by Mark T. Harris / October 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper When Jesus said “Love Your Enemies,” he apparently wasn’t thinking about left-wing Venezuelan presidents with popular appeal and a lot of oil to sell. Not, at least, according to the version of Christian values practiced by celebrity televangelist Pat Robertson. Robertson’s recent remarks … Continue reading Televangelist Pat Robertson: Selling Salvation, One Assassination at a Time
Category: Anti-War
U.S. Majority Demands Troops Out Now!
by Jeff Mackler / October 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper The reality of the war in Iraq—with its slaughter of innocent people, its toll on American lives (nearly 2000 are dead and 18,000 wounded) and the countless hundreds of billion dollars wasted in pursuit of oil and profit—has broken through the combined efforts of … Continue reading U.S. Majority Demands Troops Out Now!
Corporate Piracy in Iraq Fosters Chaos of Warring Gangs
by Gerry Foley / October 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper An administration more and more reduced to incoherence and incompetence by opening floodgates to private profiteering is proving no more capable of social projects in Iraq than in the United States. And its failures on both fronts are contributing to its overall lost of … Continue reading Corporate Piracy in Iraq Fosters Chaos of Warring Gangs
Statement by Emergency Committee for a United Demonstration on Sept. 24
The following statement was sent on Aug. 20 to 350 organizations and individuals who had signed the Unity Statement initiated by the Emergency Ad Hoc Committee for a United Demonstration in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24, 2005. Over the past several months, the overwhelming majority of antiwar activists and their organizations made unmistakably clear that … Continue reading Statement by Emergency Committee for a United Demonstration on Sept. 24
All Out on September 24!
by Jeff Mackler / September 2005 issue Socialist Action The Sept. 24 nationally coordinated and united anti-Iraq War demonstrations set for Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and Los Angeles promise to be the largest mobilizations in the United States since the war began more than two years ago. Other sizable demonstrations are scheduled to take place … Continue reading All Out on September 24!
U.S. Entangled in its Own Web in Iraq
by Gerry Foley / September 2005 issue Socialist Action With the repeated postponements of the Iraq National Assembly’s deadline for approving the U.S.-sponsored constitution, thunderclouds of potential civil war darkened over the country. The internal conflicts in Iraq did offer the imperialists possibilities for playing off one group against another. But increasingly, the U.S. rulers … Continue reading U.S. Entangled in its Own Web in Iraq
The War at Home
by Joe Auciello / September 2005 issue Socialist Action As U.S. fatalities in Iraq approach 1900, and as an ABC News/ Washington Post poll reveals a majority of Americans now believe the Bush administration "deliberately misled" the nation into war, the military and political prospects for the U.S. government continue to worsen. President Bush’s approval … Continue reading The War at Home
Billions for New Orleans, Not a Penny for War!
editorial / September 2005 issue Socialist Action The hurricane on the Gulf Coast brought the effects of the Iraq War home in a catastrophic way. The collapse of flood protection and emergency relief was an immediate result of the diversion of resources to the U.S. rulers’ Iraq adventure. Since coming to office, Bush has essentially … Continue reading Billions for New Orleans, Not a Penny for War!
Bush Talks of Troop Cuts as Iraq Attacks Escalate
by Gerry Foley / August 2005 issue of Socialist Action As the strains and costs of the U.S. occupation of Iraq mount, Washington and its military commanders have begun promising that they are going to start bringing some of the troops home. In fact, nearly half of the U.S. contingent is National Guard troops, who … Continue reading Bush Talks of Troop Cuts as Iraq Attacks Escalate
Call For A United Antiwar Movement — We Must All March Together on September 24!
September 24, 2005 has been set as the date for national demonstrations by the U.S. antiwar movement. We will return to the streets of the nation’s capital, and elsewhere, with a force determined to challenge the continuation of a brutal and immoral war and occupation. That the Iraqi War is the central issue in world … Continue reading Call For A United Antiwar Movement — We Must All March Together on September 24!
Occupation of Iraq is Leading U.S. Forces Into a Morass
by Gerry Foley / July 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper The regime charged with presiding over the reactionary adventures of a declining American capitalism is now clearly getting into deeper and deeper water. The New York Times/CBS poll released June 17 reported that only a minority (42 percent) of potential U.S. voters approved of … Continue reading Occupation of Iraq is Leading U.S. Forces Into a Morass
Strategy & Tactics in the Fight Against the Iraq War
• A Socialist Action Contribution to Discussion in the Antiwar Movement • by Jeff Mackler / June 2005 issue of Socialist Action The May 18 decision of the National Steering Committee of United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ), currently the broadest antiwar coalition in the United States, to set Saturday, Sept. 24, for … Continue reading Strategy & Tactics in the Fight Against the Iraq War
Iraqi Resistance Strives to Heal Sectarian Divisions
by Gerry Foley/ June 2005 issue of Socialist Action The U.S. military’s response to the multiplication of deadly bombings and assassinations by the Iraqi resistance has had the by now familiar effect of inflaming hatred of the imperialist occupation among the masses of Iraqis. An Associated Press dispatch of May 12 reported … Continue reading Iraqi Resistance Strives to Heal Sectarian Divisions
Should Women Be Assigned to Combat Duty?
by Rebecca Doran / June 2005 issue of Socialist Action In May, The House Armed Services Committee, in a 61-1 vote, approved a bill that would set Defense Department policy and spending plans for the upcoming budget year. The bill envisions creating a $50 billion fund for conflicts in the upcoming year; however, … Continue reading Should Women Be Assigned to Combat Duty?
