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Joe Parko is a retired college professor who taught in the School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. He is a founding member of the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition.
(19 comments) SHARE Sunday, August 26, 2007 Government training clergy to "quell dissent"
A KSLA-TV news report from Louisiana has confirmed the story that Clergy
Response Teams are being trained by the federal government to "quell dissent" and pacify citizens to obey the government in the event of a declaration of martial law.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, July 9, 2007 An open Letter to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
An Open Letter to the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding the denial of tenure to Dr. Norman Finkelstein for writing articles critical of Israeli policies toward the Palestinians.
(47 comments) SHARE Friday, May 4, 2007 How To Make Taxes Really Fair
Replacing our system of progressive income taxation with a regressive sales tax is the wrong way to go. Understanding the real reasons behind progressive taxation-taxing the wealthy at higher rates than the poor-could lead to more coherent-and more just-tax policies.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 14, 2007 McCain unjustly calls the Iraq war just
John McCain's claim that the Iraq war was just is tested against the principles of the just war theory and is proven false.
SHARE Wednesday, October 4, 2006 The Answer to Terrorism
The so-called "war" on terrorism is the wrong approach to this threat. Military action is not the answer to terrorism.