tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21512291360879989972024-03-19T02:07:53.886-05:00OMNI's War and Warming AnthologiesDick Bennett's Anthologies focused on Stopping US Wars & Nuclear Holocaust and Stopping Warming & Climate Calamity, including examinations of their causes, consequences, and curesaubuniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281865213176006571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2338125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-84749593387694962222024-03-17T08:23:00.001-05:002024-03-17T08:23:36.650-05:00OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #170, MARCH 18, 2024<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #170, MARCH 18, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Yale Climate Connections<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Peter Sainsbury. The Wealthy, the
Poor, and Climate Change.<br />
Haaken and Praus. </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=e6d07ef08e&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A two-part documentary series on climate
resistance</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">.”
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><br />
</span><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Selections from This week on <i>Yale Climate Connections,</i>
</span></b><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">February 26 - March 1, 2024. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">·</span><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=c6d79786ef&e=bdfa7c314c" style="background-color: transparent; text-indent: -0.25in;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Zombie climate myths that refuse to die (feat. Bob
Henson)</span></a><u style="background-color: transparent; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=57a6f5d9a3&e=bdfa7c314c" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Michael Mann beat his defamers. But climate scientists
are still under attack.</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=5c584aec73&e=bdfa7c314c" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">We must cut carbon from industry. Here’s how we can do
it.</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=1df288d417&e=bdfa7c314c" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">What’s behind this winter’s U.S. snow drought?</span></a><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> [except in Tahoe!
In March]<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 27.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=0780275e61&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The wealthy cause climate change; the
poor suffer its consequences</span></a></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mronline.org (2-28-24).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Published in <i> </i></span><a href="https://johnmenadue.com/environment-the-wealthy-cause-climate-change-the-poor-suffer-its-consequences/"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Pearls and Irritations </span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> on <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">February 25, 2024</span> by Peter Sainsbury (more by </span><a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/cap-pearls-and-irritations/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Pearls and Irritations</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">) (Posted Feb
27, 2024).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/environment/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Environment</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/global/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Global</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Newswire</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Richest 1% produce as many greenhouse
gases as the poorest 66%. Climate denialists have a new lyric: ‘sure, it’s
happening—so what?’ but Australians are concerned about climate change and want
action. “<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“’Climate Equality: A planet for the 99%’</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> is the title of a </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://makerichpolluterspay.org/climate-equality-report/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">report</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> from Oxfam that examines the <i>‘twin crises of
climate breakdown and runaway inequality’</i>.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“</span></b><a name="_Hlk160900873"></a><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=e6d07ef08e&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160900873;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">NECESSITY: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
two-part documentary series on climate resistance</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160900873;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">.” </span></b></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Directed
by Jan <a name="_Hlk160900812">Haaken and Samantha Praus.</a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160900812;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160900812;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160900812;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mronline.org (2-24-24).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></i></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/necessity-film/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Zinn Education Project.</span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">2024</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> . </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Zinn
Education Project Staff (more by </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/zinn-education-project/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Zinn Education Project</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">) | (Posted Feb
23, 2024).</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/climate-change/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Climate Change</span></a><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">, </span><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/ecology/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Ecology</span></a><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">, </span><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/environment/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Environment</span></a><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">, </span><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/movements/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Movements</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/americas/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Americas</span></a><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">, </span><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/united-states/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">United States</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Newswire</span></a><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">, </span><a href="https://mronline.org/category/review/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Review</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/oil-water-and-climate-resistance/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">'Oil
Water and Climate Resistance'</span></a><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">, </span><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/minnesota/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Minnesota</span></a><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">, </span><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/tar-sands/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Tar Sands</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Films.</span></b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> 58 minutes & 57 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Oil, Water, and Climate
Resistance</span></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> explores the work of attorneys, valve turners, and
other water protectors in Minnesota. </span><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Climate Justice and the
Thin Green Line</span></i><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">examines climate resistance in the
Pacific Northwest.<br />
<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Time Periods:</span></b> 21st Century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Themes:</span></b> Climate
Justice, Environment, World History/Global Studies.</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Grounded in people and places at the heart of the climate
crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-29543503738917637522024-03-13T07:56:00.001-05:002024-03-13T07:56:56.512-05:00OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #168, MARCH 13, 2024 <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 19.5pt;"><a name="_Hlk160879540"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">OMNI WAR
WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #168, MARCH 13,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>2024</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160879540;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Compiled by Dick Bennett</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Peacemaking, Peacemakers<br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Just Foreign Policy<br />
Veterans for Peace<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-ligatures: none;">International Campaign to Abolish
Nuclear Weapons</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Just Foreign Policy</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ligatures: none;">James R.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
American people want to see an immediate ceasefire in occupied Palestine, and
our pressure for peace is working.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Just
days ago, Vice President Kamala Harris gave a statement calling for an
immediate six-week ceasefire—<i>the first time the administration has used this
language.</i></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">But
the Biden administration needs to put its money where its mouth is – if the
U.S. does nothing to hold Israel and Netanyahu accountable, then nothing will
change. With Netanyahu threatening to invade Rafah and subject 1.4 million
innocent Palestinians to more brutal warfare, we need action behind words. As <b>Rep.
Pramilia Jayapal </b>remarked on Twitter, we need to see a policy shift that
backs this language up:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Our
pressure campaign is working which means we can’t let up. As we write this
millions of Gazans are still facing indiscriminate bombing and widespread
famine. </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Nothing short of an immediate and permanent ceasefire will
do.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.iIBo0N5fSFzEFL40Tn-vtbMETCUYClkOrOh9-SNJfqu34xOOulBKKFWeYp11heu7rsAKylL04hhPNqw8WBe5E9mQs7K9zLngRL_LrWKutJ7dnNK4OQDXjRI_btVbJzPu3HaoDHnPbMol9R1J6gaAJV8N2BILSpWh_aWoZ8ektDgsDjC1UgBEjk26LZuuHJ82JQn7uy9iYXpfdfTJ9aLnDa5Bj27eX1jo_xx3mLw3hj4HwMJcVIo_C3fTOzIMw7Hs8Qfd7cpyDnf-Z1AtEJxXcgMk6JrOGzkckquFmKnKybtAHQ4v8BbPtwHI56xvlfw3rmu-GXeBNOtzTHchdhP_f_sIgamsFhLbCSlF3H9A7R2eRSyHI2MSxVFMsiJDT50QnOdUtod9-YQ4AYqRDhu4_w/44i/RZPfuPRuQyGlrMJ4RGETOg/h1/h001.e7sM_L-Ul1Oya7ri3UxZsPoLolG8ww6jgQXtn-RzbeE" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Just Foreign Policy can build support for a ceasefire on
Capitol Hill because of support from this team. If you’re able, chip in today
and help us keep up the pressure on our elected leaders until our calls for a
ceasefire are answered:</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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solidarity,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just Foreign Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt;"><i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">National Newsletter</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">
Winter 2-23-2024. <b>veteransforpeace.org</b> <br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<b>Ann Wright</b> Testifies at UN Security
Council, Calls for <b>Ceasefire in Gaza</b>.”<br />
“Ukrainian Peace Activist Joins VFP Board of Advisors.”<br />
Reports from Susan Schnall, Board President, and Mike Ferner, National
Director.<br />
“Welcome Home, <i>Golden Rule</i>!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(VFP’s sailing ship)<br />
“<b>Climate Crisis & Militarism”</b> (check out website at
veteransforpeace.org/take-action/climatecrisis or email at </span><a href="mailto:climate@veteransforpeace.org"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">climate@veteransforpeace.org</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
“Korea Peace Campaign.”<br />
“Uranium <b>Weapons,</b> Cluster Munitions, and Land Mines.”<br />
“Democracy and Peace”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Democracy and
Peace Working Group formed for “wresting our democracy from undemocratic
corporate control.”<br />
“<b>Nuclear Abolition.”</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>VFP Nuclear
Abolition Working Group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>VfP Nuclear
Posture Review.<br />
And more, esp. Chapter Reports. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(--Dick)</span><a href="https://www.veteransforpeace.org/donate/join-renew"><b><span style="color: #1a0dab; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15.0pt;"><br />
Join Veterans For Peace</span></b></a><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 15.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</b>As we come to the end of the year, this is a good moment to take stock of
all the ways we’ve pushed back against nuclear weapons, and to celebrate some
of the incredible things we’ve achieved together to build on the blueprint
for nuclear disarmament:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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around the world took action for a world free of nuclear weapons to a new
level, bringing in new allies and new ways of working. After all, nuclear
weapons impact everything and everyone, so we need everyone to speak up
against them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">While I only took on my new role as ICAN Executive
Director in September, I got to see the campaign in full swing during <b>Nuclear
Ban Week in New York.</b> There was an enormous amount of energy and action
around the second meeting of states parties to the <b>UN Treaty on the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).</b> I cannot stress enough how
significant it is that the meeting<b> </b>resulted in an<b> agreement to
dismantle the false narrative of nuclear deterrence</b>. This is a major
breakthrough, and shows that our plan to delegitimise nuclear weapons,
including in national security policies and political narratives, is gaining
traction. And that is just one of our </span><a href="https://www.icanw.org/2023_raising_our_voices_against_nuclear_weapons_ican_s_2023_highlights?e=163f5bd0f1ad53232c803f0a731e4345&utm_source=ican&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=eoy_year_in_review_melissa_an&n=2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #8a1538; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">highlights</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> this year...
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confidence that, together, we can put an end to the nuclear threat
forever. Our successes are only possible thanks to the generosity of
our donors, who power our work. So as we prepare to take on new challenges in
2024, will you please consider supporting ICAN? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Every species will be harmed in a nuclear war; only one
species can stop it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
We hope you will continue to stand with us. <br />
Sincerely,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Melissa Parke, <i>Executive
Director</i><br />
<b>ICAN (2017 Nobel Peace Prize)</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 19.5pt;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">END </span></b><a name="_Hlk160879570"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #168, MARCH 13,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2024</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160879570;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-62133195344239954652024-03-08T14:04:00.001-06:002024-03-08T14:04:42.152-06:00OMNI CONVERGENCE OF CATASTROPHES WARS AND WARMING, ANTHOLOGY #1<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">OMNI<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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ANTHOLOGY #1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Compiled by Dick Bennett, for a Culture of Peace,
Justice, and Ecology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">March 8, 2024</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">What’s at
Stake:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">These
essays reveal how rapidly and significantly awareness has grown world-wide of
the full scope of increasing, intensifying, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">interrelated</i>
problems. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But not so much in the US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">―</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Merriweather; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thomas
Hardy</span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .05in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">RESISTING DOOM of CONVERGING CATASTROPHES <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY THE SCIENTIFIC
CONSENSUS NOW<br />
And our stance should be??<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4-15-23<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dante</b> in “The Inferno” places <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fence-sitters</i> (one translation) just
outside Hell, stung eternally by swarming wasps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another translation renders the word <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">opportunists. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If nuclear weapons and
global warming each alone threatens our civilization and together seem sure to
end civilized life and most species, shouldn’t we be defiantly, inevitably
abrasively alert, resisting?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Numerous
commentators tell us that only a mass movement can reverse our leadership
failure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will arrest the leaders and
awaken the majority?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dante condemned to
Hell the adiaphorus and all who claim moral neutrality, are indifferent to emergencies,
would euphemize language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And perhaps he
would condemn today the hypocrites and doublespeakers who advocate violence and
war to control the world in the name of peace and justice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imposters, phonies, flimflammers,
conmen-women for justice and peace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Mealy-Mouthed Sly Party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>In such a world, in such a world, what the peace movement must do is
clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, before the nuclear and
warming dangers end us, we not only must not avoid direct language and action
but must embrace openness and truth, must name the war and warming mongers,
before we are engulfed by their bombs, radioactivity, scorching temperatures,
famines, floods, and drowning cities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yet nonviolently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Violence, the
violent have chosen, are choosing to destroy civilization and species. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nuclear war will be necessary to rid the
planet of vermin Putin, etc..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
remember MLK Jr. and all the models of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nonviolent
action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not strong language and action have impeded
the peace and justice movement, but effete, flaccid, safe language and public
policy .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right here in Fayetteville,
Arkansas, for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember the
countless outrages and crimes committed by the Bush II administration (none
prosecuted).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then remember our chief
university giving Condoleeza Rice (a chief architect of the Iraq War) $170,000
to give one speech here, on world peace! and no copies available to assist
response until one year later, and then only under pressure!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This model charlatan and conwoman for peace
and justice was celebrated as a model by a complicit university.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must reverse both models and quickly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
scientists tell us (the IPCC six Assessments) we have little time left unless
we get off the fence, or the wasps of a million varieties—overpopulation, a
thousand Hiroshimas, ceaseless floods and droughts, hurricanes and forest
fires, rising seas--will destroy the entire species that caused the
emergency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–Dick Bennett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">CONVERGENCE OF WAR AND WARMING <br />
By Dick Bennett<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7-14-22</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/07/convergence-of-war-and-warming-and-7-14.html"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/07/convergence-of-war-and-warming-and-7-14.html</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">As climate changes stress our human institutions, we are likely to face
deadly conflicts over critical resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Klare.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/nuclear-defense-climate-change/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/nuclear-defense-climate-change/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The threats
of wars and warming, their causes and consequences, are well studied, but
facing and reversing those threats are, to say the least, nascent
sciences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know well also the success
of organizing denial of or distracting people from the harms of both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another reason might be that they are studied
piecemeal, when they are occurring simultaneously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And this factor has been little
studied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The result is constant
underestimating of both impact and consequences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A war alone is incalculably horrendous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A war during increasingly extreme weather is
incalculably worse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then arrives a
succession of pandemics of zoonotic diseases!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And world population is increasing (and consumption in the northern
affluence)!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s no wonder populations,
addicted to distractions, are passive and acquiescent, at least preceding the
heat, or droughts, or fires, or floods, or hurricanes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people have
had difficulty grasping the realities of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nuclear</i>
war or the realities of climate <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>How much more difficult is anticipating
their convergence, and the virtual impossibility of understanding, when
pandemics and population (number and consumption) are added.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So our best
scientists and social scientists must prepare for that multiple, converging
future. Following in the footsteps of the United Nations’ IPCC scientists, they
will not begin from scratch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has functioned magnificently
(though always underestimating severities) since its founding over 30 years
ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A new, realistic, matured focus on
convergence requires little change in title or acronym: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Intergovernmental Panel on Planet Earth Convergences (IPPEC)?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do we have
time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s time we convicted fossil
fuels corporations for forty years of lying about their harms; it’s time we made
public the neoliberal promoters of war; it’s time we exposed fully the failure
of neoliberalism to act meaningfully against wars and warming (and the dismantling
of democracy and pandemics) for a full convergence reality, and to replace the
old system by a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>new that will preserve
us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Dick Bennett, 7-14-22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">CONTENTS WARS AND WARMING
CONVERGENCE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">WAR, NUCLEAR WAR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">SCOTT RITTER.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“THE SILENT EULOGY”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Scott Ritter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The Silent Eulogy.”<br />
Bradley and Dudziak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Making the
Forever War.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Gilroy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mass Shooters, US Militarist Culture, and the
Mass Media<br />
Kimberly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mass Shootings and State
Violence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Kuzmarov.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Ukraine War.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Tom Dispatch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ukraine War on a War Planet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">CLIMATE CHANGE<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bendell and Read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Deep Adaptation.<br />
Jaynes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Climate and Biodiversity.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">CONVERGENCE<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Bromwich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Living on a War Planet.”<br />
