Fifty-two congressional candidates and 18 activist organizations are opposing any more funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and inviting more candidates, incumbents, and organizations to join them. The 52 candidates, from 21 different states, include 19 Democrats, 16 Libertarians, 15 Greens, 2 Independents, and 0 Republicans (and more may be added to the website by the time you read this). Forty-six are candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, and six for the Senate.
Greg Bishop introduces Green candidate for the 18th CD, Sheldon Schafer and Randy Stufflebeam, Senate Candidate of the Constitution Party to talk about the human and financial toll of US involvement in the Middle East. Also, the constitutionality of the wars is discussed. Both spoke Saturday March 20, 2010 in Springfield, Illinois.
New IPFM Report: Unsuccessful "Fast Breeder" Is No Solution For Long-Term Reactor Waste Disposal Issues
After Over $50 Billion Spent by US, Japan, Russia, UK, India and France, No Commercial Model Found; High Cost, Unreliability, Major Safety Problems and Proliferation Risks All Seen as Major Barriers to Use. Hopes that the “fast breeder” -- a plutonium?fueled nuclear reactor designed to produce more fuel than it consumed -- might serve as a major part of the long-term nuclear waste disposal solution are not merited by the dismal track record to date of such sodium-cooled reactors in France, India, Japan, the Soviet Union/Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, according to a major new study from the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM).
