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“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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Franklin County Standout for Racial Justice, May 25, 2022
The second anniversary of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th, 2020, brought residents of largely rural, predominately European-American Franklin County, Massachusetts, out to streets and bridges to demand justice for all. (Full story here)