Northern Lights: News & Views From SA/Canada
by Barry Weisleder / June 2005 issue of Socialist Action 1. Federal Liberals rebound There will be no Canadian federal election—not for a few months any way. Prime Minister Paul Martin and his Liberal government narrowly escaped defeat in Parliament on May 19, with the help of millionaire Conservative Party defector … Continue reading Northern Lights: News & Views From SA/Canada
Counter-Recruitment Actions Nationwide
by Donny Lessard / May 2005 issue of Socialist Action A relatively unexplored tactic in the antiwar movement is spreading across the nation on campuses and in communities. The counter-recruitment movement is led by students who are trying to get military recruiters out their schools, while winning young people over to the antiwar movement. … Continue reading Counter-Recruitment Actions Nationwide
Iraqi Opposition Groups Strive for Broader Unity
by Gerry Foley/ May 2005 issue of Socialist Action Although ruthless slaughters of Iraqi civilians by a relatively small number of al Qaida guerrillas and similar groups continue to be featured in the major press reports, there are indications that the mass resistance to the U.S. occupation is developing stronger organizational and political … Continue reading Iraqi Opposition Groups Strive for Broader Unity
Worldwide Protests Against War
On the weekend of March 18-20, hundreds of thousands took to the streets in over 1000 cities throughout the world to demand an end to the U.S.-led war and occupation in Iraq. The events marked the end of the Iraq war’s second year. One of the largest rallies was in London, where organizers estimated … Continue reading Worldwide Protests Against War
No End to the Carnage in Iraq
by Gerry Foley / April 2005 issue of Socialist Action Spectacular reports of suicide bombings by relatively small Islamist groups in Iraq have overshadowed revelations about U.S. atrocities during the November 2004 siege of Falluja—which, however, will have a much wider and longer-lasting impact on public opinion in Iraq and the Arab East. … Continue reading No End to the Carnage in Iraq
Threat Rises of New Middle East War
by Gerry Foley / March 2005 issue of Socialist Action The assassination of Rafik al-Hariri, former premier of Lebanon and leader of the anti-Syrian opposition in that country, touched off a major political crisis, with mass demonstrations against Syria. It led finally, on Feb. 28, to the fall of the pro-Syrian government. However, the … Continue reading Threat Rises of New Middle East War
Iraqi Armed Resistance Faces Political Isolation
by Gerry Foley / March 2005 issue of Socialist Action Militarily, the Iraqi resistance has continued to strike against the U.S. and its allies since the election of the Interim National Assembly at the end of January. However, it seems to face a more serious threat of political isolation. The actions of the Iraqi … Continue reading Iraqi Armed Resistance Faces Political Isolation
Iraq resistance set back by U.S. ‘democracy’ con game
by Gerry Foley – Feburary , 2005 The elections to the Iraqi transitional national assembly on Jan. 30 marked the first major political setback for the resistance to the U.S.-led occupation. None of the problems and political pitfalls that the United States faced before the elections have been solved, and in the long run … Continue reading Iraq resistance set back by U.S. ‘democracy’ con game
Lockheed, King of Warfare
by Jeff Mackler – February, 2005 Remember the term “military-industrial complex?” It used to conjure up images of an array of U.S. corporations that produced weapons of war for superprofits. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned against these military contractors exercising undue influence over government. In the 1970s the Lockheed Corporation was one of … Continue reading Lockheed, King of Warfare
Loaded Language in the Media
by Joe Auciello – February, 2005 Last August Arundhati Roy began a speech to the American Sociological Association by referring to a problem with language. Words, she said, have been “butchered and bled of meaning.” (Her talk, “Public Power in the Age of Empire,” has been published by Seven Stories Press). This is … Continue reading Loaded Language in the Media
Sonoma High Schoolers Hold Anti-War Walk Out
by Mark Ostapiak– February, 2005 SANTA ROSA, Calif.—History shows that youth often provide the spark for social and political awakening. They have been in the forefront of this country’s greatest past struggles for civil rights, women’s rights, independent Black and Chicano political parties, and an end to global capitalism. Many of today’s youth … Continue reading Sonoma High Schoolers Hold Anti-War Walk Out