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Haitian Farmers Commit to Burning Monsanto Hybrid Seeds
“A new earthquake” is what peasant farmer leader Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the news that Monsanto will be donating 60,000 seed sacks (475 …
On Helping – If Not on Killing – Is America a Quitter?
When President Obama visited Afghanistan in March, he assured US troops that “the United States of America does not quit once it starts on something.” But according to Sunday's …
Afghan Escalation Funding
More war, fewer jobs, poor excuses. Isn’t it time to call what Congress will soon vote on by its right name: war escalation funding? Early in 2009, President Barack …
Will Obama Say Yes to Afghan Peace Talks?
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is coming to Washington next week to meet with President Obama. Afghan government officials have said that their top priority for these talks is to …
Will Obama Say Yes to Afghan Peace Talks? (2)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is coming to Washington next week to meet with President Obama. Afghan government officials have said that their top priority for these talks is to …
Can Brazil Save the World From War With Iran?
Sao Paulo - For the last several decades, fundamental international issues of war and peace have been largely determined by a small group of countries, especially the five permanent …
Atrocities in Afghanistan: A Troubling Timetable
Peace activists can hasten an end to the US war in Afghanistan by demanding a timetable for US military withdrawal. A bill in the US Congress introduced by Reps. …
The Real War Reporters
A good friend noted recently how little we hear of Iraq and Afghanistan in the news anymore, and further noted the deafening silence regarding those ongoing wars from what …
Yes, We Could…Get Out!
Yes, we could. No kidding. We really could withdraw our massive armies, now close to 200,000 troops combined, from Afghanistan and Iraq (and that’s not even counting our similarly …
Robert Naiman | A Year of War Would Pay for Local Jobs Bill
Sometime between now and Memorial Day, the House is expected to consider $33 billion more for war in Afghanistan. This “war supplemental” is largely intended to plug the hole …