Garateix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“War & Climate Change.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">McCarthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“War Impacts Climate Change and Environment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Goodman. War and Climate Crisis.<br />
Mach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Climate and Armed Conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Mouawad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Ecocide.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Berhe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Climate Change and War.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Braun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Impact of War on Climate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Sengupta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Climate Change Worsening War.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Hendrix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Climate Change and Conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Henderson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Climate Change, Violence, and Cruelty.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">PENTAGON</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Crist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Military Carbon Bootprint.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Crawford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Book).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i>Pentagon, Climate Change, and War</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Ghosal and Arasu.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>War in Ukraine and Asian Energy Future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Garriga and Biondo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pentagon and Climate Change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Gerson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prevent Wars and Warming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">REFUGEES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Abel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Climate, Wars and Refugees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Nahvi. Climate, War, Refugees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Orellana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>War, Climate Change, Migration. USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Schuller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Humanity’s Last Stand.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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February 29, 2024</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I was planning on publishing Part 2 of my
article on Alexei Navalny.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, today Alexei Navalny’s body is being
laid to rest in a funeral service in Moscow attended by a few thousand
well-wishers and supporters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My wife has always cautioned me not to speak
ill of the dead.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Especially on the day their mortal remains are
being returned to the earth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Instead, I am compelled to write about
something else.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is the funeral that will never be held.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The obituary that will never be read.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The eulogy that will never be spoken.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Who’s passing do I lament?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My own.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My friends.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My fellow Americans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Humanity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The mechanism of our deaths will only too late
be revealed, most likely in a blinding flash of light that will bring us to our
knees, awaiting the shockwave that proceeds the unbearable heat that will
transform our flesh and bones, instantaneously, to ash.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We cannot claim that we were not forewarned of
our imminent demise—ever since Robert Oppenheimer proclaimed himself to be
“Death, the destroyer of worlds,” we have known that we possessed the mechanism
of our own destruction, and yet we have done nothing to remove this danger from
our lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Robert Oppenheimer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Instead, we continued to perfect this most
horrible of weapons, devising even more deadly warheads, and more efficient
delivery systems upon which to deliver them to our enemies, all the while
knowing that any large-scale use of these weapons would signal our own passing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For an all-too-brief moment, the insanity of
the course we had set became apparent, and we undertook to return the genie to
the bottle, to reverse course, to save ourselves and our fellow human beings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.9pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Scott Ritter will discuss this article and
answer audience questions on </span></b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/3af6d021-76b1-4f64-a5b8-0aca7173bec4?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ep. 141</span></b></a></span><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> of </span></b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/0281220d-f0a4-47a2-8582-b728abfac4b2?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ask the Inspector</span></i></b></a></span><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But hubris intervened, and when the source of
our nuclear angst—the Soviet Union—faded into the pages of history, we sought
to leverage our new-found status as uncontested nuclear-armed global hegemon by
proclaiming an end to history, promoting ourselves and our political system,
through an intellectual exercise that would have made Darwin proud, into the
highest expression of human development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But in a flash this moment was gone,
evaporated along with the edifices of our capitalistic existence as remote
corners of the globe pushed back against our arrogant self-coronation. We
sought to conquer a world which no longer brooked being conquered, to dominate
people who refused to bend the knee, all along shielding ourselves from the
reality of our atrophied power by hiding behind an aging nuclear arsenal we
fooled ourselves into believing was supreme.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In our arrogance we divorced ourselves from
the processes of arms control we once used to secure our survival. We withdrew
from the anti-ballistic missile treaty which breathed life into the deterrence
value of mutually assured destruction, believing that the only destruction
which should be assured was that of our enemies, real and imagined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SPRINT anti-ballistic missile base</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We withdrew from the intermediate nuclear
forces treaty, forgetting that the reason we entered it was to remove one of
the most destabilizing weapons in Europe in an effort to secure peace. Instead,
we sought to reintroduce these destabilizing weapons, secure in our mistaken
belief that our enemies would not be able to match our military prowess.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And we negotiated in bad faith a series of
strategic arms reduction treaties, seeking strategic advantage when we should
have been seeking strategic stability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The target of our arrogance, Russia and its
leader, Vladimir Putin, tried in vain to dissuade us from the path we were
taking. In 2007, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Putin cautioned
that Americas had “overstepped its national borders in every way. This is
visible in the economic, political, cultural, and educational policies it
imposes on other nations. Well, who likes this? Who is happy about this?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As a result, Putin warned, “no one feels safe.
I want to emphasize this—no one feels safe! Because no one can feel that
international law is like a stone wall that will protect them. Of course, such
a policy stimulates an arms race.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Vladimir Putin addresses the Munich Security
Conference, February 2007 (photo deleted)</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We ignored him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Instead, we convinced our European partners of
the illusive dangers of an “expansive” Russia, all the while minimizing the
real dangers of a Russian nuclear arsenal on the cusp of revival—all it needed
was a push in the right direction, one we were only too happy to provide by
ignoring Russian concerns about missile defense.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 2018, the nuclear chickens came home to
roost. Citing our disregard for the niceties of arms control, Vladimir Putin
announced that Russia was in the process of developing a new generation of
nuclear weapons capable of overcoming any defense the United States was
preparing to deploy. “You didn’t listen to our country then,” Putin said,
referring to his past warnings about the dangers of an arms race. “Listen to us
now.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We did not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Instead, we worked our European allies into a
frenzy, stoking the fires of conflict with exaggerations of both the threat
posed by Russia, and Europe’s ability—through NATO—to defeat this
threat—especially if the vehicle for bringing Russia to its knees was a proxy
conflict in Ukraine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our European partners played their part
well—too well. Having been convinced that Russia posed an existential threat to
the survival of Europe, and equally convinced of the security provided by the
American nuclear umbrella, Europe fell victim to its own artificially
constructed narrative, believing that a Russian victory in Ukraine really did
threaten the very survival of Europe. They chose to minimize the dangers posed
by Russia’s nuclear arsenal, lulled into a false sense of security by America’s
own dismissal of the capabilities Russia claimed to possess, and opted to chart
a path toward confrontation with Russia on Ukrainian soil, even though Russia
had said this was a red line which, once crossed, would inevitably lead to a
nuclear war.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">German Taurus cruise missile</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“There has been talk about the possibility of
sending NATO military contingents to Ukraine,” the Russian leader noted in an
address delivered to the Russian parliament this past Thursday. “But we
remember the fate of those who once sent their contingents to our country’s territory.
But now the consequences for possible interventionists will be far more tragic.
They must realize that we also have weapons that can hit targets on their
territory. All this really threatens a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons
and the destruction of civilization. Don’t they get that?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Apparently, they don’t.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So here is to the American experiment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Born July 4, 1776.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Died…we’ll never know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An imperfect union, it strove to be better,
fighting a revolution to free itself from the tyranny of the British crown
while preserving slavery as a constitutionally approved institution. America
fought a bloody Civil War to end the evil of slavery and preserve the Union,
all the while implementing its self-anointed God-given “manifest destiny” which
drove into near extinction the indigenous people who populated the continent we
conquered. We came to the aid of Europe not once, but twice, over the course of
a century, helping defeat the forces of fascism and imperialism, before
becoming fascist-like in our domestic policies that supported our imperialistic
foreign policies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">America, the beautiful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God shed his grace on thee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Castle Bravo nuclear test of March 1, 1954</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the eulogy I will never be able to
deliver, because like the rest of you, I am fated to die in a nuclear holocaust
of our own making. We have embarked on a collective journey whose only
destination is death and destruction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We have ignored, at our own peril, the efforts
of those, at home and abroad, who have tried to get us to take an off-ramp.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I would have liked to have had the epitaph on
my gravestone read, “Here lies a warrior for peace, who dedicated his life to
the cause of making the world a safer place to live.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alas, I, like all of you who are reading this,
am doomed to die in a war that could have been avoided if we just tried a
little bit harder to avoid it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The shame is that, at that moment when the
inevitability of our passing hits home, in the millisecond that will follow the
flash of light and the comprehension of what it signifies, all of us will think
“If I had just…”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But it will be too late because we did not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We allowed the military industrial complex
that President Dwight Eisenhower warned us about to become manifest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We remained indifferent to the reality of its
pervasiveness, even as our own government informed us that the reason for
pursuing our suicidal path of destruction with Russia in Ukraine was so that
our defense industry could profit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But there is no profit in death.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rest in peace, America.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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that which he had bequeathed us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: whitesmoke; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Making
the Forever War:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Marilyn B. Young on the Culture and Politics of American
Militarism.</span></i><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Edited by </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.umasspress.com/search-results/?contributor=mark-philip-bradley"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Mark Philip Bradley</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.umasspress.com/search-results/?contributor=mary-l-dudziak"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Mary L. Dudziak</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>University of Massachusetts Press, 2021.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.umasspress.com/search-results/?series=culture-and-politics-in-the-cold-war-and-beyond"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Culture and Politics in the Cold War
and Beyond</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">232
Pages</span><b><span style="color: #881c1c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The late historian Marilyn
B. Young, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">a preeminent voice on the
history of U.S. military conflict,</b> spent her career reassessing the nature
of American global power, its influence on domestic culture and politics, and
the consequences felt by those on the receiving end of U.S. military force. At
the center of her inquiries was a seeming paradox: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How can the United States stay continually at war, yet Americans pay so
little attention to this militarism?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Making the Forever War</span></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> brings Young's articles and essays on
American war together for the first time, including never before published
works. Moving from the first years of the Cold War to Korea, Vietnam, and more
recent “forever" wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Young reveals the ways in
which war became ever-present, yet more covert and abstract, particularly as
aerial bombings and faceless drone strikes have attained greater strategic
value. For Young, U.S. empire persisted because of, not despite, the
inattention of most Americans. The collection concludes with an afterword by
prominent military historian Andrew Bacevich.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mass
Shootings from Culture of War</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=024d59f325&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Thirty Six Percent of
Mass Shooters Were Trained by the U.S. Military, But Few Americans Know This
Because the Media Never Report It</span></a></span><u><span style="color: #007c89; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">” </span></u><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Jack Gilroy on Aug 30, 2022 10:27 am.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Media pundits and politicians blame lax gun laws, social
isolation and mental illness for mass shootings, but ignore the advent of a
fascist culture that venerates the U.S. military.</span></b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the wake of a barrage of mass shootings, the media have
offered a variety of explanations centering predominantly on the social
isolation and mental illness of shooters and their easy access to
military-style weaponry due to lax gun regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These factors are significant but almost all media pundits avoid
the gorilla sitting in the psyche of the American mind—that of the huge
military budget and culture of military veneration, which is reminiscent of
fascist cultures.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In a July 8 column entitled </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=cc99358702&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Why Shooters Do the
Evil They Do,”</span></a></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <i>New York
Times</i> columnist David Brooks characteristically cites mental illness,
loneliness and the need for recognition and power as lying at the root of
recent mass shootings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What is missing is any discussion of American-style militarism,
something Brooks has whitewashed throughout his writing career.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to David Swanson, Director of <i>World Beyond
War,</i> </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=747546c59d&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">36% of mass shooters
have been trained by the U.S. military</span></a></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">—when only one percent of Americans serve in the military.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many of the mass shooters also have used military-style weapons
and have worn military-style clothing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jillian <b>Peterson</b> and
James Densley </span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">recently published a
detailed study of mass shooters sponsored by the <i>National Institute of
Justice</i> entitled <i>The </i></span><i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic</span></i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, which has been widely cited by the media.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The book casts light on many dark corners of American life but
characteristically ignores among the darkest—the military-industrial
complex. […]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This essay</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> appeared first
in </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=cd6a28ed5b&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CovertAction Magazine</span></i></a></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Margaret Kimberley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Mass Shootings, Empire, and Racist, Copaganda Dog Whistles.”
Mronline.org (6-3-22).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Two mass shootings produced not only anger and grief
but lies and pretense that violence here is somehow mysterious. Political
leaders advocate state violence all the time, calling for new victims to be
created here and around the world.</span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=a66ecf955b&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Jeremy
Kuzmarov.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">If the U.S.
can’t boss the World, it will spitefully destroy it</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/04/13/if-the-u-s-cant-boss-the-world-it-will-spitefully-destroy-it/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">CovertAction Magazine </span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">April 13, 2023)</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(more by </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/covertaction-magazine/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">CovertAction Magazine</span></a></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/war/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">War</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/americas/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Americas</span></a></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">, </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/united-states/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">United States</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Newswire</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/john-bellamy-foster/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">John Bellamy Foster</span></a></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">, </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/new-cold-war/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">New Cold War</span></a></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mronline.org (4-16-23).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In May 2022, Henry
Kissinger gave a </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/05/kissinger-these-are-the-main-geopolitical-challenges-facing-the-world-right-now/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">remarkable speech</span></a></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> at the World Economic Forum meeting in
Davos, Switzerland, where he urged the Biden administration to seek a peace
agreement in Ukraine that satisfies the Russians because “pursuing the war
beyond this point would not be about the freedom of Ukraine but a new war
against Russia itself.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .05in; mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #666666; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unable to accept the reality of a growing
multipolar world order, U.S. elites are willing to risk nuclear war.</span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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29, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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offering us a (brief)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>donation. Tom</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The old </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=04c5f86faa&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">anti-Vietnam War song</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> that began,
"War, what Is It good for? Absolutely nothing!" couldn't be more on
the mark these days. Just imagine that you live on a planet where the truest
"war" may be the one we're waging against nature -- and that nature
is increasingly waging on us. That "war" could, in the end,
simply </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=85490c48a9&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">broil</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> us all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This summer, <b>the war in Ukraine</b> has
finally started to take a backseat to endless headlines about </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=824f439cd6&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">heat waves</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=6825b3441f&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fires</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=a10d8aebc7&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">floods</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=e2a209badd&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">record extreme weather</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> of more or less every
sort. As we </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=29e276cf93&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">broil and sweat</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, as communities are </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=26bf8c2939&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">burned down</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> or </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=165ed67cd6&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">flooded out</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, who even notices the latest casualty figures
from that other war? Yes, the <i>New York Times</i> </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=24db32aa48&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">recently reported</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> that, based on the
estimates of American officials, an almost unimaginable 500,000 Ukrainians and Russians
have already been killed or wounded in that conflict which, despite
recent </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=963436aa5c&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">lame peace efforts</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, shows not the faintest
sign of resolving itself any time soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In fact, escalation continues to be the rule of
the... well, under the circumstances, let's not say "game."
