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The Christmas Truce of 1914

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Consortium News - By Gary G. Kohls - Dec. 17 (Special Report) - It might seem odd to anyone who understands what Jesus taught that the U.S. presidential candidates who most stress their Christian devotion are often the same ones urging more wars. But this defiling of Jesus’s message of peace is not new, as Gary G. Kohls recalls from an inspiring moment in World War I.

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Newsvine - AP Impact: Right-to-know laws often ignored

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

NewsVine - By Martha Mendoza, AP National Writer,: Ravi Nessman from India, Charles Hutzler from China, Adriana Gomez Licon from Mexico. - Nov. 17 (Investigative Report) - In Mexico, the AP filed a query through a website and got all the information requested within two months. But in the U.S., the AP had to mail requests to six branches of the Justice and Homeland Security departments. After 10 months, 18 phone calls and 40 letters from the government, the AP ended up with two spreadsheets and a piece of paper with all names blanked out.

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Audacity of Hope: Inside Report Aboard U.S. Ship's Dramatic Challenge to Greek Ban on Gaza Flotilla

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jul. 06 (News Report) - A French boat carrying eight people as part of the 10-ship Freedom Flotilla to the Gaza Strip has left Greek waters, defying a ban imposed by Greece under heavy pressure from Israel and the United States. The small boat is the first to elude Greek authorities after two ships were stopped since Friday. Carrying humanitarian cargo, the ships are trying to reach Gaza just over a year after Israeli forces killed nine people aboard the first Freedom Flotilla. Democracy Now!'s Aaron Maté was on board the U.S.-flagged ship, The Audacity of Hope, when it became the first flotilla ship to defy the ban and make a break for Gaza, only to be intercepted by Greek authorities in a dramatic standoff at sea. He filed this report.

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Ali Abunimah Responds To Israeli Claims That Gaza Flotilla Is A “Provocation”

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jul. 01 (News Report) - As the 400 international activists wait to set sail from Greece to Gaza on the Freedom Flotilla, Israeli media has been full of reports speculating about the activists' character and motivations for participating in the humanitarian aid mission. Israeli newspapers have charged that the flotilla is carrying sacks of chemicals on board because passengers plan to kill IDF soldiers. The reports come after Foreign Ministry officials informed Israeli cabinet ministers that there was no information about members of "terrorist groups" planning to take part in the flotilla. “Israel is trying to present the flotilla as a military threat, whereas nobody in the world believes that,” says our guest, Ali Abunimah, co-founder of The Electronic Intifada, “not even Israeli cabinet ministers.”

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Israeli Official Condemns Gaza Flotilla, Refuses to Deny Israeli Role in Sabotage of Boats

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jul. 01 (News Report) - Ido Aharoni, Consul General of Israel in New York, defends the Israeli government’s campaign against the flotilla claiming there is no need for humanitarian aid to be shipped to Gaza now that Egypt has opened the Rafah border crossing. Aharoni also refuses to deny Israel played a role in the sabotage of two boats in the flotilla and refuses to promise that Israeli officials will not arrest the Democracy Now! journalists on board the flotilla if Israeli intercepts the ship. “I can tell you the whole idea of the flotilla is unnecessary, and we have no interest in dealing with it, and hopefully the flotilla will not be on its way to Israel,” Aharoni said.

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U.S. Ship in Freedom Flotilla Leaves Greece Headed to Gaza, Despite Threats and Risk of Sabotage

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jul. 01 (News Report) - The U.S.-flagged ship "The Audacity of Hope" left a Greek port today bound for Gaza, but the status of the 10-boat flotilla remains uncertain. At least one boat has already pulled out due to sabotage, another is still being repaired. All 10 ships were supposed to set sail earlier this week but the Greek government — already facing a financial crisis and public uproar over austerity measures — blocked the ships’ departure under international pressure. On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is entitled to stop the flotilla as part of its “full right to operate against efforts to smuggle” weapons into Gaza. Democracy Now! Producer Aaron Maté and videographer Hany Massoud are in Greece covering the journey of “The Audacity of Hope.” They were there Thursday as it was publicly unveiled. They spoke with novelist Alice Walker, Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein and others.

