The Peace Press — Saturday, March 30, 2024 edition
“Unipolar” used to mean that the United States was, at least in theory, alone in leading the world. Now “unipolar” means that the United States is alone and isolated in opposition to the world.
In global affairs, a hegemon is a nation that leads because it has the consent of the other nations who believe in its goals and values. The United States has recently demonstrated, though, that it has given up any pretense of using its leadership to pursue the goals of the global community, and instead is openly using the global community to pursue its own goals.
In his new book, The Lost Peace, Richard Sakwa explains the distinction between the pursuit of hegemony and the pursuit of primacy. Primacy “entails predominance and the conscious attempt to thwart the ambition of others.” In its recent performance at the United Nations, the United States is performing, not out of hegemony as it usually described, but out of primacy.
As a hegemon, the U.S. wields the power to veto in the Security Council. But in the exercise of primacy, it has recently used that veto to supress the clearly expressed voice of the international community.
After repeated American vetoes of measures calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, in a desperate and seldom used move, on December 12, the General Assembly invoked Resolution 377A in an attempt to circumvent U.S. leadership. It was the response to what was perceived as America’s irresponsible use of its veto power as a permanent member of the Security Council.
It does not matter that the vote was on the war in Gaza, nor on whether you agree with the United States. What is significant is the assumption by Washington of the role of roadblock and not leader of the international will.”
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/is-america-a-rogue-superpower/
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“There is nothing new about lying to Americans to get the empire’s business done.”
“The Biden regime is stuck this time having to deal with lawmakers tired of sending money to crooks. And the media clerks who are supposed to cover it are stuck lying to the public in the service of the regime’s case.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/03/28/patrick-lawrence-late-imperial-duplicities/
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“The US and NATO strategy for the war in Ukraine has been two-pronged: economic and military. Neither have worked and neither will work. As the strategy has failed, it has not been revisited, replaced or remanded, but reinforced. Thus, we have seen a steady wave of escalation for two years.
The US and its allies never considered diplomacy, a needed third prong, which should have been the primary and dominant effort. Diplomacy was openly disparaged and repudiated. This was appalling diplomatic malpractice. And now, as a consequence, we sit here today as the killing, the destruction and the suffering enter their 26th month. “
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/03/28/an-escalatory-game-for-fools-and-madmen/
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“The Russian Investigative Committee says it has evidence the gunmen received money that was traced back to Ukraine”
https://news.antiwar.com/2024/03/28/russia-says-moscow-terrorist-attack-has-connection-to-ukrainian-nationalists/
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“Russian claims of direct Ukrainian-US complicity lack evidence. Yet the role of Washington’s proxy wars in Ukraine and Syria cannot be overlooked.”
https://www.aaronmate.net/p/in-moscow-concert-massacre-blowback
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The Duran: Russian missile strikes intensify
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH3BD9p-xuc
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“Which brings me to the fact that both Sy Hersh and The NY Times came out with articles in the last 24 hours attacking the Russians as inept and accusing them of ignoring the warnings. This sure smacks of a coordinated info op to me because the essence of the argument is based on false claims.”
https://sonar21.com/a-desperate-west-steps-up-its-covert-actions-as-delusional-thinking-persists/
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“What’s particularly eye-opening is how forthright it is in dealing with Russia’s limitations, particularly at the start of the SMO, allowing us a better understanding of the current state of things and how the war might evolve going forward.”
https://substack.com/inbox/post/142745847
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“”Given these numbers,” said one progressive campaigner, “I don’t know how President Biden can reconcile his stalwart support for Israel with the clear preference that his core constituents have for an end to this war.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gallup-poll-us-support-israel
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“I wasn’t able to really do my job anymore,” said Annelle Sheline. “Trying to advocate for human rights just became impossible.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/state-dept-resigns-gaza
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I wonder if the children of Gaza now look like emaciated death camp survivors during the Holocaust? Given the genocidal mass starvation campaign, I think we can now accurate compare the Israelis to the Nazis.
