July 2022
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest Biden's Unkind, Rewind Approach to the Middle East” By Andrew J. Bacevich, The Nation, posted July 27 On President' Biden's trip to the Middle East, most notably Saudi Arabia and Israel. The “not-so-subtle purpose” was “to signal that Biden has no intention of tampering with the fundamentals actually defining…
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Finally, there is an effort by Congressional Representatives to call for diplomacy in resolving the Ukraine crisis. The Chair of the Progressive Caucus Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal is circulating a letter to her colleagues, addressed to President Biden. While endorsing the Administration’s decision to support the government of Ukraine, it emphasizes that this contribution “also creates…
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Approaching the 50th Anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreement (January 1973) –signifying the end of the US War in Vietnam, the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee is offering to partner with academic institutions to create individual programs or a full-conference on the “Power of Protest”–the role of peace activism during that period. For more details, see the attached.…
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Late this afternoon, the Democratic controlled House of Representatives passed a $850 National Defense Authorization Act. This was $37 billion more than requested by the White House. The final vote was 329-101. Democrats in the House voted in favor of this legislation by a margin of 180-39, signifying an increased willingness by even liberal members of…
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Legislative Alert: Oppose $ 850 billion in 2023 Military Spending Overblown “defense” spending is nothing new, so it’s easy not to notice when outrageous expenditures spiral even higher. President Biden asked Congress to allocate $813 billion for the military in FY 2023. Then the House Armed Services Committee, controlled by Democrats, chose to add another…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “What Difference Does a War Make? The Geopolitics of the New Cold War” By Alfred McCoy, TomDispatch.com, posted June 21 “In this century, as in the last one, the geopolitical struggle over Eurasia has proven to be a relentless affair, one that, in the years to come, will likely…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Abortion Decision Cherry-Picks History – When the US Constitution Was Ratified, Women Had Much More Control over Abortion Decisions than during the 19th Century” By Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, posted July 6. The title expresses the point of the article. The author teaches US history at the University of…