Russian bombardments of Ukrainian ports and </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=f15a3fe4d6&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">grain storage facilities</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> have worsened
recently, while the Ukrainians have </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=f1869fcca4&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">begun using</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> -- god save us all -- American cluster
bombs in quantity on the front lines of the war. (The Russians had already been
doing so.) And the latest news is that the Biden administration has once again
(as with those cluster munitions and before them Abrams tanks, among other
weapons systems) decided to up the ante on the Ukrainian side by </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=3162d41b6b&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">allowing</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Denmark and the Netherlands to provide
that country with F-16 fighter planes. And so it seems to go... and go and go
and go some more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=90339aee83&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TomDispatch</span></i><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> regular</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> David
Bromwich suggests all too vividly today, we now find ourselves on <b>a war
planet</b> -- and whether that war is among humans or with nature, it only
seems to be escalating by the month. <i>Tom<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: #D10000; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 19.5pt;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CLIMATE CATASTROPHE,
EMERGENCY, CHAOS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Deep
Adaptation: Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1.5pt;"><a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-us/search?filters%5Bauthor%5D=Jem+Bendell&pq=++"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Jem
Bendell </span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and </span><a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-us/search?filters%5Bauthor%5D=Rupert+Read&pq=++"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Rupert
Read,</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Editors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Polity P, 2021.</span><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hide: all;"> Bottom of Form</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Publisher’s description:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="display: none; mso-hide: all;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Deep adaptation’ refers to the personal and collective
changes that might help us to prepare for – and live with – a
climate-influenced breakdown or collapse of our societies. It is a framework
for responding to the terrifying realization of increasing disruption by
committing ourselves to reducing suffering while saving more of society and the
natural world. <b>This is the first book to show how professionals across
different sectors are beginning to incorporate the acceptance of likely or
unfolding societal breakdown into their work and lives.</b> They do not assume
that our current economic, social and political systems can be made resilient
in the face of climate change but, instead, they demonstrate the caring and
creative ways that people are responding to the most difficult realization with
which humanity may ever have to come to terms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Edited by the originator of the concept of deep adaptation,
Jem Bendell, and a leading climate activist and strategist, Rupert Read, this
book is the essential introduction to the concept, practice, and emerging
global movement of Deep Adaptation to climate chaos.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jem Bendell</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is
Professor of Sustainability Leadership at the University of Cumbria and the
originator of the Deep Adaptation movement.<br />
<b>Rupert Read</b> is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the
University of East Anglia, a Green Party campaigner and former spokesperson for
Extinction Rebellion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">TABLE OF CONTENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Introduction: what now the limits are breached?<br />
Part I: The Predicament<br />
1. The scientific case of global over-heating and the root of denial<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. Deep Adaptation: a map for navigating climate tragedy,
Jem Bendell<br />
3. The reasons for anticipating collapse, Pablo Servigne, Raphaël Stevens,
Gauthier Chapelle, Daniel Rodary<br />
<br />
Part II: Shifts in Being<br />
4. Climate Psychology and its Relevance to Deep Adaptation, Adrian Tait<br />
5. Deeper implications of societal collapse: co-liberation from the ideology of
e-s-c-a-p-e.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jem Bendell<br />
6. Unconscious addictions: mapping common responses to climate change and
potential climate collapse, Rene Suša, Sharon Stein, Vanessa Andreotti,
Tereza ajkova, Dino Siwek, and the Gesturing Towards Decolonial
Collective<br />
7. Facilitating Deep Adaptation - enabling more loving conversations about our
predicament, Katie Carr and Jem Bendell<br />
8. The Great Turning: Reconnecting through Collapse, Sean Kelly and Joanna Macy<br />
<br />
Part III: Shifts in Doing<br />
9. Leadership and management in a context of deep adaptation<br />
Jonathan Gosling<br />
10. What Matters Most? Deep Education Conversations in a Climate of
Change and Complexity<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Charlotte Von
Bulow and Charlotte Simpson<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>74l. <br />
11. Riding two horses: The future of politics and activism, as we face
potential eco-driven societal collapse<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rupert Read<br />
12. Relocalisation as Deep Adaptaton: Matthew Slater and Skeena Rathor.<br />
Concluding the Beginning of Deep Adaptation: Jem Bendell and Rupert Read.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">REVIEWS<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The authors of this book have courage to recognise the
reality of our time and face the uncomfortable <b>facts of climate calamity.</b>
The theme of this book is indeed scary. But it’s full of bright ideas for how
to transmute both fear and difficulty into kind and wise ways of living and
working. The thinkers, academics and activists who have contributed to this
book embody the wisdom to adapt to this unprecedented catastrophe. They also
show the practical ways and means to live and act with the imagination and resilience.
Not everyone would agree to these radical ideas but everyone needs to know
about them. So, I recommend this book to all.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Satish Kumar, Editor Emeritus Resurgence & Ecologist and Founder,
Schumacher College<br />
<br />
“This book is the “red pill” of our times, offering neither certainty nor
confirmation of any story you may be holding about where we are heading in the
face of <b>so many colliding crises.</b> What it does offer is togetherness in
our insecurity and frameworks in our unknowing for coming to terms with and
making sense of these times. I look forward to both “deep adaptation” and
“collapsology” entering mainstream discourse, so that we might then imagine
creating together, as our current paradigm crumbles.”<br />
Gail Bradbrook, co-founder, Extinction Rebellion<br />
<b><br />
</b>“The contributors are unafraid to challenge conventional wisdom on the
climate crisis and go against the grain with a provocative assessment of what
we are now able to achieve and where we should focus our efforts.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Ecologist</i><b><br />
<br />
</b>“Collapse followed by transformation is a common way that complex systems
evolve. <b>Perhaps collapse of our high consumption, climate-destabilising
society can lead to transformation towards a brighter human future.</b> The
Deep Adaptation framework outlined in this book is a helpful way to seek that
transformation.”<br />
Professor Will Steffen, Australian National University Climate Change Institute<b><br />
<br />
</b>“In this book I am joined by scholars from around the world who seek to be
present to the suffering and difficulties of our time. Please turn toward these
ideas, not away, to find your own path in a turbulent future.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joanna Macy, author of <i>A Wild Love for the
World</i><b><br />
<br />
</b>“Deep Adaptation is only the beginning – it is one in which we expand our
thinking and open ourselves to the possibility of a completely new emergent
paradigm, as yet unknown. That fills me with curious hope.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maddy Harland, <i>Permaculture Magazine<b><br />
</b></i><b><br />
</b>“Lucid, productive, and necessary… Bendell succeeds in distilling a
terrifying future into a series of questions that invite people into
conversation. By doing so, he gives us a language to speak the
unthinkable.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Salon<br />
</i>[I have read this Publisher’s Description several times, each time becoming
less sure Deep Adaptation is the radical analysis it claims for itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its apparent argument that we have passed all
crucial climatological tipping points and all will face climate chaos sooner or
later will be radical for most readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But its solutions sound like neoliberal individualism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <i>radical</i> for our capitalist nation
would be an argument for large government able to resist changes of planetary
scope, international collective action; that is, the Marxist explanation of the
global collapse and reorganization into a cooperative society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look forward to reading the book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No Index so I do not know if Marx is even
mentioned or any Marxist principles, or if the features of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>minimal
government capitalism are examined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No clues either in the Table of Contents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Deep </i>Adaptation? –Dick]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">STRUGGLING TO GRASP THE TRUE MAGNITUDE OF THE EMERGENCY:
CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY TOGETHER<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=903ddbb279&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Treat Climate And Biodiversity Crises As
One Global Health Emergency</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”</span></u><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. PopularResisstance.org (10-29-23).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A new editorial published in more
than 200 health journals challenges health professionals and world leaders to
look at global biodiversity loss and climate change as “one
indivisible crisis” that must be confronted as a whole. The authors of the
editorial call separating the two emergencies a “dangerous mistake,” and
encourage the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency.
“The climate crisis and loss of biodiversity both damage human health, and they
are interlinked. That’s why we must consider them together and declare a global
health emergency. </span><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=8cf07cd26f&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #007c89; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-more-</span></a><u><span style="background: white; color: #007c89; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="background: white; color: #007c89; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">CONVERGENCE
WAR AND CLIMATE CHANGE <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://tomdispatch.com/authors/davidbromwich/"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">DAVID
BROMWICH</span></b></a></span><b><u><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">.</span></u></b><b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.25pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> “Living on a War Planet: </span></b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.25pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
Managing Not to Notice.”</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://tomdispatch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6cb39ff0b1f670c349f828c73&id=8447274caf&e=2c557657d4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">David Bromwich, “The Everlasting Alibi</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: Raleway; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: -.25pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A new war, a new alibi. When we think about
our latest war — the one that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, just
six months after our Afghan War ended so catastrophically — there is a hidden
benefit. As long as American minds are on Ukraine, we are not thinking about
planetary climate disruption. This technique of distraction obeys the familiar
mechanism that psychologists have called <i>displacement. </i>An
apparently new thought and feeling becomes the substitute for harder thoughts
and feelings you very much want to avoid.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Every news story about Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky’s latest demand for American or European weaponry also
serves another function: the displacement of a story about, say, the <b>Canadian
fires</b> which this summer destroyed a forest wilderness the size of the state
of Alabama and </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-tens-of-thousands-flee-as-wildfire-spreads-in-canadas-northwest-territories" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1,000 of which</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> are still burning
as this article goes to press. Of course, there is always the horrific
possibility that Ukraine could pass from a “contained” to a </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/31/europe/medvedev-russia-nuclear-weapons-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">nuclear war</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, as out of control as
those Canadian fires. Yet we are regularly assured that the conflict, close to
the heart of Europe, is under careful supervision. The war has a neatly framed
villain (Vladimir Putin) and — thanks to both the U.S. and NATO — a great many
good people containing him. What could possibly go wrong?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A fantasy has taken root among well-meaning
liberals. Ukraine, they believe, is the “</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Good-War-American-Happiness/dp/0374219923" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">good war</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">” people like them have
been searching for since 1945. “This is our Spain,” young enthusiasts have been
heard to say, referring to the Spanish Republican war against fascism. In
Ukraine in the early 2020s, unlike Spain in the late 1930s, the Atlantic democracies
will not falter but will go on “as long as it takes.” Also, the climate cause
will be assisted along the way, since Russia is a large supplier of natural gas
and oil, and the world needs to unhook itself from both.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That theory got tested a year ago, with the
underwater sabotage of Russia’s Nordstream natural gas pipelines in the Baltic
Sea. President Biden, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, and Deputy
Secretary of State Victoria Nuland all </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8BygV2kZBU" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">welcomed</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> that environmental
disaster. In an eventually deleted message the former Polish foreign minister
and war advocate Radislaw Sikorski </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/polish-eu-parliament-member-on-nord-stream-explosion:-thank" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">tweeted thanks</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to the U.S. for
what he took to be a transparently American operation. The American media,
however, treated the attack as an imponderable mystery, some reports even
suggesting that Russia might have </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/world/europe/pipeline-sabotage-mystery-russia.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">destroyed its own</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> invaluable pipeline
for reasons yet to be fathomed. Then, in a February 2023 article, the
independent investigative reporter Seymour Hersh </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">traced the attack</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to the U.S., and
later Western reports would come halfway to his conclusion by </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/us/politics/nord-stream-pipeline-sabotage-ukraine.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">assigning credit</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to Ukraine, or a
pro-Ukrainian group. As of late summer, all reporting on the Nordstream
disaster seems to have stopped. What has not stopped is the killing. The
numbers of dead and wounded in the Ukraine war are now estimated at
nearly </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/us/politics/ukraine-russia-war-casualties.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">half a million</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, with no end in sight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Nordstream wreck was
only one attention-getting catastrophe within the greater horror that a war
always is. An act of industrial sabotage on a vast scale, it was also an act of
environmental terrorism, causing the largest methane leak in the history of the
planet.</span></b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> According to a </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/heatherfarmbrough/2023/03/14/nord-stream-gas-explosions-may-have-caused-greater-ecological-damage-than-expected/?sh=2469e97c5291" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">report</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in <i>Forbes, </i>“The
subsequent increase in greenhouse gases… was equivalent to as much as 32% of
Denmark’s </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/temaer/klima#:~:text=I%202021%20udledte%20vi%2044,indbygger%20i%20Danmark." target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">annual emissions</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Russian invasion of Ukraine was an illegal
and immoral act, but the adjective that usually follows illegal and immoral is
“unprovoked.” In truth, <b>this war was provoked. A contributing cause,
impossible to ignore, was the eastward extension of NATO, always moving closer
to the western borders of Russia, in the years from 1991 to 2022.</b> That
expansion was gradual but relentless. Consider the look of such a policy to the
country –- no longer Communist and barely a great power — which, in 2013,
American leaders again began to describe as an adversary. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With the end of the Cold War in 1991 (the very
global conflict that gave NATO its reason for being), the eastward projection
of the alliance </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://bintel.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/06.jpg" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">accelerated</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> dramatically.
Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic, all former members of the Soviet bloc,
were brought into NATO in 1999; and 2004 witnessed an even richer harvest of
former satellites of the USSR: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania,
Slovakia, and Slovenia, all either near to or bordering on Russia. Then came <b>the </b></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_8443.htm" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bucharest Summit</span></b></a></span><b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Declaration of
April 2008: Georgia and Ukraine, the NATO heads of state announced, would be
given the opportunity to apply for membership at some future date. If you want
to know why Putin and his advisers might have considered this a security concern
for Russia, </span></b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ef/a4/07/efa4073b5b4eb0affeb0a1eb7133965c.jpg" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">look at a map</span></b></a></span><b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Counterfeit Solidarity</span></b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The United States has supported Ukraine with
copious donations of weapons, troop-trainers, and logistical and technical
advisers left to work the </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14751798.2023.2201017" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">interoperable targeting</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> equipment
we “share” with that country. Between 2014 and 2022, </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-military-success-years-of-nato-training-11649861339" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NATO drilled</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> at least 10,000
Ukrainian troops per year in advanced methods of warfare. In the war itself,
weapons supplies have climbed steadily from Stinger and Javelin missiles
to </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/reversal-us-agrees-send-31-abrams-tanks-ukraine-2023-01-25/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Abrams tanks</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (whose
greenhouse-gas environmental footprint is 0.6 miles per gallon of gas, or 300
gallons every eight hours of use), to </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/20/politics/ukraine-cluster-munitions/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cluster bombs</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and most recently
the </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-approves-shipments-f-16s-ukraine-major-gain-kiev-rcna100618" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">promise of F-16s</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All this has put fresh wind in <b>the sails of
the weapons manufacturers of the American military-industrial-congressional
complex</b>. In May 2022, the CEO of Lockheed Martin </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-military-success-years-of-nato-training-11649861339" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">thanked President Biden</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> personally
for his kindness. </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.eurasiantimes.com/lockheed-plans-to-ramp-up-production-of-f-16/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">F-16s</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, after all, are big
money-makers. As for the additional fuel that ordinary Ukrainians require, it
is now being </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/vital-natural-gas-is-being-stashed-in-caverns-beneath-war-torn-ukraine-57f98e1c" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">sequestered underground</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> by
Ukrainian commodities traders at enormous environmental risk.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wars and their escalation
— the mass destruction of human life that is almost invariably accompanied by
destruction of the natural world — happen because preparations for war bring
leaders ever closer to the brink. So close, in fact, that it feels natural to
go on. That was certainly the case with Russia, Ukraine, and NATO, and the
escalation that followed</span></b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Examples of such escalation are indeed the
rule, not the exception in time of war.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Think of the invention, testing, and strategic
planning that led to the dropping of the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima on
August 6, 1945. In Jon Else’s </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=the+day+after+trinity+documentary+youtube&mid=3C23AE01622D3D7EAEAE3C23AE01622D3D7EAEAE&FORM=VIRE" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">extraordinary documentary</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <i>The
Day After Trinity, </i>the physicist Freeman Dyson offered a sober
analysis of the momentum driving the decision to use the bomb:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Why did the bomb get dropped on people at
Hiroshima? I would say: it’s almost inevitable that it would have happened —
simply because all the bureaucratic apparatus existed by that time to do it.
