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Kenneth J. Theisen is veteran activist of movements opposing U.S. imperialism, its wars and domination of countries throughout the world. He wrote his first op-ed piece against the Vietnam war when he was only 12 and has been writing on various political and social causes ever since. For many years he has been an advocate against domestic violence in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently a member of the steering committee of The World Can't Wait! More of his articles can be seen at worldcantwait.org.

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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, September 14, 2009
Iran, the "silent war," heats up The U.S. is using diplomacy, sanctions, propaganda, and even the threat of war to put pressure on Iran to do its bidding. We must expose and oppose all of these moves.
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 10, 2009
Winning "hearts and minds" or committing war crimes? Is the U.S. "winning hearts and minds" in its counter-insurgency war or committing war crimes while claiming to protect the people?
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, September 6, 2009
Combat Troops toRreplace Support Troops in Afghanistan as Obama's War Escalates Obama is "quietly" escalating the war in Afghanistan. We must mobilize to oppose this.
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, April 26, 2009
Remembering the past to change the future – We must hold the torture state accountable The long history of the use of torture by the U.S. government can not be forgotten. Otherwise torture will continue to be practiced for far too long.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Will Obama hold Bush regime officials accountable for their torture crimes? Don't count on it! Obama will not prosecute top Bush regime officials for their roles in torture and other criminal acts. Why? Why protect them?
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 11, 2009
Obama's Trip to Iraq - Continuing War and Occupation On his recent visit, Obama claimed the U.S. is delivering democracy to Iraq, while the reality is continuing war and occupation.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 29, 2009
Obama to send even more troops to Afghanistan while he threatens to expand war more deeply into Pakistan Obama's latest Afghan escalation announcement threatens to widen the war into a major regional conflagration with unforeseen consequences.
(13 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, March 7, 2009
Clinton's press conference supports Israel and demonizes Iran Tactics used by the Obama administration do not necessarily mean a change in U.S. imperialist goals. Clinton's press conference in Israel yesterday show this.
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 1, 2009
Obama moves to avoid Supreme Court case in order to preserve indefinite detention of "terrorism" suspects The Obama administration is trying to avoid a Supreme Court case with their latest move in the al-Marri case. The administration wants to preserve the freedom of presidents to use indefinite detention without charges. We must stop this abuse by presidents.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, February 28, 2009
Obama's DOJ follows lead of Bush regime again: It asks court to cover-up NSA surveillance secrets by dismissing case For the third time this month the Obama Department of Justice has taken identical legal positions advocated by the Bush regime in "national security" cases. Is this the change people voted for?
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, February 28, 2009
U.S. State Department report exposes extensive human rights abuses in Afghanistan by U.S.-backed government The U.S. State Department's Human Rights Report on Afghanistan reveals that the U.S. occupation and support of the Karzai regime has led to continuing human righs abuses in that war-torn country.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, February 21, 2009
It is Now Obama's War as He Orders 17,000 Additional Troops to Afghanistan With the latest surge or troop escalation, Obama now is responsible for the war in Afghanistan. This war in not in the interest of the people of that country or of the people of the world. We must demand immediate withdrawal of all imperialist troops in Afghanistan.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 15, 2008
Obama's Role Models: Bush I, Reagan & Kennedy - This is Change? Obama is playing the role of pied piper leading the masses to believe that he stands for change. But will he bring us more of the same that we have seen during the years of the Bush regime?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 5, 2008
Torture memo reveals tortured legal justification for Bush regime's crimes This Department of Justice memo attempts to expand presidential powers and argues for immunity for torturers and those that order torture.
(58 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 11, 2008
"Supporting the troops" = Supporting U.S. Imperialist War The author believes that the slogan "support the troops" objectivley also supports U.S. imperialist wars. This is unacceptable to any one who really opposes U.S. hegemony throughout the world. We must not support U.S. troops who are part of a world-wide killing machine.

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