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Oct 24 • 3 tweets • 2 min read
As we know, it takes courage to cut through the war frenzy and call for diplomacy and peace. Today, 30 members of Congress did that by signing a letter by @RepJayapal urging negotiations for #PeaceInUkraine!
codepink.org/thirty_democra…
We at CODEPINK appreciate the courage these signatories displayed in dissenting from the status quo. As a leading peace and anti-war organization, we also ask that all members of Congress, regardless of political party, vote against future weapons and military spending.
Despite President Biden’s recent acknowledgement that we've never been closer to nuclear Armageddon since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, he is refusing to meet with Putin and instead escalating. Leaders who urge the president to pursue diplomacy are essential!

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Why do weapons companies have more power than working people in the US?

In the latest from @stephensemler in @jacobin, he explains how the military-industrial complex gets its power. Here are some of his key points: 🧵

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This week at the UN General Assembly, leaders from across the Americas made strong stands with the people of Cuba and Venezuela against US economic and political warfare.🧵
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21 years ago today the US used the tragedy of 9/11 to launch the “War on Terror.” There’s countless costs of this predatory use of people’s fear and grief to justify war. We look at 21 costs of war.🧵
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CODEPINK condemns the Biden administration’s decision to give $3.5 billion in Afghan assets (half the amount currently frozen in the US Federal Reserve Bank) to 9/11 families.

Here’s why ⬇️ 🧵
Afghan funds do not belong to the US.

For the US to give away assets that rightfully belong to Afghanistan is tantamount to theft. Full stop.
The US isn’t *just* stealing funds. It’s seizing funds from one of the poorest countries in the world. The Afghan people are starving while the war profiteers who exploited Afghanistan for 20 years continue to make a killing on killing.
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