The Peace Press — Saturday, April 6, 2024 edition
“As European leaders continue to import a version of U.S. militarism, rearmament will cost the Continent its postwar social contract.”
“European social democracy in its various forms has been vulnerable to the attacks of market fundamentalists and neoconservative ideologues for many years. Now the apostles of “savage capitalism,” as its Latin American casualties call it, and their warmongering siblings begin, this time in the name of Cold War II, what appears to be their final assault.”
“A long-evident divide between Europeans and those who purport to lead them now widens. The former defend what remains of the socially advanced state erected across the Continent during the first postwar decades.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/03/patrick-lawrence-europes-identity-crisis/
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“An active-duty Air Force airman is on a hunger strike in front of the White House, in solidarity with the children of Gaza, who are being deliberately starved to death.
Larry Hebert, a Senior Airman with six years in the Air Force, began his hunger strike at the White House on Easter Sunday. He says he will be present at the White House from 10 am to 3 pm, April 1–6, and will then move to the House of Representatives, beginning Monday, April 8, when Congress is back in session.
Airman Hebert, who recently joined the organization Veterans For Peace, says he was inspired by the self-immolation of active-duty Airman Aaron Bushnell.”
https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2024/04/03/active-duty-airman-on-white-house-hunger-strike-against-starvation-of-children-in-gaza/
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“Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a stark warning to Tel Aviv that Israel risked becoming no different from Hamas if it did not curb civilian casualties in Gaza. The senior official also said that the White House welcomed the opening of another border crossing into the territory, but would not be satisfied until more aid reached the Palestinians.
During a press conference in Brussels on Thursday, Blinken pinned blame on Hamas for the severe deprivation in Gaza but said Tel Aviv shared some responsibility and must assist the millions of refugees displaced by its bombing spree.”
https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/05/blinken-israel-becoming-indistinguishable-from-hamas/
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“Israel isn’t being “forced” to kill Palestinian children, it is knowingly doing so.”
“One aspect of the recent revelations about the IDF’s Lavender AI system that’s not getting enough consideration is the fact that it is completely devastating to the narrative that Israel has been killing so many civilians in Gaza because Hamas uses “human shields.””
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/06/caitlin-johnstone-israels-human-shields-lie/
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“Even before Israel’s most recent attack on Gaza, 97 percent of the water in the sole coastal aquifer of Gaza was already unsafe for human consumption, writes Vijay Prashad.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/05/how-israel-weaponizes-water/
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“An anonymous physician, in a letter viewed by Haaretz, has warned Israeli officials about what’s going on at a field hospital inside a notorious detention center.”
A doctor at an Israeli field hospital inside a notorious detention center where hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are temporarily held is sounding the alarm about torture and horrific conditions at what some human rights defenders — including Israelis — are calling “Israel’s Guantánamo Bay” and even a “concentration camp.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/05/israeli-doctor-blows-whistle-on-war-crimes/
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“U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine on Friday became the latest centrist Democrat to display a shift in tone regarding the Biden administration’s continued support for Israel — and despite months of intensifying demands from progressive lawmakers and the international community for President Joe Biden to push for a change in policy from Israel, the newly minted critics have appeared to have more success.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/establishment-democrats-gaza
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“Does anyone wonder why Netanyahu ignores Biden’s pleas for restraint in Gaza?” asked one critic.
“Palestine advocates on Wednesday slammed the Biden administration as it pushes Congress to approve the sale of $18 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets to Israel, despite public pronouncements of anger over ongoing Israeli atrocities in Gaza and a federal ban on the U.S. arms transfers to human rights violators.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/arms-sales-to-israel
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“President Biden has no plans to change his policy of unconditional support for Israel even after the Israeli military systematically killed seven aid workers, including an American citizen, POLITICO reported on Wednesday.”
https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/03/biden-not-changing-israel-policy-after-meticulous-slaughter-of-aid-workers/
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“The IDF has an affirmative responsibility to know what it is dropping bombs on,” said former Biden official Jeremy Konyndyk. “Kirby confirms they ignored that.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/world-central-kitchen
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“What more can I do?” asked one peace campaigner. “I can go on this flotilla to try to break the criminal siege that Israel has imposed on Gaza.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-aid
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“My friend Coleen Rowley told me yesterday that she is joining the “Gaza Flotilla to Break Israel’s Siege.” (See below for detail on the Flotilla.) She wanted to explain this “extreme action” (she referred to what Aaron Bushnell might call it). You will find her explanation below.
