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Glenn Greenwald (The Intercept): How Congress Maintains Endless War (Video)
We thought we had a pretty good handle on the ”inside baseball” of Congressional support for a virtually unlimited Pentagon budget, despite public demands, especially now, for domestic spending on e.g., health care, education, etc. But this analysis by Glenn … Continue reading
Congress: Stop the spying on activist groups
Popular Resistance, Mar. 8, 2016 ON 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF BREAK-IN THAT EXPOSED COINTELPRO – 60 GROUPS DEMAND CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE FBI & DHS Over 60 national and local groups have signed on to a letter initiated by the Bill … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Activism, Veterans For Peace News
Tagged bill of rights, BORDC, congress, FBI, homeland security, NSA, VFP, vfpnational
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Action Alert: Block Syria War Funds
House bill would block funding for any attack on Syria. Please ask your representative and senators to co-sponsor this bill, introduced Sept. 9. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:hj58:
Posted in Foreign Policy, Peace Activism
Tagged congress, hjr58, house, senate, syria, VFP
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No War on Syria !
Lobby Congress to take a no-war stand. Pres. Obama has said he will consult with Congress before attacking Syria. We the People need to tell Congress to block any US military aggression! Here in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, we’re taking the message … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Linus Pauling Chapter Actions, Peace Activism
Tagged congress, defazio, eugene, merkley, obama, oregon, peace, syria, VFP, war, wyden
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Judge Expresses Sympathy With Criticism of Government, Imposes Minimum Sentence
Leah’s Trial Ends in Victory for the People’s Democracy In its press release, Veterans For Peace, announced, “Retired Naval Commander Leah Bolger pled guilty to the charge of Unlawful Conduct — Disruption of Congress at a hearing before Judge Stuart … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Activism, War Economy
Tagged activism, civil disobedience, congress, democracy, leah bolger, peace, protest, super committee, veterans for peace, VFP
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Naval Commander Stands Trial for Telling Supercommittee to End the Wars and Tax the Rich
Author: Michael Levitin, Waging Nonviolence. Posted at TruthOut. “Consider the story of Leah Bolger, the latest American hero up on trial: She is a young female artist in the Midwest. She joins the Navy at 22, is made commander and … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Activism, War Economy
Tagged congress, leah bolger, military industrial complex, occupy, peace, protest, super committee, VFP
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Leah Bolger Speaks Truth to Power
Corvallis’ own, Leah Bolger, President of Veterans For Peace, was arrested for interrupting the Congressional Budget “Super” Committee as it listened to testimony from the Comptroller on how to fix the budget deficit. What is glaringly obvious to the 99% … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Activism, War Economy
Tagged arrest, ben cohen, congress, leah bolger, peace, protest, super committee, veterans for peace, VFP
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Veterans For Peace, Linus Pauling Chapter 