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Nancy, what will you do now that you know?

In the wake of the torture memo bombshell and a finger pointing extravaganza on Capitol Hill, Nancy Pelosi stated today that Congress was never briefed on the use of waterboarding. That statement seems to beg the question- what would they have done had they known? Considering the poor track record on issues of accountability- one [...]

Let the Numbers Speak

From http://www.brusselstribunal.org/SouadAlAzzawi_Numbers.htm Six years into the occupation…  - 72 months of destruction - $607 Billions spent on the war - 2 Million Barrels of oil being sold per day - 2 Million Displaced Iraqis inside of Iraq - 3 Million Iraqis forced to leave the country - 2615 professors, scientists, and doctors killed in cold blood [...]

The women of Afghanistan don’t fear much — except that the world might abandon them

Below is a must-read Op-Ed from Sunday’s New York Times on the women of Afghanistan.  In the discussion of troop surges and withdrawals and development and Taliban, we must give the women of Afghanistan a seat at the table.  We must listen and lift up their voices in the fate of the future of Afghanistan.  Here’s [...]

Crashing Santa Monica’s tax day “tea party”

Official release: Local taxpayers to rally TODAY outside of AIG New York offices

WHAT: Local taxpayers to gather outside of AIG New York offices, demand their fair $80 million share of sale WHEN: 12 p.m. TODAY (April 15) WHERE: AIG headquarters @ 70 Pine St., New York, NY NEW YORK CITY — AIG is selling its Manhattan offices here — and local taxpayers want their fair share of [...]

Official release: CODEPINK calls on Congress to reject Obama request for $83 billion for wars

WASHINGTON — Representing the voice of millions of Americans and those worldwide, CODEPINK calls on Congress to reject President Obama’s outrageous request for an additional $83.4 billion to be spent on ineffectual, destabilizing, immoral wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite Obama’s campaign promise never to ask for war funding as a supplemental bill as opposed [...]