Since, however, Coleen has been mostly out of public view for several years, it might be helpful to provide some background information on this courageous woman of Justice, who was named TIME person of the year in 2002 together with two other whistleblowers.”
https://raymcgovern.com/2024/04/05/food-for-hungry-drink-for-the-thirsty/
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Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate examine the peculiar pathologies of the Biden administration spokespeople fronting for the White House’s genocidal policy in the besieged Gaza Strip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=SAB-CL-o2mmBjRD-&v=TPU6pCPIT9g&feature=youtu.be
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“Airman Larry Hebert, who began a hunger strike at the White House on Easter Sunday, says he was inspired by the self-immolation of active-duty Airman Aaron Bushnell.”
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/active-duty-airman-hunger-strike
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“Israel has generously and compassionately reopened the Erez crossing to allow aid into Gaza, as it is the only way to ensure that the US will keep sending them weapons to kill the people in Gaza.
Biden sent Netanyahu one warning about a failure to protect civilians possibly costing Israel its US support and the crossing opened immediately, which proves (A) that Israel has been intentionally starving Gazans by closing entrances off from aid and (B) that Biden could have ordered this to stop at any time.”
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-lets-some-aid-into-gaza-so
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“Although the fighter jets may not be delivered for years, critics call it a signal of support for Israel as it commits atrocities in Gaza.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/04/bidens-push-for-18-billion-in-warplane-sale-to-israel/
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“When the drone feed identifies a target the images are displayed on large TV monitors mounted at the front of the room. The decision to follow and attack this convoy was ordered by officers. This was not just the decision of one rogue drone operator. That operator had to request permission to “engage” the target. There was a chain of command in place giving orders to follow and FIRE!! I anticipate that Israel’s Defense Minister will try to hang this on the drone operator and exonerate those who were giving him or her orders. I’ll be overjoyed to be proven wrong on this point, but based on history of such incidents in Israel and other militaries around the world the First Law of Plumbing kicks in — i.e., All Shit Runs Downhill aka ASRD!
As I and many others have pointed out, the faux mea culpa of Israel rings quite hollow because this kind of criminal behavior has been a Standard Operating Procedure of Israel since the start of hostilities on October 7. The following video is quite good. Looks like some key Brits are now pissed off enough that they will pressure the Rishi Sunak’s Government to cut off aid to Israel.”
https://sonar21.com/have-we-reached-a-turning-point-in-the-war-on-palestinians/
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Vote against Biden in November — — send a clear and unmistakable message that unconditional support for Israel shall no longer be tolerated.
“On Tuesday, nearly 50,000 people cast votes for “uninstructed” in the Wisconsin Democratic primary as a way to protest President Biden’s full-throated support for the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza.
The 48,091 votes accounted for 8.3% of the primary and far exceeded the organizers’ goal of 20,682, the margin of victory for Biden in Wisconsin for the 2020 election.”
https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/03/nearly-50000-people-in-wisconsin-cast-protest-vote-against-gaza-slaughter-in-democratic-primary/
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“Risking your presidential legacy and the reputation of our nation around the world to enable the Netanyahu government’s genocide has been a disastrous decision.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-israel-genocide
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“Former U.K. Supreme Court justices wrote to the prime minister telling him to cease arms sales to Gaza amid a “plausible genocide,” and also stunningly called for sanctions against Israeli leaders, reports Joe Lauria.”
“More than 600 British lawyers, academics and retired senior judges — including three who sat on the country’s Supreme Court — have written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak imploring him to “end through lawful means acts giving rise to a serious risk of genocide,” namely, to stop arming Israel while it carries out its atrocities in Gaza.
