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How to Maximize the Impact of February 4th - No War on Iran PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 30 January 2012 05:33

 

by Bob Parsons

February 4, the day of mass action against war on Iran is fast approaching. Here are a few things you can do to help ensure a successful event:

Download and distribute fliers ahead of time (click the link and use the Word Doc to customize the announcement for your area):
No War on Iran - Feb. 4 Fliers

Email your friends and family:
you can send them a link to the page you set up which includes a map of where your event will be happening. Find the page you set up by searching here. Ask people to register so you can see ahead of time who is committed to coming and helping.

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If you're on Facebook or Twitter, you can quickly and easily share your event by clicking the social networking buttons on your page. Your event has been customized for your area. Tweet at prominent people in your community who can help spread the word by re-tweeting!

If you set up a Facebook event for your area and need help adding it to the webpage you set up, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it We recommend adding a link to local Facebook events to these pages: web traffic has spiked and you want to be sure that people can get involved.

One local event has posted plans to get together in a busy area of their town and distribute the IRAN: Who is the real threat? quiz, and talk to people about what's really going on. This is a great way for a small group of people to make an impact, and meet more people who want to speak out against this looming catastrophe.

Stay tuned for a press release that can be customized for your area. Be sure to let your local press know what you're doing, why, and that it's part of something much larger.

There will be two conference calls this week and you can join either or both. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to get dial-in info.

After the protest, don't forget to send PHOTOS and reports of what happened in your area - either send to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it '; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text38373 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //--> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or you can also tweet us or post to Facebook.

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Jan. 8 - A Moment to Commit and Re-Commit to Resisting Torture, War and Crimes PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 08 January 2012 18:14

by Sunsara Taylor 

Please join us for an evening of dance performance & discussion on Sunday January 8 
4:00 - 7:00 - NYC

Real people are still suffering: tortured by the US government, living death in Guantánamo Bay, Bagram, and "black sites" around the world.  
 
Historian and investigative journalist Andy Worthington, world authority on these prisoners, talks about them and his work.

Artists with American Creative Dance show some of these stories through poetry, theater, music and dance. 

 
Are You Counting on Us? We're Counting on You, Too. PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 28 December 2011 18:23
By Samantha Goldman
 
In this season of reflection and renewal, we hope you will recommit to bold resistance to stop the crimes of this government by making a donation to World Can’t Wait. Now is the time for us to recommit to doing everything in our power to stop the suffering here and abroad that our government is responsible for. When you renew your support of World Can’t Wait with an end-of-year donation not only do you reaffirm our shared values of putting the lives of all of humanity and the planet first but you make this message visible and real in the world.

You can count on World Can’t Wait to be there when & where resistance is needed:
•    On the 10th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo we will be part of a National Day of action in D.C., San Francisco, and Chicago
•    On January 22, the anniversary of Roe V. Wade, we will be in D.C. standing up for women’s right to abortion.
•    This spring we will be taking the We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour to the schools where young people are being most heavily recruited. Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who are now against these wars will have the opportunity to share the stories with students and work with students to develop ways to resist the recruiters at their schools.
•    We will be at the G8, NATO, Democrat and Republican Conventions challenging the dogs of war & speaking the truth about the crimes of this government.

Can we count on you to join us?
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Call to Protest If the U.S. Attacks Iran or Syria PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 22 December 2011 01:07

Received from the Midwest Antiwar Mobilization:

The government has been escalating its threats against both Iran and Syria--and has imposed more and more sanctions, tried to destabilize both of them, and more.

We need to protest this and also prepare for a big demonstration of outrage if the U.S. government or one of its proxies (such as Israel or NATO) openly launches a military attack. We should be ready to come out for an emergency protest.

 
The World Needs World Can't Wait - and We Need You! PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 15 December 2011 18:44

 By Debra Sweet and Candace Gorman 

We are reflecting on a year marked by the breaking open of beautiful waves of resistance to oppressive governments across the globe on the one hand and mounting crimes waged by our government in our name on the other. In this dynamic landscape what we do can make a profound difference. Donating to World Can’t Wait and continuing your commitment to end the crimes of this government makes that difference.

