Pearl Harbor, Iraq and Iran... how we get fooled into war.

Federal Judge finds "merit" in Lt. Watada's claim against double jeopardy.

No, it isn't the final victory for the brave Lt. that we are all hoping for, but in this video clip of Lt. Watada's lawyer, who was speaking at a Physicians For Social Responsibility event, we find out that Federal Judge Settle made a ruling that there was merit in Lt. Watada's claim. As the lawyer explains, this probably means that even if Watada has to appeal his double jeopardy argument to the 9th Circuit Court, that the stay preventing the Army from proceeding with their second attempt to court martial the Lt. would likely continue to protect Watada. We have been trying to get Watada's lawyer in front of the camera for a while, and finally managed to deliver the goods.


PepperSpray's "Pharma" commercial for "Indymedia Presents"
Beware "corporate fasciitis!" We have the cure, however.


US Representative Jim McDermott: "They're going to pull the trigger on Iran"
Seattle's favorite Congressman blurts it out, and PepperSpray, as always, was there to bring you the message.



Our response to Ken Burn's new WWII series: "Day of Infamy"

Much has been made of Ken Burns going around interviewing WWII veterans. It is a good idea, because after all, these old timers are dying off at the rate of thousands every month. But the PBS series missed a few important points and so Indymedia has to pick up the slack, as usual. In this interview with a WWII Disabled American Veteran, we find out that the main Pearl Harbor newspaper published a banner headline on the top of the front page of the paper a week before the so-called "sneak attack" that read "Japanese may strike over weekend!" As O'Kelly McClusky holds up a copy of the newspaper for the camera, he tells how the US intentionally sacrificed their old, obsolete ships, along with 3,000 sailors, to change public opinion about getting into the war with Japan, and how he went from gung-ho to disillusioned. This piece was originally produced as a critique of the Hollywood movie "Pearl Harbor," and uses fair use footage to review that film. As December 7th nears, and with all the attention generated by the Ken Burns series, it only seemed right to pull our piece out of the archives and run it again. Hey, Ken Burns, we did it first, and we told people something they might not know. Additionally, with all the fear of another "false flag" incident to spur our nation into war with Iran, it seems quite appropriate to study exactly how we got into past wars.


PepperSpray interviews the Prince of Peace
Through the miracle of TV, we talk to the big guy himself, to discover his opinion on war mongers, the WTO, gays, and Rastafarians.


Portland IMC's Indymedia Ad
Boy they do good work!


Thank You Lt. Watada
http://www.thankyoult.org

Courage To Resist
http://www.couragetoresist.org

Iraq Veterans Against the War
http://www.ivaw.org

Veterans for Peace
http://www.veteransforpeace.org

Military Families Speak Out
http://www.mfso.org

Gold Star Families for Peace
http://www.gsfp.org

Independent(Indy)media sites:

http://www.indymedia.org

http://www.newsreal.indymedia.org

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