It is not anti-Semitic if it is true and it is true.
“A UN official has described the situation in the children’s ward at the Kamal Adwan hospital in north Gaza where at least 15 children have died as a result of starvation, as “absolutely shocking.”
“I went there because that was the hospital that was recording and reporting the deaths of children through nutritional malnutrition issues,” Jamie McGoldrick, the interim UN Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory told UN News.”
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/absolutely-shocking-un-official-describes-childrens-ward-at-north-gaza-hospital/
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IDF or Nazis? You decide.
“”When the Israeli army can do these things and get away with it, it can only then do more of it knowing that it will not meet any punishment,” said one analyst.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-palestinians-bulldozer
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“Hadeel al-Dahdouh was separated from her breastfeeding son for more than 50 days when she was thrown into the back of an Israeli truck. She tells MEE she was subjected to horrific torture.”
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-palestinian-woman-israeli-truck-beaten-tortured-and-buried-alive
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“The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to relax its blockade on aid shipments into Gaza, saying Tel Aviv must stop interfering with deliveries as Palestinians face dire food and medicine shortages.
In a ruling issued on Thursday, the ICJ pointed to “the spread of famine and starvation” in the Gaza Strip, observing that the crisis was the result of Israel’s “extensive restrictions on the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid and commercial goods.”
The court ordered Tel Aviv to allow supplies into the territory “unhindered” and “in full cooperation with the United Nations,” prohibiting “any action” that would obstruct aid deliveries.”
https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/world-court-orders-israel-to-ease-grip-on-gaza-aid/
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“Israel’s war threatens the world’s oldest Christian community. But Western powers who pay lip service to religious minorities are silent, writes Khalil Sayegh.”
https://www.newarab.com/opinion/easter-gazas-christian-community-faces-extinction
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Peace without justice is oppression and any person anywhere has a right to opposes oppression up to and including violently resisting oppression:
“A peace bought at the price of fascist repression not only is not desirable but it will not last.”
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/gaza-peace-graveyard
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“The Chris Hedges Report with Paola Caridi on the origins and aims of Hamas and why armed resistance against Israeli occupation is the only option most Palestinians have left.”
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-chris-hedges-report-with-paola-caridi
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“Though many of Israel’s traditional allies in the west are openly disowning its behavior in Gaza, weapons from various western and non-western countries continue to flow, feeding the war machine as it, in turn, continues to harvest more Palestinian lives.
This compels the question: Does Israel truly stand alone when its airports and seaports are busier than ever receiving massive shipments of weapons coming from all directions? Not in the least.”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/03/28/complicit-in-genocide-where-israel-gets-its-weapons-from/
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Chutzpah.
“Of all the pants-on-head idiotic things Israel and its apologists ask us to believe, “The UN just hates Israel for no good reason so all its claims should be dismissed” is definitely among the dumbest.
Israel apologists constantly claiming the UN is antisemitic and treats Israel unfairly remind you of a boy who never does any homework and keeps saying his bad grades are because his teacher hates him. The UN talks about Israel a lot because Israel is a murderous criminal regime.”
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-lies-about-being-a-victim
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“With man-made famines threatening both Sudan and Gaza, Al Jazeera breaks down how the body succumbs to starvation.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/27/starvation-anatomy-of-a-very-cruel-slow-death
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“Since October 7, polling has consistently shown the majority of American voters favor a ceasefire in Gaza. A poll released by Data for Progress in February found 67% of Americans favored the US pushing for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, including 77% of Democrats, 69% of Independents, and 56% of Republicans.”
https://news.antiwar.com/2024/03/27/poll-majority-of-americans-disapprove-of-israels-military-actions-in-gaza/
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“Whatever credibility the United States had as an advocate for human rights has almost entirely vanished since the war began. Members of civil society have refused to respond to my efforts to contact them. Our office seeks to support journalists in the Middle East; yet when asked by NGOs if the US can help when Palestinian journalists are detained or killed in Gaza, I was disappointed that my government didn’t do more to protect them. Ninety Palestinian journalists in Gaza have been killed in the last five months, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. That is the most recorded in any single conflict since the CPJ started collecting data in 1992.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/opinions/gaza-israel-resigning-state-department-sheline/index.html
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“”There is no time to spare in pulling back from this outrageous assertion by the State Department,” said Center for American Progress president Patrick Gaspard.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/patrick-gaspard-biden-state-department
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How many hundreds of Israeli citizens were murdered by the IDF itself?