The air force was ready and waiting. There had been prepared big airfields in
the island of Tinian in the Pacific from which you could operate. The whole
machinery was ready.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the same sense, all the apparatus was in
place for the war in Ukraine. Joe Biden, a conventional cold warrior, has
always had a temperament rather like that of President Harry Truman. The Biden
of 2023, like the Truman of 1945, comes across as impulsive, not deliberate. He
likes to pop off, thinks he is appreciated for taking risks, and fancies
himself particularly good under pressure. This state of mind partly accounts
for his decision to </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=DFJj9ITnniE" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">label Vladimir Putin</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> a
“war criminal”: never mind that such a description would apply with equal truth
to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney for launching the invasion of Iraq in 2003 —
a war that Biden, as chair of the Senate foreign relations committee, </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/17/joe-biden-role-iraq-war" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">supported</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> unreservedly. His
insistence that “this man [Putin] cannot remain in power for god’s sake”
and </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2023-07-13/biden-putin-has-already-lost-the-war-in-ukraine-video" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">his belief</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (as of mid-July
2023) that “Putin has already lost the war” exhibit the same pattern of
effusive moralism accompanied by a denial of inconvenient facts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A different perspective was offered by Anatol
Lieven at the </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/06/14/ukraines-paradoxical-lessons-for-the-future-of-warfare/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Responsible Statecraft website</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We are repeatedly </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ukraine-center-of-global-struggle-for-democracy-by-susan-stokes-2022-03" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">told</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> that the war in
Ukraine is a war to defend democracy and help secure it across the world. Our
American, French and British ancestors (and even the Russians, from March to
October 1917) were also told the same about the Allied side in the First World
War. It did not quite work out that way, and nothing guarantees that it will
happen that way in Ukraine.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the case of Ukraine, such false hopes have
been pushed far more freely by the media than by the military. War is a drug,
and they have chosen to be the dealers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Media Airbrush</span></b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">War propaganda can be delivered in picturesque
as well as popular ways. A prime example of the former approach was Roger
Cohen’s August 6th front-page <i>New York Times</i> story, “</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/world/europe/putins-forever-war.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Putin’s Forever War</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,” based on a recent
visit. (“I spent a month in Russia.”) The apologetic intent here is underscored
in the headline, which picks up an epithet once applied to the disastrous
American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and slyly transfers it to Russia. The coverage
is all in the same key, over six full pages of the paper <i>Times</i>,
bulked out with color photographs of cheerleaders, churches, dank stairways,
military processions, statues, tombs, and models on a fashion shoot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From the start, Cohen adopts the voice of a
prophetic observer of a new war, even as he makes it sound a good deal like the
old war with the Soviet Union. “Along the way,” he writes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I encountered fear and fervid bellicosity, as
well as stubborn patience to see out a long war. I found that Homo sovieticus<i>,</i> far
from dying out, has lived on in modified form, along with habits of
subservience. So with the aid of relentless propaganda on state television, the
old Putin playbook — money, mythmaking and menace of murder — has just about
held.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The name Putin appears with great regularity
as the article proceeds, doing extra duty for the historical analysis and
exposition that are mostly absent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I first visited Moscow,” writes Cohen, “four
decades ago, when it was a city devoid of primary colors eking out existence in
the penury of Communism.” But Moscow has changed and the reason is Putin: “He
opened Russia, only to slam it shut to the West; he also modernized it, while
leaving the thread to Russia’s past unbroken.” So here, as in many Western
accounts, the problem turns out to be not just Putin but the fact that he <i>embodies </i>a
backward, naturally vengeful, country and its irretrievable past. The people of
Russia are lost and — a few courageous dissidents excepted — they are given
over to primitivism, hopeless nostalgia, and of course aggression. Putin is
their epitome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He “governs from the shadows” — no point in
skipping the vampire trope — “unlike Stalin, whose portrait was everywhere.
There is no cult of the leader of the kind Fascist systems favored. Yet mystery
has its own magnetism. The reach of Mr. Putin’s power touches all.” There is,
in other words, a cult of personality without either the personality or the
display that belong to such a cult: “Putinism is a postmodern compilation of
contradictions. It combines mawkish Soviet nostalgia with Mafia capitalism, devotion
to the Orthodox Church with the spread of broken families.” It did not take a
month in Russia to write those sentences. A day at the <i>New York Times</i> would
have sufficed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <b>former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev</b>
finally emerges as the hero of this story. Nowhere quoted, however, is the
Gorbachev who, between 2004 and 2018, contributed </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/world/europe/gorbachev-op-eds-quotes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">eight op-eds</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to the <i>New
York Times</i>, the sixth of which focused on climate change and the eighth on
the perilous renewal of a nuclear arms race. Gorbachev was deeply troubled
by George W. Bush’s decision to withdraw from the 1972 Antiballistic Missile
Treaty (which Putin </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/13/international/bush-pulls-out-of-abm-treaty-putin-calls-move-a-mistake.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">called</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> a “mistake”) and
Donald Trump’s similar decision to pull out of the Intermediate-range Nuclear
Forces Treaty. Does anyone doubt that Gorbachev would have been equally
disturbed by the Biden administration’s </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/09/blinken-lavrov-diplomacy/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #013b6d; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">virtual severance</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> of diplomatic
relations with Russia?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In an October 25, 2018, op-ed, Gorbachev
summed up the American tendency throughout the preceding two decades: “The
United States has in effect taken the initiative in destroying the entire
system of international treaties and accords that served as the underlying
foundation for peace and security following World War II.” Notice that the
bellicose American “initiative” began well before the ascent of Vladimir Putin
and, according to Gorbachev, it possessed — like the expansion of NATO — a
dynamism that operated independently of developments inside Russia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Return to Earth<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MORE<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://tomdispatch.com/living-on-a-war-planet/?utm_source=TomDispatch&utm_campaign=560f92039c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_07_13_02_04_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1e41682ade-560f92039c-308836209"><b><span style="font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://tomdispatch.com/living-on-a-war-planet/?utm_source=TomDispatch&utm_campaign=560f92039c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_07_13_02_04_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1e41682ade-560f92039c-308836209</span></b></a></span><b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="color: #020202; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro",serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Marilyn Garateix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“War and Climate Change: At the Intersection
of Geopolitical Conflict<i>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IRE
Journal</i> (Third Quarter 2022).</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Several topics: 1) The struggle of
journalists to report even record-breaking climate news that is complex and
divisive and competing with war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability” from the
IPCC was reported by The Oxford Climate Journalism Network March 4, 2022, in
“As an Oil-funded War Ravages Ukraine, Climate coverage Struggles to Find Its
Footing.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the occasion did inspire the
needed “warning that the <b>twin crises of war and climate change were deeply
connected.”</b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2)Websites are
referenced that help reporters with war and warming assignments. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Media and Climate Change Observatory is
cited for recording the increase <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of
global coverage of climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3)
The Costs of War Project website at Brown University reveals the “human and
financial costs of war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Pentagon “remains
the world’s single largest consumer of oil.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, the author repeats the false label of Department of
Defense when its reality is the same old Department of <i>War</i> and it’s the
War<i> of</i> Terror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4) The author
urges reporters to “put a human face” on their stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>--Dick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><a href="https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/authors/joe-mccarthy/"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Joe
McCarthy</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">. “<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;">How War Impacts Climate Change and the Environment.”</span></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.9pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h4 style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“ Global Citizen<b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><span style="background: white;">April 6,
2022. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: -.1pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Few
things fuel the climate crisis quite like war</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The US’ broader “War on Terror” has released 1.2
billion metric tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, according to the
Watson Institute at Brown University, which has more of a warming effect on the
planet than the annual emissions of 257 million cars.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Amy Goodman. “War Helps Fuel the Climate Crisis
as U.S. Military Carbon Emissions Exceed 140+ Nations.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Democracy Now!</i> <span class="Date1"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">November </span><span class="Date1"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9, 2021.</span></span><span class="Date1"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-field-code: HYPERLINK;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.democracynow.org ›
2021/11/9 › cop26_militaryWar Helps Fuel the Climate Crisis as U.S. Military
Carbon ...</span></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climate activists protested outside the
U.N. climate summit in Glasgow Monday spotlighting the role of the
U.S. military in fueling the climate crisis.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="c-article-author-listitem" style="background: white; margin-right: 6.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1300-6#auth-Katharine_J_-Mach-Aff1"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Katharine J. Mach</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">,</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> et al. “Climate as a Risk Factor for Armed
Conflict.” </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.nature.com/"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Nature</span></i></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">.</span></i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> June 12, 2019</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1300-6" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">www.nature.com ›
articles › s41586/019/1300-6</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Here we assess the current understanding
of the relationship between climate and conflict.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="article-byline" style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Amanda Mouawad. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“'Ecocide':
how war and climate change are often linked.” <i>Phys.org</i>. 2023.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>phys.org ›
news › 2023-12-ecocide-war-climate-linked'.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></u>Dec 7, 2023. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The link
between climate change and war has been a running
theme at COP28, highlighting how many countries suffer from both deadly
conflict and environmental disasters. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Asmeret Asefaw Berhe. “On the relationship of armed conflicts with
climate change.” <i>PLOS.org</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>June
1, 2022.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000038" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">journals.plos.org ›
climate › article</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The current attention
on how climate change can increase the damage caused by armed
conflicts is ultimately motivated by theories that suggest that resource
availability and access are the root causes of most violent conflicts [ 19, 20]
because climate change is expected to have serious implications
for resource access and availability…. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/stuart-braun/person-36302155"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Stuart Braun</span></b></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">. “</span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The Climate Impact of Conflict.”
<i>DW.com</i>. <span class="sr-only"><span style="background: white;">2021.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-field-code: HYPERLINK;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.dw.com ›
en › the-bootprint-of-war-carbon</span></span></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">May 28, 2021.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Less talked about is the impact
of war and the military on the climate crisis.
This is partly <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>because military emissions
have been largely exempted from international climate treaties,...<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<h1 style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/somini-sengupta"><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Somini Sengupta</span></a><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">.
</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“Climate change is making armed conflict
worse. Here’s how.”<i> NYT. </i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mar
18, </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">2022.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i><span style="mso-field-code: HYPERLINK;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.nytimes.com › 2022/03/18 › climate</span></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>T</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">he
people of that Mariupol are trying to survive not just shelling by Russian
forces. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="c-article-author-listitem" style="background: white; margin-right: 6.0pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-022-00382-w#auth-Cullen_S_-Hendrix-Aff1-Aff2-Aff3"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Cullen S. Hendrix</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">,</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> et al. “Climate change and conflict.” </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.nature.com/natrevearthenviron"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Nature
Reviews Earth & Environment</span></i></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">. </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-field-code: HYPERLINK;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">www.nature.com ›
articles › s43017/022/00382-w</span></span></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Jan 4, 2023. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Metrics Connections
between climate and conflict have been the centre of critical debate
and discussion. In this Viewpoint, five researchers provide their thoughts and
opinions.</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">“Scientist details reasons why climate change is a recipe for
'political violence and cruelty'.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Story by Alex Henderson • July 2023.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
</span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "EB Garamond"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cl</span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">imate change deniers often argue that it's
wrong to link natural disasters to a changing climate because hurricanes,
floods, tornados and droughts were causing misery long before the 20th and 21st
Centuries. But the point they miss, according to scientists, is that climate
change is making disasters both more common and more intense. . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to
scientist/author <b>Stan Cox, climate change will also lead to more violence</b>
— from crime to political conflicts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
an </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/climate-change-global-violence/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0078d4; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">article published by The Nation</span></a></span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> on July 7, Cox explains, "Climate
disasters are not only failing to goad governments into taking bold action, but
may be nudging societies toward increasing violence and cruelty…. Although
weather disasters of many kinds can increase public concern about climate
change, they can also help to whip up an oppressively violent sociopolitical
climate that may prove ever more hostile to the very idea of reducing
greenhouse-gas emissions — especially in large, affluent, high-emission
societies."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MORE</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientist-details-reasons-why-climate-change-is-a-recipe-for-political-violence-and-cruelty/ar-AA1dzMHV?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=26441cc245aa4e9989c3a2f0dd8e5f8b&ei=37"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientist-details-reasons-why-climate-change-is-a-recipe-for-political-violence-and-cruelty/ar-AA1dzMHV?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=26441cc245aa4e9989c3a2f0dd8e5f8b&ei=37</span></a></span><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">0M<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AND SIBI ARASU Bharatha Mallawarachi in
Colombo, Sri Lanka; Edna Tarigan in Jakarta; Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo; and
Tong-hyung Kim and Hyungjin Kim in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this report.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://ao.pressreader.com/article/281822877691003" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At an energy
crossroads</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette </i>(Oct 06, 2022).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
the war in Ukraine means for Asia’s climate goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://ao.pressreader.com/article/281822877691003" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read more...</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PENTAGON</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=81641c0a4a&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #a32035; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br />
</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Meehan
Crist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Let’s get out from under the
carbon military boot print</span></a></span><span style="color: #a32035; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"> </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://urbanramblings19687496.city/2023/06/21/lets-get-out-for-under-the-carbon-military-boot-print/"></a></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">June 21, </span></span><span style="color: #a32035; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2023.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mronline.org (7-4=23).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In March last year, U.S.
author Meehan Crist wrote the following in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">London Review of Books, <br />
</i></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Cardo",serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of
the worst outcomes of the war in Ukraine would be an increasingly militarised
response to climate breakdown, in which Western armies, their budgets
ballooning in the name of “national security” seek to control not only the
outcome of conflicts but the flow of energy, water, food, key minerals and
other natural resources. One does not have to work particularly hard to imagine
how barbarous that future would be.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Crist’s point is simply to describe the world we already have,
but a bit more so; and her prediction is exactly what is happening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The U.S. has raised military spending
to </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-backs-record-858-billion-defense-bill-voting-continues-2022-12-16/" target="_blank"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">$858 billion</span></a></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> this
year; up from $778 billion in 2020.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>France
has announced an increase from a projected E295 billion to </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64346218" target="_blank"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">E413 billion</span></a></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in
the next seven years (an average of E59 billion a year).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>German spending is rising sharply, from E53
billion in 2021 to </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/germany-commits-100-billion-to-defense-spending/a-60933724" target="_blank"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> E100 billion</span></a></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in
2022 and is set to go further.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Japan
aims to <i>double</i> its military spending by 2028 and is also
debating whether to start deploying nuclear weapons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the UK, the government’s aim to increase
military spending from 2.1% of GDP to 2.5% by 2030 comes on the back of what is
already among the highest per capita military spends in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NATO,</b>
the core alliance of the Global North, already accounted for 55.8% of global
military spending in 2021 before any of these increases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other direct U.S. allies—with a mutual
defence pact—accounted for another 6.3%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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centred military alliances account for three fifths of global military spending
and yet they are now raising it further at unprecedented rates.</b> These are
the world’s dominant imperial powers, acting in concert to sustain a “rules
based international order” in which the rules are written in, and to suit, the
Global North in general and Washington in particular.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The carbon boot print</span></b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> of these militaries is
not measured under the <b>Paris Agreement.</b> It is, nevertheless, huge and
growing; and we can’t pretend it isn’t. At the moment, the carbon boot print of
the U.S. military alone is the same as that of the entire nation of France.