The letter on Wednesday comes in the wake of leaked audio recordings revealing that the British government is ignoring the advice of its own lawyers not to continue supplying weapons to Israel for its Gaza operation.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/03/pressure-mounts-on-sunak-to-stop-arming-israel/
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“London’s mayor, 50 Labour MPs and Winston Churchill’s grandson have joined widening calls to defy Israel’s impunity by demanding the U.K. stop sending it arms, reports Joe Lauria.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/04/british-rebellion-grows-against-arming-israel/
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“The Biden administration continues to act contrary to logic and humane values in response to Israel’s war policies. Despite overwhelming evidence of Israel’s war crimes and acts that constitute genocide, the administration plies the right-wing Israeli government with more weapons. The latest arms package being prepared by the administration will reportedly be the largest since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Valued at around $18 billion, it will include 50 F-15 fighter jets and precision-guided munitions kits as well as more 2000- and 500-pound bombs.”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/04/04/us-complicity-in-israels-war-crimes-takes-another-step/
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Judge them by what they do, not by what they say or how they feel.
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/stop-reporting-on-bidens-angry-feelings
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“The U.S. cannot partner with a country that is starving children,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/famine-gaza
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“If you missed this story, a major report from +972 revealed that Israel has been using an AI system called Lavender to compile kill lists of suspected members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad which have been carried out with hardly any human verification. One automated system, psychopathically named “Where’s Daddy?”, tracks suspects to their homes so that they can be killed along with their entire families. The IDF has been knowingly killing 15 to 20 civilians at a time to kill one junior Hamas operative, and up to 100 civilians at a time to take out a senior official.”
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-human-shields-lie-has-been-conclusively
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“Tuesday’s press conference highlighted the worst of the administration’s predictable defenses and apologies for Israel’s illegal and immoral military campaign against Palestinian civilians. Once again, the worst of Kirby’s remarks were not referenced in the Washington Post and received an anodyne one-sentence summary in the New York Times. I believe it is important to understand the meaning and implications of Kirby’s callous and callow remarks. On the same day that Kirby was defending Israel’s attack, moreover, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was holding a news conference in Paris, France and made no attempt to condemn the Israeli attack.”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/04/05/meet-the-newest-apologist-for-israel-rear-admiral-john-kirby/
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“Half a year of western government officials pretending obvious evidence of war crimes is just some ineffable mystery that we’ll hopefully have answers to someday.
Half a year of Israeli officials openly stating their genocidal intentions in Hebrew for their Israeli audience and paying lip service to human rights and compassion in English for their western liberal audience.”
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/six-months-of-hell-on-earth
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“A new report by the Geneva-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor reveals the killing of 563 Palestinians and the injury of 1,523 others due to Israel’s targeting of people waiting for aid, distribution centres, and workers responsible for organising, protecting, and distributing aid.
Released on Wednesday, the report titled “Killing starving Palestinians and targeting aid trucks: A deliberate Israeli policy to reinforce famine in the Gaza Strip,” documents incidents between January 11 and March 23, 2024.”
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/deliberate-israeli-policy-to-kill-starving-palestinians-target-aid-trucks-euro-med-monitor-report/
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“After organizing for less than a month, the campaign far surpassed its goal, with more than 47,800 people voting for the uninstructed option.
The results show “how serious of a problem Biden will have in the general election” if he does not change his policy regarding Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories,” said Abed Ayoub, national executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/wisconsin-uninstructed
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“Over 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza. Amr Abdallah was one of them.”
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-death-of-amr
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“Despite the U.S. not vetoing a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the month of Ramadan, the Biden administration continues to prove itself as a major obstacle to peace in the Middle East.
