Roots Action<\/a> defines itself as an initiative aimed at \u201cgalvanizing millions of Americans who are committed to economic fairness, equal rights, civil liberties, environmental protection — and defunding endless wars.\u201d<\/p>\nIts opening salvo is simple: \u201cWe oppose the war in Afghanistan.\u201d And it challenges supporters to reject \u201cthe false claims used to justify US troop casualties, vast military spending, countless foreign deaths and illegal acts\u2026Choose jobs, education and healthcare over endless warfare.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roots Action\u2019s list of high-profile supporters is a who\u2019s who of the progressive movement: Jim Hightower, Naomi Klein, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Barbara Ehrenreich, Glenn Greenwald, Coleen Rowley, Norman Solomon and many others. It\u2019s also a partnership with Common Dreams, a widely read on-line purveyor of breaking news and opinion for the progressive community. Roots Action offers a direct link to articles published via Common Dreams.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s refreshing to see the \u201cprofessional left\u201d mobilizing around a cause that has been neglected for too long. In all the talk about the US deficit and \u201cunbridled spending,\u201d the misguided, pointless expense of our military invasion of Afghanistan is rarely mentioned. I\u2019m hoping that the people on that irresistible Who\u2019s Who will really be the movers and shakers they appear to be, and that they\u2019ll be effective in mobilizing the anti-war troops to help us to end the war in Afghanistan and restore reason and responsibility to our national economic dialogue.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
They had me at Daniel Ellsberg. Ten minutes ago, a call to action landed in my email inbox. It took me less than a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[847,848],"yoast_head":"\n
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