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If Troops Are Pulling Out, Where Are the Parades?
Where are the Iraq troops that have been withdrawn under the Obama administration's plan? To draw attention to the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. Rep. …
Gates Proposes Limited Defense Spending Reductions
Washington - In an effort to deter potential budget cuts by Congress and streamline a burgeoning Defense Department, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Monday proposed to cut spending on …
ACLU Scorecard: Obama Is Embracing Abusive Bush Policies
For disillusioned Obama supporters, the ACLU's July report “Establishing the New Normal” is not a heartening read. After being voted into office on promises that included undoing abuses carried …
What Landmark Proposition 8 Ruling Means for the Future
Last week, in a stunning, carefully crafted, 136-page opinion, US District Court Judge Vaughn Walker held in Perry v. Schwarzenegger that California's Proposition 8, which outlaws same-sex marriage, is …
Google-Verizon Pact Worse Than Feared
Washington - In response to Google and Verizon’s “policy framework” unveiled today, MoveOn.Org Civic Action, Credo Action, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, ColorofChange.org and Free Press, all members of …
Enough Uranium Mining, Say Aboriginal Communities
Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Australia - As a mining giant prepares to open a major uranium mining site in Western Australia next year, the clamour for the state to once more ban …
Coming Home
From Warrior to Warrior: Now that you have returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan and the killing and dying has ended, I wish I could tell you that your …
Afghanistan: In Search of the True Civilian Toll
Rigi, Helmand -The issue of civilian casualties has once again assumed center stage in Afghanistan. The number of civilian war deaths rose 6 percent in the first seven months …
Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Even When It’s Not Out of Sight)
Since BP announced that CEO Tony Hayward would receive a multi-million dollar golden parachute and be replaced by Bob Dudley, we have witnessed an incredibly broad, and powerful, propaganda …
Remarks in Support of Whistleblower Private Manning
Ray McGovern presented these remarks at Sunday's rally for Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier who allegedly leaked classified material to WikiLeaks. The rally took place in Quantico, where Manning …