“Captain Bar Zonshein recounts firing tank shells on vehicles carrying Israeli civilians on October 7. “I decide that this is the right decision, that it’s better to stop the abduction and that they not be taken,” he told Israeli media outlets.”
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/03/another-israeli-soldier-admits-to-implementing-the-hannibal-directive-on-october-7/
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“My hope for Israel and all countries is for peace and prosperity, but my first obligation is to my own country, and our one-sided attachment to Israel has made us enemies with, or at least created great resentment from, almost all the other countries in the Middle East.
Most people throughout the world have been sickened by the deaths of so many thousands of little children and are horrified by the photos of little children being starved to death during this war.”
https://original.antiwar.com/rep-john-j-duncan-jr./2024/03/27/gaza-war-is-pushing-support-for-israel-to-historic-lows/
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“Analysis: The US plan to have an aid port set up off Gaza to tackle severe food shortages caused by Israel’s weaponisation of aid doesn’t address the root cause”
https://www.newarab.com/analysis/can-joe-bidens-floating-pier-plan-prevent-famine-gaza
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“Does the West risk charges of complicity by supplying weapons to Israel in light of its plausible genocide in Gaza?”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/18/the-west-is-giving-israel-weapons-while-discussing-delivering-aid-to-gaza
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“What we saw on October 7 in Israel, and what we are seeing in Gaza now, represents the blatant violation of international humanitarian law on a mass scale,” said one top Irish official.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/south-africa-icj-2667620311
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“Despite countless eyewitness testimonies of Israeli rape and sexual violence in Gaza, there is next to no coverage of this in the mainstream media. Publications like the New York Times, which was quick to publish a–now widely debunked–“investigation” of “mass rape” by Hamas fighters on October 7, have failed to report on the sexual violence Gazans are experiencing. The New York Times’ silence is evidence that it is nothing more than a puppet for spreading Israeli propaganda.”
https://www.codepink.org/nytnomore?utm_campaign=3_29_pali_update_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink
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“The ICJ ruled on January 26 that Israel was committing “plausible genocide.” In addition, in a March 25 Report to the Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese wrote in the Summary: “By analyzing the patterns of violence and Israel’s policies in its onslaught on Gaza, this report concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating Israel’s commission of genocide is met.”
In the California case, United States leaders are accused of illegal complicity in not preventing genocide as well as contributing to Israel’s genocidal actions.”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/03/29/u-s-complicity-in-israels-plausible-genocide/
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“Urge your congress member to oppose H.R. 7256.”
“We, US supporters of diplomacy and international law, applaud South Africa for appealing to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to prosecute Israel for genocide in Gaza and urge all members of Congress to oppose bill H.R. 7256, the “US-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act” that sets the stage for sanctions against South Africa.
This bill, sponsored by Rep. John James (R-MI-10), seeks to punish South Africa for demanding Israel be held accountable for the slaughter in Gaza that has killed or maimed over 100,000 Palestinians, the majority of them women and children.
Specifically, the bill requires a full review of US-South Africa relations, including trade relations totaling over $25 billion a year, for bringing cases against Israel in the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice.”
https://www.codepink.org/no7256?recruiter_id=349744
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“We will continue to raise our voices of dissent until Palestinians are free,” said one activist with Jewish Voice for Peace.”
