By Reva Patwardhan on Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:18:23
Yesterday the Pentagon described their plans to grow defense spending over the next five years, (see the Pentagon’s factsheet here) but ingeniously packaged that growth as “cuts.” In fact, the only year that sees a drop in spending is 2013, with a baseline number of $525 billion, $6 billion less than 2012. On top of that Read More
By Reva Patwardhan on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:53:58
The LA Times ran a great OpEd yesterday highlighting that, as much as the Pentagon would like to convince you otherwise, assessing “progress” in Afghanistan is up to interpretation — kind of like reading tea leaves. For instance, on the “success” of driving the Taliban out of Kandahar: “Yes, we’ve made gains against the Taliban around Read More
By Rebecca Griffin on Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:17:12
In less than two weeks, voters in Oregon’s first congressional district will decide who will be their voice in Washington, DC. Suzanne Bonamici is the peace candidate in this race and she needs your help. Can you join the Martin Luther King Day of Service Canvass to send Suzanne to Congress Click here to RSVP. Read More
By Rebecca Griffin on Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:30:41
Its important that progressives get an early start in 2012, a year where we have an opportunity to make a real impact in November. Kick off the year by joining Peace Action West-endorsed candidate Norman Solomon in a series of events with television pioneer Phil Donahue. Donahue, a winner of 20 daytime Emmy awards, has Read More
By Rebecca Griffin on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:06:05
At the very least, you are surely less resistant to making reasonable cuts in the Pentagon budget. Over the last few months, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has been spouting hyperbole about the supposed dangers of cutting the bloated military budget, saying cuts would turn the dominant US military into a “paper tiger” and would spell Read More
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