America must move from the errant, retributive justice of 9/11 to a healing, restorative process of truth and reconciliation.

By Dennis Kucinich

9/11: The Truth Can Move Us Forward
September 11
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich: We suffer not only from the loss of innocent life on 9/11, but because the attacks became the rationale for an unjust war. It’s time to face the truth.

Before the Congress adjourns, I will bring forth a new proposal for the establishment of a National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation, which will have the power to compel testimony and gather official documents to reveal to the American people not only the underlying deception which has divided us, but in that process of truth seeking set our nation on a path of reconciliation.

We suffer in our remembrance of 9/11, because of the terrible loss of innocent lives on that grim day. We also suffer because 9/11 was seized as an opportunity to run a political agenda, which has set America on a course of the destruction of another nation and the destruction of our own Constitution. And we have become less secure as a result of the warped practice of pursing peace through the exercise of pre-emptive military […] Continue Reading…

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Congress will consider energy legislation this week. Of course, the oil industry is pushing its “drill, drill” slogan with all its might — and some are hoping to use this for political advantage.

Meanwhile, tax credits for investments in solar and wind power have not been extended, and the growing renewables business that just made America the largest producer of wind power in the world, is on the verge of shutting down huge planned projects all over the country.

Billions in private investment, thousands of megawatts of new, clean energy, and more than 100,000 new jobs expected for 2009 will be lost.

We face a stark choice: subsidize old, dirty energy or invest in new, clean energy. This should be easy, but the influence of the oil lobby is deep — they’ve already spent more than $100 million in lobbying and advertising this year. Please call your members of Congress now and tell them to pass legislation that will Repower America.

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Washington is being diverted by all the political noise around “drill, drill” away from what really will make a difference — building a new, clean energy future. […] Continue Reading…

This Thursday, September 11, Montana Women For will join 49 other groups around the US in showing the brilliant and deeply moving documentary “Divided We Fall” , and sponsoring a discussion about racism in our country after the film.

From the shell shocked streets of Ground Zero to the desert towns of the American West, a college student travels across America to document hate violence in the aftermath of 9/11. Valerie Kaur’s inspiring journey is celebrated as “a starting point for the new dialogue on race and religion that is essential to America’s future (Diana Eck, Harvard University Professor of Religion)

Please join us at the Elks Club (West Lewis and Second Street) at 7pm on Thursday, September 11 for this important evening.

Click the movie poster at left to get the MWF poster with full event details.