While rhetorical and tactical differences are evident between the Democrats and Republicans both pursue a foreign policy based on war, militarism and empire, asserts Brian Becker in this RT interview.

Veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam - including soldiers from Fort Lewis - are conducting a massive outreach and visibility campaign to deploying troops with information about the absurdity and immorality of going to Afghanistan, with information about their options to avert deployment.

WORD is organizing protests outside the presidential debates in Hempstead, New York and Boca Raton, Fla. During the week of October 16-22, women across the United States will march and protest in locally organized actions to defend women’s rights.

On the 11th anniversary of the criminal war on Afghanistan, people across the country took to the streets to denounce U.S. imperialism and the war machine.

Our Lives Our Rights co-founder and Iraq war veteran Mike Prysner discusses the upcoming deployment to Fort Lewis in the above interview.

On Monday, the ANSWER Coalition was highlighted in the mass media for our role in the protests in response to the outrageous police attack in Anaheim.

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October will mark the 11th anniversary of the U.S./NATO war in Afghanistan. In order to avoid the appearance of defeat, Washington continues to prosecute what is now the longest war in U.S. history—at a very heavy cost. Join us in the streets Oct. 6-7 to demand: End the war now!

Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition, speaking to RT: "Anti-Muslim film is a catalyst but the cause of mass protests is based on U.S. foreign policy."

The surprise of the U.S. government at the embassy protests shows its imperial arrogance, believing it can bomb and occupy the Middle East without triggering a response from the victims. A backdrop of colonial violence gives some insight as to why small sparks can create region-wide upsurges against the perpetrators of those crimes.