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Debunking the Israeli-US Effort to Thwart Gaza Freedom Flotilla: “We Are Committed to Non-Violence”

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jun. 30 (News Report) - U.S. citizens trying to sail to Gaza aboard U.S.-flagged ship “The Audacity of Hope” in the humanitarian flotilla are dealing with another challenge: their own government. The U.S. Department of State has warned U.S. passengers they could face "fines and incarceration" for taking part in the flotilla and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appears to have given Israel the green light to use force.

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Exclusive Tour of Gaza-Bound U.S. Ship, Audacity of Hope; Saboteurs Damage Other Ships in Flotilla

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Jun. 30 (News Report) - Organizers of the humanitarian flotilla to the Gaza Strip say another one of their ships has been sabotaged. The engine of an Irish ship docked in Turkey was reportedly so badly damaged it would have sunk in the middle of the ocean, threatening the lives of the passengers on board. It’s at least the second flotilla vessel to be targeted this week following damage to a Greek-Swedish ship docked in a port near Athens.

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Peace and Labor Activists Cry Foul Over FBI Probe

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Peter Wallsten - Jun. 14 (News Report) - 'The search was part of a mysterious, ongoing nationwide terrorism investigation with an unusual target: prominent peace activists and politically active labor organizers. The probe - involving subpoenas to 23 people and raids of seven homes last fall - has triggered a high-powered protest against the Department of Justice and, in the process, could create some political discomfort for President Obama with his union supporters as he gears up for his reelection campaign.'

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Post-Bin Laden Peace Hopes Dim

Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - By Gareth Porter - May. 09 (News Analysis) - The idea that U.S. policy is now on the road to an "endgame" in Afghanistan glosses over a central problem: the publicly expressed U.S. determination to keep a U.S. combat presence in Afghanistan indefinitely is not an acceptable condition to the Taliban as a basis for negotiations.

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The Anti-War Message of Mother's Day

Sun, 08 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - By Gary G. Kohls - May. 08 (Special Report) - at its origin 141 years ago, Mother’s Day had a different purpose, an observance of the wastefulness of war and a plea for mothers to stop their husbands and sons from being dispatched for more killing and carnage,

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Phyllis Bennis: U.K. Sends Troops Into Libya as International Coalition Expands Mission to Include Regime Change

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Apr. 19 (News Analysis) - As NATO continues its campaign against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and to their attacks on Libyan civilians, Great Britain announced today it will send military officers to advise rebels fighters. “This is exactly the type of escalation many of us warned against on the evening the U.N. first passed its no-fly zone resolution,” says Phyllis Bennis, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, who opposes U.N. intervention in Libya. “We see a clear commitment on the part of NATO and the U.S. for regime change—exactly what the U.N. resolution would not designed to do.”

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Budget Cuts Funds for Poor, Police, Environment and Health Care

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Lisa Mascaro - Apr. 13 (News Report) - The previously undisclosed reductions stunned advocates for community health centers, foreign aid and climate change research. Among the cuts is a $500-million reduction in funding for the federal health and nutrition program for women, infants and children, known as WIC.

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Fed Up Americans Run First-Ever Anti-Afghanistan-War TV Ad

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Robert Greenwald - Feb. 17 (News Report) - Our communities here in the U.S. are suffering in a terrible economic vise. When do we stop wasting money on this futile war and start getting serious about getting American back on its feet?

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Top Schools For The Peace Corps

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - Feb. 02 (News) - According to a new set of rankings from the Peace Corps, the University of Colorado-Boulder currently has the most alumni serving overseas for the volunteer organization of any school in the nation.

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WikiLeaks Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Bjoern H. Amland - Feb. 02 (News) - A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, saying Wednesday that its disclosures of classified documents promote world peace by holding governments accountable for their actions.

