... livelihoods and in some cases their lives to fight against the mix of poverty and racism that tens of millions faced as migrant ... laborers in slum ghettoes, were the most opposed to the Vietnam War. In his typically sexist fashion, Lyndon Johnson ... Johnson and condemn with all of his eloquence the philosophy behind US involvement in the war, the false claims of the Johnson administration in defense ...

... the women and labor movements, they were never able to overcome the entrenched racism and national chauvinism within the European and European-American community. ... Yet African-Americans still have disproportionally higher unemployment and poverty rates than whites. The housing, health care, ... The state organs still maintain racism and national oppression. Imperialist war remains a cornerstone of U.S ...

... : Buy.com Full Details Simultaneously as they worked on the war effort, many radio writers and actors advanced a ... progressive agenda to fight the enemy within: racism, poverty, and other social ills. When the war ended, many of these people paid for ... reactionaries mounted an assault on them to drive them out of their professions. Words at War discusses that partly successful effort and the response ...

... God, support a system, a government, that is all in love with War--using 'moral reasoning's' ... shit. I believe, and am convinced, it is just the manifestation of geo-political Racism, American exceptionalism and Idolatry, as well as this pious religious ... TAX DOLLARS Sort of moronic, don't you think? Meanwhile, the poverty 'recruitment' for the military goes on, women ...

... sure whether such proprietorial attitudes over the poorest in society is ethically just, or even accurate: after all, poverty is structured into society on the basis of the existence of an affluent, wealthy class. For ... I was astounded at such levels of social indifference and prejudice. It was tantamount to racism. You could feel the justified indignation in the Guardian reporter's voice, who ...

... of power? The personalities change, but the institutions of militarism, war and empire remain intact. Since Obama took over as president, the ... the millions who are suffering from unemployment, foreclosure, evictions and poverty. It comes from the young people who are being driven from college because of soaring tuition. ... .W.E.R. Coalition Act Now to Stop War & End Racism. Web site: Act Now ...

... deep flaws in American culture,” including racism, “the fundamental flaw of this country that continues to ... markets; that he usually portrays our capitalist economy as causing poverty; that he is actively clinging to a scientific hoax — ... recall why America and our allies were compelled to fight a war in Afghanistan in the first place”? He was very clear that we are fighting ...

... know my weakness for things "island." Not to mention I love Sade's musical approach to issues affecting the world--Racism, poverty, war, etc. She has a perspective and isn't afraid to share it profoundly in her music. However, that's pretty much the only way you'll get her opinions publicly because press interviews are as scarce as ...

... himself the way Nixon did years later-and those calls showed how he agonized over whether to escalate the war, a course of action he knew could not succeed. The parallels with the present day, and the upcoming ... for the better by instituting innovative programs to effectively deal with the problems of racism, poverty, education and health care in the same can do attitude as that of FDR during the ...

... it is the job of an institution of higher learning to cure every ill the world has ever known: not only illiteracy and cultural ignorance, which are at least in the ball-park, but poverty, war, racism, gender bias, bad character, discrimination, intolerance, environmental pollution, rampant capitalism, American imperialism, and the hegemony of Wal- ...

... of Reconciliation in building a more peaceful, just and sustainable world. Help us to make your voice and the voices of so many others who say: "War is not the answer to the problems among nations and peoples." Help us to hold up a vision of a world where racism, poverty and violence have no place, where militarism is not seen as a ...

... providing essential social services, and for lifting the most needy out of poverty; and -- denouncing his making foreign investors pay ... present a steady diet of subtle and overt racism to incite viewers to believe it. Through constant repetition, it propagates ... Western society. Why do they let them in"; -- "We're at war with Muslim fanatics. So all young Muslims should be subject ...

... witnessed perhaps the most gruesome violation of human rights during the time. In a way the war was a wake up call for the entire world. In 1945, the founding member nations ... political coups, water and sanitation issues, conventions to protect the rights of the racism victims, of the disabled, of the victims of torture, of people suffering from poverty and many other such issues. Human Rights in ...

... Republicans for the deplorable conditions created by Democrats.  Since the so-called War on Poverty of the 1960's, over nine trillion dollars have been spent ... Institute's website. Democrats generate false charges of racism against the Republican Party in order to keep blacks from voting for Republicans by ...

... of Republicans. In court, Democrats refused to apologize for their racism and, using an army of lawyers, relied on the legal technicality of ... conditions created by Democrats.  Since the so-called War on Poverty of the 1960's, over nine trillion dollars have ... a political weapon and apologize to blacks for their history of racism so that our nation can finally heal our racial wounds. ...