Washington has previously used its veto powers to block three UNSC resolutions on Gaza, staying true to its role as the main political and economic backer of Israel with its steady supply of arms to support the military offensive.”
https://original.antiwar.com/Anna_Seimova/2024/04/03/washington-abandons-all-norms-to-arm-israel/
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“Just this week, two prisoners had their legs amputated due to handcuff injuries, which unfortunately is a routine event.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-detainees
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“A deadly Israeli airstrike on a six-story apartment block early in the Gaza war likely constituted a war crime, rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported, citing interviews with witnesses, satellite imagery and photo and video evidence. More than 100 noncombatants were killed in the bombing — over half of them children.”
https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/israel-killed-100-civilians-in-apparent-war-crime-hrw/
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“The Israeli “soldiers” operating artificial intelligence targeting programs built very substantial collateral damage into their standard operating procedure.”
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/israel-genocidal-artificial-intelligence
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“Israel’s political and military leaders have produced so many outright lies regarding Gaza and Hamas that it might seem there is no point in wasting one’s breath on them. Consider the following statements and the contrary evidence for those not yet convinced:”
https://original.antiwar.com/Dubravka_Zarkov/2024/04/04/language-in-the-war-on-gaza/
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“ran experienced a new wave of Western-backed terrorist attacks in Baluchistan — i.e., the area in southeast Iran that borders Pakistan and Afghanistan. Not a great neighborhood. U.S. intelligence has had ties to Baluchis for at least 50 years, if not more. I know from a friend who was involved in the failed 1980 attempt to rescue U.S. diplomats being held hostage by Iranian students in Tehran (i.e., Operation Eagle Claw) that intelligence on Iran was passed to the United States by a genuine rug merchant who had relatives in Bethesda, Maryland. Written reports were hidden in rolled up carpets and received by U.S. Intelligence at the rug store in Bethesda. Real life is better than fiction.”
https://sonar21.com/west-steps-up-terror-attacks-on-iran-and-more-from-marat-khairullin-plus-friday-roundtable/
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The Duran with Columbia Professor Jeffrey Sachs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAbi_2mbVKM&t=8s
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The Duran with Garland Nixon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAZPZTiM_XM
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Former Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis with former Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdIom36my2s
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Former Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis with former Army Colonel and Swiss Intelligence Officer Jacques Baud who is an expert in Eastern European matters at the U.N.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8phwlbmxJuM
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Judge Napolitano with former Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbQHSAkopyU
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Judge Napolitano with Connor Freeman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imgrOQE66Gc
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Judge Napolitano with former USMC Captain Scott Ritter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAIlONaRdOE
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Judge Napolitano with University of Chicago Professor John Mearsheimer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qefxtT8SxI8
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Judge Napolitano with former weapons inspector Scott Ritter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDsBTYHNYFU
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Judge Napolitano with Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKlFASqQqtU
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Judge Napolitano with former CIA Analysts Ray McGovern and Larry Johnson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbAgiieBIRg
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Brian Berletic on Israel’s strike on Iranian Embassy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK6x0Sc8maQ
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“Nick Turse on the the latest in a series of stalemates, fiascos, or outright defeats in Washington’s Global War on Terror.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/03/niger-to-us-pack-up-your-forever-war/
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“Things continue to feel like a calm before the approaching storm. There is not too much overt activity in the battle space, but various rumblings of a large looming escalation continue to trickle through the grape vine.
In a recent article I had mentioned how the Western press and elite commentariat for the first time began using the taboo ‘C’ word, i.e. “Collapse”, for Ukraine. Now this has opened up the floodgates, causing more and more worried publications to begin turning off their previous holding-the-line narrative filter and actually start describing the Ukrainian situation with truthful urgency.”
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-4324-zelensky-steps-closer
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““Ukraine Will Join NATO,” Vows Anthony Blinken. LEAKED: How Israel Calculates Value of Civilian Life. PLUS: The #TwitterFiles Brazil, w/ Michael Shellenberger | SYSTEM UPDATE #253"
https://rumble.com/v4nh2m8-system-update-253.html
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Aaron Mate and Max Blumenthal discuss GOP Speaker Mike Johnson’s capitulation to war state demands for $61 billion in aid to Ukraine, and his apparently unwitting support for Biden’s political survival.
https://sonar21.com/a-discussion-foreign-mercenaries-in-ukraine/
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“Things continue to feel like a calm before the approaching storm. There is not too much overt activity in the battle space, but various rumblings of a large looming escalation continue to trickle through the grape vine.
