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17 March 2009
Breaking: Peace activists arrested at Pentagon
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David Swanson
ARLINGTON, VA - Seven peace activists were arrested this morning as they attempted to meet with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at the Pentagon.

The peace activists are associated with the National Campaign for Nonviolent...
04 March 2009
Appoint a special prosecutor
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David Swanson
142 Organizations Agree With Leading Senators and Congress Members: The Crimes of Bush, Cheney, and Other Top Officials Must Be Prosecuted

Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials

We urge Attorney...
25 February 2009
Freeing up resources... for more war
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Norman Solomon
Hours after President Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress, the New York Times printed the news that he plans to gradually withdraw “American combat forces” from Iraq during the next 18 months. The newspaper reported that the...
24 February 2009
Kids for cash
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Robert Koehler
A number of bad ideas and virulent trends in American life converge, it seems to me, in the unfolding scandal in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., known as “kids for cash.”

The blurring of the line that separates profit from state,...
22 February 2009
Washington & Lafayette get stoned & talk marriage
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"Thomas Paine"
I publish this opening passage from PASSIONS OF THE PATRIOTS in honor of George's birthday. Of course, I knew him well. Happy Birthday, George..."Thomas Paine"

George Washington wrapped himself around the young...
19 February 2009
Cross of irony
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Robert Koehler
“Down the long lane of the history yet to be written, America knows that this world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and...

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