Who could have anticipated the fresh, positive development of the OCCUPY Wall Street + Everywhere movement where it is most needed – here in the U.S.? In this new situation of possibilities for mass resistance, World Can’t Wait’s relentless voice is needed more than ever.

We hope you can re-join our work with a donation. This movement is stronger with you and we hope this letter serves to update you. We need your financial support to reach our year-end goal of $50,000 by December 31.

 
Relying on You to Stand with Humanity PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 14 December 2011 07:19

Dear Reader,

As you're considering where to give at year's end, I hope you will think of all the inspiration -- and challenges -- World Can't Wait brings to people. We stand firm in our mission to stop the crimes of our government and need your involvement in fulfilling that mission.

We are unafraid to take on the big issues of war and torture in the aftermath of 9/11, whether that requires "mic checking" Bush era war criminals (or the present-day politicians enabling great crimes), or debating military recruiters over the U.S. war on Afghanistan. An end-of-year donation from you will help make these projects possible:

► World Can't Wait is committed to bringing at least 200 people to Washington DC on January 11, to form a human chain protesting the 10 year anniversary of the prison in Guantánamo, and continued indefinite detention of thousands of men by our government in Bagram Afghanistan.  

What good will this action do?

 
National Day of Action to Close Guantánamo and Bagram: 10 Years Too Many! PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 05 December 2011 18:17

by Debra Sweet 

The 2,771 detainees still at Guantánamo and Bagram represent all that is wrong--morally and legally--with the war of terror our government loosed on the world after 9/11. 

January 11, 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Guantánamo prison. It is past time for us to say enough, end this madness. 

Free those detainees who have already been exonerated or try them according to US legal norms. Similarly with those prisoners held at Bagram. Torture and indefinite detention are symbols of a government that believes itself above the moral and legal constraints of a civilized society.

On January 11, in Washington DC we will form a human chain of 2,771 people representing prisoners held at these prisons.
 

 

 
World Can't Wait: A Relentless Voice Needed Now More Than Ever PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 22 November 2011 15:54

 

by Debra Sweet and Candace Gorman

We are reflecting on a year marked by the breaking open of beautiful waves of resistance to oppressive governments across the globe on the one hand and mounting crimes waged by our government in our name on the other. In this dynamic landscape what we do can make a profound difference.
Donate

Donating to World Can’t Wait and continuing your commitment to end the crimes of this government makes that difference.  Who could have anticipated the fresh, positive development of the OCCUPY Wall Street + Everywhere movement where it is most needed – here in the U.S.? In this new situation of possibilities for mass resistance, World Can’t Wait’s relentless voice is needed more than ever.  
 
The World Needs World Can't Wait and We Need You PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 19 November 2011 20:10

Anthony Wagner [1982–2011]

Anthony Wagner
Anthony, who was sent to Iraq by the U.S. Army in 2005-06, spoke on the We Are Not Your Soldiers tour and stayed in touch with high school students he met while explaining why they shouldn't join the military and participate in occupying and destroying whole countries. He was a filmmaker, college student, Illinois native and anti-war hero.
Anthony died unexpectedly earlier this month. Shown here in the back, left, he was a warm, sweet and funny man; our hearts and love go to his family and friends who share our commitment to end the wars that used and abused good people like Anthony.

Organizing Protest

9/11 Global Memorial

This fall, World Can’t Wait organized protests on several terrible 10-year anniversaries. On 9/11, we held a memorial for the victims of the U.S. Global War on Terror, blocks from the World Trade Center site, on September 11. The somber respect the memorial received, which included the boots of U.S. military and shoes of Iraqi and Afghan civilians; the photos of torture at Abu Ghraib and other war crimes, indicated to us that a mood was changing in the country. Many thanked us, and said they are ashamed of their government for waging these wars.

