by Nada Khader | Sep 8, 2013 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Militarism and Foreign Policy
WESPAC members have delivered petitions with hundreds of signatures to Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and Congress members Lowey and Engels asking them to vote NO to authorization of US military strikes against Syria. This position reflects a broad consensus among...
by Nada Khader | Sep 6, 2013 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Movement Building
Syria: Not in Our Son’s Name! September 1, 2013 To the editor: Are we mad? Are we going to fire missiles at yet another country because our administration has been offended by the actions – “moral obscenity” in this case – of yet another sovereign...
by Nada Khader | Sep 3, 2013 | Communities & Focus Areas, Militarism and Foreign Policy
Syria & America exchange messages as both peoples breathe more easily… for now Franklin Lamb Veterans Today September 2, 2013 Damascus – The morning following President Obama’s announcement he would not bomb Syria immediately, the streets of Damascus were packed...
by Nada Khader | Sep 2, 2013 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Movement Building
The hypocrisy concerning Syria coming from a bellicose Washington and US media is frightening. Whence comes Washington ’s selective indignation when it comes to Syria? There has hardly been a dictator recently that we have not embraced. We armed our former friend...
by Nada Khader | Sep 2, 2013 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Movement Building
To the Editor: We have about a week to stop our government from bombing Syria. With the political action focused in Congress, Rivertowns residents have a significant role to play. This is because our congressman, Eliot Engel, is a leading advocate of bombing and a...