Op-Ed Department Articles from 2012
" The Larger Question of Chuck Hagel "
Dec 29 2012
Ray McGovern
" An alternative "one tax" solution "
Dec 29 2012
Jack Rasmus
" Re-examining the Lucasville Uprising: Essay 7 "
Dec 28 2012
Staughton Lynd
" Ten of my favorite things about 2012 "
Dec 28 2012
Medea Benjamin
" Doing time for peace "
Dec 24 2012
David Swanson
" The 2d Amendment does NOT condone random slaughter "
Dec 15 2012
Harvey Wasserman
" Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities "
Dec 10 2012
David Swanson
" Pile of Skulls "
Dec 07 2012
Robert Koehler
" Nothing ‘balanced’ about focusing on cuts for vulnerable Americans "
Dec 06 2012
Jesse Jackson
" Animal Rights Laws "
Dec 06 2012
Vivian Stevenson
" Backward Ho! "
Dec 05 2012
David Swanson
" Free Bradley Manning now "
Dec 02 2012
Dennis Trainor, Jr.
" The NAACP commemorates World AIDS Day "
Dec 02 2012
Roslyn M. Brock
" Lost military veteran "
Dec 02 2012
Peter Macdonald
" Kickbacks exploit inmates’ families "
Nov 27 2012
Jesse Jackson
" Defunding Planned Parenthood "
Nov 24 2012
Paige Piper
" Honor and Rape "
Nov 16 2012
Robert Koehler
" Is impeachment gone for good? "
Nov 14 2012
David Swanson
" Celebrating the life of Brother Nommo X (James E. Brown) 1947-2012 "
Nov 13 2012
Free Press Staff
" Regarding the electoral college "
Nov 12 2012
Mark Rustad
" Armistice Day in the M.I.C. "
Nov 12 2012
David Swanson
" Thank you, Bob! "
Nov 08 2012
Mary Ellen Azzi
" ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES: CHEATING FAILS, BUT DOES REALITY WIN? "
Nov 08 2012
William Boardman
" Re-examining Lucasville: Essay 6 "
Nov 08 2012
Staughton Lynd
" Re-examining Lucasville: Essay 4 "
Nov 08 2012
Staughton Lynd
" Romney would have won if it had all come down to Ohio "
Nov 08 2012
Harvey Wasserman
" The economic consequences of Mr. Obama "
Nov 02 2012
Fadhel Kaboub
" The indefinite detention of the progressive voter "
Nov 02 2012
Sam Husseini
" Why we fight to prevent stolen elections in 2012 and beyond "
Oct 31 2012
Joan Brunwasser, Sally Castleman, Victoria Collier, Bob Fitrakis, Lori Grace, Emily Levy, Mark Crispin Miller, Greg Palast, Jonathan Simon and Harvey Wasserman
" Letter to a friend who urges me not to vote for either major presidential candidate "
Oct 28 2012
Bob Sheak
" 2004 and 2012: Reflection and premonition: Then and now "
Oct 27 2012
Doug Todd
" The Future of Politics "
Oct 26 2012
Robert Koehler
" The case for irrational voting "
Oct 21 2012
David Swanson
" Re-examining Lucasville: Essay 5 "
Oct 18 2012
Staughton Lynd
" Empire and its Consequences "
Oct 12 2012
Robert Koehler
" Birth control mandate in Affordable Care Act "
Oct 11 2012
Acacia Cook
" The Coddling of the Corporate Rich and the Big Corporations "
Oct 09 2012
Bob Sheak
" George Edwards---An Activist Every Day! 3/24/18---10/5/12 "
Oct 09 2012
Bruce Bostwick
" Ignore debate zingers, focus on issues "
Oct 05 2012
Jesse Jackson
" War, Vets, and Moral Injury "
Oct 05 2012
Robert Koehler
" George Bush the murderer: The movie "
Oct 04 2012
David Swanson
" Lies, damn lies, and nuclear lies "
Sep 28 2012
David Swanson
" The Buzzing Wasps "
Sep 27 2012
Robert Koehler
" The Innocence of U.S. Foreign Policy "
Sep 20 2012
Robert Koehler
" Will the 2012 presidential election be stolen? "
Sep 18 2012
David Swanson
" Funding teachers doesn't get embassies attacked "
Sep 17 2012
David Swanson
" The Hidden Agenda of Green Party VP Candidate Cheri Honkala "
Sep 14 2012
Tom Over
" We are at war "
Sep 10 2012
Johnny Barber
" The method to the post 9/11 madness "
Sep 10 2012
David Swanson
" Re-examining Lucasville: Essay 3 - A Tragedy? "
Sep 01 2012
Staughton Lynd
" Yes We Camp "
Aug 30 2012
Tom Over
" Get Ready for a Catastrophic War: Israel Likely to Strike Iran Before November Elections "
Aug 25 2012
Ray McGovern
" Entrepreneur in empire state saves world economy "
Aug 24 2012
David Swanson
" Beyond Money "
Aug 23 2012
Robert Koehler
