Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. November 25, 2008. The diverse group of activists rallied in support of building a peace economy and movement beyond election day.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. November 21, 2008. Wherever we go, our "stuff" goes with us -- in such large quantities that removing it could prove more daunting than invading in the first place.
Joseph Stiglitz, The Guardian. September 13, 2008. America's Iraq adventure led it into a moral vacuum. Will the error be repeated in the renewed US Afghan campaign?
tremayne, Open Left AlterNet: Election 2008. September 12, 2008. The Obama camp needs to launch a fresh, timely attack that will make the McCain campaign splutter. This is it.
Andrew J. Bacevich, Tomdispatch.com. September 11, 2008. The squandering of vast resources after 9/11 and our slide toward debt and dependency pose a greater threat to the U.S. than Osama bin Laden ever did.
Robert Parry, Consortium News. August 28, 2008. The price tag for John McCain's war lust would mean virtually every other national priority would be short-changed or neglected.
Michael T. Klare, Foreign Policy in Focus. August 21, 2008. This struggle started when the former Soviet republics began seeking Western customers for their oil and natural gas.
Steve Weissman, TruthOut.org. August 18, 2008. Caught up in his fear that military failure would encourage enemies, McCain can see no alternative to military victory, no matter what the cost.
John Swaine, The Telegraph (UK). August 18, 2008. Future wars could see opponents attacking each other's minds, according to a report for the US military.
Mark Ames, The Nation. August 16, 2008. The war between Russia and Georgia has been framed as a tale of David versus Goliath. But it's far more complex than this, morally and historically.
Gary Brecher, eXiled Online. August 12, 2008. The president of tiny Georgia must have caught a case of his pal Bush's war lust to attack a Russian ally and think he'd win.
Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch. August 8, 2008. The United States has far less control over events in Iraq than politicians and the press would have us believe.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. August 5, 2008. We did not invade Afghanistan to help the Afghan people. So why are so many progressives buying into that myth?
Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. August 1, 2008. The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan was every bit as illegal as the invasion of Iraq. Why, then, do so many Americans see it as justifiable?
Al Gore, AlterNet. July 22, 2008. I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.
Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 21, 2008. Talks with Iran about its nuclear program fail. Which isn't a surprise, given that the U.S. "senior diplomatic official" didn't speak.
Howard Zinn, Boston Globe. July 18, 2008. We should be asking the candidates: Is our war in Afghanistan ending terrorism, or provoking it? And is not war itself terrorism?
