Anti-War Protests and Activism

British soldier who refused to return to Afghanistan sentenced to jail. A British soldier who refused to serve in Afghanistan and spoke out against the war has been sentenced to nine months in jail.

Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist whose books such as ``A People's History of the United States'' prompted a generation to rethink the nation's past, died yesterday in Santa Monica, Calif., where he was traveling. He was 87, and lived in the Newton village of Auburndale. His daughter, Myla Kabat-Zinn of Lexington, said he had a heart attack. ``He's made an amazing contribution to American intellectual and moral culture,'' Noam Chomsky, the activist and MIT professor, said last night. ``He's changed the conscience of America in a highly constructive way. I really can't think of anyone I can compare him to in this respect.'' Chomsky added that Dr. Zinn's writings ``simply changed perspective and understanding for a whole generation.'' ``He opened up approaches to history that were novel and highly significant,'' Chomsky said. ``Both by his actions and his writings for 50 years, he played a powerful role in helping and in many ways inspiring the civil rig

Clarification: CIA Protest story. In a story Jan. 16, The Associated Press reported that a group led by peace activist Cindy Sheehan demonstrated against the military's use of unmanned drone aircraft. The story should have made clear that Sheehan said she was protesting the deaths of Pakistani civilians in U.S. drone attacks on al-Qaida and Taliban targets.

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan leads protest at CIA, home of former VP Dick Cheney. A group led by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has protested near the CIA's headquarters and former Vice President Dick Cheney's home in northern Virginia.

The Israeli army on Friday sent off two aircraft carrying a 220-strong medical team and crammed with supplies to quake-devastated Haiti, a spokesman said.

WASHINGTON - When President Obama announced last week he would send 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan, it sparked a war of words between supporters and opponents of the new strategy: whether it is a ``surge'' or an ``escalation.'' Liberal antiwar activist groups are calling it an escalation, a provocative word evoking Vietnam, military failure, and endless war. Those who back the president talk of a surge, echoing the popular strategy employed in Iraq and implying only a temporary increase in boots on the ground. At stake is public opinion, a critical factor in Obama's war plan and the key to his political future. With the Pentagon announcing yesterday that the first wave of additional troops will deploy this month, the debate over how to frame the strategy is likely to intensify. `` `Surge' says, `It's going to get better and we will get out.' `Escalation' says, `Forget it. It's going to get worse and worse,' '' said George Lakoff, a linguistics professor at University of Californi

WASHINGTON - When President Obama announced last week he would send 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan, it sparked a war of words between supporters and opponents of the new strategy: whether it is a ``surge'' or an ``escalation.'' Liberal antiwar activist groups are calling it an escalation, a provocative word evoking Vietnam, military failure, and endless war. Those who back the president talk of a surge, echoing the popular strategy employed in Iraq and implying only a temporary increase in boots on the ground. At stake is public opinion, a critical factor in Obama's war plan and the key to his political future. With the Pentagon announcing yesterday that the first wave of additional troops will deploy this month, the debate over how to frame the strategy is likely to intensify. `` `Surge' says, `It's going to get better and we will get out.' `Escalation' says, `Forget it. It's going to get worse and worse,' '' said George Lakoff, a linguistics professor at University of Californi

A handful of anti-war protesters marched outside the White House Tuesday, carrying a coffin to symbolize the demise of health and education reforms sacrificed to a military escalation in Afghanistan.

DC agrees to $13M settlement with protesters arrested at 2000 World Bank, IMF meetings. The District of Columbia has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a lawsuit by protesters arrested during demonstrations nine years ago.

DC agrees to $13M settlement with protesters arrested at 2000 World Bank, IMF meetings. The District of Columbia has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a lawsuit by protesters arrested during demonstrations nine years ago.

When student Hemnecher Amen joined a protest outside the White House recently, it was the latest visible opposition here to US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hardly anyone took notice.

When student Hemnecher Amen joined a protest outside the White House recently, it was the latest visible opposition here to US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hardly anyone took notice.

Iowa author who hounded military for details of son's Vietnam death, berated Schwarzkopf dies. Peg Mullen, an author and former Iowa farm wife who hounded the U.S. military to find the truth about her son's death in Vietnam, has died. She was 92.

Iowa author who hounded military for details of son's Vietnam death, berated Schwarzkopf dies. Peg Mullen, an author and former Iowa farm wife who hounded the U.S. military to find the truth about her son's death in Vietnam, has died. She was 92.

More than 400 people turned out here Friday for the start of a world march for peace that will criss-cross the globe over the next three months, passing through 90 countries, organisers said.

PARIS (Reuters Life!) - Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched a music video Thursday starring himself, Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu and a global cast of film and music stars calling for progress in climate change talks.

A world march for peace, endorsed by a galaxy of leading figures in politics, sport and entertainment, will start in New Zealand on Friday and criss-cross the globe over three months.

Thousands opposed to G-20 policies march in Pittsburgh, shout at summit site from afar. A vociferous but peaceful group of several thousand people marched for miles through the downtown area on Friday, united by opposition to the Group of 20 summit but expressing a diversity of mostly liberal causes as an army of stone-faced riot police watched their every move.

Sparks flew at the Venice film festival Wednesday when Italian director Michele Placido was asked why conservative Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's media group had produced his film on the 1968 anti-war movement.

After spending weeks dogging