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War's racial edge: communities of color don't want Bush's war. How will we turn the peace sentiment into a movement against militarism and racial oppression at home and abroad? (To the Point).
In the fall of 1990, as the U.S. amassed troops in the Persian Gulf, preparing for what was to become the Gulf War, a small community organization in Providence, Rhode Island began a discussion that led it to rake its first public position against the war. The organization was Direct Action for Rights & Equality (DARE), and I was a youth organizer with the group at the time.
What led DARE to take an anti-war position then and why, 12 years later, DARE has come out strongly against the current threat of war in Iraq, help illustrate the challenges and significance for communities of color that are increasingly compelled to engage the debate over war and peace ...
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