Category Archives: CIA

Michelle Nunn Faces Criticism from Progressives and Republicans Alike

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  (APN) ATLANTA — Michelle Nunn, the centrist candidate seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Georgia, is facing severe criticism from progressive Democrats and from Republicans alike, for her and her campaign’s tactics of vaguery, inaccessibility, equivocation, and deception, and for Republican-lite policy positions that are neither progressive nor openly right-wing.   Progressive Democrats, including her opponents in […]

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US Hypocrisy on Syria, Chemical Weapons, as Protests Grow

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(APN) ATLANTA — On Saturday, September 07, 2013 over two hundred Atlantans turned out at CNN Center to say NO WAR ON SYRIA.  It was a national day of massive public opposition to “Washington war insanity” in cities across the country.  People are sending a clear message they are weary of unending US military invasion and occupation in the Middle […]

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Medea Benjamin Discusses US Drones during Atlanta Visit

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By Courtney Hanson, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) DECATUR — The Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition hosted Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange and author of the recent book Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, in Atlanta on Monday, September 17, 2012. Benjamin, who was in Atlanta for no more than five hours, spoke to […]

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Former CIA, McGovern, Speaks in Atlanta on Osama, Clinton, and Erosion of Rights

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(APN) DECATUR — Ray McGovern, 71, former CIA analyst and current anti-war activist, visited Decatur on Monday, May 02, 2011, at the Atlanta Friends Meeting House, for a forum organized by the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition’s Atlanta chapter. Hundreds attended the event and there was standing room only. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, McGovern’s last visit to […]

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