This is incompatible with stopping climate breakdown; both in the direct impact
of production and deployment, the diversion of funds which are urgently needed
to invest in the transition, and the potential impact of their use—which could
kill us all very quickly; particularly if nuclear weapons are used. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">John Bellamy
Foster’s </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/2022/05/01/notes-on-exterminism-for-the-twenty-first-century-ecology-and-peace-movements/"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Notes
on Exterminism for the Twenty First Century Ecology and Peace Movements</span></i></a></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> should
be required reading for both movements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Because this military is not sitting idle. The first phase of
the <b>Wars for the New American Century</b>—in the form of the War on Terror
since 2001—have been calculated by </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/war-on-terror-911-deaths-afghanistan-iraq/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Brown University at 4.5 million
people</span></a></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">; three quarters of them civilians killed by indirect impacts of
U.S. and allied military interventions. The scale of this is because doctrines
like <i>“shock and awe”</i> are not simply an impressive displays of
explosive power, but specifically designed to smash energy and water systems,
both clean water supply and sewage treatment, within the first twenty four
hours of an intervention to reduce surviving civilian populations to a state of
numbed misery and demoralisation. <i>“Why do they hate us?”</i> I
wonder. 4.5 million people is about half the population of Greater London, or
three quarters of the population of Denmark and twenty two times as many as
have died in the Ukraine war so far (assuming total casualties of 200,000, most
of them military on both sides). It’s a lot of people. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">RESISTANCE
FOR WORLD PEACE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: whitesmoke; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/neta-c-crawford-38129"><span style="color: #6d6e71; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Neta C. Crawford</span></a></span><span style="color: #6d6e71; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></u></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The Pentagon, Climate
Change, and War:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Charting the Rise
and Fall of U.S. Military Emissions</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MIT, 2022.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>392 pp.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How
the Pentagon became the world's largest single greenhouse gas emitter and why
it's not too late to break the link between national security and fossil fuel
consumption.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Examining the idea of
climate change as a “threat multiplier” in national security, she argues that the
United States faces more risk from climate change than from lost access to
Persian Gulf oil—or from most military conflicts. The most effective way to cut
military emissions, Crawford suggests provocatively, is to rethink U.S. grand
strategy, which would enable the United States to reduce the size and
operations of the military.<br />
</span><span style="color: #6d6e71; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neta C. Crawford is Professor and Chair of the Department of
Political Science at Boston University and Codirector of the Costs of War
Project. She is the author of <i>Argument and Change in World Politics</i>
(winner of a best book award from the American Political Science Association)
and <i>Accountability for Killing: Moral Responsibility for Collateral Damage
in America's Post-9/11 Wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.bu.edu/polisci/people/faculty/crawford/"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Author's Website</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">DANGER
OF THE PENTAGON<br />
</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/author/melissa-garriga"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">MELISSA
GARRIGA</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
and </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/author/tim-biondo"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">TIM BIONDO</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">“The Pentagon is the
Elephant In the Climate Activist Room.“ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Common
Dreams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.0pt;">Sept. 8, 2023.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
A</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Lora; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">s long
as we ignore the <b>Pentagon's role in perpetuating climate change</b>, our
fight to protect the planet is incomplete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/pentagon-climate-change?share_id=7852012&utm_campaign=RebelMouse&utm_content=Common+Dreams&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: Lora; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/pentagon-climate-change?share_id=7852012&utm_campaign=RebelMouse&utm_content=Common+Dreams&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Lora; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Forwarded by Abel Tomlinson.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><b><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Campaign for
Peace, Disarmament and Common Security </span></b><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">November 18, 2017.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(617)
661-6130<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="mailto:JGerson80@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;">JGerson80@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/6d59ccce9f1e2342/Documents/%0dcpdcs.org%20%20%20"><o:p></o:p></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/6d59ccce9f1e2342/Documents/%0dcpdcs.org%20%20%20">cpdcs.org<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></a></span></span><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.facebook.com/CPDCS/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Special Importance of CPDCS today (Dick):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A comprehensive, international peace
organization advocating for peace and nuclear disarmament within a framework of
common security among nations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F0F2F5; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri Light",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b>Advocates against </b></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri Light",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">war and
climate</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri Light",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> and therefore studies their convergence.<br />
</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri Light",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Advocates nuclear weapons abolition.<br />
3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Works for common security diplomacy
among all nations, friends and enemies, to <b>prevent wars and global warming</b>.<br />
4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Studies the Ukraine/US/NATO
War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially see its president’s
essays; here are 2 examples: </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CPDCS?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUXblbWfUiZauBSdN08j78BWw-d1l5EAlFANr813Bs1VyMqr7rIlqW82S4PVw34HWrNzJDEm62LNLFQ9lIH7H1hqVUA6CFyfSv6lDEAYOWXO6tR98e6Aod3dysvzkFvUiAvsoyiws46lGbBNgr-PILc-uUCgzrfRCBbqoGCPa6r8O6FdtqLQQnsoGayEFvKJIF1oTlPr8AQYBteWl4QyH-O06tfpRneBMffP2jfo84pTA&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F0F2F5; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CPDCS/posts/502770308656467?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUXblbWfUiZauBSdN08j78BWw-d1l5EAlFANr813Bs1VyMqr7rIlqW82S4PVw34HWrNzJDEm62LNLFQ9lIH7H1hqVUA6CFyfSv6lDEAYOWXO6tR98e6Aod3dysvzkFvUiAvsoyiws46lGbBNgr-PILc-uUCgzrfRCBbqoGCPa6r8O6FdtqLQQnsoGayEFvKJIF1oTlPr8AQYBteWl4QyH-O06tfpRneBMffP2jfo84pTA&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">January 10 at 3:06 PM</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> · <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">REFUGEES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hide: all;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hide: all;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; letter-spacing: .6pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Convergence: Climate, Wars,
Refugees <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: .6pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Guy J. Abel et al.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Climate, Conflict, and Forced
Migration.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Global Environmental Change. </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vol. 54 (2019).January 1,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Links
wars to climate change and refugees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Climatic conditions, by affecting drought severity and the likelihood
of armed conflict, play a significant role” in explaining “asylum seeking in
the period 2011-2015.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Convergence of Climate, Wars, Refugees, and Peacebuilding<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From Susan Nahvi, Friends
Committee for National Legislation </span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">FCNL<b> </b></span><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">May 5, 2023</span></b><b><span style="color: #5f6368; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dear Dick,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I thought of you when I read <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">a recent article on the FCNL website! The
Program Assistants for migration, the environment, and peacebuilding
collaborated on a piece talking about the intersections between these three
areas:</b> </span><a href="https://www.fcnl.org/updates/2023-04/solve-our-most-urgent-challenges-we-must-address-intersection-conflict-climate" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.fcnl.org/updates/2023-04/solve-our-most-urgent-challenges-we-must-address-intersection-conflict-climate</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Given your particular interest in the
overlap of these issues, I thought you might find it interesting. Thank you for
helping support these fantastic advocates in their work to highlight the
importance of addressing these issues in tandem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Do feel free to reach out if you need
anything, and thank you for being part of FCNL!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[This report from FCNL recognizes the
inseparableness, the “intersectionality” of climate change, conflict and wars,
and refugees, and is the best brief note I have read on the full scope of converging
problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>--Dick]</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> [<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Marcia
Orellana, Jus Tavcar, and Nuria Raul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“To
Solve Our Most Urgent Challenges, We Must Address the Intersection of Conflict,
Climate Change, and Migration.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The
Ethiopia </i>(April 6, 2023).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>family is forced to relocate due to drought in
the Oromia region of Ethiopia. Ongoing drought, continued economic stresses,
and conflict in northern Ethiopia, Oromia, and elsewhere have put millions at
risk of a worsening humanitarian crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climate
change, conflict, and migration</span></b><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> are three of the most
urgent and critical challenges facing the world today. Rising temperatures and
frequent climate disasters have led to unprecedented internal and international
migration flows. Estimates suggest that more than </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/23/magazine/climate-migration.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #295ea0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">30 million migrants</span></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> will travel across the U.S. border</span></b><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in the
next 30 years due to climate displacement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Climate-driven
resource scarcity</span></b><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">increased
displacement</b> have </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">exacerbated violence and regional
tensions globally. </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Institute of
Economics and Peace’s</b> </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/GPI-2022-web.pdf"><span style="color: #295ea0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2022
Global Peace Index Report</span></a></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> found that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">global peacefulness has deteriorated for
eleven consecutive years</b>, driven mainly by </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.visionofhumanity.org/peacefulness-declines-to-lowest-level-in-15-years/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #295ea0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ongoing conflicts</span></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">around the world.
Communities living in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">conflict zones</b>
are often unequipped to adapt to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">climate
shocks.</b> This, in turn, forces yet more <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">people
to flee</b> their homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These challenges impact and often worsen each other in obvious
ways. The need for governments to address the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">nexus of climate, migration, and conflict</b> is clear. Yet too often,
these three issues are siloed from one another. Policies intended to mitigate
climate change do not acknowledge the issue of climate-displaced persons or are
not conflict-sensitive. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">To be effective,
policymakers must instead lead with an</b> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">intersectional
approach</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="color: #0d2f6b; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
Siloed Approach Harms Our Most Vulnerable Neighbors<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 5;"><b><span style="color: #0d2f6b; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lack of International
Legal Protections<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Current U.S. and international laws do not integrate solutions
for climate change, migration, and conflict. For example, the most common
international </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/what-is-a-refugee.html#:~:text=The%201951%20Refugee%20Convention%20is,group%2C%20or%20political%20opinion.%E2%80%9D"><span style="color: #295ea0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">legal</span></a></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> framework
to protect refugees focuses on people who face or fear persecution based on
race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular
social group. Displacement due </span><a name="_Int_0M4rcdv8"><span style="color: #295ea0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to
solely</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Int_0M4rcdv8;"></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> climate
change is not considered a basis for refugee protection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #006b6e; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
need for governments to address the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #006b6e; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">nexus
of climate, migration, and conflict</span></b><span style="color: #006b6e; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is clear. Yet too often,
these three issues are siloed from one another.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/06/lets-talk-about-climate-migrants-not-climate-refugees/"><span style="color: #295ea0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Experts</span></a></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #1f4677; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">at
multilateral </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">organizations have discussed the difficulty of isolating climate
change as a cause of migration from other political and social causes. The U.N.
argues that climate change primarily drives internal displacement and that migrants
should remain under the responsibility of their own state. However, an
increasing number of small island states are currently in danger due to land
loss. Consequentially, their inhabitants are forced to migrate to other
countries. In nations like Kiribati, it is projected that by 2080 the risk of
flooding will be roughly </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.climatehotmap.org/global-warming-locations/republic-of-kiribati.html"><span style="color: #295ea0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">200
times higher than at the beginning of the 21st century</span></a></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. The
government of Kiribati is already seeking solutions to address the loss of
land, including </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20112017/kiribati-climate-change-refugees-migration-pacific-islands-sea-level-rise-coconuts-tourism/"><span style="color: #295ea0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">temporary
and permanent international migration.</span></a></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="color: #0d2f6b; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Example:
Haiti - Conflict, Extreme Weather, and Displacement<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The U.S. government has also repeatedly failed to respond to the
severity of complex crises where climate change, migration, and conflict
intersect.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">During the summer of 2021, we saw years of heightened migration
from Haiti reach a peak. Many Haitians fled their country, escaping a series of
interlocking crises: political turmoil followed by the assassination of Haitian
President Jovenel Moïse and the absence of democratic succession of power, a
7.2 magnitude earthquake, and a devastating tropical storm. The Biden
administration responded to migrants fleeing this instability with militarized
approaches, such as detention and deportation. More than </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/24/haitians-being-returned-country-chaos"><span style="color: #295ea0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">20,000</span></a></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> people
were expelled back to Haiti, and others were returned to Mexico under a
pandemic-era migration policy called </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.fcnl.org/updates/2022-07/supreme-court-ruling-clears-way-end-remain-mexico-policy"><span style="color: #295ea0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Title
42</span></a></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #006b6e; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is
impossible to separate the impacts of these issues. In recognition, Congress
should apply an intersectional perspective to its policy solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This response ignored the root causes of forced migration and
sent thousands of Haitians back to a violent and unstable situation without
acknowledging the conflict and vulnerability within the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">continued
unwillingness of the United States</span></b><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to provide </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.fcnl.org/updates/2021-09/faith-letter-biden-administration-stop-deportations-and-honor-determination-and"><span style="color: #295ea0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">sufficient
assistance</span></a></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to Haitians has worsened the humanitarian and economic
crisis on the island. The lack of resources for climate resilience has </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://quixote.org/climate-change-refugees-and-haiti/"><span style="color: #295ea0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">triggered</span></a></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ongoing
disaster vulnerability magnified by deforestation and soil erosion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All the while, discriminatory migration policies continue to
target Haitian migrants in the U.S., these migrants continue to live in limbo
and rely on the few narrow pathways available to them to achieve legal
protection. While a new </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.wlrn.org/immigration/2023-02-16/why-is-disinformation-obstructing-a-new-u-s-parole-program-for-haitian-migrants"><span style="color: #295ea0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">program</span></a></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> has
been created to respond to the migration of Haitian nationals to the U.S., its
small in scale, complicated, and does not address the issue’s intersectional
magnitude.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="color: #0d2f6b; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What’s
Needed <br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">U.S.
foreign policy should protect all people who are forced to flee their homes due
to conflict and climate change. </span></b><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These individuals and
families, too, deserve the opportunity to pursue safe and fruitful lives.
