Protest / Resistance

Responsibility and War Powers

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Almost three years ago, probably in response to one of my scathing

articles denouncing US foreign policy, I received an e-mail from a soldier's mom which became "a

keeper." It was respectful, ending. "Regardless of your opinions on both the war and US foreign policy,

I hope it's in your heart to support OUR troops." A most difficult request, indeed!

come sweet rain

We are not mobilizing for this year’s World Bank / IMF meetings? What?! You will not find a rally and a march from one part to another filled with speeches and empty platitudes. BUT, YOU WILL FIND LOTS OF ACTION! Don’t come to Washington, DC, April 21 – 23 if all you intend to do is march.

I see only one way out; a metamorphic leap of faith, an about face in the way we think, a decision to let go of everything that we, as a nation, once held dear, an understanding that the world will surely end unless we recognize the fact that we have no choice but to embrace our enemy as our brother, the one, without whom, we will never find peace, a brother-in-arms, enchained from head to toe, with whom we will either drown, or, together, might be allowed to live for yet another day....

Whatever happened to empathy? How did the world suddenly become inhabited by good, red-blooded Americans and a bunch of gooks, slopes, ragheads, hadjis and any other pejorative which makes them seem less than human? How did the world suddenly become us and them? How is it that no one's beliefs and concerns have validity except ours? How has it come about that the world is now divided between us, our few allies, and a world of terrorists?

Limiting Presidential War Powers

Rachel Corrie (1979-2003)

This Spring, Paul Wolfowitz, the President of the World Bank Group and the architect of the War in Iraq, will be convening the biannual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
bringing together at the table the two capitalist tools of global
exploitation — the wars of military might with the strangleholds of
economic imperialism.

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President George W. Bush justifies the continued occupation of Iraq on the ridiculous premise that it might become a haven for Al Qaeda terrorists. Iraq is already a magnet for terrorist outfits and not one day passes without a market bombing, a new counter-offensive, or a suicide strike.

No terrorist group can plan a spectacular international operation in such a cauldron.