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Churchill’s Ministry of Peace by: Bethany Stotts, September 04, 2008 Ward Churchill, a former ethnic studies professor at the University of Colorado (UC), may have been fired after a UC investigation revealed his plagiarism and poor scholarship, but some anti-war outlets still court the controversial professor’s company. Churchill has shown himself to be more than willing to equate the September 11, 2001 attacks with the death of infants in the Iraq War and to label the victims of the 9/11 attacks as “little Eichmanns.” During a 2006 interview on Hannity & Colmes, Churchill defended his comments, arguing that they were...

I could tell right away this wasn’t going to be your average Washington D.C. antiwar protest. For months, the antiwar coalition International A.N.S.W.E.R. had been publicizing its plans to hold a major antiwar rally in the nation’s capital on Saturday, March 17. However, reaching the protest staging site next to the Lincoln Memorial at 11:00 -- an hour before the protestors were slated to begin marching to the Pentagon -- I found the field nearly empty. Across the street stood several thousand counter-demonstrators, mostly comprised of Vietnam War veterans associated with various biker clubs. Wearing leather jackets emblazoned with organization...

From the Orange County Register online: [Congressman Dana] Rohrabacher has supported the Bush administration on the war in Iraq. Then, the protesters started shouting: "Bring them home! Now!" As the pitch rose, the congressman ran out of his grey stucco home. He was barefoot. "You just woke my babies!" Rohrabacher said. He and his wife, Rhonda, have 2-year-old triplets. Rohrabacher said he was on his back porch when he heard crying over a baby monitor. "I am going to get all of you arrested if you don't leave right now." "My son is in Iraq!" responded Tim Kahlor, 48, whose...

Not a day passes that we don't see another poll showing that a majority of Americans believe President Bush and those at the top rungs of his administration have so badly mismanaged the war in Iraq that they now oppose it. Yet even as support for the war has shrunk to an all-time low, we have also seen how anti-war organizers have struggled to mount large, intense and nationwide demonstrations reminiscent of the mobilization of hundreds of thousands who marched against the war in Vietnam 40 years ago. The question is why. ...... Another reason is that Iraq is not...

CLEVELAND (AP) — About 100 war protesters gathered outside the building where President Bush was giving a speech Monday about progress in Iraq, banging drums, holding peace signs and chanting for him to leave. As Bush spoke at the City Club about the third anniversary of the war, police cordoned off a part of the busy Public Square across the street for demonstrators who held signs reading "Bush step down" and "No blood for oil." "It's a good turnout of people who are very upset about this ongoing and disastrous war and occupation," said Greg Coleridge of the American Friends...

The third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was marked over the weekend by a wave of protests around the world. Most of the marches in America were spearheaded by United for Peace and Justice, the nation’s largest anti-war coalition. United for Peace and Justice is a large umbrella association of more than thirteen hundred local and national groups who have joined together to protest the immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government’s policy of permanent warfare and empire-building. The organization’s recent press release tells us of a massive effort planned for the week of March 15...

With new polls showing that more than half of Americans believe the war in Iraq is going badly and that Iraq will never become a stable democracy, you might think that anti-war groups in the U.S. would be trumpeting their influence. Instead, the groups appear to be caught in their own brand of civil war, criticizing each other for management styles, sympathizing with Communist dictators and pandering to the media. They have bickered over alleged racism and even over issues like who would get more microphone time and pay for the portable toilets at anti-war rallies. The feuding appears to...

War Protests Will Devastate Morale Says VFW Chief WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- News reports about a large anti-war rally in Washington this weekend are deeply troubling to the new national commander of the nation's largest organization of combat veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. "Our concern isn't with fellow Americans exercising their First Amendment rights to be heard," said Jim Mueller, the VFW's new commander-in-chief. "Our concern is how their political protest messages will be perceived by the 2.2 million American military personnel who protect and defend those freedoms daily," he explained. "Our concern is for...

On the surface there would seem to be little to unite the Aryan racialists of the neo-Nazi movement with the terrorists of radical Islam. To the neo-Nazis, Muslims are almost all members of ``inferior`` races; and to the Islamic terrorists, the neo-Nazis are almost without exception either atheists or members of fringe quasi-Christian sects. But the reality is that there has been close cooperation between Muslim extremists and Fascists ever since the founding of the Nazi movement in the 1920`s. For all of their differences, Muslim extremists and Nazis have always been united by a common group of beliefs and...

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BORN AGAIN VS.PERFECT Marvin Olasky August 26, 2004 John Kerry graduated from Yale in 1966. George Bush graduated in 1968. I graduated from said institution in 1971. With the Kerry campaign in full panic mode about the swift boat charges, maybe I can provide some perspective on the environment that has led to the current confusion. Yale became more strongly antiwar during those five years, but Kerry reflected the campus mood even in 1966 when, as chairman of the Political Union (Yale's most prestigious political debating society), he used his commencement address to criticize America's involvement in Vietnam. Neither Kerry...

