Anti-war publications

There have always been those that resist or oppose war. In this modern age there are many forms of expression including traditional discussions among individuals, group demonstrations, flyers, posters, yard signs, bumper stickers, and a variety of ways to get a message out as vast as the imagination. The means of expressing dissent to war has expanded with the advance of the internet and social networks like My Space and Twitter. It is much easier today, for an individual to sit at home and from their room and get their opinions out on blogs or other online publications. New technology has made video presentations easily available to people on sites like You Tube. Audio podcasts are gaining popularity because they allow one to have their own radio show on sites such as Blog Talk Radio and Talk Shoe. This article seeks to recognize some of the little and some of the big guys and girls who have contributed to the anti-war debate using the new tools available to them and would like to explore the issue of war and peace sent around the world with these modern day megaphones.
Blogs
ETalkingHeads.com (www.etalkingheads.com) is a directory of hundreds of political blogs
Online publications
Antiwar.com (www.antiwar.com)is one of the more popular sites which updates the site daily to keep people informed about hotspots and hot issues around the world.
TruthOut.com (www.truthOut.com)has a lot of great writes who tackle the tough hard hitting issues on war and peace.
Common Dreams. (www.commondreams.com)
The Modern Tribune. The Modern Tribune (www.themoderntribune.com) was established in 2002 as an anti-Iraq war online publication. Many writers including Norman Solomon (War Made Easy), Dr. Charles Kupchan (The End of the American Era), Phyllis Bennis, William Fisher (member of Kennedy administration and speech writer), Ivan Eland (The Empire has No Clothes), David Swanson (founder of www.afterdowningstreet.com) and many others contributed articles. The site permitted many everyday citizens to have a voice on the issue with over 30 different writers contributing articles. Over 200 web sites link to The Modern Tribune and in the first five years there were over 5 million hits. It is maintained as a memorial to the thoughts and ideas of those that opposed the war in Iraq and provides a good archive representative of the period before the war in Iraq the first few years of war.
E-the People (www.e-thepeople.com) allows you to post articles and receive comments. Founded years ago by some Princeton students it is a very good site.
Audio podcasts
Salute America with "Wild" Bill Lindley (http://www.talkradiotoday.com/salute_america.htm)
Antiwar video
You Tube (www.youtube.com) the global leader. Just search for anti-war, Iraq war, peace, etc.
Discussion groups
Open Democracy (www.opendemocracy.net) has some very lively forum at a good level of knowledge.
Social networks
Facebook (www.facebook.com) and Twitter (www.tweeter.com) have anything you can imagine.
The issues
a. Why we fight?
1. Power
2. Greed
3. Poverty
4. Religion
b. What is the solution?
1. A dominant world power
2. One world government
3. Elimination of poverty
4. Religion
8. Quotes on War and Peace
Saint Augustine (354-430)
The purpose of all war is peace.
Menachem Begin (1913- )
No more wars, no more bloodshed. Peace unto you. Shalom, salaam, forever.
On signing the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, Washington, D.C. (March 26, 1979)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935)
I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived. Memorial Day Address (1884)
A. E. Housman (1859-1936)
Here dead lie we because we did not choose
To live and shame the land from which we sprung
. Life to be sure, is nothing much to lose;
But young men think it is, and we were young.
Bible, Isaiah
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
John Lennon (1940-1980)
When we say "War is over if you want it," we mean that if everyone demanded peace instead of another TV set, we'd have peace.
Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.
On Marriage (1530)
Robert Lynd (1879-1949) Anglo-Irish essayist, journalist
The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.
John Milton (1608-1674)
Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.

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