Moines as Obama Campaign Hinders Press Coverage of Protest (read).

12/30/07- CODEPINK: Let's Toast Ten Good Things About 2007  (read).

12/20/07- 80,000 in Italy march against construction of US military base (read).

12/12/07- The UN's independent investigator on human rights urged the US to release all people detained as "enemy combatants," close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay and abolish military commissions (read).

12/4/07- Medea Benjamin arrested at gunpoint in Pakistan (read).

12/4/07- Peace Group Barred From Florida Schools (read).

11/28/07- More than 12 million children in America went hungry last year (read).

11/19/07- There were at least 7,880 hate crimes in the U.S. last year (read).

11/16/07- Miami Police kill four unarmed African men in less than one month (read).

11/16/07- Basra attacks down 90% since British troops left (read).

War Weary 11/18/07- Australian defense expert: Coalition 'cannot win' in Afghanistan or Iraq (read). 11/18/07- General: British forces can't go on like this  (read). 10/30/07- Japan pulls troops from 'war on terror' (read).

11/15/07- The US military is experiencing a "suicide epidemic" with veterans killing themselves at a rate of 120 a week (read).

11/14/07- Senator: US has become haven for war criminals (read).

Mukasey Vote: 11/8/07- Democrats who voted to confirm new Attorney General Michael Mukasey (who, in addition to refusing to answer if waterboarding is torture, was recently an advisor to Rudy Giuliani's campaign)  were: Senator's Evan Bayh (IN), Tom Carper (DE), Mary Landrieu (LA), Charles Schumer (NY), Diane Feinstein (CA) and Ben Nelson (NE). Florida Senator Bill Nelson opposed Mukasey. Not voting were Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd and Barack Obama. All four had said they opposed Mukasey's nomination. (read)

10/12/07 - White House won't fund mental health services for Katrina-scarred children (read).

10/10/07 - US ally Pakistan bombs bazaar full of civilians (read).

10/10/07 - US troops backed by attack aircraft kill 15 civilians, including nine children in Iraq (read).

10/9/07 - Flying surveillance devices at Sept. 15 Mass March and Die-in (read).

10/8/07 - 200,000 Italians march for peace (read).

10/5/07 - AP: Iraqis Say U.S. Targeted Civilians in Air Attack (read).

10/2/07 - Arrested for reading the Constitution (read).

9/24/07 - Iran's president: I don't deny Holocaust (read).

9/28/07 - Active duty soldiers to join Syracuse peace rally, speak against Iraq war (read).

9/28/07 - US air raid in Baghdad kills 10 civilians, including women & children (read).

9/28/07 - Soldier: I was told to shoot unarmed man -- sergeant laughed and told the trooper to finish the job as the man convulsed on the ground. (read).

9/23/07 - Country Music Deserts George Bush (read).

9/23/07 - Seven CIA Veterans Challenge 9/11 Commission Report - Official Account of 9/11 a “Joke” and a “Cover-up” (read).

9/20/07 - Nearly one of five US Army recruiters was under investigation in 2004 for offenses varying from "threats and coercion to false promises that applicants would not be sent to Iraq." (read).

9/11/07 - Rev. Lennox Yearwood, President of the Hip-Hop Caucus arrested and hospitalized at Petraeus hearing (watch video). Cindy Sheehan, Medea Benjamin and 8 others also arrested at hearing (read).

9/7/07 - Three antiwar activists arrested in front of White House for putting up posters promoting Sept. 15 march.

Those arrested include an Iraq war vet and the mother of an Iraq war vet (read, watch video).

9/5/07 - CBS Early Show Removes Anti-War Protesters from View in Kansas City (read).

9/4/07 - George W. Bush is prone to bouts of crying ... and claims to have seen ghosts emerge from the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House, according to a new book on his presidency (read).



8/28/07 - US in Fallujah: Cars are not allowed on the road, men are executed without trial, hospitals are not provided medicine, and  unemployment is at 80% (read).

8/22/07

Fox Attacks Iran - Robert Greenwald's four minute film (watch).

8/22/07 - New group, Freedom's Watch, launches ads in support of further war in Iraq. Mel Sembler is a board member and donor. The $15M ad campaign is "for people who believe in peace through strength". Former White House spokesperson Ari Fleisher is founding member. (read)

8/17/07 - Man arrested for holding IMPEACH sign (read).

8/20/07 - US is detaining nearly 800 juveniles in Iraq. (read)

8/20/07 - Sadr pledges to work with UN if it replaces US, Britain in Iraq. (read)

8/14/07 - The country’s top government inspector: Learn from the fall of Roman Empire - The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices. (read)

8/9/07 - Listen to US soldier in Iraq tell Air America the war is "bogus" and "genocide" (listen)  (via Civilianism.com).

8/3/07 - Bush’s Executive Order on Lebanon Even Worse than the One on Iraq. Anyone who engages in any act—violent or nonviolent—against the government of Lebanon can now have his or her property frozen. And it also gives the Treasury Secretary the authority to freeze the assets of “a spouse or dependent child” of any person whose property is frozen. (read).

8/3/07 - About 50 Afghan civilians wounded in US-led airstrike (read).

