Through Memorial Day weekend, director David Zeiger is making three powerful films about the antiwar GI movement – Sir! No Sir!; Unfinished Symphony; and This is Where We Take Our Stand –…
Obama’s War: Criminalize the Left
by Glen Ford The Obama administration is methodically erecting the legal structures of a police state. The president late last year smoothed the way for bipartisan passage through Congress of a preventive…
Humanity Confronts the “Blue Bloc” in Chicago
What did thousands of people accomplish by protesting in Chicago this week during the NATO Summit? If you have thoughts on that, please write me. Mine: "NATO = Peace & Security," as…
Obama’s Civil War Scenario for Afghanistan
by Chris Floyd "The winds in Chicago Have torn me to shreds; Reality has always Had too many heads." — Bob Dylan, "Cold Irons Bound" So now we know the grand plan…
Post-NATO Summit Roundup: Police Brutality, Repression & More
by Kevin Gosztola The worldwide leaders that came to the city of Chicago for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit have left Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s moment of prestige and glory…
Protesting NATO War Crimes in Chicago
by Emma Kaplan Yesterday was pretty intense. We arrived at Grant Park to a heavy police presence. Some of us had not slept well the night before after hearing the news of…
Iraq & Afghanistan Vets Throw Away Blood Medals at NATO Protest
DemocracyNow.org – Democracy Now! broadcasts from Chicago, site of the largest NATO summit in the organization’s six-decade history. On Sunday, veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, as well as members…
NATO in Chicago: Thousands Protest War Criminals’ Summit
From Revolution NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, held its summit this year in Chicago on May 20-21. NATO, the largest military alliance in the world, is dominated by U.S. imperialism. Its…
Chicago: Peace Town
By David Swanson A huge crowd gathered for several hours and marched for over two miles in the hot sun to oppose NATO and U.S. wars on Sunday in Chicago. …
They Have Military Alliances; We Are Allied with the People of the World
by Debra Sweet Yesterday in Chicago we took to the streets for humanity and the planet! Watch video. As Obama met with Afghan president Karzai and told the world that "hard days…