Below is a bipartisan congressional sign-on letter being organized by Reps. Charles Dent and David Price urging President Obama to reinvigorate US efforts to engage Iran following the election of Hassan Rouhani as president. Tell your Representative to sign. July XX, 2013 Dear President Obama: As Members of Congress who share your unequivocal commitment to…
Last week, there was a military coup in Egypt that removed the democratically elected president from office. Yesterday, the Egyptian military killed more than 50 people who were protesting the coup. [1] No matter what one thinks of President Morsi, a coup is a coup. By longstanding U.S. law, U.S. aid to Egypt—which happens to…
The U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Resolution insist that absent an armed attack on the United States, Congress shall decide when to authorize the use of U.S. military force. But apparently the Obama Administration has different ideas. The Administration has announced that the U.S. will arm rebels in Syria and is considering a “no…
To add your support for this letter, click here. A Spanish translation of this letter is here. Another Spanish version is posted at SOAWatch, here; and there is also one at Aporrea here. A French version is at Mémoire des luttes, here. Dear President Correa, We write to urge you to grant political asylum to…
Usually when we write to you, it’s the U.S. government that is blocking chances for diplomacy to prevent, contain, reduce and end violent conflict. But this time it’s different. This time, it’s the French who appear to be standing in the way of peace! The U.S. and Russia have agreed to host a peace conference…
We learned in the run-up to the Iraq war that the New York Times has tremendous power to establish “truth” in the United States—and when the Times wields that power irresponsibly, the results can be catastrophic. Last week, the media watchdog Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting documented a lack of skepticism in New York Times…
It’s breathtaking, isn’t it? After twelve years of war in which justifications for war proved to be lies and claims of easy victory proved false, while the Afghanistan war drags on and Washington cuts Head Start, Meals on Wheels, and cancer clinics, and threatens to cut Social Security and veterans’ benefits, elite media are once…
Republican Senators like Lindsey Graham and John McCain are demanding that the Obama Administration get the U.S. involved militarily in Syria’s sectarian civil war. [1] But after the experience of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, President Obama and U.S. military leaders are right to be wary of these calls. And if we don’t have enough…
On April 23, the Constitution subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the ethics, legality, constitutionality, and political costs of the drone strike policy. This will be the first time in the history of the drone strike policy that there has been a public Congressional hearing like this focused on the…
UPDATE: MoveOn has moved the day of action to Thursday, April 25. All dates in this alert have been changed to reflect this development. On April 25, MoveOn is calling for actions at Congressional offices across the country in opposition to President Obama’s proposal to cut Social Security and veterans’ benefits by lowering the cost-of-living…