http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/antiwar/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 02:30:40 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286251/posts Two groups on campus, Anns Race Alternatives (ARA) and Students Against Militarism (SAM), work within these mental limits to foster awareness and practical action necesary to counter the growing threat of war. Though the emphasis of the two p:roups differ, they share an aversion to current government policy. These groups, visualizing the possibilities of destruction and grasping the tendencies of distorted national priorities, are throwing their weight into shifting America off the dead-end track. The Reagan administration's stalling at the Geneva talks on nuclear weapons has thus already caused severe tension and could ultimately bring about a dangerous rift between... Sundial (via NY Times) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286251/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 02:30:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285425/posts My childhood friend of 31 years visited my home on base, in Quantico, a few months after I gave birth to my first baby. As we took a leisurely stroll one evening through the lingering humidity of early September, I explained to her how different military life is from the world in which we grew up in San Francisco. We passed rows of colorful houses on the tree-lined, manicured blocks and gazed at the playgrounds around the neighborhood, ready to welcome the children of the officers who live there. American flags hung from virtually every front door. The occasional "My... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285425/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:41:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262932/posts Freepers: After sleeping on it, I have decided to call you to action! A great injustice is being perpetrated by our main stream media (MSM) and our Commander In Chief (CINC), President Barrack Hussein Obama. The time now is 10:04 CST, 02 JUNE 09, exactly 24 hours after Privates William Long, 23 of Conway, AR, and Private Second Class Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, of Jacksonville, AR became the first victims of terrorism on American soil since 11 SEP 01 and we have heard no statement from their Commander in Chief, President Barrack Hussein Obama. Almost as egregious as Obama’s silence, we... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262932/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 15:03:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262239/posts <p>Latest Video:Little Rock - One person is in custody, and two others have been transported to a local hospital in serious condition following a double-shooting in west Little Rock Monday morning.</p> <p>Authorities say the incident occurred around 10:00 a.m. at the U.S. Army Navy Career Center inside the Ashley Square Shopping Center at 9112 North Rodney Parham Road. According to Lt. Terry Hastings with the Little Rock Police Department, two recruiting officers standing outside the office were hit when the unidentified suspect drove up in a black SUV and began shooting.</p> KATV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262239/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 16:58:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2252433/posts PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Bombs destroyed an Internet cafe, wrecked a bus carrying handicapped children and spread panic through Pakistan's main northwestern city on Saturday, killing at least 11 people in a day of carnage across the militancy-plagued region. Digg Up. http://digg.com/d1rNnO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2252433/posts#comment Sun, 17 May 2009 00:26:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231171/posts Get this! - "Interview: Sgt.Matthis Chiroux -Veteran, war resistor, and outspoken critic of the both the Bush and Obama administrations Mid East and Central Asian Policy faces Military Hearing for "Misconduct" on April 21st. We spoke to Matthis about his upcoming case." DigitalJournal Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231171/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:58:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229915/posts NEW YORK (AFP) – Grandmother may know best, but for a group of feisty grannies leading US protests against the war in Afghanistan, the problem is that no one's listening. The Granny Peace Brigade is not just the most colorful anti-war group in the United States today -- it's one of the only ones. "It's pretty pathetic," said Joan Pleune, 70, one of seven grandmothers aged 65 to 90 who went to court Tuesday in New York to face disorderly conduct charges. "We've done all these symbolic actions. We get arrested here and there, but it's symbolic," grey-haired Pleune said.... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229915/posts#comment Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:58:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226410/posts WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama wants Congress to act quickly on his $83.4 billion request for U.S. military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, an appeal that's disappointing the most liberal, anti-war wing of his party. But with the president promising to remove all combat troops from Iraq by the end of August 2010, his Democratic allies in control of Congress are sure to approve the spending without the type of tortuous battle that characterized their dealings with former President George W. Bush. AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226410/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:11:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225014/posts Vandals destroy memorial to LCpl Justin Ellsworth for 2nd time (before and after photos)Vandals Destroy Fallen Heroes’ Monument, Son of National Pro-Troop Advocate: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Wednesday, April 8, 2009, Contact: Meghan Tisinger, Meghan@FamiliesUnitedMission.com, (202) 510-5304 Mt. Pleasant, MI – April 8, 2009 – Last week, a monument honoring the life and death of Lance Corporal Justin Ellsworth was vandalized on Island Park near the Michigan Vietnam Memorial. Lance Corporal Ellsworth died on November 13, 2004 which serving in Iraq. His father, John Ellsworth, is the President of Military Families United, an advocacy organization that has recently been vocal in... 911FamiliesForAmerica.