by Thom Good from Next Left Notes NEW YORK — As the war in Afghanistan heats up — the Left responds. What Frontline is calling “Obama’s War” rages on and seems to be intensifying. In September, General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan (USFOR-A), submitted a 66 page report to Defense Secretary Robert Gates calling for more troops in the Afghanistan theater. According... 

By jmb | March 22, 2009 from the jmbzine Daniel Sandate was the second known US war resister to be deported after having first fled to Canada. (I was his lead civilian legal defense attorney in his court-martial at Fort Carson) After having been convicted of desertion, he was sentenced to 8 months of confinement. He is now free and living in Oklahoma City. I asked Daniel to write a short statement... 

Members of the NYC Local (and other SP members) participated in the March 21st demonstration against the continuing war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although President Barack Obama has pledged to remove a significant number of US combat troops next year he also intends to keep a force of 50,000 soldiers in Iraq and escalate the war in Afghanistan. Around 3,000 people turned out for the...