In the Traprock Spotlight —
“On Ukraine, there is no peace voice in Congress.”
Progressive Democrats Don Helmets, Embrace US-Russia Proxy War
June 15, 2022, from Cole Harrison, Director, MassPeaceAction
“… Congress has appropriated $54 billion for the Ukraine war – $13.6 billion in March and $40.1 billion on May 19 – of which $31.3 is for military purposes…All Democrats and all Massachusetts Representatives and Senators voted for the war funding, while a substantial number of Trumpist Republicans voted no.
Previously antiwar Democrats like Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Jim McGovern, Barbara Lee, Pramila Jayapal, Ilhan Omar, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Ed Markey, have uncritically embraced the Administration’s escalating proxy war against Russia.. .”… (full article)
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“We believe there is nothing to celebrate”: Independence Day rallies call for bodily autonomy
“Hundreds across Franklin County chose to celebrate Independence Day on Monday through pleas for individual independence, lining local streets while hoisting signs to advocate for bodily autonomy…”
See July 5, 2022 Greenfield Recorder article by Julian Mendoza here