In a recent article I had mentioned how the Western press and elite commentariat for the first time began using the taboo ‘C’ word, i.e. “Collapse”, for Ukraine. Now this has opened up the floodgates, causing more and more worried publications to begin turning off their previous holding-the-line narrative filter and actually start describing the Ukrainian situation with truthful urgency.”
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-4324-zelensky-steps-closer
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“Over three decades after the end of the Cold War, the alliance encourages perverse and dangerous behaviors in its member states.”
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/at-75-has-nato-outlived-its-use/
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“When French President Emmanuel Macron said deploying Western troops to the ground in Ukraine is an “option that should not be discarded,” Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia all supported him, but Germany insisted “that there will be no ground troops, no soldiers on Ukrainian soil who are sent there by European states or NATO states.” Revealing the width of the fissure, Macron replied that the time has come for a “Europe where it will be appropriate not to be a coward.” Germany’s Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, said that “talk about boots on the ground or having more courage or less courage…does not really help solve the issues we have when it comes to helping Ukraine.” A senior U.S. official says that Macron’s comments also angered Washington.”
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/the-growing-fissures-in-nato-unity/
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“It is also noteworthy that the Republicans in this camp tend to be the most clear-eyed about our country’s problems with the national debt, fueled by popular but not particularly well-funded entitlement programs, while arguing we can practice global leadership on the cheap. “
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/mcconnells-fight-against-phantom-isolationists/
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“A quarter century has passed since Kosovo broke away from Serbia after a brief but bitter civil war. NATO abandoned its defensive mission and intervened “out-of-area” to oust the Serbian military and later force Kosovo’s independence. The new nation is very different than the once disputed and battered territory.
Nevertheless, the scars of war were evident on my recent visit. Kosovo’s losses, though less than in some other conflicts, such as Ukraine, were still painful. Some 13,000 people died and more than a million people were displaced. Kosovars must address the ethnic and religious divisions which remain and continue to hamper their advance. Helping light the way is the group Hardwired Global, which works around the world to break down barriers between communities and peoples.”
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-care-about-kosovo/
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“A top US official said that Russia has reconstituted nearly all of its military losses in Ukraine. A core objective for the White House’s $130 billion proxy war in Ukraine was to inflict “strategic defeat” on Russia and leave its forces crippled.
Speaking at an event hosted by the Center for New American Security, a major pro-war DC think tank, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell lamented that Moscow has quickly recovered from any losses sustained on the battlefield.”
https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/us-official-admits-ukraine-proxy-war-failing-to-weaken-russia/
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“According to three former U.S. officials with direct knowledge, “the CIA created a small team of operatives who used bogus internet identities to spread negative narratives about Xi Jinping’s government while leaking disparaging intelligence to overseas news outlets.” The information releases “targeted public opinion” both internationally and in China itself. Along with influencing public opinion, the campaign sought to “foment paranoia among top leaders [in China]” as they tried to trace the leaked information.
The report specifically stated that CIA operatives “promoted [corruption] allegations” against Chinese government officials and “slammed as corrupt and wasteful China’s Belt and Road Initiative.” Although these specific efforts were identified, the former U.S. officials declined to name additional narratives that were advanced.”
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/cia-further-discredits-uyghur-genocide-by-admitting-covert-influence-campaign/
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“But it really is not okay that our policies are making China angry. We have to pursue policies that are in the U.S. national interest, but we should not be looking to gratuitously put it in China’s face. It will not be to our advantage, or the world’s, to have a Cold War with China similar to the one we had with the Soviet Union.
For those who are too young or too old to remember, we spent a huge amount of money on the military during the Cold War. In the 1970s and 1980s, when we were not in hot wars, military spending averaged over 7.0 percent of GDP.[1] When we were in hot wars like Korea and Vietnam, the tab came to well over 10.0 percent of GDP, with peaks in the early fifties of more than 15 percent of GDP. By contrast, last year we spent 3.6 percent of GDP on the military.”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/04/04/do-we-need-to-have-a-cold-war-with-china/
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“In a first, Beijing becomes Southeast Asia’s preferred choice over Washington.”
