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Social Justice Groups Demand Congress Slash Military Budget, Spend Money on People, Peace, Planet
A social justice coalition called on the Congressional Budgetary Committee to pass a budget resolution that re-directs military spending to domestic needs.
In the Shadow of War: Life and Fiction in 21st Century America
We have been at war for almost a decade yet you would not know it from the subject matter of most new novels. Could the reason for this be …
Pentagon Approves Record Sale of Advanced Arms to Countries at War
Congress will decide if deal first struck by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in April should go through.
Israel-Palestine: Enough Negotiations Already!
Palestinians should not lend their name to a charade of endless negotiations while historic Palestine disappears.
The Global War on Terror and Internally Displaced Thanksgivings
Except for those directly participating in GWOT or returning home from overseas military deployments, including their immediate families, this Thanksgiving few US citizens will consider how an international antiterrorism …
New Satire Campaign Launches War Against Irrational Fear
Lighting strikes, dogs, football, bathtubs and the flu all cause more American deaths annually than domestic terrorism.
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.’