11 December 2009
Mr. President, war is not peace
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Norman Solomon
Eloquence in Oslo cannot change the realities of war.

As President Obama neared the close of his Nobel address, he called for “the continued expansion of our moral imagination.” Yet his speech was tightly circumscribed by...
11 December 2009
The school-to-prison pipeline
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Robert Koehler
I hope the Dignity in Schools Campaign overflows its banks, spilling awareness into every corner of the country.

"Millions of children and youth are denied educational opportunities in the United States," begins the National...
10 December 2009
Kucinich circulating privileged resolutions to end wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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David Swanson
Washington D.C. (December 9, 2009) – Following a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement:

"Today, I will begin circulating two privileged...
02 December 2009
Craziest Obavietghanistan speech moments
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David Swanson
Deficit reduction:

Our new approach in Afghanistan is likely to cost us roughly 30 billion dollars for the military this year, and I will work closely with Congress to address these costs as we work to bring down our deficit...
02 December 2009
Obama, another rook on the Grand Chessboard
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Bob Fitrakis
There can be no greater gift that you can give your loved ones, or the world, this holiday season than Robert Greenwald's documentary "Rethink Afghanistan."
While President Barry Obama was busy resuscitating Lyndon Johnson's "bright...
02 December 2009
Columbus Free Press editors Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman speak out against sending more US troops to Afghanistan
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Tom Over
“Why are we in Afghanistan? It is for the oil to the north in the former Soviet republics…We are in Afghanistan because President Barry Obama did not have enough guts to say no to the military industrial complex and to the big oil...

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