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e-Action Report
July, 2008
Vol. 1 Number 7
Reclaiming our Independence:
In support of Soldiers, Iraqis and
the American Way
- Peace Action Empowers GI’s
with Their Rights
- SPEAK OUT FOR SOLDIERS!
- Troops meet Celebrations at
Deployment & Empty Promises when they Return
- National Security Policy:
New Directions in Iraq
Peace
Action Empowers GI’s with Their Rights
It was a hot day in late May when 30 Peace Action
activists jumped in their cars and converged at Fort Dix, NJ. It was
a diverse mix; high school students and Vietnam veterans and everything
in-between. This was just one of the many outings for the women and
men of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) who facilitated the
outreach trip.
FULL ARTICLE
SPEAK
OUT FOR SOLDIERS!
Peace Action is joining our affiliate organization New Jersey Peace
Action, veterans groups, and a host of other peace and justice organizations
in a campaign to defederalize the National Guard.
FULL ARTICLE
ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN
Troops
meet Celebrations at Deployment & Empty Promises when they Return
It’s an odd situation –
thousands of people gathered in the harbor laughing and embracing,
eating BBQ and chatting as if it were any other beautiful day. It
is not, however, any other beautiful day. Despite the festive atmosphere
anxiety looms in the minds of all the attendees as the line of uniformed
soldiers boards the ship or plane. Days like these occur continuously,
around the country, when members of our armed forces and their families
say good-bye to one another for another year – another 12
month deployment to Iraq.
FULL ARTICLE
National
Security Policy: New Directions in Iraq
BY: Guest Contributor David Cohen
FROM: Experience
Advocacy
The House and Senate support a thorough reversal of the Bush-Cheney
Iraq war policy. It is one of the great under reported stories in
the main stream media, the alternative progressive media and the
blogosphere. In supporting an end to Bush’s destructive policy
to peoples lives– Iraqis, Americans, Allies – the House
and Senate support a new President’s orderly withdrawal of
US troops from Iraq. Congress has given the new President lots of
maneuvering room to redirect our Iraq and national security policy.
FULL ARTICLE
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