“Over half of Southeast Asians would now prefer to align with China over the U.S. if ASEAN were forced to choose between the rival superpowers, a regional survey by a Singapore-based think tank showed Tuesday, reflecting Beijing’s growing influence in the region.
According to the State of Southeast Asia 2024 survey, compiled by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 50.5% of respondents opted for China and 49.5% preferred the U.S. if ASEAN had to pick sides — the first time Beijing edged past Washington since the annual survey started asking the question in 2020.”
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Majority-of-ASEAN-people-favor-China-over-U.S.-survey-finds?utm_campaign=IC_china_up_close_free&utm_medium=email&utm_source=NA_newsletter&utm_content=article_link&del_type=9&pub_date=20240404213000&seq_num=6&si=fa1da188-2b0f-4413-b117-90bfb67b2269
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“Chinese Genocide and the Recipe for War with Wilmer Leon and Kiji Noh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0gyiqHFOVk
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“Last week, a United Nations Security Council resolution to extend the mandate for the UN Panel of Experts on DPRK sanctions was vetoed by the Russian Federation, effectively disbanding the primary enforcement mechanism for the nine rounds of sanctions that have been imposed on the DPRK since 2006, in response to their repeated nuclear and ICBM tests.
It is rather ironic that the United States and its allies have been criticizing the Russia veto of an otherwise unanimous Security Council resolution as destabilizing, given that the US routinely uses its own veto power, as most followers of this site are well aware. This Russian application of its veto power has been described as a crisis for the “broader functioning of the UN Security Council and the post World War II international order”, even though it is completely obvious that we would have used our veto against any Russian or Chinese resolution to relax or discontinue the sanctions regime.”
https://original.antiwar.com/Joseph_Terwilliger/2024/04/03/russia-finally-says-nyet-to-continued-dprk-sanctions-enforcement/
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Frederick Douglass: “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
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“In the past, in the interest of building a broad-based movement united for peace and non-interventionism, I have allied with everyone and anyone who also expressed a genuine interest in peacemaking and non-interventionism. This includes past antiwar alliances with everyone from pinkos to proud boys and anyone in between — — both groups I have allied with in the past — -not because I agreed with their ideologies because I don’t agree with either of them — -I do not approve of racism or Marxism, but I united with each solely in the interest of unity for peace and non-interventionism as a national policy. Ideology is not the point, unity is the point. Anyone who doesn’t like that I choose unity over ideology can kiss my mother-loving, big, chubby gay-bear, fat ass. Anyone can talk the talk about unity, but the real principled test is: can you walk the walk? My boots were made for walking, girl !!! <finger-snap with attitude>
Unite, Left and Right against the wars!!!
Wage Peace and Persevere!!!”
-Eric E. Johansson, Veterans for Peace, California
(also, please understand that although I have united with extremist-idealist factions in the past in the interest of unity against war, I am much more of a middle-of-the-road-realist as I think the economic class system represents the civilizational natural order for our species, although the gap between rich and poor should probably be narrowed through aggressive taxation upon corporations and individual persons too. Also, I do not have one racist or hateful bone in my body as my Asian husband, who is of half-Filipino and half-Chinese descent can attest. I don’t hate immigrants; I married one. He, like my Swedish grandfather, emigrated to the United States legally through the legal immigration channels that every person seeking to emigrate to this country should pursue. All those who simply violate the law by jumping the border, thus opting for not following the legal channels to obtain entry into the U.S., should be promptly arrested and deported, and treated more harshly with every repeat offense. Why should the U.S. honor the wishes of those who desire to emigrate if their very first act of entering the country is to first break the law by circumventing the legal guidelines for officially emigrating? One standard for all. Rule of Law. That is not racist, it is respectful of the Rule of Law. Prior to meeting my husband, I was most definitely an equal-opportunity sex lover who gleefully had fabulous sex with members of every race, color and creed — — hundreds of them, mostly men but not exclusively. My husband and I love to watch RuPaul’s Drag Race TV show too. I also play on a fabulous softball team as the pitcher in the very diverse, accepting and welcoming San Francisco Gay Softball League. I share all of this only to illustrate that who I am willing to unite in common cause with, does not in any way represent who I am as a person. Widespread, mass unity against perpetual war, against Empire and against growing national security state oppression is essential to preserve our commonly shared liberty and peace. We are all in this together so let’s get past the immature, ideological bullshit, come together and unite in common cause for our shared future together.)
