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One Nation Working Together – 10.2.10, DCThis One is Going To Be Big!Some 200 progressive groups, including the Vermont and national AFL-CIO,Vermont Workers Center/Jobs with Justice, labor and civil rights, environmental, immigrants rights, US Labor Against the War and other peace organizations, have come together in One Nation. One Nation is a multi-racial, civil and human rights movement

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On the 7th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq Vermonters to hold Anti-War Forum on the Impact of the Wars at Home and AbroadOn Saturday March 20th from 1-4pm at Contois Auditorium at Burlington City Hall a broad coalition of organization will host forum titled “War Without End in the Obama Era: Understanding & Challenging U.S. Empire and the War Economy”. The forum will be comprised of two

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http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080514_army_whistle_blower_palestine_hotel_on_target_list_in_baghdad/By Amy Goodman More than five years have passed since the invasion of Iraq, since President Bush stood under the “Mission Accomplished” banner on that aircraft carrier. While these fifth anniversaries got some notice, another did not: the shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad

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The Vermont AFL-CIO urges our 10,000+ members, and all working Vermonters, to discuss the actions of the Longshoremen, to wear anti-war buttons, and to take various actions of their own design and choosing in their workplace on May 1st, 2008. For Release April 23, 2008Contact Persons: David Van Deusen,District Vice President of the Vermont AFL-CIO (802) 522-5812Traven Leyshon ,

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By Dan DeWalt"I can't go back in time and take back what I've done... At one point I was a monster, and I created hate and destruction amongst many people. I am sorry for doing so and I will never turn back into the monster I once was." These were the closing remarks of John Turner, former Marine returned from Iraq, testifying in early March with three other former members of the armed forces, to

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This March 13-16, the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) will gather in Washington DC to reveal the truth about the U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. In what will be history's largest gathering of U.S. veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as Iraqi and Afghan survivors, eyewitnesses to the war will share their experiences in a public investigation called Winter Soldier:

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H.746 is a bill to bring the Vermont National Guard back from Iraq. Sponsored by Rep. Mike Fisher (D-Lincoln), H.746 asserts that all authority for deployment of the national guard has expired and calls on the Governor to order our Vermont contingent home immediately. The bill lays out the legal authority for any deployment of the national guard outside the United States. In the case of the

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Iraq war is a betrayal of American democracy By MATT HOWARD Editor's note: Matt Howard gave this statement at a recent protest at the Statehouse.In 2003 I illegally invaded the sovereign nation of Iraq with 1st Tank battalion 1st Marine Division. My commander in chief unleashed the world's fiercest fighting force upon the country and people of Iraq, and now those of us used and betrayed by

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Kurt Staudter's weekly column, "While We Were Sleeping":Members of Congress and other political leaders often say that the men and women who have served in our military since 9/11 are the ‘new greatest generation.’ Well, here’s a thought from two infantry combat veterans of the Vietnam era’s ‘wounded generation’: if you truly believe that our Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are like those who

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The costs of this war and occupation fall on all of us, but especially working people. First and foremost, there are the service members themselves who are facing injury and death every day, as well as their family members who love them - the vast majority of whom are working people. Then there are the financial costs: the US has spent over $450 billion on the war so far ($663 million of it from

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70% of Americans are against the war in Iraq. Yet our political leaders have failed to end it. We must find new ways to force an end to U.S.military involvement in Iraq. It is up to US to provide the 70% Solution! That’s what this letter is about. President Bush wants another $190 billion to continue the occupation and war. He now seems intent on attacking Iran as he

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Richard Negri, a dedicated unionist who runs the blog Union Review, has a great post we’d like to highlight. Negri rightly applauds the organization Helmets to Hardhats, which connects National Guard, Reserve and transitioning active-duty military members with quality career training and employment opportunities within the construction industry and other trades. Up in Windsor Locks, Conn., local

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