No major political figure, no major newspaper, has had the courage or the wisdom to say what should now be obvious, that we must withdraw our military from Iraq - and the sooner the better.
This program is about grassroots anti-war activism and the witty, radical and very timely analysis by a renowned international journalist. These days one has to travel to small abandoned logging towns to hear Alexander Cockburn speak. I recorded him in Fort Bragg on January 19, 2007
"No major political figure, no major newspaper, has had the courage or the wisdom to say what should now be obvious, that we must withdraw our military from Iraq and the sooner the better. The reason is simple, our presence there is a disaster for the US people and an even bigger disaster for the Iraqi people." (quote from CounterPunch)
Fort Bragg town hall was filled to capacity by an animated crowd of people who had come to hear Alexander Cockburn speak. What united and inspired everybody that night was that Mendocino County had overwhelmingly passed Measure Y during the last election. The slogan was: "End the Occupation of Iraq and Bring the Troops Home Now!"
Alexander Cockburn is an Irish journalist and author who has lived and worked in the United States since 1973. He writes the "Beat the Devil" column for The Nation, and co-edits, with Jeffrey St. Clair, the political web site CounterPunch. He is the co-author or author of many books such as: Fate of the Forest, Washington Babylon, Whiteout, The CIA, and A Dime's Worth of Difference, about the two-party system in America.
![<?php echo $config['site_title']; ?>](/static/images/rp-navimg.gif)
![Support the <?php echo $config['site_title']; ?>](/static/images/support.png)
