By Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis The U.S. occupation of Iraq is reportedly set to come to an end, with most of the roughly 40,000 soldiers currently stationed there set to be removed by year's end. But let's make no mistake: contrary to what you're likely to hear from the political and media establishment, the only thing worth celebrating is this war's end, not what it accomplished.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
A lot has changed since we started occupying Wall Street 24 days ago. Voices take much longer to echo through the masses of bodies in Liberty Plaza, requiring two or three layers of repetition via the people’s microphone. The kitchen staff, once limited largely to serving the now-famous “occu-pie” pizzas (99% cheese, 1% pepperoni) lovingly designed by Libretto’s, are now cooking full-balanced, vegan meals, composting the scraps, and washing the dishes through an on-site grey-water system.
Monday, October 3, 2011
I arrived at sunset as the downpour ended. Melanie is moving through the community as if it were her living room. She has made friends and allies and nurtured relationships of mutual support. And of course her headquarters is the Wiki-Leaks truck!
Monday, September 26, 2011
I’m standing with Medea Benjamin, founder of Code Pink, Ynestra King who organized the two women’s marches on the Pentagon in the early 1980ies, and the first eco-feminist conference, Women and Life on Earth, in 1980; and Ahmad and Ann Shirazi, an Iranian-Jewish couple, veterans of every antiwar, and free Palestine march of this the last twenty years. A few hundred feet away the core members of Occupy Wall St. are in the midst of their 15th General Meeting since their occupation began eight days ago. And I’m thinking of Em Jo Basshe.
Monday, August 1, 2011
The "compromise" approved by the House today and expected to pass the Senate tomorrow is an atrocity. It is a rich man's coup of our democracy. Consider this: absolutely no tax increases are included in the bill. It creates a "super Congress," with authority to slash social services when the country is still reeling from
Saturday, October 16, 2010
War Criminal: Donald Rumsfeld’s Bloody War by Nancy Mancias Any war with Iraq would be swift and not require a full US mobilisation. –US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld For decades, Donald Rumsfeld has had his bloody finger prints all over Iraqi business. Back in 1983, he traveled to Iraq as Reagan’s personal representative to meet [...]
Saturday, October 22, 2011
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