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News & Views | 8/30/21
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After 20 Years in Afghanistan, 'America's Longest War Is Finally Over'
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by Jon Queally
"Ending wars is good actually," said Congresswoman Ilhan Omar after
Pentagon announced final military plane had departed from Kabul.
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After Ida's Destruction, Sunrise Movement Urges Biden to Declare Climate Emergency
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by Jessica Corbett
"What more do politicians need to realize that the climate crisis is
here and killing us?"
US Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Probes Into 5 States' Bans on School Mask Mandates
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by Kenny Stancil
"The department will fight to protect every student's right to access
in-person learning safely and the rights of local educators to put in
place policies that allow all students to return to the classroom
full-time in-person safely this fall."
Demand for 'Moratorium on Drone Warfare' Follows Latest US Killing of Afghan Civilians
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by Jake Johnson
"The U.S. went into Afghanistan seeking revenge and bombing civilians.
Twenty years later, the U.S. is leaving Afghanistan seeking revenge and
bombing civilians."
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House Democrats Demand Repeal of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Reconciliation Bill
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by Jessica Corbett
Over 50 lawmakers argue the "harmful and wasteful" giveaways "simply
enhance the profits" of polluters while harming U.S. taxpayers, industry
workers, racial justice, and the planet.
Sanders Says Last Thing California Needs Is 'Some Right-Wing Republican Governor'
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by Jake Johnson
"The September 14 recall of Governor Newsom is a bold-faced Republican
power grab. Don't let it happen."
'Refugee Movements Are Not Illegal': EU Rebuked for Plan to Curb Flow of Vulnerable Afghans
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by Kenny Stancil
Policymakers, said one human rights advocate, should devise "concrete
plans for helping Afghans reach safety in the E.U."
US Drone Attack Kills at Least 10 Afghan Civilians—Including 6 Children
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by Jake Johnson
"The American aircraft targeted us," said Samim Shahyad, whose father,
brothers, and cousins were killed in the U.S. attack.
Hurricane Ida Deemed a 'Poster Child' for Climate Disaster as Storm Slams Louisiana
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by Jake Johnson
"The dystopian horrors we're all witnessing are only going to get worse
if we keep extracting and burning fossil fuels."
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At the End of This Catastrophic War, We Need to Face the Truth
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by David Bacon
The U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should force a reckoning with
a long history of military intervention.
Here's a Fact: The Afghan War Could Never Be Won
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by Ben Phillips, Jonathan Glennie
There are people who hope to invade Iran, or Venezuela, or
pick-a-country-with-a-problem, but next time, they insist, they'll do it
"better." They must stop. They must be stopped.
We Can't Prevent Future Nuclear Wars Unless We Imagine Them Today
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by Marina Favaro, Sara Z. Kutchesfahani
It is now more important than ever to anticipate what the future might
hold due to the uncertainty surrounding tomorrow's strategic
environment.
A Vengeful American Empire Has Been Humiliated in Afghanistan
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by Chris Hedges
The Americans, like the British and the Soviets before them, dug their
own graveyard in Afghanistan.
Afghan Crisis Must End America’s Empire of War, Corruption and Poverty
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by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
The U.S. can either stumble on in its fruitless attempt to control the
world through militarism and coercion, or it can use this opportunity to
rethink its place in the world.
Free Lunch Doesn't 'Spoil' Schoolchildren
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by Sarah Jones
A Wisconsin school district's decision exemplified the "mean" in
means-testing.
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CAIR Condemns U.S. Drone Attack in Afghanistan That Killed 10 Civilians, Calls for Transparent Investigation and Moratorium on Drone Warfare
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
There Must be Accountability for US Killings of Children and Other Civilians in Afghanistan
Amnesty International - USA
Sunrise Movement's Response to Hurricane Ida: This Was Preventable, Biden Must Declare A Climate Emergency
Sunrise Movement
Human Rights Groups Call on Social Media Platforms to Preserve Evidence of Potential Human Rights Abuses in Afghanista
Amnesty International - USA
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