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Friday, October 17, 2014
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Divestment? Now there’s an
interesting idea for a campaign…
 Well this was a surprise. And a thought-provoking one at that. This week, news reached the CIW via the “Food Chains” crew that a certain Mr. James Scurlock had written to inform them that he had decided to sell his family’s holdings in Wendy’s until the hamburger giant joins the Fair Food Program! Apparently, Mr. Scurlock had attended the big “Food Chains” premiere in Berlin last February and was so moved by the film and the workers’ story that he sold his shares — 50,000 of them! — and then wrote the above email to the company to explain his decision. And it turns out that Mr. Scurlock isn’t just any investor. He is a Ridenhour Prize-winning journalist for his 2007 book Maxed Out: Hard Times in the Age of Easy Credit, reporting on the impending financial crisis before it happened, and a respected documentary maker in his own right. So it’s not surprising that he came up with what could be an interesting new twist on the Wendy’s campaign... |
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Wednesday, Oct 15, 2014 01:12 PM EDT
http://www.salon.com/2014/10/15/old_men_clamoring_for_war_why_pressure_for_isis_escalation_is_rising/?source=newsletter
Old men clamoring for war: Why pressure for ISIS escalation is rising
More old guys are clamoring for ground troops. Here's how to ensure that Obama isn't *allowed* to change his mind
http://www.salon.com/2014/10/15/old_men_clamoring_for_war_why_pressure_for_isis_escalation_is_rising/?source=newsletter
BOMBING
AND BIGOTRY:
The
Wars Abroad, the Wars at Home
Martin
Luther King: “The
bombs that are falling [overseas] are exploding in our cities”
in Ferguson, Boston, Syria, Iraq...
Profiling and militarization are not the answer.
Saturday,
October 18
NU4J
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS STREET FAIR
12-4pm
- Our friends at New England United for Justice have invited DPP to participate
in their event on Tilman St. in Dorchester and DPPers will have a table and the
leaflet at the left (this is the latest version). Please come!
Tuesday,
October 21
DPP
Standout at Ashmont T Station
4-6pm
– Please join us! We’ll have the same flyer, making the connection between the
new US war in Syria/Iraq and the violence and repression in our own
neighborhoods.
OLD
MEN CLAMORING FOR WAR:
Why
pressure for ISIS escalation is rising
…the public is
gradually coming around to the idea of deploying their neighbors’ sons’ boots to
the ground. A new NBC/WSJ poll shows that “forty-one percent of respondents
believe both troops on the ground and airstrikes are necessary for the mission
against ISIS, versus 35 percent who think it should be
restricted to airstrikes.” In September, NBC/WSJ showed 40 percent for airstrikes only and 34 percent
for airstrikes and neighbors’ sons on the ground. Or is it more like neighbors’
grandsons? The seven-point increase in those also wanting U.S. ground troops has
been fueled mostly by groups that make up the GOP base. More self-described
Republicans (up 14 points), men over 50 years old (up 18), white men (up 17) and
seniors (up 10) now advocate for troops on the ground in the fight against the
terror group. There’s been virtually no change since September among Democrats,
young people, and white women. More
OBAMA
CONFRONTS SLIPPERY SLOPE AGAINST ISIS
As
airpower has failed to dislodge the extremists from the Syrian border town of
Ain al-Arab or halt their offensive in Iraq, Obama’s appeals for strategic
patience are being challenged by some U.S. military and
intelligence officers and diplomats who say more needs to be done. Obama has
declined to consider sending American forces for ground-combat roles in Iraq,
despite recent warnings from Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of State John Kerry and senior intelligence officials
that continued reliance on limited airstrikes and training is inadequate to
achieve his goal of degrading and destroying ISIS, according to three officials
active in planning and executing the administration’s strategy… Dempsey said
Thursday on CNN that it’s possible he will ask for a small number of U.S. troops
in Iraq to accompany Iraqi combat units to help identify targets for airstrikes.
Dempsey hasn’t ruled out the possibility of asking Obama for combat forces if
circumstances require it, and the general said he recently ordered Army Apache
attack helicopters into action to prevent jihadists from moving against Baghdad
airport. More
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