Continued Need for an Anti-War Movement

Drone Protest
The Commander-in-Chief/Nobel Prize Laureate is moving toward a war-fighting doctrine increasingly based on the use of unmanned drones in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia, and also ordered their use in Libya and Iraq. On October 6 and 7, we organized a fleet of 3 replica Reaper Drones as a visual protest at General Atomics, a drone maker near the White House, and at the National Air and Space Museum. The U.S. drone programs, run by both the CIA and the military, announce always that “insurgents” were killed by drone strikes, though growing evidence and documentation is bringing the civilian toll of thousands killed, especially in Pakistan, to light.

Stop Mass Incarceration!

Debra Sweet at Stop and Frisk

Stop mass incarceration by the U.S. at home and abroad! Debra joined a nonviolent civil disobedience action against the NYPD’s “stop and frisk” program, which is on track to stop 700,000 people this year, almost 90% Black and Latino, and with less than 10% of those stopped even receiving a ticket. Here we are at Harlem’s 28th Precinct in October, in the first action of a campaign moving around the city to stop this unconstitutional, racist practice through mass resistance. World Can’t Wait organized support for two waves of hunger strikes this summer in the CA prison system, where prisoners of all nationalities united to protest solitary confinement carried out for decades.

November 2010: 

Dear Friends,

We are reflecting on a year marked by the breaking open of beautiful waves of resistance to oppressive governments across the globe on the one hand and mounting crimes waged by our government in our name on the other. In this dynamic landscape what we do can make a profound difference. Donating to World Can’t Wait and continuing your commitment to end the crimes of this government makes that difference.

Who could have anticipated the fresh, positive development of the OCCUPY Wall Street + Everywhere movement where it is most needed – here in the U.S.? In this new situation of possibilities for mass resistance, World Can’t Wait’s relentless voice is needed more than ever.

We hope you can re-join our work with a donation. This movement is stronger with you and we hope this letter serves to update you. We need your financial support to reach our year-end goal of $50,000 by December 31.

In February as the Mubarak government was driven out, Debra sent a one sentence message, accompanied by a gorgeous photo of millions in Tahrir Square, “Now, do you see what we were talking about?” A huge part of addressing major systemic problems is accomplished by masses of people taking to the streets and staying there.

People are justified in feeling how intolerable the lopsidedness of income is in our own country, but don’t always know understand how much that is connected to our government expanding its empire, and thus becoming more repressive at home. Our mission is helping people see that reality, and giving them a way to act to stop the crimes of our government becomes more important as those crimes mount. Bringing it all together is crucial at this time.

Six years ago, when World Can’t Wait began, not enough people thought such actions were necessary or possible. But now, Occupy Wall Street is two months old, and occupations have spread, literally changing our concept of an “occupation.” Some are being evicted or brutally attacked by police (and being strengthened because of those attacks), but something new has been born. We have an answer to the question; tens of thousands are showing that they are moved – and sometimes both desperate and hopeful enough – to take such actions.

Though Barack Obama announced the end of combat troops in Iraq – something necessitated by the opposition we in the antiwar movement are responsible for – the U.S. remains deeply engaged in occupying Iraq, with combat troops over the border in Kuwait ready to return quickly, and tens of thousands of private contractors in the country. Obama, in fact, wanted to scrap Bush’s 2011 date for withdrawal, provided he could get troops immunity from local prosecution. Reportedly the Iraqi government balked at such immunity because they read a U.S. diplomatic cable via Wikileaks which detailed a 2006 U.S. military killing of ten Iraqi civilians and bombings to destroy the evidence in Ishaqi, Iraq. The war on Iraq was illegitimate, immoral, unjust, and based on lies when George Bush began it, and the continued domination remains so. Someone needs to say: Prosecute the criminals who launched this war of aggression.

