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This week marks 20 years since the U.S. invaded Iraq. Tens of millions demonstrated worldwide to try to stop it. On Martin Luther King holiday weekend, we thought back to what Dr. King warned about - US militarism and its disastrous consequences.

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None of us can afford to remain silent or apathetic about the devastation we continue to cause to innocent civilians. The money being spent on war must be redirected to those most impacted by U.S. aggression.

History offers countless examples of societies refashioned in the wake of disorder. For the United States, a first step toward a just new order requires naming the mistakes—the violations of law and morality, the crimes against humanity.

America’s wars on drugs, crime, terrorism and more — along with our endless involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan — have created a weapons-saturated politics of policing, border control and mass incarceration. This reshaping is not one-dimensional...

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A look back at the history-making mobilization against the Iraq War that turned ordinary people into a “second superpower” — one we badly need today.

Through Howard Zinn's example, his activism, and the enduring relevance of his writings, we can commit, on the centennial of his birth, to reiterate one of his central messages: war is not the answer to conflict in the 21st century.

Toxic waste from America’s war is destroying Iraqi communities. The US owes them legally and morally.

I make no excuses for Putin, who is an execrable excuse for a human being, or for his war, which is barbarous. And, we should all have learned in kindergarten that two wrongs don’t make a right. But. But, Senators, we see you.