'In the wake of 9/11, some government leaders chose fear and hate over healing,' said USProgressives. 'We must end endless wars, close Guantanamo, and abandon unconstitutional surveillance and discriminatory policy.'
"We must end endless wars, close Guantánamo, and abandon unconstitutional surveillance and discriminatory policy," said the Congressional Progressive Caucus.Amid remembrances for all those killed at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania 21 years ago Sunday, some progressives U.S. lawmakers also renewed calls to learn from the so-called"War on Terror" and discriminatory policies that followed the terrorist attacks.
Noting that the U.S. government responded to the attacks with"two long-term military campaigns, torture, and countless civil rights and liberties violations of Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, Sikh, and South Asian people," the CPC declared that"we must end endless wars, close Guantánamo, and abandon unconstitutional surveillance and discriminatory policy."that"9/11 is when my path into activism and organizing truly began.
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