Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar Photo: AFP/Getty Images Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on Thursday on Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar to give up fighting his US-backed government in return for the chance to run … Continue reading →![]()
We are deeply disappointed to announce that Scott Horton is no longer part of the Antiwar.com staff. Antiwar Radio has consistently been the best foreign policy show on the airwaves, always featuring the biggest names in foreign policy and noninterventionistism. Scott’s unique interview style, his deep knowledge and brilliant skill for entertainment were a centerpiece ...
Bloomberg is reporting on what looks like a brazen con being pulled on taxpayers by eurozone banks and governments. It goes like this: During the recent credit bubble the PIIGS country banks created and then sold a bunch of low-quality mortgage bonds. Now they’re buying them up at big discounts to the original price, booking ...
Human Rights Watch is again calling on President Aquino of the Philippines to prosecute and put a stop to the rampant torture, extra-judicial killings, and disappearances of “leftist activists, journalists, and clergy.” The Aquino government has only been in power for two years, but is resembling his unscrupulous predecessors after having “not successfully prosecuted a single ...
I was in Washington on what was an historic day, June 28, 2012 to testify at Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, Committee on Financial Services, U. S. House of Representatives, chaired by Congressman Ron Paul. While it would be nice to think the day was historic because Dr. Paul was continuing his informational ...
Antiwar.com Newsletter | June 29, 2012 IN THIS ISSUE Activist Opposition to Drones Top News Opinion and analysis Events Antiwar.com’s Director of Operations Angela Keaton speaking at Porcfest A Groundswell of Activism Against Drones Activist opposition to Washington’s new affinity with unmanned aerial vehicles for use in surveillance and war is growing by the day. ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Ron Paul, Chairman of the Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee, announced today that the subcommittee will hold a hearing this week to examine fractional reserve banking. “Fractional reserve banking underpins the entire banking system, yet its effects on society are completely ignored,” Paul stated. “Our financial system consists of vast ...
Antiwar.com economic analyst David Henderson appeared on Russia Today’s Crosstalk. Peter Lavelle hosts, along with other guests Dan Williams of Reuters, and Sadegh Zibakalam of the University of Tehran. David explains that Iran is not our enemy a...
It was reasonable to expect that troops, who knew the errand they were sent upon, would treat the people whom they were to subjugate, with a cruelty and haughtiness which too often buries the honorable character of a soldier in the disgraceful name of an unfeeling ruffian. -John Hancock, in Boston on 5 March 1774, on ...
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