" Love is the key ingredient for successful social movements, not religion, per se. "
Aug 20 2012
Tom Over
" Teach our children well "
Aug 19 2012
Christopher Bifani
" What’s wrong with Wisconsin? "
Aug 15 2012
Bob Fitrakis
" Join the boycott against Shell "
Aug 13 2012
Causes
" Batten down the hatches: Israel likely to strike Iran before November "
Aug 13 2012
Ray McGovern
" What Paul Ryan has and Obama wants "
Aug 13 2012
David Swanson
" Nuclear Righteousness "
Aug 11 2012
Robert Koehler
" Playing field is tilted against voters "
Aug 08 2012
Jesse Jackson
" Iran and everything else "
Aug 07 2012
Michael Parenti
" Extreme economic inequality harms the U.S. "
Aug 07 2012
Joe Sommer
" Whatever happened to the solar panels? "
Aug 06 2012
Christopher Bifani
" Sanctions: Diplomacy’s weapon of mass murder "
Aug 06 2012
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
" Beyond the two-state solution "
Aug 06 2012
David Swanson
" Community in the Crosshairs "
Aug 03 2012
Robert Koehler
" Defender of Democracy -- In Memoriam: Gore Vidal (1925-2012) "
Aug 01 2012
Bob Fitrakis
" Re-examining the Lucasville uprising Essay 2: What Caused the Uprising? "
Jul 29 2012
Staughton Lynd
" The drone and the bomb "
Jul 28 2012
Ed Kinane
" Guess what % of Americans know military spending is increasing "
Jul 28 2012
David Swanson
" Aurora massacre "
Jul 21 2012
David Rovics
" About the Colorado movie theater shooting "
Jul 21 2012
Joe Bialek
" Abolishing war: One last step -- Remarks delivered at Peacestock 2012 "
Jul 21 2012
David Swanson
" The Geopolitics of Compassion "
Jul 20 2012
Robert Koehler
" War and Climate Change "
Jul 13 2012
Robert Koehler
" Transport settlement will strengthen Columbus "
Jul 11 2012
Bruce Bostwick
" The end is near "
Jul 09 2012
David Swanson
" Declaration of Independence from a war economy "
Jul 05 2012
Mark Haim, Mid-Missouri Peaceworks
" Oh say, maybe we can't see: Another 4th of July "
Jul 05 2012
David Swanson
" Re-examining the Lucasville uprising: Essay 1 "
Jun 30 2012
Staughton Lynd
" For Love or Money "
Jun 29 2012
Robert Koehler
" Syria: No to intervention, no to illusions "
Jun 27 2012
Phyllis Bennis
" How small abused nations could end war "
Jun 25 2012
David Swanson
" Klepetromilitatorship "
Jun 20 2012
David Swanson
" Support birth control mandate "
Jun 15 2012
Brittany Craig
" The state of the anti-war movement "
Jun 14 2012
David Swanson
" “Buddy, please put your hood.” "
Jun 11 2012
Buddy Bell
" The spread of sacrifice zones "
Jun 11 2012
David Swanson
" The grim reaper "
Jun 05 2012
Robert Koehler
" Chris Hayes, heroes, and morons "
Jun 05 2012
David Swanson
" The JP Morgan Chase investment debacle "
May 29 2012
Joe Bialek
" No need for NATO "
May 28 2012
Bob Fitrakis
" No one hears the poor "
May 28 2012
Kathy Kelly
" Missile-Defense: Is it working? "
May 28 2012
Bruce Gagnon
" The special loophole in hell for war lawyers "
May 28 2012
David Swanson
" Chicago: Peace Town "
May 21 2012
David Swanson
" Is peace getting in the way of our war plans? "
May 15 2012
David Swanson
" The moral arc of the universe "
May 11 2012
Robert Koehler
" Fifty years after Rachel Carson's warnings, it’s still a toxic spring "
May 10 2012
Nancy Dillon
" Colin Powell's tangled web "
May 10 2012
David Swanson
" Kent State "
May 03 2012
Joe Bialek
" "We Did Not Choose This War" and other hypocrisies "
May 03 2012
Leah Bolger and David Swanson
" Labor not loyalty on May 1 "
May 03 2012
David Swanson
" State of Fear "
May 01 2012
Robert Koehler
" As we ruin our kids' planet, they take us to court "
Apr 29 2012
David Swanson
" Every day should be Earth Day "
Apr 22 2012
Karen Campese
" Heard the one about the peace activist on the Titanic? "
Apr 19 2012
David Swanson
" The statues in our public spaces lie "
Apr 14 2012
David Swanson
" Chemical warfare "
Apr 13 2012
Robert Koehler
" 20-year veteran pleads guilty to act of civil disobedience, President of Veterans For Peace disrupted Congressional "Super Committee" "
