Tag: Iraq war

War resisters, vets and gov’t hypocrisy

On Harper’s hatred for the troops, and the medicalization of trauma By Dr. J, Your Heart’s on the Left, Oct. 4, 2010 Despite admitting the Iraq War was “absolutely an error”, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper once again refused to…

Iraq war is far from over

The Iraq Debacle: The Legacy of Seven Years of War Source: Iraq Veterans Against the War We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, mark the August 31st partial withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq with the following evaluation and recommendations: The…

A phony finish to the war on Iraq

Another False Ending: Contracting Out the Occupation By Bill Quigly and Laura Raymond, Counterpunch, September 1, 2010 Another false ending to the Iraq war is being declared. Nearly seven years after George Bush’s infamous “Mission Accomplished” speech on the USS…

Universal Soldier

bellvisuals | March 24, 2008: Buffy Sainte-Marie performed for Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans against the war in front of the Capital and Native American Museum in Washington DC on the five year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

UK anti-war activists face eviction

Al Jazeera English, July 02, 2010 Peace demonstrators who have been camping outside the British parliament since May are facing forced eviction on Friday. A court ruled they are damaging the famous square outside the building, but the activists have…