Congress must act boldly to create pathways to citizenship for migrants
and </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.fcnl.org/act/legislativeask"><span style="color: #295ea0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">invest</span></a></span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in
sufficient foreign assistance to developing countries struggling with the
realities of climate change and conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[Solution]<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">impossible to separate the impacts</b> of
these issues. In recognition, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Congress
should apply an intersectional perspective to its policy solutions.
Internationally, the United States must work with global partners to update
international laws and agreements to mitigate climate change, protect
climate-displaced persons, and interrupt cycles of violence.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1a0dab; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/6d59ccce9f1e2342/Documents/%0bMark%20Schuller.%20%20%20Humanity's%20Last%20Stand.%20Rutgers%20UP,%202021.%0dhttps:/www.rutgersuniversitypress.org%C2%A0%E2%80%BA%20humanitys-last...%0d"><br />
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Mark Schuller<i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Humanity's Last Stand.</i> Rutgers UP, 2021.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/6d59ccce9f1e2342/Documents/%0bMark%20Schuller.%20%20%20Humanity's%20Last%20Stand.%20Rutgers%20UP,%202021.%0dhttps:/www.rutgersuniversitypress.org%C2%A0%E2%80%BA%20humanitys-last...%0d">https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span>› humanitys-last...<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"</span><b><span style="color: #5f6368; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Humanity's Last Stand</span></b><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is a call to arms
to elevate our thinking to the species level or, </span><b><span style="color: #5f6368; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Schuller</span></b><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> cautions, the
species will face extinction." <br />
Are we as a species headed towards extinction? As our economic system renders
our planet increasingly inhospitable to human life, powerful individuals fight
over limited resources, and racist reaction to migration strains the social
fabric of many countries. ... </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Humanity_s_Last_Stand.html?id=UT-DEAAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description"><span style="color: #1a0dab; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Google Books</span></a></span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .05in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">I hope to return to CONVERGENCE, when I
will include, </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">overpopulation,
pandemics, and the dismantling of our democracy (and?) </span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">as additional major catastrophes
of the Great Convergence of Calamities in the 21<sup>st</sup> century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .05in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .05in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .05in; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">END CONVERGENCE OF WAR AND WARMING ANTHOLOGY
#1, 3-8-24<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-2869855748478834822024-03-06T17:15:00.000-06:002024-03-06T17:15:07.897-06:00OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #167, March 6, 2024 <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a name="_Hlk160636860"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">OMNI WAR
WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #167, March 6, 2024</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160636860;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">If We Fail to Prevent a War,
then We Must Stop the War.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=f75bfa35f6&e=1abb3fee98" target="_blank" title="WAR IN UKRAINE: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict | MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS J.S. DAVIES | OR Books"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 20.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">War in Ukraine</span></i></b></a></span><i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">: </span></i><i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">MAKING
SENSE OF A SENSELESS CONFLICT</span></i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> by <br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=3acf1b3373&e=1abb3fee98" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">MEDEA BENJAMIN</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> and </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=9110598951&e=1abb3fee98" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">NICOLAS J.S. DAVIES</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=778851&post_id=142248636&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=533ym&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4NTQzMTgyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxNDIyNDg2MzYsImlhdCI6MTcwOTQxMjExMywiZXhwIjoxNzEyMDA0MTEzLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNzc4ODUxIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.4HiH2yAkzDpXch_tcoTubWWQxXrn1-9hM0eXwpfOOks" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Aaron Bushnell’s
Divine Violence”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>read by Eunice Wong</span></b></a></span><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Aaron Bushnell’s
self-immolation against the Gaza genocide was ultimately a religious act, one
that radically delineates good and evil and calls us to resist.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/c4cfc1c3-6ab5-4b6a-a46b-c757b8a65dd0?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 8.5pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; text-transform: uppercase;">CHRIS HEDGES</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; text-transform: uppercase;"> Report.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.MAR 2, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">In
Case You Missed These Episodes:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Catching
Up On US Warmaking and Warmakers<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<h1 style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #71777d; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Patrick </span><b><span style="color: #767676; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Cockburn. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">War in</i></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #71777d; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> the </span></i><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #767676; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Age</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #71777d; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> of </span></i><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #767676; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Trump</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #71777d; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, the Defeat of ISIS,
the Fall of the Kurds, the Conflict with Iran</span></i><span style="color: #71777d; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">
(Verso, London, New York). 311 pages. $29.95.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none; text-transform: uppercase;">PATRICK COCKBURN’S ‘WAR IN THE AGE OF TRUMP’,” </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Book Review in <i>Realism
and Policy </i>by Michael F. Duggan.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #71777d; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">. . .The book is a
collection of essays—a dispatches—from the Middle East from 2016 to 2019.
It covers the war in Syria, the sieges of Mosul and Raqqa, the Turkish
offensive against the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, the worsening relations between
the United States and Iran, the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, the
abandoning of the Kurds by the United States, “the rise and fall of the de
facto Kurdish states in Iraq and Syria and the final elimination of the
self-declared ISIS caliphate, which culminated in death of Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi.” Cockburn also shows how local players are proxies for great
powers. He destroys the illusion that the impulsive and erratic polices of the
45th President of the United States in the region—ostensibly flowing from a
revitalized “America first” sense of isolationism—were less problematic than
those of previous American leaders. . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The book covers a lot of ground in detail, but for me a
powerful <b>overarching theme is that America’s post-September 11 wars of
choice have been especially pernicious….</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LIES AND LIARS<br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I like
“Part VII: Behind Enemy Lies: War Reporting in the Age of Fake Facts.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">In its intro. Cockburn distinguishes “<b>objective news
reporting from propaganda”</b> and gives us some instances of selective or
partisan truths used to make large lies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For instance, the Syrian civilian casualties caused by Syrian and
Russian air strikes were copiously reported and internationally condemned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the “heavy civilian casualties” in Mosul
and Raqqa “when they were being besieged by the US-led coalition and defended
by Isis” were reported with “near silence…amounting at times to a media
blackout.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or, the US air strikes
against Mosul 2016-17 were 31 times greater than that acknowledged by the US
air force.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or the bombing of a baby milk
plant in Iraq in 2018, which the US claimed was a biological warfare
facility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Truth-seekers will like this section because
it demonstrates “the need for permanent skepticism towards claims by
governments” in war (229).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=8625a5221ce89326JmltdHM9MTY5ODg4MzIwMCZpZ3VpZD0yYzdlMTdlNy1lYzA5LTY1NzktMTJiMS0wNGM5ZWQ3YzY0MzkmaW5zaWQ9NTMxNQ&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=2c7e17e7-ec09-6579-12b1-04c9ed7c6439&psq=Cockburn%2c+War+in+the+Age+of+Trump&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFsaXNtYW5kcG9saWN5LmNvbS8yMDIxLzA4LzAxL3BhdHJpY2stY29ja2J1cm5zLXdhci1pbi10aGUtYWdlLW9mLXRydW1wLw&ntb=1" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4007a2; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Patrick Cockburn’s “War
in the Age of Trump” - Realism and Policy</span></b></a></span><b><span style="color: #71777d; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-51713187359422573392024-03-03T16:20:00.001-06:002024-03-03T16:20:37.632-06:00OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #168, MARCH 4, 2024.<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">OMNI CLIMATE MEMO
MONDAYS, #168, MARCH 4, 2024.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Compiled by Dick Bennett.</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Robert
Hunziker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Fastest Warming on Earth.”<br />
Bendell and Read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Deep Adaptation.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/author/robert-hunziker/"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; text-transform: uppercase;">ROBERT HUNZIKER</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; text-transform: uppercase;"> .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001AkOAET_SrmLITv6V3-1B3MDJgauoyM3bsDtz95iHne-6jdyEItktn2OKV81AgMoZYMbXBJ9oc6B3DMhupK4ZYCw27IJ2lLfHJHbwEUxPr-WuuWBnHAVCFiA1RhiBs9V0sjpkFkT0cVpH3FhiD_JUI8-BQNq4NB7taKU8mZofbiy3oeElBOhEdEJR3r2tqiIM-YGcd-0DO9k2rF__8Q-Hew==&c=gyfV-umCGmzQGH6vI00VfsmSp9Eh0rIm4cVbAdExIr_289SwlMW7BA==&ch=2YAv65aSQIlnO8NzNn7rqIu7x_H_76GGHUDQ37q8KsCSTxRMEkuwAQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Fastest Warming on Earth</span></b></a></span><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></u></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Counterpunch
</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Source Sans Pro",sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; text-transform: uppercase;">FEBRUARY 23, 2024.</span><span style="color: black; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/#facebook" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 12.5pt; text-decoration-line: none;">Facebook</span></a><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/#twitter" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 12.5pt; text-decoration-line: none;">Twitter</span></a><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/#reddit" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 12.5pt; text-decoration-line: none;">Reddit</span></a><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/#email" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 12.5pt; text-decoration-line: none;">Email</span></a><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/02/23/the-fastest-warming-on-earth/print/" style="background-color: transparent;" title=""Print This Post""><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 12.5pt; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="32" src="file:///C:/Users/Dick/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/19/clip_image001.png" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_10" width="32" /></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Source Serif Pro",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">. . .As the massive glaciers recede,
space opens at the edge of permafrost, releasing ancient methane. . . .Methane
detected in the High Arctic puts a big hole in the </span><a href="https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Source Serif Pro",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Global Methane Pledge</span></b></a><b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Source Serif Pro",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Source Serif Pro",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">of more than 100 countries that agreed
to cut emissions 30% by 2030. It’s an add-on that nobody knows how to deal
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <b>High Arctic location is
Svalbard, Norway</b> (pop. 2,642) which is the fastest warming region of the
planet only 700 miles from the North Pole. It’s ironic that the fastest warming
is the farthest northern human outpost, deep into the Arctic North.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Source Serif Pro",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“On the Dot with David Schechter,” CBS
News released a 45-minute film December 4th, 2023, documenting the warmest
place on Earth: </span></b><b><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "SSit",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Ancient
Methane Escaping from Melting Glaciers Could Potentially Warm the Planet Even
More</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Source Serif Pro",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Source Serif Pro",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">[The] underlying message of the film
is a climate system that has radically changed into a threatening monster
filled with sudden unforeseen risks and ultimately the potential of a
metaphoric runaway freight train barreling down a mountainside. The risks are only
too evident, prompting a very straightforward question: <b>Is it too late?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Source Serif Pro",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The answer found in the film is yes
and no, depending.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Source Serif Pro",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Radical temperature changes are at the
core</span></b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Source Serif Pro",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To see the complete film: <b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/02/23/the-fastest-warming-on-earth/"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Source Serif Pro",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/02/23/the-fastest-warming-on-earth/</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: "Source Serif Pro",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">OMNI began
its Climate Change Book Forum in 2006.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our first purpose was to understand what was cc, our second was to
prevent it, and if that failed to learn how to adapt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Book Forum ended when Covid-19 began.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bendell and Read claim their collection is
the first book to declare the effort to prevent cc (now called climate
catastrophe or emergency or chaos) was lost, and we must now devote ourselves to
adapting to a heating planet beyond tipping points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–Dick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 5.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";">Jem Bendell
& Rupert Read, eds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Deep
Adaptation : Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Polity P, <i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>2021.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="posted-on"><i>Posted on </i></span><a href="https://jembendell.com/2021/02/23/deep-adaptation-the-book/"><i><span style="color: windowtext;">February 23, 2021</span></i></a><span class="byline"><i>by </i></span><a href="https://jembendell.com/author/jembendell/"><i><span style="color: windowtext;">jembendell</span></i></a><span class="author"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jembendell.com/2021/02/23/deep-adaptation-the-book/"><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">https://jembendell.com/2021/02/23/deep-adaptation-the-book/</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 21.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";">Jem
Bendell’s Introduction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
How on Earth do we begin to talk to each other and work from a starting point
of experiencing or anticipating societal disruption and even collapse?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 21.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";">It
needs to become the biggest conversation, with views from different contexts. I
am still learning as I talk to more and more people from around the world. Some
of them share their thoughts in this book, including Rene Suša, Sharon Stein,
Vanessa Andreotti, Tereza Čajkova, and Dino Siwek, who are scholars and
activists in decolonization efforts, and XR’s Skeena Rathor, who works on
co-liberation from the systemic oppressions that underlie environmental
destruction. With this detailed attention to the causes of climate chaos, I
hope the book helps support a sober and non-divisive approach to navigating the
implications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 21.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";">I
co-edited the book with Professor Rupert Read. We are especially delighted that
someone who is an inspiration to us, Joanna Macy, co-writes of one the
chapters. The book is written as a scholarly contribution, mainly focused on
informing people who take a professional interest in this topic, rather than
the general public. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 21.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><em><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";">“The authors of this book have courage to recognise the reality
of our time and face the uncomfortable facts of climate calamity. The theme of
this book is indeed scary. But it’s full of bright ideas for how to transmute
both fear and difficulty into kind and wise ways of living and working. The
thinkers, academics and activists who have contributed to this book embody the
wisdom to adapt to this unprecedented catastrophe. They also show the practical
ways and means to live and act with the imagination and resilience. Not
everyone would agree to these radical ideas but everyone needs to know about
them. So, I recommend this book to all.”</span></em><i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";"><br />
</span></i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";">Satish
Kumar, Editor Emeritus Resurgence & Ecologist and Founder, Schumacher
College.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 21.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><em><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";">“This book is the “red pill” of our times- offering neither
certainty nor confirmation of any story you may be holding about where we are
heading, in the face of so many colliding crises. What it does offer is
togetherness in our insecurity and frameworks in our unknowing, for coming to
terms with and making sense of these times. I look forward to both “deep
adaptation” and “collapsology” entering mainstream discourse, so that we might
then imagine creating together, as our current paradigm crumbles.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></em><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";">Gail Bradbrook, co-founder, Extinction Rebellion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 21.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><em><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";">“Collapse followed by transformation is a common way that
complex systems evolve. Perhaps collapse of our high consumption,
climate-destabilising society can lead to transformation towards a brighter
human future. The Deep Adaptation framework outlined in this book is a helpful
way to seek that transformation.”</span></em><i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";"><br />
</span></i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";">Professor
Will Steffen, Australian National University Climate Change Institute.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-15110767982229749462024-02-27T10:36:00.001-06:002024-02-27T10:36:27.421-06:00 OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #166, FEBRUARY 28, 2024 <p> <span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">OMNI WAR WATCH
WEDNESDAYS, #166, FEBRUARY 28, 2024</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Nuclear Legacy Week 2024
February 29<br />
War and Warming Online Course March 4<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Mr.
