War / Peace

"Coffee with the Troops" at Yearly Kos Fuels Debate About the Netroots and the War

by John Stauber — August 6, 2007 - 1:10pm
  • Topics: Left Wing, Activism, Internet, Iraq, Democracy, Politics, U.S. Government, War / Peace

    • You can watch some powerful video of our August 5th Coffee with the Troops online at AfterDowning Street, Alternetand on YouTube. We filmed the entire event, which was attended by more than one hundred people at the Yearly Kos Convention Sunday in Chicago.

    Yearly Kos "Coffee with the Troops" Features Iraq Veterans Against the War Sunday, August 5

    by John Stauber — August 4, 2007 - 11:02pm
  • Topics: Internet, Iraq, War / Peace

    • (UPDATE: Read the post-event report at: http://www.prwatch.org/node/6321 )

    Leaders of the Iraq Veterans Against the War are speaking at Yearly Kos Sunday morning, August 5, 9:30 a.m. at a Coffee with the Troops organized by the Center for Media and Democracy and moderated by CMD founder and Executive Director John Stauber. The event is open to the public and will be held in Regency Ball Room C/D on the 2nd level of the Hyatt. Garett Reppenhagen, Aaron Hughes, Josh Lansdale and Geoffrey Millard will speak and answer questions about the growing resistance to the war among active duty troops.

    Military Takes Aim at U.S. Propaganda Ban

    by Bob Burton — July 31, 2007 - 4:36am

    In preparing its marketing study commissioned by the U.S. military, the RAND Corporation sought the advice of PR advisers including Burson-Marsteller, Weber Shandwick, J.D.

    Main Source: 
    PR Week, July 30, 2007

    Pro-War PR Front, Move America Forward, Caravanning to DC

    by John Stauber — July 20, 2007 - 6:56am
  • Topics: Astroturf, Iraq, Front Groups, Terrorism, Public Relations, War / Peace

    • The pro-war front group Move America Forward has announced that it will caravan across the United States September 3 - 17 on a trip to DC to lobby for the war in Iraq.

    Bush's Pro-War Front Group, 'Vets for Freedom', Rallies with Republican Senators

    by John Stauber — July 17, 2007 - 9:28am
  • Topics: Astroturf, Activism, Iraq, Front Groups, Lobbying, U.S. Government, War / Peace

    • Vets for Freedom (VFF), the well-funded pro-war lobby group, is cranking-up its PR campaign on behalf of President Bush's war in Iraq with a news conference held July 17th in the US Capitol. A slate of pro-war Republican Senators including Mitch McConnell, Jon Kyl, Lindsey Graham, along with former Democratic (now independent) Senator Joe Lieberman, all participated with Pete Hegseth and other VFF lobbyists.

    In June 2006, I reported that:

    Citizen journalists on SourceWatch have been investigating and exposing the many Republican connections and the partisan pro-war political agenda behind Vets for Freedom,

    From Bank to Tank: Wolfowitz Lands Back at AEI

    by Bob Burton — July 5, 2007 - 2:13pm

    One of the architects of the war in Iraq for the Bush Administration and former World Bank President, Paul Wolfowitz, has landed a role as a Visiting Scholar at the conservative think tank, the American Enterprise Institute.

    Main Source: 
    Washington Post, July 3, 2007

    Michael Evans, A General in God's Army

    by John Stauber — June 14, 2007 - 8:10am

    Bill Berkowitz reports on the rise of Michael D. Evans: "In recent appearances on two U.S. cable news networks, he was slinging and zinging -- the well-rehearsed pitchman for the Biblical 'End Times' was dead certain that 'Iran is going to have to be attacked' before 2008.

    Main Source: 
    IPS, June 13, 2007

    Publisher to End Arms Affair

    by Bob Burton — June 11, 2007 - 6:50pm

    A display at a DSEI exhibition

    Reed Elsevier, a major publishing company, has bowed to pressure from peace groups and academics, announcing that it will end its role in organizing arms fairs by the end of the year.

    Main Source: 
    Guardian (UK), June 1, 2007

    Muslims Don't Trust U.S.

    by Sheldon Rampton — May 29, 2007 - 9:31pm

    An in-depth poll of Muslim countries has found that large majorities believe undermining Islam is a key goal of U.S. foreign policy. Most want U.S. military forces out of the Middle East, and many approve of attacks on U.S. troops there. "While U.S.

    Main Source: 
    U.S. News & World Report, May 23, 2007
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