Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) quoted from the mayors’ resolution Calling On Congress to Redirect Military Spending to Domestic Priorities during House debate of the annual defense spending bill. She noted that the people of the United States, and our mayors, are calling for a swift withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan and bring the war dollars [...]
Monday, June 20, 2011
Shortly after I graduated college in 2000, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1325 which mandates women’s equal involvement in conflict resolution. While the U.S. participated in the unanimous passage of that resolution, it has failed to implement it in any of its military interventions. The result? Ten years into the U.S. occupation, Afghanistan remains the most dangerous [...]
Friday, June 17, 2011
The Metro Economies Policy Committee passed the War Dollars Home Resolution unanimously. As Jackie Cabasso of Mayors for Peace explained, #USCM2011 Metro Econ Cmmttee used consent calendar-type process to adopt 13 resolutions simultaneously. Noone pulled Bring Our $$ Home!! Unpacking that tweet: business is done at the US Conference of Mayors by consent. A member [...]
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The House Appropriations Committee approved the annual military spending bill today, sending it to the full House for approval. They lamented having to shave $9 billion off of Obama’s request, but they still managed to find $17 billion more than last year’s budget for endless war. For those keeping track at home, the numbers publicized [...]
Friday, June 10, 2011
Personally, I think all federal budget debates are connected. Specifically, the Republicans want to slash spending for domestic priorities – that feels to me like the second half of the statement “Bring Our War $$ Home.” Our platform is not simply cut the military budget: we want money re-appropriated to human needs. Regardless of your [...]
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
We’re in the midst of an Afghanistan Week of Action and we need your help to give a pink slip to the military industrial complex. The House is starting to discuss the annual military spending bill, giving us the best chance yet to end the Afghanistan War. 1. Call Congress using FCNL’s toll-free number, 1-888-231-9276 [...]
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
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