7/31/07 - Couple Terrorized, Assaulted and Arrested for Flying and Upside Down U.S. Flag (read).

7/26/07 - Rapture Ready: The  Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour  (read & watch video).

7/29/07 - After scoring winning goal in Asia Cup final, Iraqi soccer captain calls for US withdrawal (read).

7/25/07 - FBI Proposes Building Network of U.S. Informants (read).

7/25/07 - Italy calls on US to withdraw from Afghanistan for "morally unacceptable" civilian casualties (read).

7/25/07 - The United States Finds Few Non-Iraqis Among Insurgents (read).

7/11/07 - Pentagon: U.S. troops shot 429 Iraqi civilians at checkpoints in past year (read).

7/18/07 -  One in four Israeli men dodges the draft (read).

7/18/07 - Republican Sentator: Bush has 'fucked up' the Iraq war (read).

7/15/07 - Marine: Beating of Iraqis routine. In one incident, Marines dragged an innocent man from his house, fatally shot him, and then planted an AK-47 near the body to make it appear he had been killed in a shootout (read).

7/8/07 - NY Times calls Iraq a 'lost cause' (read).

7/3/07 - America’s Approval Rating Takes a Hit (read).

6/26/07 - Pat Robertson: "[M]ore and more people are saying to me, 'I think you were right' " to call for assassination of Hugo Chavez. (read & video).

6/22/07 - US air strike kills 25 Afghan civilians, including 9 women and 3 babies (read); 90 civilians killed in past 10 days (read).


6/17/07 - Gulf Arab countries will not be used as a launch pad for any military attack on Iran, a powerful Saudi royal was quoted as saying (read).

6/15/07 - CAIR: Anti-Muslim bias in US up 25% (read).

6/11/07 - NY Times: The US is arming Sunnis in Iraq (read).  (This confirms Seymour Hersh's story that the US is siding with Sunnis to fight Shia throughout the Middle East (read), and puts to rest the idea that what's happening in Iraq is a 'civil war.')

6/11/07 - Democrats Barack Obama, Joe Biden & Christopher Dodd don't vote on Alberto Gonzales (read).

6/8/07 - Blackwater sues slain employee's families to silence them (read).

5/28/07 - Putin issues sharp warning to US - vows to counter 'imperialism' (read). Gorbachev Criticizes US ‘Empire’ (read).

5/30/07 - New Peace Index Ranks US Among Worst Nations. Israel ranks 119th out of 121 countries (read).

5/28/07 - The US Empire in Africa: The creation of the Defense Department Africa Command has heightened concerns among African countries and in the US government over the militarization of US foreign policy (read).

5/22/07 - Spring Hill protester arrested for holding a sign (read).

5/24/07 - Seymour Hersh: US joining with Britain, Israel, and other 'moderate Sunni governments' (Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt) to fight the Shia (Hizbollah, Hamas, Iran, and Shia in Iraq) (read, listen).

5/24/07 - Israeli terror continues: Israel arrests (kidnaps) 30 democratically elected Hamas officials (read). Israel considers assassinating Palestinian Prime Minister (read). Last year Israel 'arrested' 60 Hamas politicians (read). Israel killed 650 Palestinians last year, 120 of which were children (read). 5/18/07 - US role in Palestine: In addition to supporting Israel's occupation of Palestine, the US is spending $86 million to help arm and train Palestinian Fatah members who are trying to overthrow the democratically elected government of Hamas (read).  Bush's Deputy National Security Advisor Elliot Abrams said in January that there should be a "hard coup" to overthrow Hamas (read). Additional evidence of US involvement was unveiled when a Jordanian newspaper obtained a US document outlining plans for undermining and replacing Hamas (read).

5/9/07 - US airstrike kills 21 Afghan civilians. (read)

5/8/07 - A US commander in Afghanistan has said that he is "deeply ashamed" by the killings of 19 Afghan civilians by US Marines in early March. (read)

5/8/07 - US helicopter attack in Iraq kills a number of children at a primary school. (read)

4/26/07 - US-supported Ethiopian tanks kill hundreds of Somali civilians. (read)

5/5/07 - One in ten US troops admit abusing Iraqis. Two-thirds of Marines said they would not report a member of their unit for killing or wounding an innocent civilian. (read)

5/5/07 - 13 Afghan civilians die in US raid (read)

5/2/07 - Women Leading Grassroots Movement in Italy to Oppose U.S. Military Base (read)

4/27/07 - Sen. Durbin says he knew the public was being lied to about Iraq, but he didn't say anything (read)

4/26/07 - The Lies of the Times: NYT Pushes Bush Line on Somalia (read)

4/11/07 - Russia threatening new cold war over US missile defence (read)

4/11/07 - Hizbullah accuses US of secret war and arming opponents (read)

4/8/07 - We want the Taliban back, say ordinary Afghans (read)

4/9/07 - US backing Pakistani terrorist attacks against Iran (read) 4/9/07 - US accused of using neutron bombs in Iraq (read)

3/29/06 - Rosie O'Donnell's 9/11 views reach 30 million viewers (read)

