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US-Afghanistan War —The Futility of War
From the Peace and Social Justice Center of Kansas, Summer Newsletter: The ongoing 15 year US War on Afghanistanis a sadly perfect example of how war as a remedy for injustice and terror...
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DSA continues to build on organization plans
By SJ OttoLast Saturday members of the local Wichita Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) continued organizing for the next year. The group discussed upcoming elections and outreaching to other...
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An Open Letter to Liberals & Progressives from the Black Bloc
I believe everyone deserves the right to be heard. So I'm posting this. -SJ OttoFrom It's Going Down":The deep state isn’t coming to save us. Trump isn’t going anywhere and it seems clear that the...
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US Army is on an extermination campaign
By SJ OttoNot long ago people complained about the prison camp at GuantanamoBay. Back then President George Bush called those prisoners "enemy combatants." he said they had no rights at all as enemy...
View ArticleWomen's rights in Arkansas under attack
From Julie A. BurkhartFounder and CEOTrust Women Foundation:Arkansas is the latest state to put the lives of women in danger with a ban on the safest, most common second-trimester abortion procedure....
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Why should we care about the health of John McCain?
By SJ OttoWhile nearly the whole mainstream press and politicians from both parties are honouring John McCain for his bravery and dedicated service to the American Government, and remember he was a war...
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Urban sprawl in West Wichita continues—clutter, clutter and more clutter
By SJ OttoIt seems like every Summer I write about urban sprawl and the lack of open spaces in my part of SedgwickCounty. So why should this year be any different?When I moved to Maize, KS almost 20...
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Scaramucci's Batting 1000- Second Day Of Work He Made A Liar Out Of Jay...
From Daily Kos:Anthony Scaramucci has been on the job a little over a day and already the Sunday shows are manifesting a level of double speak and chaos to rival the days of the Tower of Babel....
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Venezuela- Maduro: I Am Proud to Be Sanctioned Mr. Donald Trump
We hear a lot of doom and gloom from the main stream press and a lot of US politicians, including our President Donald Trump. But not every news outlet has focused on such negative assessments of what...
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We must defend Maduro and his Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela
By SJ OttoThere is so much hypocrisy on the US stand against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Constituent Assembly vote that it is hard to decide where to start. Supposedly Maduro is voting...
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The curse of urban sprawl: how cities grow, and why this has to change
Here is another point of view on urban sprawl. -SJ OttoFrom The Guardian:The total area covered by the world’s cities is set to triple in the next 40 years – eating up farmland and threatening the...
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NOW tracks the alarming trend of Democratic Party candidates who oppose...
From Toni Van Pelt , President of National Organization of Women:Last week, Democratic party leaders said that they would start funding candidates who oppose abortion rights. Steve, will you help us...
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Wichitans come out to rally for the victims of Charlottesville
By SJ OttoPeople from across Wichitamet this Sunday for a Stand Up! in Solidarity with Charlottesville rally at old Sedgwick County Courthouse grounds. About 300 people attended the rally. Other...
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We need some one in the US government to stand up to Trump's idiotic...
By SJ OttoIt's hard to ignore all the noise this week from our "Really has no business being" President Donald Trump. And while his statement on Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea: “fire and...
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Schwarzenegger Terminates Hate in Epic Trump Takedown Video
From Daily Kos:Just a quick note here: I never liked Arnold Schwarzenegger. Didn’t care for his movies, his celebrity schtick, his time as California governor, but this video addressing Trump,...
View ArticleAdvertising—in your face and gone is your privacy—and it is illegal
By SJ OttoOne thing I really hate about the capitalist system is advertising. It is everywhere. I turn on my TV and for the pleasure of watching a 30 minute or one-hour show I am interrupted with lots...
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New Missouri right-to-work law suspended
It has been a while since I had some good news to report on from unions in this country. This is one of those stories. Labor and union interests prevailed by using petitions to stop a...
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As US Imperialism gets weaker, we can all play a part in bringing it down
By SJ OttoIt should come as no surprise to any reader that this blog has sought to fight US Imperialism at every turn. I don't agree with the assumption that only Marxists are against US Imperialism...
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Hurricane Harvey likely to provoke polarizing fights
By now most of us are painfully aware that many of the record breaking storms are due to climate change. Most of the world's people already realize this. But there are those who just refuse to admit...
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