War / Peace

MoveOn Pressure Democrats on Iraq? Dream on!

by John Stauber — March 26, 2008 - 5:21pm

Two leading anti-war journalists are challenging MoveOn, one "of the most prominent anti-war voices," to turn its activism against Democratic Party presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

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The Guardian (UK), March 26, 2008

U.S. News Media in Quite a State

by Diane Farsetta — March 19, 2008 - 4:50pm

"The state of the American news media in 2008 is more troubled than a year ago," opens the latest "State of the News Media" report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism. Among the major findings is that the Internet is not yet the democratizing media force many hoped for.

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Project for Excellence in Journalism, March 16, 2008

Mainstream Media, MoveOn, Ignored Iraq Veterans' 'Winter Soldier' Investigation

by John Stauber — March 13, 2008 - 4:30pm

Kelly Dougherty, the former sergeant who is the executive director of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), announced on March 13th the start of the group's three-day Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan investigation into the United States' conduct of its wars, featuring testimony of scores of anti-war veterans.

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Irag Veterans Against the War, March 13, 2008

Teacher Warns Students About War Propagandist John Rendon

by John Stauber — March 13, 2008 - 7:53am

Steve Runge, an instructor at Northeastern University in Boston, is raising a red flag about a controversial lecturer. "John Rendon of the Rendon Group will be addressing the College of Business Administration Thursday afternoon.

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The Northeastern News, March 13, 2008

Canada's Groupthink Tanks on Afghanistan

by Diane Farsetta — February 27, 2008 - 10:27am

As the debate over Canada's military mission in Afghanistan continues, the country's "Department of National Defence is ... spending millions of dollars sponsoring think tanks and scholars to offer up agreeable commentary," writes University of Ottawa professor Amir Attaran. "Take the Conference of Defence Associations, a think tank that got $500,000 from DND last year. ...

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The Globe and Mail (Canada), February 21, 2008

U.S. Air Force Wants More Air Time

by Diane Farsetta — February 26, 2008 - 12:04pm

The U.S. Air Force "wants to more than double its advertising budget ... to $112.5 million," reports the Air Force Times.

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Air Force Times, February 18, 2008

AAEI - How Democrats Took Over and Betrayed the Peace Movement

by John Stauber — February 9, 2008 - 7:32pm

Matt Taibbi analyzes how "Democrats have surrendered to Bush on Iraq and betrayed the peace movement for their own political ends." He faults the MoveOn-led Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, "a political tool for the Democrats -- one operated from inside the Beltway and devote

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Rolling Stone, February 21, 2008

Rather than Surrender to Terror, Romney Quits

by Anne Landman — February 7, 2008 - 4:35pm

Mitt Romney has suspended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, saying that if he continued it would "be making it easier for Senator Clinton or Obama to win" and that he cannot let

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New York Times, February 7, 2008

North American Governments Ponder How Best to Boost Their Wars

by Diane Farsetta — February 6, 2008 - 3:29pm

"A key part of Ottawa's public relations campaign" in support of its controversial military mission in Afghanistan is frequent phone calls where "senior federal officials ... plot strategy." All Afghan mission matters "are vetted through the Privy Council Office, the bureaucratic wing of the Prime Minister's Office," leading to charges of top-down media management.

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Toronto Star (Canada), February 4, 2008
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