A Defining Vote on Afghanistan

By Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Nation, July 1, 2010
More than six months after the implementation of the Obama/McChrystal strategy, and with one year to go before the beginning withdrawal of US forces, it’s clear that the strategy in Afghanistan is failing on nearly all fronts. [1]
It’s critical that we now […]

Pressure on Congress
Can Help End the War,
Saving Many Lives

 
By Robert Naiman
Policy Director of Just Foreign Policy
Posted: April 6, 2010
In the next several weeks, Congress is likely to be asked to approve $33 billion more for the war in Afghanistan, mainly to pay for the current military escalation, whose focus is […]

Six Discussion
Points for UFPJ
2008 Assembly

By Carl Davidson
Keep On Keepin’ On
1. The antiwar movement has won a major victory with the defeat of McCain by Obama; antiwar forces were among the first to launch Obama’s campaign, and now it’s time to consolidate gains. Now it’s time to press the Obama White House early in 2009 […]

Photo: Woolsey
Hangs Tough
Out of Iraq Caucus
starts to split
By Mike Soraghan
and Jackie Kucinich
March 15, 2007
TheHill.com
http://tinyurl.com/2a2jtq
Once-ignored members of the Out of Iraq Caucus are now some of the most sought-after votes in the House as Democratic leaders search for the support they need to pass a carefully crafted Iraq supplemental budget.
And the caucus membership has started […]

Pelosi’s Dilemma:

Liberal Democrats Revolt
on Iraq Spending Bill
By ‘The Crypt’
A Blog on www.politico.com/blogs
e-mail: thecrypt@politico.com
March 05, 2007
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is facing a full-blown revolt from liberal House Democrats over the $98 billion Iraq supplemental bill, according to Democratic insiders. Anywhere between 50 to 75 Democrats are now threatening to vote against the bill because it doesn’t […]

[The following three articles–by Elbaum, Nichols, and the LA Times–give a pretty good account of a remarkable weekend.]
The Anti-Surge Gets Rolling
By Max Elbaum
January 29, 2007
War Times/Tiempo de Guerras
It’s not about Bush’s surge anymore. It’s the Antiwar Surge that’s capturing the headlines and threatening to upset all the warmakers’ calculations.
On Jan. 27 […]

Democrats Split
Over Iraq Approach
By JEFF ZELENY
The New York Times
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 — The new Democratic majority in Congress is divided over how to assert its power in opposing President Bush’s plan to send more troops to Baghdad, as leaders explore ways to block financing for a military expansion without being accused of abandoning American […]

Democrats Prepare
to Fund Longer War
Reid: More Troops to Iraq!
By Alexander Cockburn
CounterPunch, Dec. 19
http://www.counterpunch.org
This last Sunday Harry Reid, the incoming Democratic majority leader in the US Senate, went on ABC’s Sunday morning show and declared that a hike in U.S. troops in Iraq is okay with him.
Here’s the evolution of the Democrats’ war platform since November […]

There is Only One Way
to End The War in Iraq
By Rep. Dennis Kucinich
December 1, 2006
The Huffington Post
On November 7, 2006, the American public voted for a New Direction for our Iraq policy. That direction is–out. As Democrats prepare to take the majority for the first time in twelve years, Democrats now have the responsibility to […]

Laura Cleveland of Riverside, Barbara Thompson of Berwyn, Beverly Walter of Riverside, and Laurel Lambert Schmidt–all local antiwar activists–exiting Rep. Dan Lipinski’s office.
The Antiwar Majority’s Vote Is Clear on Getting Out of Iraq
Will Congressman Lipinski
Decide to Represent Them?
By NWCPJ
December 1, 2006
Representatives of Near West Citizens for Peace and Justice (NWCPJ) met with Representative Dan […]