iraq war

Blog

Sep 9, 2020

Canadian troops in Saudi Arabia are a legacy of support for Iraq war

Yves Engler

The revelation that Canadian troops have been stationed in Saudi Arabia for 17 years highlights our military ties to the Saudi monarchy and warfare in the Middle East.

Blog

Mar 20, 2019

Trudeau continues Canada's war in Iraq with little critical media coverage

Brent Patterson

Sixteen years ago, the U.S., the U.K. and other countries launched an illegal war on Iraq. The costs of this war continue to mount.

Columnists

Mar 29, 2018

'We need to start pushing back': Chelsea Manning on war, freedom and her political plans

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

Almost one year has passed since Chelsea Manning was released from the U.S Army prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. On the Democracy Now! news hour, she talked about her newfound freedom.

Columnists

Mar 22, 2018

Fifteen years after the invasion of Iraq, people are organizing for peace

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

Fifteen years have passed since President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and a coterie of neoconservatives launched the invasion of Iraq with a murderous bombardment of Baghdad.

Columnists

Feb 22, 2018

Crimes of compassion, Iraq's long war and Canada's bloody hands

Matthew Behrens

It has been 38 years of almost non-stop warfare and repression, with thousands killed, billions wasted, and Dr. Rafil Dhafir still in jail for violating sanctions

Columnists

Oct 26, 2017

Trump's treatment of Gold Star families a far cry from presidential

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

Just over a year after attacking Khizr and Ghazala Khan, Trump has insulted and accused Gold Star widow Myeshia Johnson of lying.

Columnists

Jan 19, 2017

After seven years in prison, Chelsea Manning will walk free

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

A worldwide campaign petitioned Barack Obama to grant clemency to Chelsea Manning, the longest-held whistleblower in U.S. history. This week Obama issued his decision to free Manning.

Blog

Nov 29, 2016

Bring on the protests, America

Shenaz Kermalli

The anti-Trump protests sweeping the U.S., Canada and elsewhere send a pivotal message: "We will not tolerate injustice."

Podcast

Oct 5, 2016

The past and present of U.S. war resisters in Canada

Talking Radical Radio

Sarah Hipworth and Luke Stewart talk about the book "Let Them Stay: U.S. War Resisters in Canada 2004-2016."

Blog

Jul 28, 2016

Bush and Blair will forever elude the punishment they deserve for Iraq war crimes

Gerry Caplan

The enormity of their crimes is irrelevant. Just as Wall Street is too big to fail, so they are too big to arrest. For both, impunity is their ultimate entitlement.

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