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What happens when there are endless wars accompanied by militarized policing, spreading racism, erosion of civil rights, and concentration of wealth, but the only news is election news, and none of the candidates wants to talk about shrinking the world's largest military?

 

Each year the Congressional Progressive Caucus releases a weaker and weaker budget proposal. This year they asked for input first. I sent them this and communicated with them about it, so I know they read it. An excerpt:

Robert Bowdrie “Bowe” Bergdahl was held as a POW by the Taliban for 5 years and now for over a year by the U.S. Army at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. He has received constant treatment from an Army psychiatrist but he has not been returned to his family and home in Hailey, Idaho. Thus in my opinion his recovery and reintegration process has probably done more harm than good by continuing his isolation from the world. But his treatment after repatriation is more about politics than his service or U.S. Army procedures. Consequently, after what he has gone through and endured, he should be freed with an honorable discharge and all of his pay and benefits. Anything less would be an injustice.


BANGKOK, Thailand -- Bangkok's coup-installed military regime has
agreed to give legal immunity to some of Thailand's Islamist
insurgents and allow them to travel internationally during peace talks
in the south where more than 6,000 people have died on all sides
during the past 12 years.
   The immunity and travel protection for the rebels increases the
likelihood that the talks can grapple with more serious issues in one
of Southeast Asia's long-running insurgencies, such as the denial of
justice and local participation for Muslims in the economically
depressed area.
   "The military will never defeat the guerrilla tactics of the
insurgents," said a Bangkok Post editorial on March 3.
   "The obvious stalemate cries for a political solution."
   The current peace talks however do not allow discussion of the
insurgents' demands for autonomy within Buddhist-majority Thailand or
an independent nation ruled by Islamic law.
   Meanwhile two rubber tree plantation workers -- a Muslim and a

The Ohio Statehouse committee on Medical Marijuana is taking public input at their next hearing March 10th!

Medical Cannabis patients advocates, under employed holstic healers, and hemp for nutrition advocats are doing grassroots organizing in the state to get a clear pro-safe access to medical marijuana message to our Ohio's elected officials. RALLY and March are in order!

The science on Pain management and PTSD recovery is all signalling we can't go without this healing, we dont wait for the arbitrary restriction on treatment options to be lifted! The Statehouse wants to take all month of March, when the language is ready to pass now.

Big truck with signs to Boycott Wendy's at start of march down High Street

On Sunday, March 6, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and hundreds of allies completed the Workers' Voice Columbus March on Wendy's!

We took over High Street, picketed outside of the Wendy's on Woodruff& High and spread the word that Ohio will ‪#‎BoycottWendys‬ until they respect farmworkers through the ‪#‎FairFoodProgram‬!!

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