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News: 2008, No. 1 (Jan. 1 - March 31)
March 25, 2008
Article: “It's a Number” by William Rivers Pitt
An op-ed at truthout.org
“Four more American soldiers were killed in Iraq. Four thousand Americans have died in Iraq since that first bright idea for invasion and occupation was realized in 2003.
“[In addition,] .... a married couple and their three sons died when either a rocket or a mortar hit their central Baghdad home, ... two people died and seven were wounded by mortars in central Baghdad, ... another person died in an attack in eastern Baghdad, ... six dead bodies were discovered all across Baghdad, ... four Iraqi soldiers were killed while on patrol near Kirkuk, .... gunmen killed a police lieutenant and wounded two other police officers in central Baquba, ... a suicide car bomber killed six or more people and wounded ten in northwestern Baghdad ....”
March 22, 2008
Iraq War Veteran and Poet Brian Turner's Blog on NYTimes.com
Click here to visit Brian Turner's blog.
“Brian Turner is a poet who has served seven years in the Army, most recently in 2004 as an infantry team leader in Mosul with the Third Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Second Infantry Division. His book of poems, "Here, Bullet," won the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award and was a New York Times Editor's Choice selection. He lives in Fresno, Calif, where he teaches poetry at Fresno State.”
March 2, 2008
Winter Soldier
From March 13-16th, U.S. veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan will testify to what is really happening day in and day out, on the ground in these occupations. To provide a preview, Iraq Veterans Against the War has created this short film. The film features three members who will be testifying at Winter Soldier and includes videos and photographs of Iraq from their deployments. This video contains graphic content. IVAW needs your support to help make Winter Soldier a success.
February 26, 2008 Updated: March 6th
Book:
From Africa to America : The Journey of a Lost Boy of Sudan by Joseph Akol Makeer
Update: Author will be speaking at NDSU Lecture Series March 14.
An epic tragedy and journey by thousands of children as a consequence of the inhumanity of intolerance and war.
February 10, 2008
Article: The Chicken Doves
“Elected to end the war, Democrats have surrendered to Bush on Iraq and betrayed the peace movement for their own political ends.” Written by Matt Taibbi for Rolling Stone.
January 8, 2008
This Friday: Wear Orange
ACLU: Jan. 11, 2008 a Day of Protest
“JANUARY 11, 2008, is the six-year anniversary of the first arrival of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay.
“On January 11, we are calling on everyone opposed to torture and indefinite detention to WEAR ORANGE to symbolize their sadness and disgust with the national shame that is Guantánamo Bay.”