Honking for Peace: Two Seconds of Solidarity

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Zappala_small As the American war in Afghanistan turned ten years old this month, now longer than Word Wars One and Two combined, the Occupy Wall Street movement was putting domestic demonstrations back on the map. But, how are they related? War News Radio's Jim MacMillan dropped in on one lifelong activist who feels the connection.

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As the American war in Afghanistan turned ten years old this month, now longer than Word Wars One and Two combined, the Occupy Wall Street movement was putting domestic demonstrations back on the map. But, how are they related? War News Radio's Jim MacMillan dropped in on one lifelong activist who feels the connection.