3/29/07 - MC Rove - Karl Rove rapping and dancing as the country goes to hell. (watch)

3/27/07 - Senator McCain gets slammed by a CNN journalist and laughed at by the military after claiming the Iraq surge is working. (read & watch)

3/19/07 - A new ABC News/USA Today poll of Iraqis has found that 78% oppose the US presence in Iraq. By a margin of more than 3 to 1, Iraqis say the presence of US forces is making the security situation worse. (read)

3/16/07 - Donald Trump: Bush "probably the worst president in the history of the United States" (read)

3/12/07 -  69% of respondents to a Wall Street Journal poll think the war in Afghanistan is not going well (read)

2/28/07 -  Walter Reed patients told to keep quiet (read)

2/25/07 -  US funds terror groups to sow chaos in Iran (read)

2/25/07 - Seymour Hersh: Bush Funneling Money to al Qaeda-Related Groups (watch video & read)

2/25/07 - More than 1,000 GIs petition Congress to end Iraq war (read)

2/23/07 - UN report compares Israel's actions to Apartheid South Africa (read)

2/16/07 - USA Today founder calls Bush worst president of all-time (read)

2/12/07 - Putin accuses US of wanting to dominate the world (read)

2/15/07 - Neo-Nazi rally in Orlando was organized by FBI informant (read)

2/14/07 - Urgent call for support for the struggle for freedom in Guinea, by Omali Yeshitela (read)

12/8/06 - Saudis reportedly financing Sunni insurgency in Iraq (read) (This story resurfaced at the time the US began making claims that Iran is giving weapons to Iraqis)

2/10/07 - New York Times Reporter Who Got Iraqi WMDs Wrong Now Highlights Iran Claims (read)

2/7/07 - KKK growing, fed by anti-immigrant feelings. Current membership estimated to be up to 8,000 nationwide. In the 1920's, the Klan numbered about 4.5 million (read)

2/8/07 - U.S. airstrike kills 45 civilians in Iraq (read)

2/3/07 - Six "Grannies" Arrested at Anti-war Protest  (read) Grannies do Heavy Lifting, by Cindy Sheehan (read)

2/3/07 - War a Calamity, former Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski Tells US Congress - warns of a terrorist act or some provocation blamed on Iran (read)

2/2/07 - Justifications For Attacking Iran On Shaky Ground -- A new US intelligence report concluded that Iranian meddling is "not likely" a major cause of the bloodshed in Iraq (read)

2/1/07 - Iraq "surge" could actually total 50,000 (read)

1/23/07 - Israeli President to Be Indicted on Rape, Abuse of Power Charges (read)

1/15/07 - Report: U.S. GIs Fighting in Philippines (read)

1/20/07 - US and Ethiopian air strikes in Somalia last week killed 70 nomadic herdsmen (read)

1/16/07 - '24': a neocon sex fantasy? (watch video)

1/12/07 - Condi Rice loves 'her' Fox News anchors (read)

1/10/07 - CIA gets the go-ahead to take on Hizbollah (read)

SOMALIA 1/9/07 - US Special Forces in Somalia (read). 1/9/07 - US strikes in Somalia reportedly kill 31 civilians (read). Another report says 100+ killed (read) 1/5/07 - American Passports Found on Bodies of Al Qaida Fighters in Somalia (read). 1/4/07 - US warships guard Somali coast (read). 12/26/06 - "In Somalia, a reckless U.S. proxy war" - Int'l Herald Tribune (read). 12/28/06 - COMMENTARY US involvement in Ethiopia's attacks in Somalia (read).

1/1/07 - US troops kill Iraqi family of 4 (read)  12/31/07 -  Afghans protest killing of 2 civilians by US troops (read)

12/28/06 - Many Soldiers Say Iraq Troop Surge a Bad Idea (read)

12/28/07 - Arrested Mexican president was CIA agent (read)

12/23/06 - A Florida congress woman has acknowledged calling for Castro's assassination after previously claiming a video clip of her making the comments was fake (read)

12/23/06 - A Bad Year for Empire (read)

12/23/06 - Indonesian cleric who blamed CIA for Bali '02 bombings (read) has his conviction overturned (read)

12/15/06 - The US Army is considering measures to force striking workers back to their jobs at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber plant in Kansas (read)

12/13/06 - Iran's President says Israel's "Zionist regime" will be wiped out' NOT 'Israel will be wiped out' as was reported (read)

12/5/06 - Bush Sr. sobs while talking of Jeb (watch video)

12/5/06 - Top Democrat Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he wants to see an increase of 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. troops in Iraq (read)

12/5/06 - America's first Muslim congress member, Keith Ellison should not be allowed to take oath with Quran because it "undermines American civilization," said radio host & Bush appointee to Holocaust Memorial Museum (read)

FASCISM WATCH 12/1/06 - The US plans this month to launch the nation's first airport screening system that takes potentially revealing X-ray photos of travelers (read) 12/1/06 - US government quietly rates millions of travelers for 'terrorism potential' (read)

11/26/06 - Survey Says: "US Most Unfriendly Country To Visit" (read)

11/18/06 - CIA analysis finds no Iranian nuclear weapons drive