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Generals aren’t in charge

October 21, 2009 By PW Editorial Board

Recently the Republicans, determined to escalate the war in Afghanistan, have insisted that Gen. McChrystal, commander of the U.S. forces in Afghanistan, be called in to testify before Congress.

World Notes: South Africa, Mexico, South Korea, Romania, Afghanistan, Cuba

October 14, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

South Africa and health care, Mexico and mining, South Korea and unions, Romania and general strike, Afghanistan and development, Cuba and milestones

Texas antiwar activists target senator

October 11, 2009

DALLAS -The Dallas Peace Center is picketing Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson's office on 10440 North Central Expressway, 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday in October as we begin the ninth year of America's longest war, Afghanistan.

Peace groups map actions for Oct. 7, Afghanistan war’s 8th anniversary

August 31, 2009 By Susan Webb

With the U.S. commander in Afghanistan expected to ask President Obama to send more troops, peace groups are planning actions across the U.S. on Oct. 7, the eighth anniversary of the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan exit strategy needed

August 26, 2009 By People’s World Editorial Board

As the U.S. death toll in Afghanistan creeps upward, and the country continues to be ravaged by violence and poverty, an increasing number of voices are warning that, as peace advocate and former California state Sen....