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      Op-Ed Department Articles from 2011    
  
  
  
              " Stop picking on the poor plutocrats " 
Dec 29 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Don’t mute Newt " 
Dec 27 2011 
Joel S. Hirschhorn 
  
          " Prospects for peace on Earth " 
Dec 27 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " My declaration of war on Christmas " 
Dec 24 2011 
Greg Palast 
  
          " The Big Lie marches on " 
Dec 24 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " Pvt. Manning and Imperative of Truth " 
Dec 23 2011 
Ray  McGovern 
  
          " The Real Christmas Story " 
Dec 21 2011 
Jesse Jackson 
  
          " Set your doomsday clock to 11:51 " 
Dec 20 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " 70 years of lying about Pearl Harbor " 
Dec 04 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Project Bugsplat " 
Dec 01 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " Eliminate tax subsidies for big oil companies ?  " 
Nov 23 2011 
Tom Over 
  
          " Lesson of White House Strafing: Limit Guns Now " 
Nov 22 2011 
Jesse Jackson 
  
          " The last whistleblowers " 
Nov 22 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " I'm thankful for Occupy " 
Nov 20 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Before the beginning: Raven, that Lying Little Bastard " 
Nov 20 2011 
Greg Palast 
  
          " Our future depends on stopping an attack on Iran " 
Nov 18 2011 
Harvey Wasserman 
  
          " Sanity in exile " 
Nov 17 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " U.S. can’t stand by while racism ravages Libya " 
Nov 13 2011 
Jesse Jackson 
  
          " Independent candidate for President " 
Nov 13 2011 
Nicholas Pierotti 
  
          " An 11/11 masterpiece cries out for peace " 
Nov 11 2011 
Harvey Wasserman 
  
          " Occupy movement demands home mortgages correction " 
Nov 10 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Chapter Ten of Greg Palast's Vultures' Picnic " 
Nov 07 2011 
Greg Palast 
  
          " The news of the empire " 
Nov 05 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " Iraq syndrome " 
Oct 27 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " Numbers justify Occupy Movement " 
Oct 26 2011 
Joel S. Hirschhorn 
  
          " I woke up one morning and the war is over " 
Oct 26 2011 
Mike Ferner 
  
          " Occupy our chambers of commerce  " 
Oct 25 2011 
Tom Over 
  
          " Where Occupy & No Nukes merge & win!!! " 
Oct 23 2011 
Harvey Wasserman 
  
          " Occupy The Hood  " 
Oct 21 2011 
Tom Over 
  
          " Let's protest big banks at their Columbus branches  " 
Oct 20 2011 
Tom Over 
  
          " Obama vs. jobs; Hope vs. reality " 
Oct 19 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Be a part of history. Help Occupy Columbus. " 
Oct 17 2011 
Tom Over 
  
          " Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern : the movement is building " 
Oct 13 2011 
Tom Over 
  
          " A New War for Barack Obama?   " 
Oct 13 2011 
Pete Johnson 
  
          " Our overripe moment " 
Oct 08 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " We Are The 99 Percent  " 
Oct 07 2011 
Tom Over 
  
          " Rebuild the dream in the streets " 
Oct 04 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " The Progressive Humanifesto " 
Oct 02 2011 
Christopher Bifani 
  
          " Have You Been To Jail For Justice ?  " 
Sep 30 2011 
Tom Over 
  
          " The old integrity " 
Sep 28 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " The occupied turn occupiers " 
Sep 28 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " The theology of armageddon " 
Sep 21 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " You've convinced me...Now go out and make me do it. " 
Sep 20 2011 
Tom Over 
  
          " Captives to the logic of violence " 
Sep 12 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " The NFL will remember 9/11 in all the wrong ways " 
Sep 07 2011 
Dave Zirin 
  
          " I just found 29 million jobs " 
Sep 04 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Cheney's kettle logic " 
Sep 01 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " How do we build a movement to defeat right-wing extremism? " 
Aug 27 2011 
Tom Over 
  
          " Did Tenet Hide Key 9/11 Info? " 
Aug 19 2011 
Ray  McGovern 
  
          " Richard Clarke is being too nice to George Tenet " 
Aug 19 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Equal and opposite lunacy " 
Aug 11 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " The 'green' thing.... " 
Aug 08 2011 
Denny Roberge 
  
          " Blaming the Muslims " 
Jul 28 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " If Bush or Giuliani had been Stoltenberg " 
Jul 25 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Ground your warplanes, save the horn of Africa " 
Jul 21 2011 
Ramzy Baroud 
  
          " Balance the budget on the backs of billionaires " 
Jul 20 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Panetta's gaffe " 
Jul 14 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " The "There's Plenty of Money Act of 2012" " 
Jul 09 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " A July Fourth shame on the founders " 
Jul 05 2011 
Ray  McGovern 
  
          " King George III won: Happy Fourth of July! " 
Jul 04 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Fight Back Radio Show with Wayne Madsen " 
Jul 02 2011 
Free Press Staff 
  
          " Letter to the Editor - Heartbeat bill must not be passed " 
Jul 01 2011 
Shira Nahari 
  