Unite, Left and Right against the wars!!!
Unite, from pinkos to proud boys and everyone in between against the wars and against the Empire!! If peace is your priority, this should be no problem for you but if ideology is your priority, then the kind of unity I propose could be a problem for you. Drop the ideological bullshit and UNITE!!!
Wage Peace and Persevere!!!
https://www.unitedforpeace.org/
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“How could a weak, toothless central government that possessed no military largesse wage war or command a global Empire? It couldn’t, could it? Doesn’t having a smaller, more limited government also get us to a non-Imperialist, non-military interventionist place? Can people unite around non-interventionism alone? Just imagine for a moment the vast people power of a mass movement that could be harnessed by achieving a Left-Right loose alliance against war and Empire. Oh, the immense power it would wield.”
~Eric E. Johansson
(Is it arrogant to put my name next to some great people? Not really, they were just human beings and so am I, but please understand that I am actually much more middle-of-the-road because I find both sides (the more public services argument or the limited government argument) to both be legitimate arguments worthy of consideration and that is why I ask the question above because I think it is a question that more Progressives should ask. But as for myself, my inner stars shine brightly Progressive yet I still bear strong Libertarian stripes. This rather nationalist, flag-oriented reference may sound silly to some but it perfectly encapsulates how I see myself as a principled patriot realist doing my duty to my country and to our world.
Unite, Left and Right against the wars!!!
Wage Peace and Persevere!!!
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“Overgrown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.”
~George Washington
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“Of all the evils to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops every other. War is the patent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes. And armies, and debts, and taxes, are the known instruments for bringing the many under the dominion of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds are added to those of subduing the force of the people! No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
~James Madison
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“It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.”
— Noam Chomsky
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https://honeste.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/websites-to-help-you-stay-informed/
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Daily news podcasts to help you stay informed:
Alexander Mercouris
https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexanderMercourisReal?app=desktop
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The Duran on YouTube with Alexander Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdeMVChrumySxV9N1w0Au-w
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Brian Berletic at The New Atlas on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/thenewatlas
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Scott Ritter on Substack:
https://substack.com/profile/96369147-scott-ritter
https://www.scottritterextra.com/
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Danny Haiphong:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOxLhz6B_elvLflntSEfnzA
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Colonel Douglass MacGregor on Youtube:
(He has many meaningful, insightful, analytical things to say based on a deep understanding of military matters from his many years of experience in the military — — -but just prepare to dismiss a few of his other dog-whistle comments that he offers which he utters to appeal to a particular Conservative base — — just as the Liberals do to rally their base too — — -so just roll your eyeballs and ignore those few silly comments — — — because most of his analysis and insights and experiences are rich in detail, in fact-based analysis and said bluntly and directly.
Very refreshing indeed!! Bravo, Colonel !!!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFqPvxUg163ZEz1vyxhVDXw
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“Our Country Our Choice is more than just a people’s movement; it’s a media platform as well. My vision was straightforward: identify over 10 million like-minded Americans and create the most extensive group of American activists ever assembled. Our mission is to inform every American about the importance of choosing decision-makers who will put an end to the intentional sabotage of our beloved nation and start serving us, the American people.”
https://ourcountryourchoice.com/
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Andy Boreham
“China is a complicated place, and there is definitely a lot of content out there that I don’t think accurately or fairly represents this huge country of 1.4 billion.