“Palestinian youth and descendants of Holocaust survivors were among those who protested a record-breaking fundraiser for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall late Thursday, repeatedly interrupting the glitzy event with shouts of opposition to Israel’s U.S.-backed war on Gaza.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/blood-is-on-your-hands-activists-disrupt-26-million-biden-fundraiser
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“Hundreds of Demonstrators at the multi-million dollar fundraiser, which featured former Presidents Obama and Clinton, interrupted a major event for Biden’s reelection campaign.”
https://news.antiwar.com/2024/03/29/pro-palestinian-protests-disrupt-major-biden-campaign-event/
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“”Arming a war criminal makes you a war criminal,” one critic admonished the U.S. president.”
“Despite growing worldwide calls for an arms embargo, the Biden administration in recent days has approved the transfer of billions of dollars worth of new weapons shipments to Israel, including warplanes and 2,000-pound bombs that have been dropped on densely populated areas of Gaza with devastating results.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-military-aid-to-israel-2667634511
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“The state party’s co-directors encouraged Democrats to “use their voice at the ballot box to send a clear message to President Biden that he must correct course on the war on Gaza.””
https://www.commondreams.org/news/leave-it-blank
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“Imagine how the western political-media class would be acting if Russia or China was bombing and starving a walled-in population of two million, half of them children. Seriously, imagine it. Imagine the rage and vitriol. Imagine the nonstop media coverage.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, US media coverage of that war exceeded the media coverage of all US wars in the previous three decades. If Russia were deliberately and systematically exterminating civilians in Ukraine or anywhere else, the western media coverage of those war crimes would be many times more.”
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/imagine-if-russia-or-china-did-the
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“As the US Congress approves another $3 billion in arms for Israeli genocide, Canada’s parliament–thanks to the New Democratic Party — votes to suspend weapons sales to Israel. Though Canada’s vote was non-binding, Canada’s foreign affairs minister says, “It is a real thing and the government will halt future arms shipments.” How did peace activists in Canada organize to win?
Join CODEPINK Congress for a conversation with Canadians on what it took to pass the resolution and what it will take to make it stick.”
https://www.codepink.org/cpc042?utm_campaign=cp040224&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink
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Judge Napolitano with Connor Freeman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wkO-kunM4M
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Judge Napolitano with former CIA Analyst Phil Giraldi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6bMhoEqHFE
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Judge Napolitano with former CIA Analyst Larry Johnson and Ray McGovern:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wNKe6E3n2s
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Judge Napolitano with Kyle Anzalone of Antiwar dot com:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7KfY_-WD5c
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Danny Haiphong with Scott Ritter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkSWRK3sVHo
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Danny Haiphong with the Duran on Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW8Zmoey4Nc
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Former Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis with former Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor:
“Col. Doug Macgregor: What Are Israel’s Risks in Gaza.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIf8ZiBPNwA
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Former Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis with Professor John Mearsheimer:
John Mearsheimer Special Encore: What’s said Behind Closed Doors — Ukraine, Russia, China & NATO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M02pL2xev4
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Brian Berletic on Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEQVx9IOCjM
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“These developments end decades of US claims regarding the superiority of its weapons systems, including boasts that Russia’s Soviet-era equipment “won’t be a match” for US arms, as the Business Insider claimed regarding M1 Abrams being sent to Ukraine.”
https://journal-neo.su/2024/03/12/does-the-fate-of-us-arms-in-ukraine-create-pause-for-thought-ahead-war-with-china/
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“Texas Gov. Abbot Mandates “Safe Space” Exception for Jewish Students. Ben Shapiro’s Mental Gymnastics to Justify Candace Owens’ Firing | SYSTEM UPDATE #250"
https://rumble.com/v4m523c-system-update-show-250.html
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“Jared Kushner joins the chorus calling for Israel to expand its occupation to Gaza’s waterfront, writes Vijay Prashad on Land Day. If history is any judge, it won’t happen.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/03/30/history-says-the-palestinians-will-remain/
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“In reality, there was never anything moderate about Joe Lieberman. He was a violent extremist, who only looked like he walked a political center line through the lens of a violent extremist empire.”
