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Freedom of speech?—Chicago man terminated for tweet about widow of Navy SEAL...
We can see once again how freedom of speech doesn’t work well in a society where our employers have so much power over us. They can fire us for any reason or no reason at all, at least in most states....
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By SJ OttoThis last Friday, March 10, about 50 people came to see the film "National Bird," a documentary film about the US unmanned drone program. The film was shown at the Peace and Social Justice...
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New Republican health care plan—just like the old ways—before Obamacare
By SJ OttoThe new Republican plan to repeal and replace (sort of) Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) mostly includes the same old status quo we had before we had it. It amounts to the same old style...
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Striking on International Women’s Day Is Not a Privilege
From The Nation: In her recent op-ed for Elle, Sady Doyle asks the important question, “What does it mean for women to go on strike in 2017?” She argues that because increasing inequality among women...
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Wichita, Kansas- Breaking the Silence on the US Drone War
Friday, March 10, 7:00 pmHubbard Hall, Rm 208, Wichita State University In March Wichita will get to learn about the US Drone War from Air Force veteran Lisa Ling, who is a former technical...
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Wichita, Kansas- Indigenous Peoples' Continuing Struggle
Sunday, March 12, 7:00 - 9:00 pmWSU Hughes MetroplexRoom 132, Enter Door C, East Side of the Metroplex.Reception at 6:30. Free and open to the public.Dr. Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizDr. Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in...
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Former US assassin drone operator sheds light on a program she now condemns
By SJ OttoLisa Ling used to operate those unmanned drones the US Army uses for assassinations in parts of the Middle east and Africa. Today she travels the country to tell people why the US Army should...
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Another Saint Patrick's Day- 2017
Saint Patrick was just a missionary. He probably did little to improve the lives of the Irish and instead came to the island to fill people up with mysticism. He never drove out the snakes because...
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How Missouri added insult to the pain of my abortion
The following article is from the Chicago Tribune. This is a good example of the problems caused when right-wing Christians get a chance to stack the court deck full of laws that are strictly intended...
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Do we really want to go back to the polluted environment of the 1960s?!
By SJ OttoI remember when I was a kid, maybe 9 years old, I lived in St. Louis, MO.Most of the small creeks I lived by were open sewers. I remember being taken to a beautiful park, back in those days,...
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Mary Harren- peace activist and anti-imperialist- dies
Mary McDonough Harren has died yesterday. In KS, she was about the first person I met here in Wichita when I became politically active. I will miss her a lot and I know a lot of my friends will miss...
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A need to stop politicians from more chipping away at abortion rights
From Julie A. Burkhart, Trust Women Foundation: The Oklahoma House passed HB 1549, which would prohibit a physician from performing an abortion solely because of a fetal anomaly, this week. Like all of...
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Mary Harren, longtime peace activist, socialist and anti-imperialist- dies
By SJ OttoI first moved to Wichita sometime in 1980. One of the fist political activists I met was Mary (McDonough) Harren. She was the go to person involved in the local peace movement here in...
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Wichita State University Student Government Association rebels against a...
By SJ OttoThe Wichita State University Student Government Association, the elected student body, has delivered a vote of “no confidence” to the school’s President, John Bardo. This vote passed by a...
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Don’t let the lack luster and Brownback flunkey Ron Estes waltz in and win
By SJ OttoVoting has already started for the April 11 special election to see who will win the seat vacated by Republican Mike Pompeo, the war monger who President Donald Trump chose to run the CIA.On...
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The Peace Movement of the 1980s was part of our history—future generations...
By សតិវអតុI work for the school system here in Wichita. I am a substitute teacher. I don’t have my own class room. And from time to time I take a look at the books that are used to educate our young...
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Ron Estes—major slacker- and he’s a Brownbacker
By SJ OttoA song years ago, called The Way, by Fastball sang; “An exit to eternal summer slacking.” Well, if they needed a role model for slacking, Ron Estes is their man. Until just recently he has...
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The US is politically divided—right vs. left- we don’t need appeasement, we...
By SJ OttoWe hear a lot of talk about pulling the country together. We can all see how split apart this nation is. Conservatives and liberals have rarely been as divided as they are now. But joining...
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Slacker Ron Estes wins the battle—not the war—for Kansas’ hearts and minds
By SJ OttoNot surprisingly, Ron Estes beat James Thompson, but not by as much as the Republican Party expected or hoped for. Just before 10 last night, Estes finally made it to his election campaign...
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