Fact Sheet
VIDEO:
Starvation in Kandahar Province
Articles and Reports
McChrystal: Jobs Could Curb Taliban Fighting (USA Today, 2009)
The Schools the Taliban Won't Torch (Washington Monthly, 2007)
Minister: U.S. Shortchanging National Solidarity Program (Wired, 2009)
Why It's Not Working in Afghanistan (Ann Jones, 2006)
The Road to Taliban Land (Ann Jones, 2006)
Waste Management Slipping Out of Control in Kabul (RAWA, 2008)
Children Try to Make a Living on Afghan Streets (NPR, 2008)
Allies Turn Afghan Insurgents into Partners (Army Times, 2009)
Looking
for
the
"Ten
Dollar
Taliban" (AP, 2009)
"It
Was
Either
Join
the
Taliban
or
Watch His Family Starve,"
(Institute for War and Peace Reporting, 2007)
Aid Effectiveness in Afghanistan (OXFAM, 2008)
The
Truth
Behind
the
Afghan
Insurgency
(Boston
Globe,
2009)
"The
Occasional Taleban" (Institute for War and Peace Reporting)
"Farah is now dominated by unemployment and poor
living
conditions. This is what makes young men join the opposition."
-
Police Chief in Farah District
MORE ARTICLES...
Jobs for Afghans
featuREd in Robert Greenwald's "Rethink Afghanistan" (FILM TRAILER
VIDEO)
The co-founders of Jobs
for Afghans in Kabul
Radio
Interview with Ralph Lopez, WZBK
Keene, NH
Radio Interview of Ralph Lopez on Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox (after Kevin
Zeese)
Documentary:
Afghan
Marshall
Plan,
An
Exit
Strategy
(Full-length, 27 minutes, at
PEGMEDIA, for public access TV download)
Preview online as MP4
Who
wants war?
"The Windfalls
of War," Center for Public Integrity
"This
conjunction
of
an
immense
military
establishment
and
a
large
arms
industry
is
new
in
the
American
experience...we must not fail to
comprehend its grave implications...we must guard against the
acquisition of
unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the
military-industrial
complex." -President
Dwight
Eisenhower,
Farewell
Speech,
1961
Why
the Wars
Roll On: Ban Campaign Money from Outside District (Truthout.org, 2009)
Please
forward
this
op-ed
to
your
representatives
here.
Time
Magazine
"If the had jobs, they would stop fighting" -Korangal Valley Elder
Review
of
Time
Cover
Story
cover
story
CARE
International
Cash-for-Work
Site
(Report)
Late and Breaking
Proposed
follow-on resolution to Rep. Dennis Kucinich Resolution Directing
Troops to be Withdrawn by December 31, 2010: "The Orderly Withdrawal
and
Stabilization for Afghanistan Act"
Forget
Marjah,
What
About
Kabul?
An utterly remarkable
film. Must see this if you want to understand Afghanistan.
Stunning.
Jobs
for
Afghans
Applauds Reconciliation Program, Says Does not Go Far Enough
Action
Wright's Congressional Directory
General Congressional Directory
PDAmerica's
Brown
Bag
Lunch
Vigils
at
Congress
Members' District Offices
Please Help Us Reach John Kerry, My Own Senator
Stop Winter Starvation
in Afghanistan
Call list
for
sponsors of HR 2404 (McGovern, demanding an exit strategy from the
president)
to now commit to no funding for troop escalation by co-sponsoring HR
3699 (Lee)
U.S. House
of Representatives Appropriations Committee, Rep.
David
Obey, Chairman (D-WI)
Soldiers'
and
Vets'
Congressional
Call
and
Email
Campaign,
in
Support of Our D.C.
Lobbying
How to Make
Congress Listen
U.S. Labor Can Stop a War,
Here's How
Defense
Industry Contributions
to US Congressmen, Ranked
Newspaper
Ad Campaign
No Torture!
Blog
Bomb Blast in Kabul: That Was Me
Has Anyone Seen My Little Buddy
After the Car Bombing in Kabul?
An
Exit
Strategy
for
Afghanistan
KabulJourney.blogspot.com
More blogs...
Guest
Blogger: Wright
Salisbury,
"Bring
Back the Draft and End the Wars"