Afghanistan is now fully Obama’s war, with civilian deaths increasing since he sent more troops and continued the “night raids” that so outrage the population there. As we are meeting more veterans of the war, we sense growing anger at the ongoing crimes against the Afghan people. We are proud to have helped initiate the occupation of Freedom Plaza in Washington on October 6, the 10th anniversary of the U.S. bombing and invasion of Afghanistan. Someone needs to say: Ten years is way too long for the richest country to be destroying one of the poorest on the planet.

A foundation of the Bush doctrine was that the president can do whatever he wants. Bush didn’t, however, openly order the killing of U.S. citizens. That Barack Obama just sent drone strikes to kill 3 three U.S. citizens (Anwar al-Awlaki, a Muslim cleric, his 16 year old son, and another associate in Yemen) and justifies it is a horror. This is monstrous immorality – no government should be allowed to kill with impunity, much less from a distance, in secret, off a battlefield. These actions are not making the world, nor people in this country, safer. Someone needs to say: Crimes are crimes, no matter who does them.

Someone needs to say all this louder, and World Can’t Wait does! We go after the cutting edge issues, dig through the lies and cover-ups to speak the truth. We find substantive and visible ways to encourage people to act on what their consciences tell them is true, opening up space for people to take principled stands of resistance. And we support them when they do.

We’ve learned how much people crave community, and how much a community of truth-seekers, artists, activists, war resisters and youth can open up possibilities. World Can’t Wait fosters this community and provides a place for all those who are disgusted and want to act, including those in non-urban areas. We connect people across the country through our volunteer national office, conference calls, webcasts, online social networking, and live events.

Supporters of World Can’t Wait – including you who support this work financially – have been tremendously energetic, creative and determined in showing collective conscience in action. We can’t and won’t stop now, though we will do a lot more with sufficient funding.

World Can’t Wait has stuck with its principles, and is leading others to take meaningful actions that challenge the wars, the torture state and the re-making of U.S. society in a fascist direction. Can you think back to before the USA PATRIOT Act, before surveillance cameras and “watch what you say” and “Homeland” security? Can you remember when only Republicans rounded up immigrants and separated families in detention, or supported legislation giving “personhood” rights to fetuses? We cherish allies who tell is like it is. As we said in the Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime, “This whole idea of putting our hopes and energies into ‘leaders’ who tell us to seek common ground with fascists and religious fanatics is proving every day to be a disaster, and actually serves to demobilize people.” We need our own voices speaking up for the people’s interests.

We ask for your year-end donation now in support of concrete efforts to stop the crimes of our government.

• 2012 begins with the tenth anniversary of Bush opening the U.S. prison at Guantánamo. World Can’t Wait has been working for months in coalition with Amnesty International, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Witness Against Torture and other groups to mark it by gathering a human chain of 2,271 orange jump-suited protesters from the White House to the Capitol.

171 will represent the Guantánamo prisoners, more than half of whom were cleared to leave by the Bush regime. 2,100 will represent an approximate number held in the U.S. prison at Bagram, Afghanistan, without habeas corpus rights, thanks to the Obama administration. The 2,771 detainees still at Guantánamo and Bagram represent all that is wrong – morally and legally – with the war of terror the Bush regime loosed on the world after 9/11.

• Dozens more schools are waiting for the We Are Not Your Soldiers tour. We are meeting more veterans who want to speak as soon as we get funds for transportation, stipends, and materials. But even that is not enough! It will be a crime if this program doesn’t get so well known and controversial that it becomes an attraction for kids who know the wars are wrong. This tour needs to be a news item, known by millions. When the tour starts being debated in school board meetings, we’ll know we are cracking open the school to military pipeline.

Will the dogs of war be unchallenged at the major political events in 2012? NATO and the G8 meet in Chicago in May, the Republicans in Tampa in August, and the Democrats in Charlotte in September. Repressive police measures are being planned now. They mobilize silence, so we must mobilize truth-speaking. We are going to do everything we can, not to let people drop their sights or lie to themselves about the decisive need for our interests to be represented in the streets, and on the airwaves as the fate of millions is decided in barricaded convention centers.

