Drone Debate, Killing “Clean,” Volunteer Army, and National Service

Ideas and Issues

New Orleans    Stick with me on this, brothers and sisters, because I swear there is a ironclad connection welding all of these pieces together:  drones, the draft, and national service or killing “clean,” the volunteer army, and social equality, if you prefer. Suddenly, there is a bit of kerfuffle about our unmanned, million dollar drone …

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Every Friday in Bil’in is Demo Time for Iyad Burnat and the Gang on the West Bank

Community Organizing International

Atlanta     Fred Brooks, an old comrade, and now professor at Georgia State, asked if I would be interested in hearing a visiting speaker, Iyad Burnat, who was a Palestinian organizer of nonviolent protests on the ever controversial West Bank and happened to be giving a talk at Kennesaw State at the international conflict resolution center up …

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