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- Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing EditorU.S. imperialism has nothing left to offer humanity but ecological destruction, endless war, and a decline in living standards domestically and globally.
- Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing EditorThere was no peace to keep in the Kivu and Ituri provinces when the UN force arrived nearly 20 years ago, and there’s been none since.