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Act Out! [86] - Support Troops not Veterans, Blue is Blood Red, Going Green & Appease Me

Act Out! [86] - Support Troops not Veterans, Blue is Blood Red, Going Green & Appease Me
Wed, 11/2/2016 - by Eleanor Goldfield
This article originally appeared on Occupy.com

This week, you may have heard that thousands of veterans got hosed by the military industrial complex. W mell, here are the details, what we can expect, and what one Army veteran has to say about the latest in a long string of lies and bottom-line crimes. Next up, activist and Green Party Senatorial candidate Arn Menconi digs in to the two-party system — and why he's not mincing words in the streets or in the halls of the mighty oligarchy. And finally: can you be appeased?

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Comments

richardprofumo replied on

We spend billions for war and how much for peace. Napoleon said you do anything with a bayonet accept sit on it! Peace is possible!

Mark replied on

Hi Eleanor, where can I find the poem you read out at the end? I thought it was rather powerful.

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