Nominee's Background:
Anthony Arnove a is the editor, with Howard Zinn, of Voices of a People's History of the United States , the primary-source companion to A People's History of the United States. He is also editor of Iraq Under Siege: The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War and a collection of interviews with Howard Zinn, Terrorism and War. His newest work is The Logic of Withdrawal You can listen to our Conversation with Anthony Arnove
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An activist based in Brooklyn, New York, he is on the editorial board of the International Socialist Review and Haymarket Books, and is a member of the National Writers Union and the International Socialist Organization. He also has contributed to The Struggle for Palestine (Haymarket Books) and has written for Z Magazine, The Nation, In These Times, Monthly Review, the Financial Times, and other publications.
Nominating Speech:
Anthony's grasp of US involvement i Iraq, and its relationship to historical parallels in US history give him a particularly strong advatage in proposing alternatives to empire building.
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Progressive Criteria:
The State Department will:
Make sure that the State Department, and not the Pentagon or the CIA is the prime agency for our foreign policy;
Work for much greater funding for international development aid, not the arms trade;
Help the US to be a good global citizen, recognizing the dignity of every person and every country, not throwing our weight around but acting cooperatively, using our tremendous resources to connect with and peacefully aid others:
Use our good offices to promote peaceful relations, de-militarizing conflicts, promoting justice, democratic rights, equality and fairness;
See that we act whenever possible to strengthen rather than weaken, international institutions such as the UN;
Work to restore funding and support for international cultural and educational exchanges;
Promote access of foreign scholars to our educational institutions;
Remember that the USA is a signatory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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