          " The search for war " 
Jun 30 2011 
Norman Solomon 
  
          " Gaza and American ‘Security’ " 
Jun 24 2011 
Ray  McGovern 
  
          " Congress members sue Obama to end Libya war " 
Jun 15 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " What if Britain drops out of all U.S. wars? " 
Jun 12 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Predator syndrome " 
Jun 09 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " The Ohio Estate Tax should not be repealed  " 
Jun 02 2011 
Albert A. Gabel 
  
          " Is that even legal? " 
Jun 02 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " The search for war " 
May 28 2011 
Norman Solomon 
  
          " Ignorant certainty " 
May 28 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " NATO:  A feast of blood " 
May 25 2011 
Cynthia McKinney 
  
          " Obama opposed to being given total war power " 
May 25 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Who's the next enemy? " 
May 21 2011 
Saul Landeau 
  
          " Wanted dead or alive " 
May 19 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " Of humans and rights " 
May 15 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " This world and the world without war " 
May 10 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " The unholy grail " 
May 08 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " Perfecting the art of civil protest " 
May 06 2011 
Don E Wirtshafter, J.D. 
  
          " Summary of Governor Kasich’s damaging efforts " 
May 06 2011 
Albert A. Gabel 
  
          " Justice has been done " 
May 03 2011 
Mike Ferner 
  
          " Killing resolves nothing " 
May 02 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " The cure for plutocracy: Strike! " 
Apr 27 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " White House website lying about your taxes " 
Apr 24 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Duck and cover " 
Apr 21 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " Antother letter in support of Dr. Gerard Nuovo " 
Apr 19 2011 
Maxine O. 
  
          " A letter in support of Dr. Gerard Nuovo " 
Apr 18 2011 
 
  
          " Did you just call me a Socialist? " 
Apr 18 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Why am I a peace activist? Why aren't you? " 
Apr 12 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " A vortex of death and wealth " 
Apr 08 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " Insanity dawn " 
Mar 31 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " Obama on Libya: What would MLK say? " 
Mar 29 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " One more war and another collective silence " 
Mar 25 2011 
Pablo Ouziel 
  
          " Killing civilians in Afghanistan is terrorism " 
Mar 24 2011 
Pat Kennelly 
  
          " Stop bombing Libya " 
Mar 22 2011 
Marjorie Cohn 
  
          " Wars cannot be both planned and avoided " 
Mar 22 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " War is illegal - Even in Libya " 
Mar 14 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Michigan fascism old news in DC " 
Mar 10 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Incalculable " 
Mar 04 2011 
Kathy Kelly, WarIsACrime.org 
  
          " You can't kill an idea " 
Mar 03 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " Of the radical and the quaint " 
Mar 02 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " The Tunisia effect " 
Feb 24 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " Humanitarian war vs. humanity " 
Feb 24 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Standing up to war and Hillary Clinton " 
Feb 23 2011 
Ray  McGovern 
  
          " No thought for food " 
Feb 20 2011 
Saul Landeau 
  
          " Discovering fire " 
Feb 20 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " Peace is a last resort " 
Feb 20 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " When “good” dictators go bad " 
Feb 16 2011 
Norman Solomon 
  
          " The worst thing ever invented " 
Feb 14 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Ohio Republicans would execute Medicare recipients " 
Feb 11 2011 
"Thomas Paine" 
  
          " At stake in Egypt: Reading Gaza mom " 
Feb 09 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Honoring Reagan's legacy " 
Feb 07 2011 
Bob Fitrakis 
  
          " Rumsfeld overheard: "War lies are cool now" " 
Feb 06 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Banquet guests and street protests " 
Feb 02 2011 
Richard S. Ehrlich 
  
          " Decades in the making: The U.S. police state " 
Feb 02 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Response to Fitrakis Vang Pao article #4 " 
Jan 27 2011 
Chong Jones 
  
          " The national empathy divide " 
Jan 27 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " Punishing Bradley Manning for the crimes of others " 
Jan 24 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " Response to Fitrakis' Vang Pao column " 
Jan 23 2011 
Vang Xiong X.Toyed 
  
          " Response to Fitrakis Vang Pao article #2 " 
Jan 23 2011 
Teng Vang 
  
          " Response to Fitrakis Vang Pao article #3 " 
Jan 23 2011 
Tou Vang 
  
          " Spiritual death " 
Jan 20 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " A Time for Action -- Not Servility " 
Jan 20 2011 
Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon 
  
          " The paradox of disarmanent " 
Jan 15 2011 
Robert Koehler 
  
          " What Eisenhower got wrong " 
Jan 15 2011 
David Swanson 
  
          " The Second Amendment DEMANDS gun control " 
Jan 13 2011 
Harvey Wasserman 
  
          " The Tuscon shooting: We must place blame where it belongs " 
Jan 10 2011 
Andy Ostoy 
  
          " Drone reporting " 
Jan 09 2011 
 
  
          " Repeal, replace, ... ridiculous " 
Jan 04 2011 
Andy Ostoy 
  
          " "Dear Afghanistan" - A global listening project for peace " 
Jan 04 2011 
Mike Ferner 
  
          " Hope in 2011: peoples, civil society stand tall " 
Jan 02 2011 
Ramzy Baroud 
  
  