Five members of the pacifist Catholic Worker Movement ( 2 ) cut their way into Shannon Airport ( 2 ) early on Monday. The peace activists poured human blood on the runway that has been servicing US military flights, deploying troop and munitions to US military bases in Kuwait and Qatar. They then constructed a shrine on the runway to Iraqi children killed and threatened by … [Read more...] about (1) Woman Disables U.S. Death Plane/ (2) Gloucester Weapons Inspectors
Iraq
– Activists in Iraq/Media is cheerleading for war
1-3 VOICES FROM THE WILDERNESS (Anti-War Activists in Iraq)4 MEDIA ADVISORY: Iraq's Hidden Weapons: From Allegation to Fact (FAIR) Job of inspectors-not Pentagon- is to find and destroy weapons, but media is cheerleader for war1. CRUCIAL DAYS AHEAD BY KATHY KELLYJanuary 30, 2003BAGHDAD - Nine of us arrived in Baghdad close to midnight last night. This is my … [Read more...] about – Activists in Iraq/Media is cheerleading for war
The Manufactured And Real Iraq Crisis by Edward Herman
ZNet Commentary--please support ZNet Sustainer program at http://zmag.orgWith enough power and chutzpah it is possible for an aggressive and over-armed state to manufacture a crisis and pretend that the crisis lies with the threatened victim rather than with the aggressor state. Today, the United States has not only manufactured one crisis but two: The first is Saddam … [Read more...] about The Manufactured And Real Iraq Crisis by Edward Herman
NY City witholding permit for anti war demo? Demo info here
The NYC authorities are refusing march permits for Feb. 15. Under no circumstances, they say, will there be a march bigger than 10,000 people. Why? Because the police cannot contain it. The following are *excerpts* of notes from Co-chair Leslie Cagan of the United For Peace and Justice Coalition(admin. committee notes.)a) The NYC Police Dept. informed our lawyers today that … [Read more...] about NY City witholding permit for anti war demo? Demo info here
– A Call For Conscientious Objection to War and War Preparations
When War Resisters' International issued its call for conscientious objection to war and preparations for war in September 2001, the attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington were only three weeks old, and the Western states, led by the USA, was mobilising for the 'war on terrorism'. The first stage for this war was Afghanistan. Now, more than … [Read more...] about – A Call For Conscientious Objection to War and War Preparations