“On Saturday, October 3 MSF’s trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan—where we have been working for four years—was repeatedly hit by direct, focused, and sustained air strikes. “Any deliberately targeted attack on civilians and protected structures during war is a violation of International Humanitarian Law and can constitute a war crime. MSF’s public statements about this …
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Rep. Alan Grayson is a Florida Congressman, now standing for the US Senate. TV interviewer: “Some defend military spending by justifying the jobs it produces. So how do separate job cuts from military spending?” Rep. Alan Grayson: “Well, there is a simple answer to that. When you put people to work making bombs, what you end …
Whatever happened to the idea of public service? According to the Center for Responsive Politics, 45% of ex-congressmen join lobbying companies, where pay can be ten times that of a congressman. In the words of Watchdog.com “Public service should be for the public good – not an audition for a lavish lifestyle as a corporate …
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“The test of a great nation is not how many wars it can engage in, but how it can resolve international conflicts in a peaceful manner”. Sen. Bernie Sanders
So Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership convincingly! His victory is a wake-up call for the bunch of self-satisfied good ole boys, yes-men, and American neo-liberal think-tank chums who, for years, have been privatizing everything owned by taxpayers for the profit of corporations and their friends I could never easily detect the difference between the Conservatives …