<p>"Iacta alea est." ("The die is cast.") Caesar recognized when he crossed the Rubicon there was no turning back that did not mean defeat and death.</p> <p>America, not the Bush administration, crossed a Rubicon on March 19, 2003, when the ultimatum to the Iraqi tyrant expired and the war began. The nation has lost lives and spent treasure. Our soldiers have closed on Baghdad from several directions. The nation is now engaged in battle. The president has clearly stated the definition of victory: the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, the removal of the fascist regime and the installation of a liberal government representative of the diverse elements of that unhappy country.</p>

The following images are of an anti-war protest that took place in Greece on March 30th. I was in Greece as part of my duties in the USMC on a re-supply mission to our fellow Marines in country. I felt at the time that this was an important and powerful statement of where this “anti-war” movement has its roots. You will not see these images in the national media precisely because of the damage images like this would cause our fellow 1st amendment advocates. The protesters began at an assembly point just across the street from our hotel. As you...

The following is my email to Professor Nicholas De Genova of Columbia University who was quoted in the New York Post as wishing a "million Mogadishus" on American servicement in Iraq at an anti-war rally. This was reported on FreeRepublic on this thread, Columbia Prof wishes death to GIs. Here's my email to him: Nicholas De Genova, Your call for the US Military to suffer a "million Mogadishus" has crossed a serious line on civility and duty and commitment to our nation. You are wishing for the death of 18,000,000 of your fellow countrymen and women, individuals who are fighting...

I am currently serving in the United States Airforce and I was recently called to serve my country in this war. I know many people do not have a good opinion of this war and I can understand that.But the simple fact that people are not showing support for our tropps is very disheartening.I hear everyone saying bad things about why we are here and who is to blame,but everyone gets too busy with all that to support the people who are fighting to help provide them the freedom that gives them the right to say that. The one thing...

Anti-war protesters lie down in the intersection of H and 16th Streets, northwest, and block traffic before being arrested by police during a demonstration near the White House in Washington, March 21, 2003. Police made several dozen arrests as protesters disrupted traffic in Washington while major U.S. led airstrikes hit downtown Baghdad in Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Jim BourgIf you look in the background of this picture. It shows more press covering the 'protest' than there are protesters laying in the street. -- makes you go hmmmmmm....

ReutersThursday, March 20, 2003; 8:32 PM By Adam TannerSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police arrested more than 1,000 people in San Francisco on Thursday -- the most demonstrators taken into custody on a single day in the city in 22 years -- as tens of thousands protested across America against the U.S. war in Iraq."If this was happening in every city, there would either be martial law or an end to war," said one Berkeley student who chained himself to 16 others on a major San Francisco street.Protests took place in other cities across the United States as well as in...

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) -- About 45 students walked out of class to protest the suspensions of two Rio Grande High School teachers who were removed after refusing to take down anti-war posters in their classrooms. School police arrested four students when they refused to return to class Thursday. Carmelita Roybal, a ninth-grade English teacher, was placed on leave with pay Wednesday after refusing to remove a black-and-white "No War Against Iraq" poster from her classroom. Art teacher Heather Duffy was asked to leave the school for the day Thursday, then suspended with pay, for refusing to remove a similar poster from...

Lansing Township - Chained to a wheel of a Ford Topaz with a "No War" message spray-painted across its doors, Amy Field sat chanting "They shall go to hell!" "Hopefully, this is the beginning of a worldwide revolution," the East Lansing resident said, amid a throng of more than 30 colorfully dressed anti-war demonstrators carrying black banners and shouting against the roar of Wednesday's rush-hour traffic rolling past the Frandor Shell station on East Saginaw Street. "This might motivate people to step up and take their responsibility as American citizens." The protesters - made up of several groups, including Direct...

For Rumsfeld, a land of disenchantment War protests at defense secretary's hideaways near Taos no vacation 03/11/2003 By ANDY LENDERMAN / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News TAOS, N.M. - Children are blowing whistles on Donald Rumsfeld's privacy outside his digs in northern New Mexico, an area where for decades celebrities have sought seclusion. Artists, writers and, increasingly, the rich have flocked to this high country resort town to get away: D.H. Lawrence, Dennis Hopper and Julia Roberts, to name a few. The defense secretary finds he must work harder for privacy since war protests were staged at...

BOSTON (AP) -- They have marched and chanted, hoping to use persuasion to prevent war. If that fails, though, activists are readying a more aggressive strategy of sit-ins and social disruptions, meant to restore peace in Iraq. Protest sit-ins, especially at federal buildings, defense recruiting offices and military bases, have been mapped out for dozens of cities in the first day or two of any war, anti-war organizers say. Some also foresee widespread walkouts at schools and workplaces. A smaller number talk of blocking roads and bridges. "Once war happens, there will be civil disobedience. It's bringing to a higher...