Apr 12 2012
David Swanson
" A message of peace and friendship from Iran "
Apr 10 2012
David Swanson
" How to get gas prices to drop like a rock "
Apr 08 2012

" Gerrymandering creates undemocratic districts angers My Mom at the same time "
Apr 08 2012
Robert Letcher
" Irony accompanied Obama on his trip to Columbus "
Apr 08 2012
Robert Letcher
" Needed: Better prepared students, not inflated grades "
Apr 08 2012
Robert Letcher
" Why we should outgrow "diversity of tactics" before protesting NATO "
Apr 08 2012
David Swanson
" Would you stop a friend from destroying the Earth? "
Apr 05 2012
David Swanson
" FINDING THE WISDOM WE NEED TO SURVIVE "
Apr 01 2012
Robert Koehler
" The Shifting Strategies of Empire "
Apr 01 2012
David Swanson
" Obama declares war on Iraq an honorable success 2 weeks early for April Fool's Day "
Mar 31 2012
David Swanson
" Young women and healthcare coverage "
Mar 30 2012
Kelly Novak
" The Bad Apple "
Mar 29 2012
Robert Koehler
" No Justice Without Peace "
Mar 29 2012
David Swanson
" Why George Zimmerman must be arrested and tried for the murder of Trayvon Martin "
Mar 26 2012
Andy Ostoy
" Elections: What are they good for? "
Mar 26 2012
David Swanson
" Nine years later: More shocked, less awed "
Mar 20 2012
David Swanson
" Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities "
Mar 19 2012
David Swanson
" DEATH AND PUBLIC RELATIONS "
Mar 17 2012
Robert Koehler
" Rush Limbaugh's comments about Sandra Fluke "
Mar 11 2012
Joe Bialek
" The 10 Most Excellent Reasons to Attack Iran "
Mar 07 2012
David Swanson
" The peace movement needs Kucinich, with or without Congress "
Mar 07 2012
David Swanson
" Un-cheating justice: Two years left to prosecute Bush "
Mar 01 2012
David Swanson
" Saying no to militarism "
Feb 26 2012
Robert Koehler
" Why students are hunger striking in Virginia "
Feb 26 2012
David Swanson
" Where is Conyers with impeachment threats against President for Iran attack now? "
Feb 24 2012
Ralph Lopez
" Chat I just had with Homeland Security "
Feb 24 2012
David Swanson
" Happy savages "
Feb 20 2012
Robert Koehler
" A crazy Republican attack that Obama himself agrees with "
Feb 20 2012
David Swanson
" A One Percenter Puts Over $200 Million into the Peace Movement "
Feb 15 2012
David Swanson
" Ron Paul, "Progressive" for who? "
Feb 12 2012
Bruce Bostwick
" Do We Approve of Murder Based on Political Party? Pollsters Don't Want You to Know "
Feb 12 2012
David Swanson
" The election we should be following "
Feb 09 2012
David Swanson
" How Newt Gingrich saved the military industrial complex "
Feb 09 2012
David Swanson
" The State of Obama's 2008 Promises "
Feb 09 2012
David Swanson
" Obama's Super-Bowl Fumble on Iran "
Feb 08 2012
Ray McGovern
" Open Letter to Sherrod Brown "
Feb 07 2012
Bob Sheak
" The Betrayal of the Nobel Peace Prize "
Feb 07 2012
David Swanson
" A "conservative solution to inequality" or, what they really think! "
Jan 31 2012
Bruce Bostwick
" Lucid derangement "
Jan 28 2012
David Swanson
" War and being and nothingness "
Jan 28 2012
David Swanson
" School lunches and our economy "
Jan 26 2012
Bruce Bostwick
" Constitutional Amendment to create public financing introduced by Kucinich "
Jan 23 2012
David Swanson
" Booing the Golden Rule "
Jan 22 2012
David Swanson
" Corporate personhood cannot withstand organized persons "
Jan 18 2012
David Swanson
" The Keystone XL Pipeline would be an environmental disaster "
Jan 16 2012
Albert A. Gabel
" Book just published surveys current state of the military industrial complex "
Jan 16 2012
David Swanson
" A tale of 2 countries "
Jan 12 2012
Saul Landeau and Nelson Valdes
" The New South Is Legacy Of Martin Luther King "
Jan 10 2012
Jesse Jackson
" Occupy and big unions "
Jan 10 2012
Bruce Bostwick
" Corporate Personhood worse, ending it easier than you think "
Jan 09 2012
David Swanson
" Midnight in Paris "
Jan 06 2012
Christine R.
" My New Year's resolutions "
Jan 02 2012
David Swanson