World Can’t Wait’s message is directed at people living in this country who have a basic responsibility for what our government does. We know that political protest by a mass, independent movement which is determined, broad, and large enough can force governments to respond to just demands. Let’s work together to be sure that this new wave of street protests brings forward sustained resistance aimed at stopping the crimes of our government that cause so much suffering. Because the world can’t wait!

Sincerely,

Debra Sweet,
DIRECTOR, WORLD CAN’T WAIT

Debra Sweet

and

Candace Gorman,
ATTORNEY
FOR GUANTÁNAMO PRISONERS

P.S. Please make your year-end donation today to support continued bold, visible resistance in 2012. The world needs World Can’t Wait, and we need you.

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The World Needs World Can't Wait - and World Can't Wait Needs YOU! PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 17 November 2011 18:47

by Samantha Goldman

The U.S. government is on the attack with drone bombings and tear gas but for the first time in too long people are fighting back - not backing down with the Occupy movement; putting their bodies on the line to stop the racist police policy “stop and frisk” and much more across the country. World Can’t Wait provides the voice, vehicle, and organization for all those who want to see an end to the crimes of the U.S. empire.

We know that you want the crimes of this government to be brought to a halt - but we want you to know that YOU are key to making that happen.

The world needs World Can’t Wait, and we need YOU! Be a part of making visible, creative, and bold resistance possible in 2012.

 
Hawai`i: Resistance Gearing Up Against APEC Meeting November 7-13 PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 07 November 2011 18:24

This article originally appeared as a letter in Revolution 

The City of Honolulu, Hawai`i, is bracing for the 2011 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit, which is scheduled to meet here from November 7-13. The 7-day meeting will culminate with a CEO Summit from November 10-12 and a Leaders' Summit from November 10-13. The CEO Summit will include CEOs representing hundreds of corporations, including Walmart, Microsoft, Freeport Copper, Dow, Boeing, and Chevron.

The Leaders' Summit will include government leaders from the 21 member countries, including President Obama and Hillary Clinton from the U.S., President Hu Jintao of China, and President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia.

 
Occupy Oakland General Strike Wednesday PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 01 November 2011 20:19

Occupy Oakland has called a general strike for Wednesday November 2.  Dozens of unions, schools, coffee shop workers and businesses are joining in after the brutal police attack on the occupiers last week.  Join in where you are.  Find out more for other cities at occupytogether.org.

 

 
Occupy 3rd & Howard Tuesday: Say NO! to Endless Wars for Empire! PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 24 October 2011 19:36

 "YOUR GOVERNMENT enforces a culture of greed, bigotry, intolerance and ignorance"

-from the Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime (2005).

OBAMA’S COMING TO TOWN!
 
Occupy… Bring the Noise… Represent!
 
EXCLUSIVE SAN FRANCISCO LUNCHEON
TUESDAY OCTOBER 25
“W” HOTEL
 
$7500/plate fundraiser closed to the public
PROTEST ALL THE CRIMES THIS MONEY WILL BUY!
Meet up at 3rd & Howard Streets at 11:00 AM
 
San Francisco: Occupy 3rd & Howard Tuesday - Say NO! to Endless Wars for Empire! PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 24 October 2011 19:36

 "YOUR GOVERNMENT enforces a culture of greed, bigotry, intolerance and ignorance"

-from the Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime (2005).

OBAMA’S COMING TO TOWN!
 
Occupy… Bring the Noise… Represent!
 
EXCLUSIVE SAN FRANCISCO LUNCHEON
TUESDAY OCTOBER 25
“W” HOTEL
 
$7500/plate fundraiser closed to the public
PROTEST ALL THE CRIMES THIS MONEY WILL BUY!
Meet up at 3rd & Howard Streets at 11:00 AM
 
Help Print Thousands of Anti-war, pro-People of the World Messages PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 October 2011 20:04

Our national office is printing a fresh batch of materials because we are almost out! People at Occupy Wall Street and other actions have been hungry for the anti-war, pro-people of the world message that our shirts, buttons, leaflets bring. By the end of this week we will have 10,000 full-color stickers to distribute (see images above). Donations are urgently needed to produce these stickers along with a new line of buttons, t-shirts, and bumper stickers to get out at the occupy demonstrations. Your support will enable people to wear their resistance to U.S. wars for empire and their solidarity with all those who are standing against it.

