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VETERANS' GROUP RESPONDS TO BIDEN'S "CLUSTER BOMBS FOR UKRAINE" ANNOUNCEMENET

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Friday, July 7, 2023
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The Scranton plant produces 11,000 artillery shells a month but cannot keep up with the demand for killing.

Key Points: 
  • The Scranton plant produces 11,000 artillery shells a month but cannot keep up with the demand for killing.
  • It reveals to the world just how little the U.S. cares for Ukrainian people and their futures and the futures of the Russian people.
  • In postwar areas where cluster bombs have been used, they wreak a horrific toll on children who pick up the unexploded duds.
  • Corporations reaping bloody profits from cluster bombs are the only beneficiaries of this tragic policy and this war.

The People's Forum Joint Initiative Writes Open Letter to President Biden to End Cuba Sanctions After Deadly Fire

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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In response, The People's Forum an educational space and movement incubator for grassroots organizations and allied groups wrote an urgent and public appeal to President Biden.

Key Points: 
  • In response, The People's Forum an educational space and movement incubator for grassroots organizations and allied groups wrote an urgent and public appeal to President Biden.
  • The letter was drafted because of the urgency of the situation and the immediate need to lift U.S. sanctions to allow international aid into the country.
  • This fire, the largest in Cuban history, comes when Cuba is undergoing an energy crisis due to soaring global fuel costs and aging infrastructure.
  • Due to the sanctions, there are long, complex processes to get licenses to send aid, usually taking months for approval.