CHRIS HEDGES: The warlords we champion in Afghanistan are as venal, as opposed to the rights of women and basic democratic freedoms, and as heavily involved in opium trafficking as the Taliban. The moral lines we draw between us and our adversaries are fictional. The uplifting narratives used to justify the war in Afghanistan are pathetic attempts to redeem acts of senseless brutality.
Obama to Native Americans: You Will Not Be Forgotten
OBAMA: President Barack Obama vowed not to forget American Indian tribes as representatives gathered for a White House conference on native issues.
Beltway Bulletin
The focus of this month’s Beltway Bulletin is “We Are the Climate Catastrophe Deniers”.
Introduction to Cutting Your Carbon Footprint
PETER BERGEL: Helping you and encouraging you to cut your carbon footprint is a major purpose of OPW’s 5% Solution to the Climate Crisis project. In addition to the information provided in this PeaceWorker’s focus topic articles, you will find a great deal more about this subject on OPW’s website, www.oregonpeaceworks.org. On our homepage, click the 5% Solution link.
Study Claims Meat Creates Half of All Greenhouse Gases
MARTIN HICKMAN: “A vegetarian driving a Hummer leaves less of a carbon footprint that a non-vegetarian driving a Prius.†– Reader’s comment.
New MPO Task Force Rolls Up Its Sleeves
1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON: As the issue of global warming occupies center stage on the national and international arena, here in Oregon, attention is focused on a newly appointed committee looking at how Oregon can combat global warming pollution from cars and trucks.