On AlterNet: peace movement

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Why the Enlightened Liberal Class Is Complicit in the Country's Downward Spiral

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. May 3, 2010.

The voices of sanity, the voices of reason, those who have a moral core have little chance now to be heard. Peace has almost no audience.

Peace Activists Extend an Olive Branch to the Tea Party to Talk about War

Medea Benjamin, AlterNet. April 13, 2010.

Tea Partiers who are furious at government spending and soaring deficits should take a hard look at what is the biggest sinkhole of our tax dollars: Pentagon spending.

Leaving No Stone Unturned for the Freedom March to Get to Gaza

Jodie Evans, AlterNet. December 29, 2009.

On the Egyptian government's stonewalling passage for the Gaza Freedom March, Evans writes: "We hope the Egyptians get so annoyed they just want to get rid of us.

Hayden Criticizes MoveOn for being Silent on Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan; MoveOn Responds

Tom Hayden, AlterNet. May 27, 2009.

Peace activist Tom Hayden argues that most powerful grassroots peace movement isn't pushing Obama on U.S. wars. Update: MoveOn sends a response.

Was Throwing a Shoe at Bush a Violent Act?

Medea Benjamin, AlterNet. March 17, 2009.

The infamous shoe-tossing incident has sparked a debate within the peace movement whether the act was appropriate and constitutes nonviolence.

In This Era of Hope, Obama Must Embrace a Genuine Agenda of Peace

David Cortright, AlterNet. December 18, 2008.

Obama’s election was in substantial part a mandate for ending the war and demilitarizing U.S. foreign policy; now it's time to hold him to it.

What We Can Do to End the War

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. October 26, 2007.

With 11 actions planned across the country, the U.S. will show this Saturday that we will not be still or silent until our troops are home. Will you join us?