<p>Last weekend, across Europe and America, somewhere between 1 million and 2 million people marched against a war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. All protests against war are ultimately ethical in nature, and Saturday's placard-wavers did not break with tradition: "Give Peace a Chance," "Make Tea, Not War," "Bush and Blair-The Real War Criminals.'' These are statements of sentiment, not power politics, and the sentiment is, or is meant to be, a moral one.</p>

<p>San Francisco -- A survey using sophisticated aerial photography of Sunday's anti-war march and rally in San Francisco has produced results that indicate a far smaller crowd than the 200,000 protesters estimated by police and event organizers.</p> <p>The results of the independent survey, commissioned by The Chronicle and SFGate.com, cast doubt on traditional counting methods and contradict the crowd estimate of 200,000, which was reported in this newspaper and news media around the world. Crowd size in a demonstration is important because organizers tend to use it as evidence of support for their cause.</p>

San Francisco -- A survey using sophisticated aerial photography of Sunday's anti-war march and rally in San Francisco has produced results that indicate a far smaller crowd than the 200,000 protesters estimated by police and event organizers. The results of the independent survey, commissioned by The Chronicle and SFGate.com, cast doubt on traditional counting methods and contradict the crowd estimate of 200,000, which was reported in this newspaper and news media around the world. Crowd size in a demonstration is important because organizers tend to use it as evidence of support for their cause. In a series of detailed, high-resolution...

<p>February 19, 2003 -- LAST weekend, across Europe and America, somewhere between 1 million and 2 million people marched against a war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. All protests against war are ultimately ethical in nature, and Saturday's placard-wavers did not break with tradition: "Give Peace a Chance," "Make Tea, Not War," "Bush and Blair - The Real War Criminals." These are statements of sentiment, not power politics, and the sentiment is, or is meant to be, a moral one. Of course, not all the marchers can be counted as 99.9 percent pure moralists. Some - perhaps many - marched out of simple reactionary hatred: for the United States, for its power, for its paramount position in a hated world order. London's paleosocialist Mayor "Red Ken" Livingstone, a featured speaker at that city's massive demo, comes to mind. His enlightened argument against war consisted chiefly of calling George W. Bush "a lackey of the oil industry," "a coward" and "this creature."</p>

This is important. Drop what you’re doing. Pack the car, get on a plane, a train, a bus or start walking. Our troops need your support right now! They’re laying it on the line for us overseas and all they are seeing in the media is hundreds of thousands of anti-war/anti-American demonstrators marching in our streets. As evidenced by this article Anti-war Protests Anger U.S. Troops Inside Kuwait those demonstrations are starting to affect morale. You can do something about that, but it will take time, effort and sacrifice -- a modest sacrifice compared to our men and women...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Whether you're for war with Iraq or against it, one common sentiment many Americans share is a growing sense of anxiety over the possibility of a terrorist attack here at home. In the Bay Area, doctors are beginning to see patients who are anxious and afraid that war could mean never feeling safe again. "My patients are reading the newspaper, listening to the news just like everybody else is," said Dr. Mark Levy, a Bay Area psychiatrist. "And it's on their mind." There's been no recent scientific poll asking Bay Area residents what the level of anxiety...

Feb. 12, 2003 US rabbi barred from San Francisco war protest, as too 'pro-Israel' By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF Rabbi Michael Lerner says today he has been barred from speaking at an anti-war protest planned for this Sunday in San Francisco, because he spoke out against the organizers'dissemination of anti-Israel propaganda. Lerner, the editor of Tikkun magazine and rabbi of Beyt Tikkun synagogue, writes of his being turned away at the rally on the op-ed page of Wednesday's Wall Street Journal. "We at Tikkun do not believe that this war--in which thousands of Iraqi civilians are likely to die--will...

Pop Quiz for Protestors Posted on Sunday, January 19 @ 12:09:27 PST by hud Which county does not have state sponsored protests where people are threatened by troops if they don't support their leader? A. U.S.A. B. North Korea C. Cuba D. Iraq Which country has suffered more casualties by its soldiers fighting to protect the lives of people in other lands? A. Iraq B. Iran C. Vietnam D. U.S.A Which country doesn't torture and imprison its non-violent political dissidents? A. Cuba B. China C. U.S.A. D. Syria Which country has given more aid to poor countries and forgiven the...

WUSA TV-9 did a follow-up interview with the DC Chapter of Free Republic with regard to our plans for further actions after countering the anti-war demonstrations in Washington, D.C. this weekend. Kristinn, tgslTakoma, Mark Phelps, Angelwood, Jimmy Valentine's brother; Doctor Raoul; Buford P, Taxman and "JW" marched to the Navy Memorial with flags flying to meet with reporter, Dave Statter, and his cameraman for the interview. After handshakes and introductions, Kristinn spoke with Dave Statter and showed him a copy of Peter Jennings' book, "In Search of America," which featured a two-page photograph of the D.C. Chapter countering some of...