How have American soldiers’ and veterans’ views about the Afghanistan war changed since it began 10 years ago? David Van Dam and Tyler Zabel of Iraq Veterans Against the War describe how they turned against the wars in an interview …
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Leaders of the G8 (“Group of 8”) nations, generally the wealthiest in the world, will hold a summit in May 2012 in Chicago, along with the heads of the NATO military alliance. The meetings represent the single biggest confab of …
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Laurel Lambert-Schmidt, former Green Party congressional candidate for Illinois’s 3rd District, discusses the forthcoming 10th anniversaries of 9-11 and the Afghanistan War with Gay Liberation Network co-founder Andy Thayer. Watch as they discuss how the Obama administration has steadily escalated …
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Last month the Gay Liberation Network’s Buddy Bell visited Honduras as part of a solidarity delegation organized by the Alliance for Global Justice. As Buddy recounts, LGBT’s have been among the most prominent leaders of the pro-democracy movement there, and …
Honduras: Organizing for LGBT & Other Human Rights Since the Coup Read more »
In just over two months the United States will have been fighting in Afghanistan for 10 years, with no end in sight. Kathy Kelly of Voices For Creative Non-Violence discusses with Gay Liberation Network co-founder Andy Thayer the human and …
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A recent video-taped stabbing in Chicago’s LGBT entertainment district has led to calls to “Take Back Boystown” — racist code words, we believe, against minority LGBT youth who hang out in the neighborhood. Rather than supporting expansion of neighborhood youth …
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21-year-old Chelsea Manning is imprisoned for allegedly leaking the trove of U.S. diplomatic communications published by Wikileaks. These leaks exposed the rampant cynicism of American foreign policy, regardless of administration, and the United States’ intimate relationships with brutal dictators and …
Free Chelsea Manning! – LGBT Wikileaker Read more »
Joe Murray of the Catholic, pro-LGBT Rainbow Sash organization is interviewed by Bob Schwartz of the Gay Liberation Network regarding a forthcoming protest against Chicago Cardinal Francis George at Holy Name Cathedral on February 13, 2011. Originally broadcast February 11, …
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Using a draconian June 2010 Supreme Court ruling, the Obama administration has targeted dozens of anti-war and international solidarity activists for FBI raids and grand jury subpoenas. These raids represent the most serious government attack on the anti-war movement in …
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In this show the Gay Liberation Network’s Bob Schwartz and Andy Thayer discuss the significance and real politic that went into Illinois’s new civil unions legislation. On a related note, they discuss the Obama administration’s cynical, go-slow approach to dismantling …
Combating “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and Winning Civil Unions Read more »
