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Norman Solomon on what the media won’t say: “The American people live in a warfare state” by Chauncey DeVaga
“Napoleon said that it’s not necessary to censor the news. It’s more efficient to delay it until it no longer matters. In terms of the dead, it no longer matters.”
On Daniel Berrigan — The Goodness in the Time of Death, by Eunice Wong
“Goodness remains—precious, unspeakable, wordless goodness—it remains amidst the hatred and the fear, the ugliness and injustice. Whatever happens to us, there will always be goodness.”
What’s on Polly Mann’s Mind? Shame on the Congress
“If people would refuse to support, fund, kill, or participate in the process, there would be no war. We need to reset and have a fresh start.”
Buffy St. Marie: Universal Soldier
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Bob Dylan: With God on Our Side
With God on Our Side Oh my name it ain’t nothin’ My age it means less The country I come from Is called the Midwest I was taught and brought up there The laws to abide And that land that I live in Has God on its side Oh, the history books tell it They […]
Bob Dylan: Masters of War
Masters Of War Bob Dylan, The Avener Come your masters of war You that build all the guns You that build all death planes You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks You that never done […]
Trump’s Iran Aggression Sparks Protests Across America, World
Demonstrations from across the U.S.A. with commentary by Max Blumenthal, Mike Prysner, Sanders and Warren. Includes Mayday Plaza in Minneapolis.
Chomsky, Falk and Ellsberg: Congress Must Forcibly Limit Trump’s Power to Attack Iran
January10 , 2020, BREAKING: “House approves war powers resolution to restrict Trump on Iran.” “The House must of listened. If only the Senate would.
How America’s Wars End (Messily), by Danny Sjursen
Count on this: the end of the American military mission in Afghanistan will be unfulfilling and likely tragic.
Mike Pence Warns Against Participating in NoWar2019: Pathways to Peace
World BEYOND War’s fourth annual global conference on the abolition of war will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 5th and 6th, in Limerick, Ireland, and include a rally on the 6th at Shannon Airport, where U.S. military forces routinely pass through in violation of Irish neutrality and of laws against war.
NATO: Expiration Date 1991, by Todd Pierce
“A true revolution of values will lay hands on the world order and say of war: ‘This way of settling differences is not just.’”
Protestors say No to NATO! Yes to Peace! in Washington DC
On March 30, 2019 protesters gathered in DC to rally and march in a No to NATO, Hands Off Venezuela protest at the White House at the beginning of a week of activities around NATO’s 70th anniversary being celebrated in Washington this year. April 4th is also the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence speech and of his assassination one years later.
Seeds of Rebellion, Seeds of Transformation, Part II
By Sue Ann Martinson Rise Up Times January 3, 2019 Part II: Unity in Diversity, Community, Language, and a Sea Change Further thoughts on Unity and Diversity John Dear’s essay on “Unity and Diversity in the Land of Nonviolence” referenced in Part I was published in the journal Oneing in an issue with the theme of “Unity […]
Green New Deal Advocates Should Address Militarism, by Medea Benjamin – Alice Slater
Where is the call for the New Peace Deal that would free up hundreds of billions from the overblown military budget to invest in green infrastructure? Environmentalists need to contest the Pentagon’s staggering global footprint. The US military is the world’s largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels and the largest source of greenhouse gasses, contributing about 5 percent of global warming emissions.
Minneapolis Protests: NO TO WAR
Created by CircleVision, a video from 2010 that is also true today.
International Conference Against US/NATO Military Bases, report by Roger Harris
Actions are being planned in Washington, D.C., around the 70th anniversary of NATO on April 4th. with supporting events encouraged locally and regionally throughout the US and worldwide.
Stop Killing and Dying in Afghanistan: Now More Than Ever, by David Swanson
“There are still about 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan.” That says it all, in shorthand.
Digging Deeper, Afghanistan, by Kathy Kelly
On May 13, a single-file procession of Pashto men started off on a 400-mile trek along dusty roads from Helmand to Kabul, to call for the Afghan government and the warring parties to end the war.
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, On Seeing America’s Wars Whole, A Letter to the NYT
The key point is that when it comes to recent American wars, the Times offers coverage without perspective.
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