Tuesday 29 July 2008 by Marjorie Cohn, t r u t h o u t | Perspective So far, Bush’s plan to maintain a permanent US military presence in Iraq has been stymied by resistance from the Iraqi government. Barack…
Conference to plan prosecutions of U.S. war criminals
A two-day conference on obtaining prosecutions of high level American war criminals will open September 13th, in Andover, Mass. The conference will explore the legal grounds for, and plan for, obtaining prosecutions of President Bush and top officials of his…
Repatriate Omar Khadr
Omar Khadr has been detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay since he captured by the U.S. military in Afghanistan in 2002. At the time of his capture he was 15 years old. Omar Khadr is the youngest detainee and the…
Hiroshima Peace Day Lanterns For Peace
Above is an artist’s depiction of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome or A-Bomb Dome), the only structure left standing in the area where the atomic bomb exploded. It has been preserved in the same state as immediately after the…
July 10th Vigil at the Manitoba Legislature
About 15 Winnipeg peace activists assembled at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, July 10, to show solidarity with American soldiers who have fled to Canada rather than participate in the ongoing war crime being perpetrated by the United States in…
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Afghanistan war – it’s all about energy
Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline Route. Source: CCPA Forget official rhetoric about fighting for democracy and women’s rights in Afghanistan. It’s all about energy. A report released June 19, 2008 by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) offers more realistic…