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Shalom with Iran: 100 Sign Rabbinic Statement
By evening of October 25, 116 Jewish clergy (Rabbis, Cantors, Maggidim, Kohanot) u2014 u2014 more than a minyan of minyanim u2014 have signed the Rabbinic Statement …
School of Assassins Faces Protest, Congressional De-Funding
A massive rally against the notoriously corrupt US Army School of the Americas is taking place in Florida.
All Drone Politics Is Local
Other cities, towns, and counties should be able to pass similar anti-drone resolutions. Of course, stronger and more comprehensive resolutions are best.
The Untold Story of American Soldiers Wounded in Afghanistan
Journalist Ann Jones discusses her new book: ‘How the Wounded Return from America's Wars - The Untold Story.’
Now That Parades Have Ended
This is the reality of war, a reality that we know and those who make war try to hide; memories and knowledge that we have tried to forget, or …
50 Organizations Seek Ban on Armed Drones
At the United Nations this month, Brazil, China, Venezuela and other nations denounced U.S. drone wars as illegal.
Veterans’ Day, 2013: To My Comrades in Arms, Past and Present
I was decorated enough times to have made a difference in an Air Force career should I have stayed active. But unfortunately, my u201cwaru201d experiences only gave me a …
America Has an Industrial Policy – It’s Run by the Pentagon
Bob Pollin: We need an industrial policy aimed at jobs and a green economy, not massive public spending on the military.
Keep America at Peace: Keep the Pentagon Sequester
If you would rather our leaders keep the planned Pentagon cuts that may constrain our future ability to bomb, invade and occupy other people's countries, rather than cut Social …
They Didn’t Know What They Were Getting Into: The Cost of War American-Style
"There were only kids in uniform, most of whom by that time knew that they hadn't known what they were getting into, and now were struggling to keep their …