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/violent-extremists-get-called-moderates
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“The U.S. empire hunts not like a tiger, killing its prey with a fatal bite to the jugular; but more like a python: slowly suffocating the life out of it until it perishes, writes Caitlin Johnstone.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/03/28/slowly-suffocating-assange-like-its-other-enemies/
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“Resolving the case would enhance the administration’s tarnished human rights image.”
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/5-reasons-biden-free-assange
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“The British establishment continues to move inexorably towards ordering the WikiLeaks’ publisher’s extradition at the time of its choosing.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/03/30/craig-murray-uk-legal-shambles-in-case-of-assange/
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“Join me for this important webinar, China, Confucius: Philosophy in the Quest for Peace, taking place on Tuesday, April 2nd at 7PM (EST) on Zoom.
China has a long history of philosophy that aspires to peace. Chinese philosophical traditions are deeply embedded in Chinese culture which, it is clear, is different to the US and the West. In this webinar, aspects of daoism will be explored through the lens of the philosopher, Wang Yangming (1472–1529).
The presenter, Hanyue Zhang is a US-trained educator, working in the tradition of Chinese philosophical sages. “
https://secure.everyaction.com/M_Kra39YskyVp0qeO8gBrQ2?contactdata=fwgOToh%2fngAgKO6CiAeFDAPhHe6dcEDdugi6IrFPU8GqRyea6YamR%2fSxlAJPJLZLk7DPkAaHlPGF1SDqKelaNjOwZRXiid5awfd3Lt5aRKkjrfbsV%2fmVSUccoOxe5z1p8wqVm1S5kdI+c4r8l2C7CeOGRQpic5Er5qdxjLw5ms6NPiRm5t0TXg+UUtvkLptxJxhG43FwRXClLJdCH0hPDEx0xtAdN3AxZk1l1wMmPXAEO2gEaJJCRBSbVHO5CcTw&emci=80c862ca-31ed-ee11-aaf0-002248223794&emdi=fe19d9c6-3ded-ee11-aaf0-002248223794&ceid=308004
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“The US has had years to clarify its intention to give Assange a fair trial but refuses to do so. The UK court’s latest ruling is yet more collusion in his show trial.”
https://original.antiwar.com/cook/2024/03/28/assanges-reprieve-is-another-lie-hiding-the-real-goal-of-keeping-him-endlessly-locked-up/
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“In yet another political attack by the U.S. government against the African Liberation Movement, African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) Chairman Omali Yeshitela and two members of the Party’s Solidarity Front are currently under federal indictmentEditSign and facing 15 years in prison on the basis of our constitutionally protected speech advocating for freedom, reparations and justice for African people. A trial date is set for September 3, 2024 in the federal court in Tampa, FL.”
https://www.uhurusolidarity.org/blog/weareuhuru3/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=usm_monthly_membership_newsletter&utm_term=2024-03-29
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“Famous for its repression and torture, Teodoro Obiang’s Equatorial Guinea got an aid delivery from U.S. Special Operations forces.”
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/25/biden-equatorial-guinea-teodoro-obiang-aid/
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“As Niger expels U.S. troops, Declassified UK reveals British helicopters operated a taxi service for French forces in the uranium-rich African state, Phil Miller reports.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/03/29/britains-hidden-helicopter-war-in-niger/
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“Lee Fang Exposes 60 Minutes’ Disinfo “Expert” as Partisan Hack. PLUS: The Atlantic Targets Pro-Palestine Stanford Students with Nepo Baby Theo Baker. PLUS: | SYSTEM UPDATE #249"
https://rumble.com/v4lwy9o-system-update-show-249.html
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“This is America, last I checked. Surely, the government would not force the sale of a social-media company or ban its app from the Google and Apple stores. Would it?
Well, yes, it would, could (perhaps), and might. A bill in Congress, backed by the government’s nominal chief executive, could become law. The House of Representatives passed it last week by an overwhelming bipartisan majority — despite valiant efforts by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY, plus a few others — and it is now before the Senate.”
https://original.antiwar.com/srichman/2024/03/28/leave-tiktok-alone/
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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).
