Articles, news, campaigns and events about cut military spending
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Oct 18, 2011, 10:14am
Kathy Kelly
By Johnny Barber“All wars, whether just or unjust, disastrous or victorious, are waged against the child.” Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children, 1919. In Kabul, the children are everywhere. You see them scrounging through trash....
Aug 30, 2011, 12:28pm
Mark Johnson
As a result of the recent federal budget compromise, Congress must determine by Thanksgiving how to reduce the federal deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next ten years. If they do not do so, $1.2 trillion of cuts are triggered automatically....
Aug 20, 2011, 6:53am
Ethan Vesely-Flad
Aug 12, 2011, 11:35am
Ethan Vesely-Flad
Aug 10, 2011, 6:12pm
FOR
NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is holding a summit meeting in Chicago, May 2012. We, peace and justice activists, will gather at a counter summit to voice a new vision of global security and peace.Join us in Chicago on May...
May 26, 2011, 4:54pm
Mark Johnson
by Mark C. JohnsonIf you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. The increase from the land...
Apr 14, 2011, 7:17am
Ethan Vesely-Flad
Tomorrow is income tax day, the annual ritual when hundreds of thousands of Americans (especially procrastinators like myself) show up at post offices with precious documents in hand, seeking to find stamps and avoid late penalty fees.Given...
Jan 25, 2011, 5:23pm
Mark Johnson
We Will Oppose Obama As Long As He Supports WarWe the undersigned share with nearly two-thirds of our fellow Americans the conviction that our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq should be ended and that overall military spending should be...
Dec 31, 2010, 12:48pm
Wendy Clarissa ...
Today, December 31st, 2010, is the U.S. Fellowship of Reconciliation’s 95th birthday. I’m devoted to FOR’s rag-tag companions of strong, broken, zealous, tepid, troubled, and calming hearts. We try to fulfill Joan Baez’s...
Nov 30, 2010, 1:25pm
Ethan Vesely-Flad
Two stories are dominating world news headlines this week. One is the latest WikiLeaks release of secret U.S. government documents, which has rocked international diplomacy channels. The other regards North Korea, in reaction to last week’s...
