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Project Freedom/Representive Ron Paul
Republican Congressman Ron Paul has been one of the most outspoken opponents of US interventionism in Washington. You can read some of his remarks to Congress in Presidents should get authority from Congress to send troops (2/9/99) and The War Powers Resolution (3/17/99).
On the day the bombing of Yugoslavia began, Ron Paul argued before Congress that the US military action taking place in Serbia is unconstitutional (3/24/99). Some of his other speeches before Congress can be found here.
You can also read the Texas Republican's online weekly column. Recent columns include Burning bridges (3/29/99) and Playing with matches in the powder keg (4/5/99).
Ron Paul has issued a number of press releases concerning President Clinton's end-run around Congress to fight an undeclared war over Kosovo. In Paul's opinion, Clinton is turning US into international bully (3/23/99).
Antiwar.com maintains a special page devoted to Ron Paul's articles and appearances. Or you can follow his most recent updates here.
The front page of the National Libertarian Party Web site proclaims End Attacks on Yugoslavia. This links to a page entitled Peace, Prosperity and Freedom: No Foreign Intervention. Included is the text of several news releases such as Irresponsible attack on Yugoslavia puts our nation's security in danger (4/7/99).
The Libertarian Party of New York maintains a fairly extensive collection of resources at its Balkan Page, while the Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County documents its presence at an antiwar rally on March 27, 1999.
In its short history, WorldNetDaily has developed a reputation for breaking news and insightful commentary. A search for "Kosovo" turns up 70+ articles from a wide variety of sources and commentators.
In How Clinton created Serb war (4/6/99), Charles Smith explains how the US contributed to deteriorating Serbian-Kosovar relations as early as 1993. Alan Bock urges NATO to Take responsibility (4/9/99) for civilian casualties, and for worsening "ethnic cleansing", while David M. Bresnahan summarizes the destruction of war (4/5/99) in emails from Belgrade.
WorldNetDaily editor Joseph Farah urges America to Bring the troops home now (3/30/99). And free-lance journalist Gerald Carroll writes that the United States is allied with bin Laden (4/7/99). (Yes, that's the same bin Laden Clinton tried to blow up in Afghanistan last year.)
Other regular WorldNetDaily columnists treating the Balkan crisis include Col. David Hackworth, Alan Keyes, David Limbaugh, Craig McMillan, Geoff Metcalf, Maralyn Lois Polak, and Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Other Peace and Human Rights Organizations
Amnesty International and its US branch maintain pages for the Kosovo Crisis and Human Rights in the Balkans.
The US-based Human Rights Watch has posted its October 1998 UN Report on Humanitarian Law Violations in Kosovo.
Another interesting resource is The Non-Violence Web: A Guide to the Contemporary Peace Movement.
The Swedish Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TNN) offers the full text of the proposed Kosovo Agreement. (This is the one about which NATO told Serbia: "Sign or be bombed." Surprising reading.) TNN also has a statement on why Peace Movements Oppose Both Ethnic Cleansing and Bombing, and offers extensive Yugoslavia Links.
PEACENET from the Institute for Global Communications (IGC) has a page on the Crisis in Kosova.
Kosovo and Metohija (Kosovo.com) is published by the Serbian Democratic Movement, and appears to be operated from Canada.
Organizations recently operating inside Yugoslavia include The Movement for the Protection of the Human Rights and The Belgrade Center for Human Rights - Mlatisumina 26.
For still more, see Free-Market.Net's directory of home pages on Peace, Defense, and International Affairs.
Other Sources for Background Information
The CIA factbook on Serbia and Montenegro in available online, and the United Nations has published statistics on Half a million Serb Refugees from Bosnia & Croatia: Where are they? (4/2/99).
The IMF and the Balkan Crisis, a memo sent by Polyconomics' Jude Wanniski to Madeleine Albright in 1993, warns of dangers of the Western powers' uneven handling of Serbia.
The Washington Post printed some of the history of Serbs as Victims (4/10/99).
Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), in Rescued from the Memory Hole: Background of Serb/Albanian Conflict (3/31/99), offers a look at how reports from twelve years ago were somewhat different.
The Fatal Flaws underlying NATO's Intervention in Yugoslavia is a report by Lt. Gen. Satish Nambiar, mission head of the United Nations forces deployed in the former Yugoslavia in 1993.
Protest.Net has published a number of thoughtful Essays on Kosovo.
And finally, here's a general page of Serbian and Yugoslav Links from a Serbian individual.
Other News Sources
Stratfor's Kosovo Crisis Center contains up-to-date news links, as well as extensive commentary from an independent strategic and geopolitical perspective.
The Common Dreams News Center ("breaking news and views for progressive-thinking Americans") has a large array of news links. Its Kosovo Crisis: Drumbeats of War provides an excellent range of daily news and commentary.
At ABC News: Off The Wire there's news direct "off the wire" from AP and Reuters.
Other useful destinations are The Institute for War & Peace Reporting, news from "Original Sources", Kosovo Articles at NewsMax.com, the English version of Radio Netherlands News Links, and Military News from the Canadian Forces College.
A quasi-independent Serbian news site presents NATO Attack on Yugoslavia (the realtime Air Raid Alert Status brings home the reality of war). For more news direct from the area, try Montenegro.com, Central Europe Online, the Moscow Times, and Russia Today.
Prior to the start of NATO bombing attacks, there was a large and growing liberal/libertarian opposition to Milosevic within Serbia. Much of this has now been silenced, or worse, so the following Yugoslavian links may or may not be useful when you try them.
One of the most well-known is Radio B92 Radio Free Yugoslavia (also located at Radio B92 OnLine at B92 Open Yugoslavia). However, shortly after the attacks began Belgrade radio says officials closed it down. Now, Help B92 is continuing their work.
Also see A message from Milica Dedijer a Green in Belgrade, An American in Belgrade, and the ex-YU Press (a collection for, against, & neutral on various factions).
Other liberal/libertarian organizations in the region that may provide some local perspective include ITK PARI (Bulgaria), Clubil Liberalilor (Romania), E21 Thinktank (Greece), Open Society Foundation (Belarus), and Moscow Libertarium (Russia).
Of course, all the sides of the conflict are pushing their own lines.
Those who wish to get involved have a number of options.
One option is to donate money to Aid Organizations helping Kosovo Refugees.
Another is to become involved in protests. Protest.Net maintains a useful calendar of protests and meetings. They are currently advertising Anti-War Protests Against US Bombing of Yugoslavia sponsored by International Action Center.
You might wish to contact the Politicians Of The World.
Another possibility is the one promoted by the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, the Free-Market.Net Freedom Home Page of the Week for April 5, 1999.
In December 2004 this page was modified significantly from its original form for archiving purposes.
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