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FBI Expands Probe into Antiwar Activists

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Juan G - Dec. 23 (News Report) - The FBI's probe into antiwar activists is growing. In September, FBI agents raided the homes and offices of activists in Chicago and Minneapolis. Subpoenas that were withdrawn have been reactivated, and a new subpoena was served to a Palestinian solidarity activist in Chicago. We speak with two of the people targeted and two former FBI agents.

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VIDEO: Police Arrest 131 Antiwar Protesters In Front Of White House

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Dan Froomkin - Dec. 17 (News) - Hoping to spark the country's silent majority into action, antiwar protesters took to the streets Thursday, in one of the larger acts of civil disobedience in front of the White House in some time.

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China Faces International Criticism at Nobel Ceremony in Oslo and Climate Talks in Cancún

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Dec. 10 (News Report) - The Nobel Committee’s decision to award Liu Xiaobo has enraged the Chinese government. In Cancún, Chinese climate negotiators reportedly refused to talk with their Norwegian counterparts. We discuss China’s reaction to Xiaobo’s award and its role at the climate talks with Lucia Green-Weiskel of the Beijing-based Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation.

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Nobel Awarded to Jailed Chinese Human Rights Activist Liu Xiaobo

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Dec. 10 (News Report) - The jailed Chinese human rights activist and writer Liu Xiaobo has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Liu was sentenced to 11 years in prison last year after spearheading a petition calling for freedom of assembly, expression and religion in China. For the first time since the 1930s, a representative of the winner is not on hand to collect the award.

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Justice Roars: Protests Disrupt New Orleans Conference Featuring Israeli War Leaders

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

LouisianaJusticeInstitute.blogspot.com - Nov. 08 (News) - The assembly featured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as Israeli political and military leaders Tzipi Livni and Ehud Barak. The three leaders have come under criticism for a range of human rights abuses, from settlement expansion and policies that support ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to accusations of war crimes. Netanyahu has lately faced international criticism for his support of a proposed "Loyalty Oath," which would require Christian and Muslim citizens of the Israeli state to "swear loyalty" to the idea of second-class citizenship for non-Jewish citizens. During the assembly, the Prime Minister met with US Vice President Biden, who offered unwavering US support for the far-right policies of the Netanyahu government.

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Justice Dept. Renews Enforcement of Subpoenas for Antiwar Activists Targeted in FBI Raids

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Nov. 05 (News Report) - We get an update on the fallout from the FBI raids in late September that targeted antiwar activists in Minneapolis and Chicago. Subpoenas to appear before a grand jury were served on 13 people, but later withdrawn when the activists asserted their right to remain silent. But this week, the U.S. Department of Justice said it intends to enforce the subpoenas for some of them and require them to appear before a grand jury. We speak to former president of the National Lawyers Guild Bruce Nestor.

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Jailed Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez - Oct. 08 (News Report) - The jailed Chinese human rights activist and writer Liu Xiaobo has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize for "his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights." Liu was sentenced to eleven years in prison last year after spearheading a petition calling for freedom of assembly, expression and religion in China.

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Palestine Aid Conference Lost Amid Flotilla Fallout

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

TruthOut - By Allen McDuffee - Jun. 14 (News Report) - Amid the days of turmoil surrounding the Israeli raid on the aid flotilla headed for Gaza in which nine died, thousands of corporate investors and international donors, including US Middle East envoy George Mitchell, gathered at the Palestine Investment Conference (PIC) to bolster the Palestinian economy. The conference, which took place June 2-3 read more

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Johan Galtung on "The Fall of the US Empire"

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Johan Galtung, Amy Goodman - Jun. 07 (News Analysis) - The amount of money the United States has spent on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq surpassed the $1 trillion mark last week, according to the National Priorities Project Cost of War counter. To date, over $747 billion has been appropriated for the war in Iraq and $299 billion for the war in Afghanistan. The US is spending over $136 billion on the wars this year. I'm joined now by Johan Galtung, who has spent the past half-century pursuing nonviolent conflict resolution in international relations. He's known as a founder of the field of peace and conflict studies.

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