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Which Members of Congress Are Standing Up for Economic Decency - and Which 'Progressives' Aren't

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics
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Norman Solomon

If you don't see the name of your Congress member on that list, you live in a House district without a representative standing up for economic decency.

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Endless War: Becoming 'the Evil That We Deplore'

Norman Solomon | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
Read More: Barbara Lee, War, H.R. 198, ROOTSACTION.ORG, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Laos, Afghanistan, War on Terror, Yemen, Lyndon Johnson, Barack Obama, Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Iraq, Barack Obama War on Terror, Politics News
Norman Solomon

Beyond the worthy goal of repealing the Authorization for Use of Military Force is a need for Congress to cut off appropriations for the "war on terror." A prerequisite: repudiating the lethal mythology of righteous war unbounded by national borders or conceivable duration.

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