SNV Special Report: Money For Human Needs Not War

Special Report with clips Recorded at events on (1/21/2023, 3/4/2023 and 3/18/2023) and Uploaded (3/23/23) Tuesday March 20th 2023 marked the 20 year anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Recent Minneapolis Anti-War Events Covered by Urban Cabin Studios: VIDEO: Stop U.S. Wars & Militarism - January 21, 2023 - May Day Plaza (Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CBdPQrG-Uc&t=678s) (Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rys2qGPoiY&t=9s) (Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F0VMn_I8Tw&t=1s) PICTURES/AUDIO: Stop WW3! No Nuclear Holocaust - March 4, 2023 - Lake and Minnehaha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOAYSHLEXqs&t=821s VIDEO: Anti-War Protest: Say NO to U.S. Wars! - March 18, 2023 - Library Plaza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joBxQc3vcAw Links to things discussed in this Special Report: Blood and Treasure: United States Budgetary Costs and Human Costs of 20 Years of War in Iraq and Syria, 2003-2023: https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2023/Costs%20of%2020%20Years%20of%20Iraq%20War%20Crawford%2015%20March%202023%20final%20.pdf The Invasion of Iraq Wasn’t a “Mistake.” It Was a Crime: https://jacobin.com/2023/03/iraq-war-anniversary-lies-bush-crime We Are Many(film): https://tubitv.com/movies/641980/we-are-many?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed Militarization and police violence: The case of the 1033 program: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2053168017712885#:~:text=Estimating%20a%20series%20of%20regressions,confounding%20variables%20including%20county%20wealth%2C Minneapolis Interstate 35W Bridge Collapse: https://www.lrl.mn.gov/guides/guides?issue=bridges Minnesota House approves $50 million in Emergency Rental Assistance (after "268% increase in families experiencing homelessness"): https://house.mn.gov/Caucus/View/DFL/36703 According to the National Priorities Project: https://www.nationalpriorities.org/interactive-data/trade-offs/ ...the money spent on war from 2001 to 2021 could have been used for 71.8 million Registered Nurses for 1 Year, or 956.13 million Public Housing Units for 1 Year or 87.82 million Elementary School Teachers for 1 Year. Justice Department Finds Civil Rights Violations by the Louisville Metro Police Department and Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-finds-civil-rights-violations-louisville-metro-police-department-and Kentucky Police Get Guns, Aircraft—and Socks—From Military Surplus Program https://www.lpm.org/news/2014-08-27/kentucky-police-get-guns-aircraft-and-socks-from-military-surplus-program Socialists Against Russia’s War on Ukraine: http://www.socialistviewpoint.org/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3WRg9ZCbBB7OCKKO7dkM1YyrR0aEHASxmn1VRyPp4npAL3AtwHGO2r9pg Neither NATO Nor Putin: An Anti-war Program for an Anti-war Protest: https://www.leftvoice.org/neither-nato-nor-putin-an-anti-war-program-for-an-anti-war-protest/ Ukraine – one year of war: https://www.internationaliststandpoint.org/ukraine-one-year-of-war/ SAY NO TO WAR EVERYWHERE! SOLIDARITY! #NoWar #NoWarButClassWar