Bennett,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please share, Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Nuclear
Legacy Week 2024 (NLW24)</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, hosted by the Springdale-based
nonprofit, Marshallese Educational Initiative, brings together frontline,
nuclear affected community members from around the globe to share stories and
experiences and educate about the consequences of nuclear weapons’ use,
testing, uranium mining and milling, and waste storage. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The week
will include a commemoration of the 70</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> anniversary of the
Castle Bravo detonation recognized annually on March 1 by the Marshall Islands
government as Nuclear Victims’ Remembrance Day. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">NLW24
will feature youth educational and leadership development activities and
showcase a series of panels and presentations by frontline community members,
activists, and scholars and film screenings to educate about the devastating
and ongoing biological, ecological, and cultural consequences of the nuclear
legacy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Conference
Schedule: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mei.ngo/nlw24conf" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">http://www.mei.ngo/nlw24conf</span></b></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">NLW24
Events Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Jones Center for Families Auditorium
(Thurs/Friday) and Center for Nonprofits at the JTL (Sat). Conference is free and open to the
public. Please join us!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Speakers
include (OUTSTANDING --Dick):</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">
· Sen. David Anitok, Republic of the
Marshall Islands Presidential Envoy on Nuclear Justice & Human Rights<br />
· Ian Zabarte, Principle Man of the
Western Band of the Shoshone Nation of Indians<br />
· H.E. Amatlain Elizabeth Kabua,
Ambassador, RMI Permanent Mission to the United Nations<br />
· H.E. Teburoro Tito, Ambassador to
the United Nations from Kiribati<br />
· Petuuche Gilbert, Acoma Pueblo,
President of the Indigenous World Association<br />
· Kristina Stege, RMI Climate Envoy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Conference
Summary Schedule:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">
<b>Feb. 29 - Thurs. 1-4; 6-8 PM</b> – Conference opens with a youth panel,
and speakers discussing the health consequences of the nuclear legacy, and
concludes with a film screening of <i>Downwind</i><br />
<b>March 1 - Fri. 9:30 AM-4 PM; 6-8</b> – Conference continues with
speakers and panels focusing on the health and ecological impacts of the
nuclear legacy; film screening of <i>Nuclear Savage</i>; day ends with a
Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day commemoration, 6-8 PM<br />
<b>March 2 – Sat. 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM</b> – Last day of the conference
includes panels and speakers on the cultural consequences and climate/nuclear
links, and discussions on treaties and sovereignty, and the Treaty on the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; a closing reception wraps up the week<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">April
L. Brown, Ph.D., Cofounder & COO, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Marshallese Educational
Initiative (</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">MEI)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">614 E.
Emma Ave., Suite 203, Springdale, AR 72764</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">479-422-3284 cell</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">479-365-7019
office</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:albrown@mei.ngo"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">albrown@mei.ngo</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"> www.mei.ngo<br /></span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/meinonprofit" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">www.facebook.com/meinonprofit</span></a></p>
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Join:<br /></span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Understand why ending war matters to
the climate change movement: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Learn how abolishing war
can improve our chances of </span><span style="color: #3a7c22; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">achieving environmental sustainability</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-outline-level: 5;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Build capacity:</span></b> Become
knowledgeable about current trends in the anti-war and </span><span style="color: #3a7c22; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">pro-environment</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">
fields; identify, understand, and critique current approaches; and explore
new ways to improve practice.<br />
<br /><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Recognition: </span></b>Support your
professional development with a certificate validating your learning and
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<b>What to expect:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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online modules</b> covering cutting-edge research, science, and best
practices + <b>3 optional live sessions</b> to support deeper
relational engagement and collective inquiry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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you can join us for what promises to be an insightful and engaging course!<br />
Phill Gitins, PhD<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Education Director<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>World BEYOND War<br />
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chapters, and affiliated organizations advocating for the abolition of the institution
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</tbody></table>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-81409856156876462432024-02-26T08:00:00.000-06:002024-02-26T08:00:05.521-06:00OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #167, FEBRUARY 26, 2024. <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">OMNI
CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #167, FEBRUARY 26, 2024. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Compiled by Dick Bennett</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Dana R. Fisher <i>Saving Ourselves:
Climate Shocks to Climate Action</i> (on climate inaction).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i><br />
</i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Julie Hollar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grossly Inadequate Reporting by the
Mainstream Media of the Climate Emergency.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://fair.org/author/julie/" title="Posts by Julie Hollar"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">“</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="mso-field-code: "HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/popularresistance\.us2\.list-manage\.com\/track\/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=83a55bfaa7&e=4d433b2cbc\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022";"><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks To Climate Action</span></u></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">”</span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://fair.org/author/julie/" title="Posts by Julie Hollar"><span style="color: #202020; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">By Michaela Herrmann, <i>DeSmog.</i> <i>PopularResistance.org</i>
(2-15-24).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Professor <span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159753456;"><b>Dana R. Fisher’s</b> <b>new book, </b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159753456;"><b><i><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Saving Ourselves: Climate
Shocks to Climate Action.</span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159753456;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> Dana R.
Fisher </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159753456;"><span style="color: #040c28; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">argues that
there is a realistic path forward for climate action―but only through mass mobilization
that responds to the growing severity and frequency of disastrous events</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159753456;"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">. She assesses the current state of affairs and shows why
public policy and private-sector efforts have been ineffective.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159753456;"><i><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></i></span><i><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #202020; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Building upon years of
research on activism, democracy, and climate politics, Fisher explores the
state of the climate movement today to understand how radical direct action is
evolving as the climate crisis worsens. In an interview with <i>DeSmog’</i>s
Michaela Herrmann, Fisher outlines why she thinks “<b>severe, durable climate
shocks” will be required t</b>o shake the world out of the fossil fuel status
quo once and for all. She draws upon years of data gathered from climate
protests.... </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="mso-field-code: "HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/popularresistance\.us2\.list-manage\.com\/track\/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=7a42f2474f&e=4d433b2cbc\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022";"><u><span style="color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-more-</span></u></span></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></a><!--[if !supportNestedAnchors]--><a name="_Hlk159753456"></a><!--[endif]--></span></p>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #0d72c7; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="https://fair.org/author/julie/" title="Posts by Julie Hollar"><span style="color: #0d72c7;">JULIE HOLLAR</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase;"> .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">“Humans Might Be About to Break the Ocean? Don’t Stop the Presses”</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> [You couldn’t if you wanted
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>because they’re not running they way
they should!].<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase;">(JULY 31, 2023).<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://fair.org/home/humans-might-be-about-to-break-the-ocean-dont-stop-the-presses/"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; text-transform: uppercase;">https://fair.org/home/humans-might-be-about-to-break-the-ocean-dont-stop-the-presses/</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; text-transform: uppercase;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">When a new
peer-reviewed study (<b>Nature Communications</b>, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39810-w"><span style="color: #4e64a0;">7/25/23</span></a><span style="color: black;">) announces
that a crucial Atlantic Ocean circulation system, a cornerstone of the global
climate, may collapse as quickly as two years from now, you’d think news
outlets might want to put that on the front page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The AMOC (</span><a href="https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/amoc.html"><span style="color: #4e64a0;">Atlantic
Meridional Overturning Circulation</span></a><span style="color: black;">) moves
warmer water from the tropics to the North Atlantic, where it cools, sinks and
returns down the US East Coast. Its collapse would be a “climate tipping point”
with, as the British <b>Guardian</b> (</span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/25/gulf-stream-could-collapse-as-early-as-2025-study-suggests"><span style="color: #4e64a0;">7/25/23</span></a><span style="color: black;">) explained.
. . .<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The <b>New
York Times</b> (</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/climate/atlantic-ocean-tipping-point.html?searchResultPosition=1"><span style="color: #4e64a0;">7/26/23</span></a><span style="color: black;">) was one of
the only major outlets to put the news on its front page, with a well-reported
piece by Raymond Zhong. It also did better than many, mentioning “human-driven
warming” in the second paragraph, and paraphrasing a scientist that
“uncertainty about the timing of an AMOC collapse shouldn’t be taken as an
excuse for not reducing greenhouse-gas emissions to try to avoid it.” That
scientist, Hali Kilbourne, was given the last word: </span><span style="color: #444444;">“It is very plausible that we’ve fallen off a cliff
already and don’t know it,” Dr. Kilbourne said. “I fear, honestly, that by the
time any of this is settled science, it’s way too late to act.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;">Yet even
here, no connections were made to </span><a href="https://fair.org/home/nightly-news-fails-to-connect-gas-price-surge-and-climate-crisis/"><span style="color: #4e64a0;">concrete policy options</span></a><span style="color: black;">, and no policy experts or activists were quoted to offer them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only other front-page US newspaper
mention FAIR could find in the Nexis database was in the Charleston <b>Post
& Courier</b> (</span><a href="https://www.postandcourier.com/news/gulf-stream-and-atlantic-ocean-current-system-could-collapse-causing-seas-to-rise-in-sc/article_800e10ea-2b15-11ee-a245-270242ae0b8c.html#:~:text=But%20because%20of%20a%20rapidly,raising%20alarms%20across%20the%20globe."><span style="color: #4e64a0;">7/25/23</span></a><span style="color: black;">), which
similarly made no connections to policy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">In the context
of a summer of extreme climate events, including unprecedented </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/burning-more-fossil-fuels-will-lead-to-longer-and-worse-heat-waves-report-finds/"><b><span style="color: #4e64a0;">heatwaves</span></b></a><b><span style="color: black;">, </span></b><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/florida-ocean-temperature"><b><span style="color: #4e64a0;">ocean temperatures</span></b></a><b><span style="color: black;"> and </span></b><a href="https://fair.org/home/as-skies-turn-orange-media-still-hesitate-to-mention-whats-changing-climate/"><b><span style="color: #4e64a0;">wildfires</span></b></a><b><span style="color: black;">, we
desperately need a media system that treats the climate crisis like the
five-alarm fire that it is, and demands accountability from the politicians and
industries—not least the </span></b><a href="https://fair.org/home/the-oil-companies-are-the-reason-we-dont-have-climate-policy/"><b><span style="color: #4e64a0;">fossil fuel industry</span></b></a><b><span style="color: black;">—driving us off the cliff.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-5872884214553687832024-02-21T16:37:00.001-06:002024-02-21T16:37:22.406-06:00OMNI WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM ANTHOLOGY #1<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">OMNI<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM ANTHOLOGY <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">February 21, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and
Ecology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://omnicenter.org/donate"><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://omnicenter.org/donate</span></a></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What’s at Stake:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">CONTENTS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Dan Partland. <i>God and Country:</i> <i>A Major New
Documentary Examines the Rise, Power--and Threat—of Christian Nationalism</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.logos.com/authors/131208"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Bradley
Onishi</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<i><span style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Preparing
for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes
Next.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Lerone Martin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The
Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White
Christian Nationalism.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jennifer Rubin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Losing
Status, Wealth, and Privilege.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Why White Christian Nationalists are in such a panic.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Donald Yacovone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Teaching White Supremacy:
America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Not “A Nation of Immigrants”;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Settler-Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a
History of Erasure and Exclusion.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Chris Hedges. “Curtis Wilkie looks Inside the Minds of White
Nationalists.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Britt Halvorson and Joshua Reno.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Imagining
Heartland: White Supremacy and the American Midwest</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ajamu Baraka. “The new White supremacist consensus, Part 2:
shootings in Buffalo Solidify the Consensus.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Gerald Horne. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>The
Dawning of the Apocalypse</i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">: </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Roots
of Capitalism, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Slavery in 16<sup>th</sup>
and 17<sup>th</sup> Colonial N. America, , </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(2020) and </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/product/apocalypse_of_settler_colonialism/" target="_blank"><cite><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Apocalypse of Settler
Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy and Capitalism in
Seventeenth Century North America and the Caribbean</span></cite></a><span style="color: #444444;"> (2018).</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Joseph Ramsey. “<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=a5e7c4a93c&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Cages of Whiteness in the Shadow of Haiti: Guy Endore’s ‘Babouk’ and the
Critique of Race-Class Alienation</span></a>”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Nick Estes. <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001YHkt9ayJ2Dr-Q8gtMpHDm9XE0-D_mZUoctQTUfOef9TjSzvnUGHhmt-Bf0Z_T42rBSp64tUrnqYvnNedBWG3MRaOCY8zPmdbsbV-UCkZQNxe2VaFJAZ1jgK5_morE3CbRL5qamjgj1DqPexdhc3TNZPlN4iFiVkEZiVG15kqwbwSH91SuYKbiLp_bHHyDCkkLwHDHfme0448eL9DrPfdFQnC4duXcysWjVCOOg6Ax5QAmI4ad1NE2YAlmQbTqWOKsxSR3Gwl3T2-1DMvJQu6-CiAXwxQPM5XM7SlYHL8c4aR09lelVDJBv1s6aHV75LCjTFtiUd0ncM=&c=anTID7Muq_VKZTLeWVB3LlIjVv2cbQl3C2KKK3hSKOrEqXqCV1iBrA==&ch=mes95zhTd2BvPWFNblkQiufAH1sCOBaE-m1-d75BqQ3lbAQoC_jxUw==" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Red Nation Rising:
From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation</span></i></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Cedric Robinson. “Births of a Nation, Redux: Surveying
Trumpland with Cedric Robinson.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Danny Geary. "Toward a Global History of White
Supremacy"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://democracynow.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7c55dbbfa32e541749065a92a&id=e836742571&e=88b24652fa" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Barbara Smith. “The
U.S. Functions with White Supremacy as Its Engine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here's How We Dismantle It</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">TEXTS</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“<i>God and Country:</i> A Major New Documentary Examines
the Rise, Power--and Threat—of Christian Nationalism.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Church and State</i> (Feb. 2024</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An interview of the Director, Dan Partland,
by the Editor of <i>C&S, </i>Rob Boston.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The film was </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">produced by Rob Reiner
and is based on Katherine Stewart’s 2019 book <i>The Power Worshippers: Inside
the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism.</i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The film explores a chief
source of the divisions fracturing our democracy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #303030; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.logos.com/authors/131208"><span style="color: #1e6afe; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Bradley Onishi</span></a></span><span style="color: #303030; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i><span style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Preparing for War: The Extremist History of
White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes Next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.logos.com/search?filters=publisher-8108_Publisher"><span style="color: #1e6afe; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">christianaudio.com</span></a></span><span style="color: #303030; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #303030; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The insurrection at the US Capitol on January
6, 2021, was not a blip or an aberration. It was the logical outcome of years
of a White evangelical subculture’s preparation for war.</span></b><span style="color: #303030; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Religion scholar and former insider Bradley
Onishi maps the origins of White Christian nationalism and traces its offshoots
in <i>Preparing for War</i>. Combining his own experiences in the youth groups
and prayer meetings of the 1990s with an immersive look at the steady blending
of White grievance politics with evangelicalism, Onishi crafts an engrossing
account of the years-long campaign of White Christian nationalism that led to
January 6. How did the rise of what Onishi calls the New Religious Right,
between 1960 and 2015, give birth to violent White Christian nationalism during
the Trump presidency and beyond? What propelled some of the most conservative
religious communities in the country-communities of which Onishi was once a
part-to ignite a cold civil war? Through chapters on <b>White supremacy</b> and
<b>segregationist theologies</b>, <b>conspiracy theories, the Christian-school
movement, purity culture, and the right-wing media ecosystem</b>, Onishi pulls
back the curtain on a subculture that birthed a movement and has taken a
dangerous turn.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Lerone Martin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White
Christian Nationalism</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Princeton UP,
2023.</span><span style="background: white; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background: white; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Publisher’s description.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On a Sunday morning in 1966, a group of white
evangelicals dedicated a stained glass window to J. Edgar Hoover. The FBI
director was not an evangelical, but his Christian admirers anointed him as
their political champion, believing he would lead America back to God. </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; touch-action: inherit; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover</span></i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> reveals how Hoover and his FBI teamed up
with leading white evangelicals and Catholics to bring about a white Christian
America by any means necessary.</span><span style="color: #2e2e2e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; touch-action: inherit; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; touch-action: inherit; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Lerone Martin draws on thousands of newly
declassified FBI documents and memos to describe how, under Hoover’s
leadership, FBI agents attended spiritual retreats and worship services,
creating an FBI religious culture that fashioned G-men into soldiers and
ministers of Christian America. Martin shows how prominent figures such as
Billy Graham, Fulton Sheen, and countless other ministers from across the
country partnered with the FBI and laundered bureau intel in their sermons
while the faithful crowned Hoover the adjudicator of true evangelical faith and
allegiance. These partnerships not only solidified the political norms of
modern white evangelicalism, they also contributed to the political rise of
white Christian nationalism, establishing religion and race as the bedrock of
the modern national security state, and setting the terms for today’s domestic
terrorism debates.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; touch-action: inherit; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; touch-action: inherit; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Taking readers from the pulpits and pews of
small-town America to the Oval Office, and from the grassroots to
denominational boardrooms, </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; touch-action: inherit; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover</span></i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> completely transforms how we understand the
FBI, white evangelicalism, and our nation’s entangled history of religion and
politics.</span></span></span><span style="background: #EEEEEE; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Related:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christian
Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by Magda Teter.</span><span style="background: #EEEEEE; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jennifer Rubin</span><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Losing status, wealth,
and privilege.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Why white Christian
nationalists are in such a panic.”<b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Washington
Post</i> 3/20/23.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.2pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You might find it
strange that a large segment of the Republican base thinks Whites are the true
victims of racism and that Christians are under attack. After all, America’s
biggest racial group is still Whites; the most common religious affiliation
remains Christianity. Whites and Christians dominate elected office at all
levels, the judiciary and corporate America. <i>What’s the problem?</i></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.2pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, there is a
straightforward reason for the freak-out, and an explanation for why former
president <b>Donald Trump</b> developed such a close bond with white Christian
nationalists.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.2pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This group feels
besieged because they are losing ground. “The newly-released </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.prri.org/spotlight/prri-2022-american-values-atlas-religious-affiliation-updates-and-trends/" target="_blank"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: navy; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">2022 supplement to the PRRI Census of American Religion</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> — based on over 40,000 interviews
conducted last year — confirms that the decline of white Christians (Americans
who identify as white, non-Hispanic and Christian of any kind) as a proportion
of the population continues unabated,” writes </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://robertpjones.substack.com/p/five-charts-that-explain-the-desperate" target="_blank"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: navy; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Robert P. Jones</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, president of the Public Religion Research Institute. “As
recently as 2008, when our first Black president was elected, the U.S. was a
majority (54%) white Christian country.” By 2014 the number had dropped to 47
percent, and in 2022 it stood at 42 percent.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.2pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The group that has
declined the most is at the core of the MAGA movement, the group most devoted
to Christian nationalism. “<b>White evangelical Protestants</b> have
experienced the steepest decline. As recently as 2006, white evangelical
Protestants comprised nearly one-quarter of Americans (23%). By the time of
Trump’s rise to power, their numbers had dipped to 16.8%,” Jones explains.