https://www.youtube.com/c/reportsonchina/about
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Dong Sheng news on China:
https://dongshengnews.org/en/news-on-china/
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Garland Nixon:
https://www.youtube.com/@garlandn
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Seymour Hersh on Substack
https://seymourhersh.substack.com/
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Chris Hedges on Substack:
https://chrishedges.substack.com/
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Niko House on Rokfin
https://rokfin.com/Niko?content=NEW
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Caitlin Johnstone on Substack:
https://substack.com/profile/14779628-caitlin-johnstone
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Aaron Mate on Substack:
https://mate.substack.com/
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David Sacks:
https://twitter.com/DavidSacks
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Lee Fang on Substack:
https://leefang.substack.com/
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Patrick Lawrence on Substack
https://thescrum.substack.com/
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Jeffrey Sachs:
https://www.jeffsachs.org/
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Former Army Colonel Daniel Davis:
https://www.youtube.com/@DanielDavisDeepDive/videos
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Breaking points with Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti
https://www.youtube.com/c/breakingpoints
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“But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.
She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all”
~John Quincy Adams
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/
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Lev Golinkin on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFhqe9nwfA4
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Matt Tabibi on Substack (Racket News):
https://www.racket.news/
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Big Serge on Substack:
https://bigserge.substack.com/
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Simplicius on Substack:
https://simplicius76.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile
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Larry Johnson, former CIA Analyst at Sonar21:
https://sonar21.com/
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Ray McGovern, former CIA Analyst:
https://raymcgovern.com/
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Mark Sleboda:
https://substack.com/profile/38224488-mark-sleboda
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Richard Medhurst on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB1u_wJThc3_e5J4VVj7hQQ
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Nick Cruse of the Revolutionary Blackout Network:
https://www.youtube.com/@socialistmma8321/videos
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George Galloway on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@GeorgeGallowayOfficial
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Mikael Valtersson
~Former officer Swedish Armed Forces/Air Defence, former defence politician and chief of staff Sweden Democrats. Current political and military analyst.
https://twitter.com/MikaelValterss1?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
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Alex Reporterfy
https://www.youtube.com/c/reporterfymedia
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Although I typically shy away and generally distrust most, if not all, televised corporate media, I must admit that recently on foreign policy issues, Tucker Carlson of Fox has been tickling my fancy. Now that Fox has fired him, I encourage everyone to stop watching Fox altogether. But Tucker’s past range of guests included figures from the anti-Establishment Left and Right and many voices in between giving access and airtime to a wider audience which only helps spread our message of peace and justice to a broader audience more quickly so kudos to Tucker for that. It is good to see some of our anti-Establisment views find a venue in the public space even one decidedly more to the Right.
You can now find Tucker Carlson on Twitter, see link below. — — Great job Tucker, keep socking it to them. I hope you and your attorneys keep fighting like hell against the Establishment. I hope your attorneys fight to allow you to speak freely until at least the year 2025 and hopefully much longer than that too.
https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson
https://tuckercarlson.com/
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On Tucker’s eventual return, so kudos to him and to Elon Musk backing him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFxBWu5A114&feature=youtu.be
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Glenn Greenwald on Rumble: (Listening to Glenn Greenwald is quite an enthralling experience. I can’t figure out what moves faster, his brain or his mouth as he delivers rich, detailed analysis replete with razor-sharp logic on topics of substance and depth, delivered with perfect spoken diction, colorful language and mesmerizing eloquence. I am left flabbergasted in sheer delight every time I listen to him speak. Utterly dazzling!!! And he is a fellow sister with a heritage in the tribe too which I also find endearing.
https://rumble.com/c/GGreenwald
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“The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true. This is the ordinary course in a free society. The response to the unreasoned is the rational; to the uninformed, the enlightened; to the straight-out lie, the simple truth … If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence. The theory of our Constitution is that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market . . . The First Amendment itself ensures the right to respond to speech we do not like, and for good reason. Freedom of speech and thought flows not from the beneficence of the state but from the inalienable rights of the person … Society has the right and civic duty to engage in open, dynamic, rational discourse.”
– United States v. Alvarez, 567 U.S. 709, 724 (2012).