 
Stand up to Police Repression: October 22, 2011: Wear Black! PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 October 2011 19:55
by Debra Sweet
 
World Can't Wait, since its inception, has stood against police state measures and in support of people's basic rights. This month, more than 33 cities will demonstrate against "Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation."
 
Resisting, and understanding police repression is acutely needed for the courageous young people across the country who are now facing batons and mass arrests - often for the first time, and unawares of the ramped up repression which has targeted whole groups of people in the U.S. for years.
 
Protest Obama in San Francisco October 25 PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 October 2011 16:30

Obama with troops and bombsFrom the SF Bay Area Chapter of World Can't Wait:

OBAMA’S COMING TO TOWN! Bring the Noise… Resist the Crimes of Your Government!

PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKS IN SF
TUES. OCT. 25 – 11:00 AM

3rd and Howard, San Francisco

Exclusive luncheon for 200 big donors ($7500/plate!) Public not invited!
A Community Public Service Announcement from World Can’t Wait
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We in The World Can't Wait express our enthusiastic solidarity with the morally and physically courageous youth of Occupy SF and all others forming occupations in the Bay Area and beyond. They have not resigned themselves to accepting the way the world is, but are boldly exposing the towering crimes and audacious lies of this nation’s financial and political elites. Their actions are an extremely welcome development and a gust of fresh air in the suffocating and poisonous atmosphere that the major parties, the Tea Partiers, and their billionaire sponsors have been propagating and imposing, in this, the "land of the free."

 
How Do You Mark a Decade of War? PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 07 October 2011 20:06

By Debra Sweet

War  Crimes Must Be StoppedFriday, Saturday, Sunday and beyond: find a protest near you and speak out against the war together with people around the country.

In DC - the occupation of Freedom Plaza has begun. More reports to come...

Watch and read coverage from USAToday, where Debra Sweet is quoted: "The disparity between rich and poor is unbearable and outrageous... Everything is set up to benefit the 1% who run this country."

 
There as Here: Demanding an End to the U.S. War and Occupation in Afghanistan While We Occupy Together PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 07 October 2011 16:18

By Jill McLauglin 

As an activist and organizer against the U.S. war/ occupations and torture I see the potential for truly changing the world as it now is as we approach the 10 year old U.S. war and occupation of Afghanistan.  This feeling of excitement and the sense there is something beautiful and big blowing in the air from witnessing the Occupy Together movement grow and stand it’s ground since it’s first Occupation at Wall St.
 
The young people who started the Occupy Together movement  in response to very real situation of corporate greed and economic inequality are not buying the “this is the way it is and will always be so don’t bother lifting your heads, raising your voices, or using your imagination because those who have the power are too powerful and will squash you. ” They are not deterred by the scorn and cynicism from passive onlookers, mainstream media snarkiness, the disdain of political pundits, or police brutality. They see a grave injustice and want to do something other than wait for the next election.
 
Ten Years. PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 26 September 2011 22:17

Ten years. Ten long years of invasions and occupations, drone bombings and night raids; of torture chambers, “enhanced interrogation techniques” and indefinite imprisonment without trial. Ten years, and the number of dead is over a million. Ten years, and more than four million people made refugees.
 
Ten years since Dick Cheney said these wars “may never end. At least, not in our lifetime’’. Stop and think about that. Think about what these ten years of U.S. wars have meant to the people in Iraq , Afghanistan , Somalia , Yemen . Think about the fact that the United States has reserved its “right” to invade wherever it wants, to embed military occupations across the planet, to systematically kill whoever it determines has gotten in their way.
 
Is that the world you want to live in? Is this the planet we aspire to bequeath to future generations?

 
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