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Kevin Zeese is co-chair of Come Home America, www.ComeHomeAmerica.US which seeks to end U.S. militarism and empire. He is also co-director of Its Our Economy, www.ItsOurEconomy.US which seeks to democratize the economy and give people greater control over their economic lives and more influence over the direction of the economy.
SHARE Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Prominent Americans Oppose Prosecution and Extradition of Assange
Americans need to organize to defend our right to know the truth about what the US government is doing in our name. The attack on WikiLeaks is an attack on the truth. Join us at WikiLeaks Is Democracy.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 7, 2009 Obama's Drug Czar Nominee Approved a Potential Break from the Past
Obama's drug czar nominee was approved today. Unlike previous drug czars he favors needle exchange, treatment instead of incarceration, easy access to methadone and is innovative and pragmatic. In Seattle, where he was chief, he ushered in a new marijuana law making it the lowest prosecution priority. Are we in for some positive changes in drug policy? Finally?
(6 comments) SHARE Thursday, July 24, 2014 Outrage! FCC Official Says a million people commenting will not make much difference
Join us in Urging Regional FCC Hearings throughout the Country on an Open Internet With No Discrimination
More than a million people have spoken out in favor of real Net Neutrality. More than 3.4 million took some kind of actionbefore the rulemaking began urging Net Neutrality. This has been the biggest public response the FCC has ever gotten on a policy matter " but is the FCC listening?
(8 comments) SHARE Saturday, February 25, 2012 Infiltration to Disrupt, Divide and Misdirect Is Widespread in Occupy
Occupy has people working from inside to divide, destroy and manipulate it. Infiltration is the norm in political movements and it is occurring throughout the Occupy. The first step is recognizing it. In Part II we will discuss what can be done to minimize the harm.
SHARE Tuesday, December 14, 2010 War Effects Everything
War is killing us, says Margaret Flowers, we need to join together to end it. Join us in Washington, DC on December 16th at the White House. Visit Veterans for Peace.org for details
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Can the Right and Left Work Together to Oppose War and Empire?
The peace movement has been like a bird with only a left wing, despite a long tradition of anti-war conservatism, their voice is not heard. Perhaps a bird with two wings will fly better and a peace movement that is broad-based will be more effective.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, March 21, 2011 One Year Anniversary: The Incredible Shrinking Obama Health Care Law
The one year anniversary of the Obama health law is March 23rd. While the law is not fully implemented, the indications from its first year are that it is falling far short of its goals and may not result in any increase in health insurance coverage, control of the costs or improvement in health in the U.S. hHealth insurance is becoming less adequate while getting more expensive -- unaffordable insurance will be the norm.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, May 12, 2009 The Single Payer Fire Has Been Lit
The Baucus Eight, so name because eight of us were arrested protesting the exclusion of single payer health care from the debate in Contress is now the Baucus 13. The single payer movement is growing stronger and threatens to become a populist rebellion against corporate health insurance which is ripping off Americans and making health care unaffordable. Join the effort. Your voice is needed.
(32 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 11, 2010 Time for California to End The Unwinnable Marijuana War
Last week all U.S. DEA heads since 1973 came out against Prop. 19 in California. No surprise that the top marijuana warriors want to keep marijuana illegal, but what about their record. They've led the arrest of more than 15 million Americans on marijuana charges, yet the war continues. Does their nearly 40 years of successful mass arrests for marijuana mean we should keep doing the same thing over and over again? Or, does
(9 comments) SHARE Monday, March 2, 2020 The US Is Not Prepared For Coronavirus; We Need To Take Action
The coronavirus (COVID-19) is in its very early stages in the United States so it is too early to predict its full impacts. The World Health Organization reports that COVID-19 has stricken more than 86,000 people around the world, killing nearly 3,000 and has spread to at least 60 countries.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 20, 2011 U.S. Military, State Department and White House Trapped in Bradley Manning Quagmire
The Obama administration is station finally did the right thing and is moving Manning from the abusive Quantico Marine Corps. Brig, but that is just the beginning of their problems with the prosecution of Bradley Manning. This is a trial that could rock U.S. foreign policy and undermine U.S. credibility around the world.
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, August 29, 2017 As US Empire Fails, Trump Enters a Quagmire
A quagmire is defined as a complex or unpleasant position that is difficult to escape. President Trump's recently announced war plans in Afghanistan maintain that quagmire. They come at a time when US Empire is failing and its leadership in the world is weakening. The US will learn what other empires have learned, "Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires."
(6 comments) SHARE Thursday, January 18, 2018 Time to Close Our Foreign Military Bases
The United States cannot be a moral or ethical country until it faces up to the realities of US empire and the destruction it causes around the world. The U.S. undermines governments (including democracies), kills millions of people, causes mass migrations of people fleeing their homes, communities and countries and produces vast environmental damage.
(38 comments) SHARE Monday, January 10, 2011 Bradley Manning and the Rule of Law
Put aside Bradley Manning's guilt or innocence and ask -- what should Bradley Manning have done when he saw evidence of war crimes, other crimes and constant deception of the American people and others? Should he have hidden the evidence? Taken it up a chain of command that was complicit? Or, expose it? Manning exposed it not because he is a traitor but because he is a patriot that wants to make the United States a more pe
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, July 23, 2017 When Empires Fall
In a new book, "In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power," historian Alfred McCoy predicts that US empire is ending and will be over in the next decade. Even now he says the "United States can no longer dictate to the world, or at least much of the world, like we could back in the 1950s." He predicts that by 2030 US empire will be finished.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, July 9, 2017 Power Dynamics Changing In World Order
The G-20 summit highlighted a transition in geopolitical power that has been developing for years. The process has escalated in recent months since President Trump took office, but its roots go much deeper than Trump. The United States is losing power, a multi-polar world is taking shape and people power is on the rise.
(11 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 29, 2009 115 arrested so far in 18 cities to demand for health care for all
Dr. Margaret Flowers, former pediatrician and mother of three teenagers: "I am planning to risk arrest,which may have serious consequences for me – up to six months in jail.But it won't be as serious as the suffering and needless deaths that too many face each day in this nation.I hope you will join me in our action.If you can't risk arrest,at least you can stand in solidarity with us during the legal picket."
(5 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Cut Social Security? Are the Democrats crazy?
The time is now to begin to organize against the Obama deficit commission. It is poised to urge cuts in basic programs the middle class depends on rather than focusing on the real causes of deficits: weapons and war spending, tax cuts for the wealthy and the economic collapse. Recognize the causes and the solutions become obvious. Take action now and get people involved.