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Tasks Toward Creating a Better America and World

Peace Our country’s long wars and worldwide military presence are immoral and unsustainable. We must dramatically cut our military budget. Ecology The human cost of climate change is too high. We must get off fossil fuels and on to renewable … Continue reading

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SOA – Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation

Close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly known as the School of the Americas, in Ft. Benning, Georgia. The SOA, renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) in 2001, is a US military training school based … Continue reading

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Military Defense Budget

Our defense budget has increased out of all proportion to any military threat to the United States, and to our domestic social, economic and environmental needs. The United States government must reduce our defense budget to half of its current … Continue reading

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Military Arms Sales

The U.S. is the largest arms seller and dealer in the world. We urge our government to prohibit all arms sales to foreign nations and likewise prohibit grants to impoverished and undemocratic nations unless the money is targeted on domestic, … Continue reading

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