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Albany anti war conference plans protests
BY Meredith Aby | Albany, NY | 7/26/10
The National Conference to Bring the Troops Home Now met in Albany, New York, July 23-25. Around 700 activists from across the country came together to discuss and debate how to build the anti-war movement and to plan for coordinated days of protest.
National Conference to Bring the Troops Home Now, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Minnesota peace and justice movement plans major march on Democratic National Convention
BY Mick Kelly | Minneapolis, MN | 7/23/10
Leaders of the Twin Cities peace and justice movement announced plans for a major anti-war march to coincide with the opening of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) - in the convention is held in Minneapolis.
Democratic National Convention, DNC
U.S. scrambles to conceal video of Afghanistan massacre
BY Jacob Flom | United States | 6/22/10
In April 2010, a video leaked from top secret military files revealed a 2007 U.S. Army helicopter assault on Baghdad where eighteen civilians were murdered, including two journalists from the news agency Reuters.
Bradley Manning, Collateral Murder, Garani massacre, Iraq Veterans Against the War, IVAW, Julian Assange, WikiLeaks
Protest against escalating U.S. war and mineral exploitation in Afghanistan
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 6/19/10
On Thursday, anti-war activists protested at Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar’s office to demonstrate against the Obama administration’s escalating war in Afghanistan. The Anti-War Committee of Minneapolis-St. Paul organized the protest.
Anti-War Committee, Occupation, Senator Amy Klobuchar
10 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan, U.S. occupation crumbling
BY Kosta Harlan | Afghanistan | 6/08/10
Ten NATO occupation soldiers were killed by Afghan resistance forces on June 7, marking the deadliest day on record for the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan.
Afghan Resistance, NATO, Occupation, taliban
6 arrested at Representative McCollum’s office protesting more funding for Afghanistan war
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 5/20/10
On May 18, as news reports stated that 1000 U.S. military deaths had occurred in Afghanistan, over 70 people joined a Saint Paul protest at the office of U.S. Representative Betty McCollum to demand that she vote against a $33 billion request for additional funding for the war in Afghanistan.
Anti-War Committee, Betty McCollum
Nine arrested at Senator Klobuchar’s office protesting Afghan war funding
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 4/13/10
Nine people were arrested here, April 13, at the office of Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar after refusing to leave her office. Protesters talked with Klobuchar by telephone. When she refused to make a commitment to voting against funding for the war in Afghanistan, the peace activists decided to remain in her office until they were arrested.
Senator Klobuchar, War funding
Afghan civilians in bus gunned down by U.S. troops
BY Kosta Harlan | Kandahar, Afghanistan | 4/13/10
In the early morning hours of April 12, U.S. troops fired on a bus in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing five civilians and wounding 18 more. The driver of the bus, Esmate, said "They opened fire at us and I fell unconscious. The people who were killed were sitting in the seats just behind me."
NATO, Occupation
U.S. military covered up murders of Afghan civilians, investigation shows
BY Kosta Harlan | Paktia, Afghanistan | 4/06/10
An investigation into the killings of five Afghan civilians by U.S. forces on Feb. 12 has revealed that the U.S. tried to cover up its responsibility for the deaths.
NATO
Milwaukee protests wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
BY Daniel Ginsberg-Jaeckle | Milwaukee, WI | 3/23/10
One hundred people marched here, March 19, to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
Occupation
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