2.06.10 military pullbacks and military pullouts

Warlords at Home and Abroad: Learning from US Mistakes in Central Asia

Authors: Joseph Gerson

Summary:

"Everywhere I went after 9/11...I urged that warlords should not be empowered, that disarming the militias was a priority task for US forces, and that developing Afghan agriculture to ward off poppy cultivation should be a priority…."

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Everything Is Different — But our Work Goes on: A Report from United for Justice with Peace

Authors: Joseph Gainza

Summary:

Just as the sources of the crises confronting
us are connected, so too must be the
solutions we bring forward and
demand be implemented.

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SECURITY WITHOUT EMPIRE:A NATIONAL ORGANIZING CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN MILITARY BASES

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Alternatives to the War in Afghanistan: Don't Escalate the War -- Pull Troops Out

This picture from a U.S. court martial file, drawn by military polygraph examiner George Chigi III, shows how Afghan detainee Dilawar was shackled by his wrists to the ceiling of an isolation cell at Bagram Air Base before being beaten to death in Decembe
Authors: Joseph Gerson

Summary:

Peace is negotiated between enemies.

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Ten Ways To End the Occupation of Afghanistan: Inform, Educate, Agitate, Organize

Protesters of the war in Afghanistan collect blankets for Afghanistan refugees at Boston City Hall Plaza, November 8, 2001. Over 75,000 blankets were collected and sent within four months. photo: © Ellen Shub
Authors: maTT De Vleger

Summary:

To organize, we need to inform ourselves and share what we learn.

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War Tax Boycott 2008: Withhold from War, Pay for Peace!

War Tax poster
Authors: Ruth Benn

Summary:

Congress continues to fund the war. Some of us won't.

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A Senator Exhorts: De-fund the War

Nurse tends to patient, 1967
Authors: Rev. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson Senator George McGovern

Summary:

They will some day curse us for our pitiful willingness to let the Executive carry the burden that the Constitution places on us.

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Oppose Congress Paying for War? Let's Start with Ourselves

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Authors: David Gross

Summary:

When we ask a Congressperson to stop paying for war, they could reply, "You first."

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Voting to Continue the War: The Iraq Supplemental Funds the Killing

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Authors: Phyllis Bennis

Summary:

The bill allows Bush to continue deploying tens of thousands of troops, funds the war, and fails to prevent war with Iran.

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Voting to End the War: The Iraq Supplemental is a First Step

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Authors: David Sirota

Summary:

Progressive lawmakers voted for it because they are serious about ending the war, not just protesting it.

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