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Halliday has been a powerful voice for peace and for human rights around the world.(Photo: indybay.org)

Denis Halliday: A Voice of Reason in an Insane World

"I think the United States and its populous, who vote these governments in, need to understand that the children and the people of Iraq are just like the children of the United States."

Nicolas J.S. Davies ·

Bomb damage in Mosul, Iraq, 2019. (Photo: Shutterstock)

A Personal Recollection on the Day That Launched the Iraq War—and Its Lessons for Us 18 Years Later

We’ve seen where dehumanization leads: to violence, war, and regret.

Peter Certo ·

A marcher holds a sign that says "NO WAR" with a closed fist as protest outside of Trump International Tower during the Woman's March in the borough of Manhattan in NY on January 18, 2020, USA. (Photo by Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images)

Holding Our Breaths on AUMFs, Drones, and Guantánamo

Three ways to begin to end the war on terror.

Karen Greenberg ·

Nasariyah residents protest 15 April, 2003 the presence of US troops in Iraq. The rally of around 20,000 mostly Shiite Muslims, unthinkable just a week ago under Saddam's Sunni Muslim regime, chanted: "Yes to freedom ... Yes to Islam ... No to America, No to Saddam." (Photo: Cris Bouroncle/AFP via Getty Images)

After 30 Years of War Against Iraq, Americans Must Make Reparations

Americans owe a debt to the people of Iraq that can never be repaid in full. However, it is incumbent and imperative that we try.

Jared Keyel ·

Smoke rises from explosions during the first few minutes of a massive air attack on March 21, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. The third year anniversary since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein will be marked on April 9, 2006 amidst continued unrest in Iraq, where over 30, 000 civilians have been reported to be killed since the start of the war. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie /Getty Images)

On 18th Anniversary of Iraq Invasion, Activists Renew Calls for US Reparations

"Americans owe a debt to the people of Iraq that can never be repaid in full. However, it is incumbent and imperative that we try."

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) listen in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 12, 2021. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Warning Biden's Syria Strikes Set 'Dangerous' Precedent, Groups Push Congress to Respond

A joint letter urges lawmakers to "defend the Constitution and Congress's exclusive authority, under Article I, to declare war and authorize the offensive use of military force."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Bloomington, Indiana anti-death-penalty activist Glenda Breeden holds a lamp on Jan. 12, 2021 while protesting against the then-pending execution of Lisa Montgomery, and two others, at Terre Haute Federal Prison this week. Montgomery was to be put to death on Wednesday. President Donald Trump's administration has sped up the execution of prisoners on death row during the last months of his presidency. (Photo: Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

UN Experts Urge Biden to Abolish 'Inherently Flawed' Death Penalty

"There is no time to lose with thousands of individuals on state death rows across the country and several executions scheduled at state level in 2021."

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

People protesting the U.S. bombings of Syria. (Photo: Creative Commons)

Biden's Bombing of Syria Is a Dangerous Step Backward

Latest military attack shows that the new President hasn’t broken from the failed policies of the past.

Reese Erlich ·

U.S. bombs and bullets have claimed at least hundreds of thousands of civilian lives this century. Here, a U.S. airstrike against Islamic State militants in densely-populated Mosul, Iraq on July 9, 2017 is shown. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump & Biden’s Secret Bombing Wars

Unbeknownst to many Americans, the U.S. military and its allies are engaged in bombing and killing people in other countries on a daily basis. 

Medea Benjamin ·

A mourner weeps during the funeral of members of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) paramilitaries who were killed in an area targeted by US military air strikes, in the central Iraqi holy shrine city of Najaf on March 14, 2020. - US air strikes targeting pro-Iranian military factions in Iraq killed one civilian and five security personnel early on March 13, the Iraqi military said, warning the raids risked a bloody escalation for the war-battered country. (Photo by HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP via Ge

The US War Machine Doesn't Want Us to Take War Personally

The God of War is our ruler, and the job of the guy we elect as president is to slather our every act of war in sophisticated justification, a.k.a., public relations.

Robert C. Koehler ·