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Blogger Profile: Derrick Crowe

Derrick Crowe is a 5-year veteran of Capitol Hill and a trained “Creating a Culture of Peace” nonviolence facilitator. His writing has been featured on The Huffington Post, OpenLeft, AlterNet and FireDogLake. Crowe recently completed the Afghanistan blog fellowship for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal and now serves as a political associate at Brave New Foundation.

In Washington, D.C., Crowe served as communications director for U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.). Prior to working in Smith’s office, he worked in communications for U.S. Rep. Charlie Stenholm (D-Texas), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and the national office of the Children’s Defense Fund.

Crowe left D.C. over his objections to Democrats’ choice in the 2008 presidential campaign to urge escalation in Afghanistan as a way to criticize the Bush Administration’s emphasis on the Iraq War. As a devout Christian, he believes the teachings of Jesus bar the use of violence in conflict and has been a strong critic of President Bush’s and President Obama’s misuse of religious language to baptize state-sponsored violence. An active member of the peace movement, he organized vigils and participated in civil disobedience actions to call for the end of the Iraq war. He blogs on current events at http://returngood.com.

Crowe and his wife, Laurie, live in Austin, Texas, with our their two cats, Honey and Fuzz.

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Derrick Crowe

Derrick Crowe is a 5-year veteran of Capitol Hill who left D.C. over his objections to Democrats’ choice in the 2008 presidential campaign to urge escalation in Afghanistan.

October 7th, 2010

Afghanistan, Year Ten

I spent several days last week giving guest lectures about the Afghanistan War to freshmen and seniors at Anderson High School in Austin, Texas. It's no secret that I loathe this brutal, futile war that's not making us safer. So, when I talk to kids about it, I state my ...

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Derrick Crowe

Derrick Crowe is a 5-year veteran of Capitol Hill who left D.C. over his objections to Democrats’ choice in the 2008 presidential campaign to urge escalation in Afghanistan.

April 30th, 2010

Don’t Tell Me the Afghanistan War Makes Me Safer

There used to be a man who lived in a town called Khataba in Afghanistan who was a good dancer. His name was Mohammed Dawood. If you are an American, Mohammed was your friend. He trained with International Security Assistance Force’s (ISAF) Taskforce Gunsmoke in Gardez District and completed a ...

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Derrick Crowe

Derrick Crowe is a 5-year veteran of Capitol Hill who left D.C. over his objections to Democrats’ choice in the 2008 presidential campaign to urge escalation in Afghanistan.

April 23rd, 2010

Nothing to See Here, Folks: Covering Up a Massacre in Afghanistan

“I want to ask: What does apology mean? We apologize for our mistakes and repeat our mistakes again? What meaning does this have?” –Sayid Mohammed Mal, Vice Chancellor, Gardez UniversityPlease sign Rethink Afghanistan’s petition calling for an independent, U.N.-led investigation into what happened at Gardez and who tried to cover ...

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