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225014/posts#comment Wed, 8 Apr 2009 18:35:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2218575/posts A memorial service is planned for May 16 for Steve Hamilton, a prominent Bay Area anti-war activist and member of the Oakland 7 who was acquitted in a notorious conspiracy trial. SFgate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2218575/posts#comment Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:45:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2197491/posts me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2197491/posts#comment Mon, 2 Mar 2009 20:32:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194277/posts Guys, just like most of you I have been interested in the 10th Amendment "State Sovereignty Resolutions"..but I have one criticism of our tactics (while I agree that some of the momementum for this movement has been opposition toward the big-Socialism that Obama, and the Congress is pushing)..Remember Bush, W. PUSHED for big-government too. I seem to recall (not being a Vermontor.sp (Orwhat they call themselves..)? myself) I remember that Because Bush and the Republican Congress voted for the war in Iraq, there was a "strong push" in Vermont (really liberal, anti-war) state to push for "Secession"..well I know the... Vanity (myself, Middlebury Institute, 2nd Vermont Republic) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194277/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:31:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2191522/posts As I was snooping around the internet that Gore made, I ran across a web site that was practicing Fear Mongering. As has become common practice, I took a screen shot for future reference. As is the “norm” for the Leftinistra, posts such as this one vanish which then, any criticism of any particular issue can be seen as “hate speech”. Thus the screen shot. This plea for help for a faltering endeavor cannot be denied. Why are they pleading for help? If they have the heartbeat of America, shouldn’t they be rolling in cash? Doesn’t George Soros care about... American Daily Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2191522/posts#comment Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:17:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2191212/posts George Soros finally gets it February 21, 2009 – 1:56 pm Three weeks ago, the positively schizophrenic Op-Ed page for the WSJ published yet another piece by a big financial brain proposing a “solution” to the financial crisis. While the editorial page itself is so rigidly ideological as to be useless, the op-ed page publishes stuff all over the map. The only common attribute seems to be a big-name byline. Once in a while you’ll get a thoughtful, nuanced and hard-hitting piece by Shelby Steele or Judy Shelton, for instance; occasionally, one of the big names will actually say something... ml-implode (Option Armageddon) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2191212/posts#comment Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:37:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2191137/posts A Green Bay soldier was supposed to catch a flight Friday morning taking him back to active duty in Iraq, but he intentionally missed it because he says the war is immoral. Specialist Kristoffer Walker and his wife Sierra enjoyed Friday night at home together -- a night they weren't supposed to be together. "Early this morning I made a decision not to go back to Iraq," he told us Friday. WBAY TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2191137/posts#comment Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:22:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174496/posts This is great news, but I still wonder what took the FBI so long. "FBI Cuts Off CAIR Over Hamas Questions," by Mary Jacoby for IPT News, January 29 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has cut off contacts with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) amid mounting concern about the Muslim advocacy group's roots in a Hamas-support network, the Investigative Project on Terrorism has learned. The decision to end contacts with CAIR was made quietly last summer as federal prosecutors prepared for a second trial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF),... JihadWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174496/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:08:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2170035/posts From Il Corriere della Sera: Call for directive to prevent episodes like Duomo demonstration in Milan from happening again ROME – Places of worship, supermarkets and shopping malls will join public institutions, political party headquarters and diplomatic premises as being off-limits for demonstrators. Organisers will also have to pay a deposit as a guarantee against damage.NEW RULES – Interior minister Roberto Maroni has proposed new rules for public demonstrations, revealing that he is working on a directive to be sent to prefects and chiefs of police. A week ago, the minister explained to a hearing of the Senate’s constitutional affairs... Infidel Bloggers Alliance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2170035/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:43:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133305/posts Dateline Sunday 16 November 2008 Sierra Vista, AZ., Fort Huachuca. Today was the day the “Say No to Torture” Protest by the southwest weekend of protest group also sponsored by code pink. The day for my wife and I, started at 9 am as we headed to town to pick up a new Flag, a quick stop at the local “Evil Wal-Mart” and we were on our way to the park to counter protest. The park they chose to begin their protest is named “Veterans Memorial Park” and I am saddened by the fact that they chose this park to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133305/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:22:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120406/posts Ft. Huachuca is the home of USAICS, the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School, and has a long history of complicity in U.S. crimes of torture. The torture manuals used at the School of the Americas came from Ft. Huachuca.For several years, in solidarity with the SOA Watch annual vigil and action at Fort Benning, Georgia to close the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas (now the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) there has been a growing grassroots demonstration at the gate of Fort Huachuca to protest our country’s slipping standards on torture, being practiced in our name and... National Religious Campaign Against Torqure http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120406/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:26:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111868/posts A federal judge ruled that Lt. Ehren Watada, who refused to deploy to Iraq with his Ft. Lewis combat brigade, couldn't be retried on several of the charges against him. But the ruling still may allow the military to try him on two court-martial counts. Citing the constitutional protections against being tried twice for the same crime, a federal judge on Tuesday ruled that 1st Lt. Ehren Watada cannot face a second court martial on three of five counts resulting from his high-profile 2006 refusal to deploy to Iraq with a Fort Lewis brigade. The ruling by Judge Benjamin Settle,... Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2111868/posts#comment Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:55:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085255/posts Supporting our troops By Steve Almond September 18, 2008 PERHAPS the most insidious byproduct of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has been a reflexive sanctification of the military. To put this in bumper stickerese: Support the Troops. Well, I have an ugly confession to make: I don't support the troops - at least not unconditionally. When somebody tells me they serve in the military, my first impulse isn't to say, "Thank you for your service!" like those insufferable chickenhawks on talk radio. My first impulse is to say, "I'm sorry to hear that." Because I am. I'm sorry to... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085255/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:10:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085080/posts ITHACA — A Common Council committee voted unanimously Tuesday night to declare Ithaca a “‘Community of Sanctuary' thus respecting the rights of its residents to support lawfully and proactively military personnel and veterans who are organizing to stop the wars in and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.” The sanctuary resolution was written and submitted by Peace Now Ithaca, which staged a march to Fort Drum in May with members of the Fort Drum chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Veterans who participated in the march “lamented about the suppression and intimidation they experienced” in protesting the wars, said Alexis... Fingerlakes1.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085080/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:26:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077077/posts University of Minnesota staff were key coordinators of the recent violent protests at the Republican National Convention (RNC). The university employees are also members of the local clerical union of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees. The AFSCME is part of the AFL-CIO union. Protests turned violent at the 2008 RNC located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Police have arrested hundreds of demonstrators for violent attacks on police officers and bystanders and other more nuisance crimes. The Saint Paul Police have identified an anarchist group called the RNC Welcoming Committee as being at the center of the violence.... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077077/posts#comment Mon, 8 Sep 2008 04:08:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075560/posts BANGOR, Maine — Folk singers Larry and Leslie Latour, along with Judd Esty-Kendall, will open a “Join Hands to End the War. Build the Peace. Rebuild the Economy” rally at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Paul Bunyan Park on Main Street. [snip] Among the featured speakers will be Mary Trotochaud who with her husband, Rick McDowell, moved to Baghdad in 2003 to work with emerging Iraqi civil society organizations and coordinate relief and development projects for the American Friends Service Committee. Other speakers include labor activist Katrina Bisheimer; Iranian-American history student Hosain Aghamoosa; social worker Doug Crate; Veterans for... Bangor Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075560/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 20:32:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073120/posts AN Islamic organisation warning of the return of an empire founded 700 years ago has hacked into the website of a Wollongong church and published disturbing images and messages. For several days, anyone who visited the website of Wollongong's Wesley Church was greeted by anti-war messages flanked by pictures of the Turkish flag, masked soldiers and an image of US President George W Bush with a cross over his face. While the text on the www.wollongongmission.unitingchurch.org.au website was not in English, other websites on the internet hacked by the same group, AdReNaLin, identified those responsible as "sons of the Ottoman... Illawarra Mercury http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073120/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 17:43:23 GMT