“Today, white evangelical Protestants comprise only 13.6% of Americans.”</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.2pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Instead, White
evangelicals might look at former “customers” who are abandoning organized
religion in droves. “Nearly four in ten Americans ages 18-29 (38%) are
religiously unaffiliated, an increase from 34% in 2021," the PRRI census
said. "As the cohorts age, the growth in religiously unaffiliated
Americans has started to show up more in the 30-49 age category, which is up to
32% unaffiliated from 26% in 2016.”</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.2pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In some sense, White
evangelicals’ desperate efforts to cling to political power and demand
adherence to a set of outdated cultural norms only make the problem worse. Not
many 20-year-olds (part of the most diverse, inclusive generation in history,
one steeped in climate science and tech) would leap at the prospect of living
in a state where abortion is unattainable, gays are ostracized and secularism
is bashed.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.2pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If Christian
evangelicals really want to slow their decline, they might consider getting out
of the unpopular political ideas market (e.g., abortion bans) and stressing
values that could win back alienated young people (e.g., reverence for
conserving the planet, ministering to the poor and the weak). That might put
more seats in the pews, although it likely wouldn’t do much for <b>the aging,
mostly White, reactionary GOP</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.2pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The reality is that the
convergence of the declining population of White Christians with the rise of
Trump has been bad for both evangelicalism and American politics. Trump
came along, telling the shrinking band of white Christian nationalists that they
are victims. He reveled in nostalgia for a time when they dominated
(demographically and politically) and blamed immigrants, elites, and “wokeness”
for their ills. They were the group most susceptible to a message that
reinforces their feeling they have “lost” something or something has been
“taken away.”</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.2pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That “something” they
felt had been stolen may have been as concrete as the 2020 election, or as
all-encompassing as white Christian supremacy. However they define that sense
of loss, it fuels their anger and binds them to Trump.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>[Rubin argues next that the “MAGA crowd” has painted itself into the
corner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But how does the decline of the
MC explain the rising popularity of Trump?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>--D]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/19/poll-religion-christian-white/" target="_blank"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/19/poll-religion-christian-white/</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">forwarded to me by Bob Billig<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; text-align: center;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all;"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700342/teaching-white-supremacy-by-donald-yacovone/"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Look Inside</span></i></a></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hide: all;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Donald Yacovone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Teaching White Supremacy:
America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity.<br />
Publisher’s description:<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hide: all; text-transform: uppercase;">ABOUT <i>TEACHING WHITE SUPREMACY</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8.25pt;"><b><span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hide: all;">A powerful exploration of the past and present arc of America’s white
supremacy—from the country’s inception and Revolutionary years to its 19th
century flashpoint of civil war; to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and
today’s Black Lives Matter.<br />
<br />
“The most profoundly original cultural history in recent memory.” —Henry Louis
Gates, Jr., Harvard University<br />
<br />
“Stunning, timely . . . an achievement in writing public history . . . <i>Teaching
White Supremacy </i>should be read widely in our roiling debate over how
to teach about race and slavery in classrooms.” —David W. Blight, Sterling
Professor of American History, Yale University; author of the
Pulitzer-prize-winning <i>Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom</i></span></b><span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hide: all;"><br />
<br />
Donald Yacovone shows us the clear and damning evidence of white supremacy’s
deep-seated roots in our nation’s educational system through a fascinating,
in-depth examination of America’s wide assortment of texts, from primary
readers to college textbooks, from popular histories to the most influential
academic scholarship. Sifting through a wealth of materials from the colonial
era to today, Yacovone reveals the systematic ways in which this ideology has
infiltrated all aspects of American culture and how it has been at the heart of
our collective national identity.<br />
<br />
Yacovone lays out the arc of America’s white supremacy from the country’s
inception and Revolutionary War years to its nineteenth-century flashpoint of
civil war to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and today’s Black Lives
Matter. In a stunning reappraisal, the author argues that it is the North, not
the South, that bears the greater responsibility for creating the dominant
strain of race theory, which has been inculcated throughout the culture and in
school textbooks that restricted and repressed African Americans and other
minorities, even as Northerners blamed the South for its legacy of slavery,
segregation, and racial injustice.<br />
<br />
A major assessment of how we got to where we are today, of how white supremacy
has suffused every area of American learning, from literature and science to
religion, medicine, and law, and why this kind of thinking has so insidiously
endured for more than three centuries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hide: all;">SEE MORE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 4;"><a name="#listen-to-a-clip"></a><a name="#alsoinseries"></a><a name="#praise"></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">PRAISE <br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How did the South ‘win the narrative war’ about
race equality, as Bryan Stevenson has so aptly put it, following the Civil
War? In fascinating, if deeply troubling detail, the historian Donald
Yacovone has charted the creation and systematic implementation of the
pernicious myth of white supremacy in the very classrooms of America where our
youngest and most impressionable citizens are shaped. Examining an
astounding array of textbooks in the 19th and 20th centuries, Yacovone in
compelling prose has captured the nation’s deliberate fashioning of ‘American
identity’ as fundamentally, inevitably, and unalterably ‘white.’ <b>The
most profoundly original cultural history in recent memory, </b><i>Teaching
White Supremacy</i> places the development and institutionalization of
American racial ideology squarely where it belongs: not in the slave
South, but in the ostensibly free North, assaulting common perceptions of
Northern racial exceptionalism. <b>If we want to understand the roots of
our current culture wars and our current battles over the place of race in
American history classes, this marvelous book is the place to
start. Yacovone’s recovery of the long buried roots of racist discourse in
our children’s textbooks, is crucial to the creation of a long-deferred
narrative of America’s multi-racial past, and our multicultural present and
future.”</b>—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University<br />
<br />
“Donald Yacovone has written a stunning, timely book about the history of our
history wars. It is at once a history of American education through the
lens of white supremacist ideas, a revealing study of K-12 history textbooks,
and an analysis of both the complicity in and the overturning of the
racist-progress narrative in historical scholarship. The book is an achievement
in writing public history, and it should be read widely in our roiling debate
over how to teach about race and slavery in classrooms. <a name="_Hlk159414726">For those wondering how we got here with book bannings,
politicized school boards, librarians in duress, and maddening ignorance about
the American past, here is the long view and the immediate challenge.”—David W.
Blight, </a>Sterling Professor of American History, Yale University; author of
the Pulitzer-prize-winning <i>Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom<br />
<br />
</i>“<i>Teaching White Supremacy </i>reveals in great detail the battle
over historical memory in public schools and how the white elite has devoted
extraordinary resources to perpetuating racist ideas in each generation through
the K-12 curriculum . . . Yacovone documents the timeworn playbook guiding
contemporary legislators in their campaign to censor teaching truthfully about
racism and other forms of oppression in U.S. history . . . Those stories of
resistance permeate the book and offer strategies and inspiration for those
defending the right to teach outside the textbook today.”—Deborah Menkart,
executive director of Teaching for Change and co-director of the Zinn Education
Project<br />
<br />
“[Yacovone] masterfully details how U.S. K–12 and college texts since the 1830s
have inculcated whiteness as a national inheritance passed from generation to
generation . . . accessible, thoroughly documented, and well-reasoned. .
. essential reading for all interested in truly understanding America’s
past and the systemic distortions to repress and restrict the historical
narrative with an insidious ideology.”—<i>Library Journal</i> (starred
review)<br />
<br />
“Outstanding.” —<i>Kirkus</i> (starred review)<br />
<br />
“Monumental . . . expansive and eye-opening . . . This troubling and powerful
history is essential reading.”—<i>Publishers Weekly </i>(starred review)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">[Gov. Sanders declared her educational “reform”
included reversing Critical Race Theory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She seems not to know what CRT is about, for CRT is critical thinking: “</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For those wondering how
we got here with book bannings, politicized school boards, librarians in
duress, and maddening ignorance about the American past, here is the long view
and the immediate challenge.”—David W. Blight,</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This book should be widely publicized as a
corrective to Sanders’ authoritarian, racist educational program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–Dick]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Not “A
Nation of Immigrants”;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Settler-Colonialism,
White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Whether in political debates
or discussions about immigration around the kitchen table, many Americans,
regardless of party affiliation, will say proudly that we are a nation of
immigrants. In this bold new book, historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz asserts this
ideology is harmful and dishonest because it serves to mask and diminish the
US’s history of settler colonialism, genocide, white supremacy, slavery, and
structural inequality, all of which we still grapple with today.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">She explains that the idea that we are living in a
land of opportunity—founded and built by immigrants—was a convenient response
by the ruling class and its brain trust to the 1960s demands for
decolonialization, justice, reparations, and social equality. Moreover,
Dunbar-Ortiz charges that this feel good—but inaccurate—story promotes a benign
narrative of progress, obscuring that the country was founded in violence as a
settler state, and imperialist since its inception.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">While some of us are immigrants or descendants of
immigrants, others are descendants of white settlers who arrived as colonizers
to displace those who were here since time immemorial, and still others are
descendants of those who were kidnapped and forced here against their will.
This paradigm shifting new book from the highly acclaimed author of </span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">An Indigenous Peoples’
History of the United States</span></em><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> charges that we need to stop believing and
perpetuating this simplistic and a historical idea and embrace the real (and
often horrific) history of the United States.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Chris Hedges
Report Podcast with Curtis Wilkie looks Inside the Minds of White Nationalists.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>The Chris Hedges Report</b></span><b><span style="color: #5f6368; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><u><span style="color: #777777; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8-17-22</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: #777777; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u></b><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hide: all;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“When Evil Lived in Laurel: The White Knights and the Murder
of Vernon Dahmer,” by Curtis Wilkie,</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
examines the motives and beliefs of white nationalists who engage in terrorism
and murder.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On Jan. 9, 1966, the White Knights of the
Mississippi Ku Klux Klan murdered the Black civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer
in Hattiesburg, Mississippi after fire-bombing and shooting into his house. It
was one of thousands of hate crimes conducted in the south by whites who waged
a reign of terror against Blacks to frighten them from abandoning calls for
desegregation and voting rights. These attacks including threats, beatings,
shootings and arson attacks on Black churches, businesses, and homes. The few
men charged with these crimes, including murder, were often acquitted by white
juries. To this day over 150 murders, 56 in Mississippi, remain unresolved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Terrorism by white vigilantes</span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> against religious and ethnic minorities is
ingrained into the DNA of American society going back to the slave patrols. Its
face was on display in 2015 when Dylan Roof gunned down nine members of a
Bible-study group in a Black church in Charleston, South Carolina. It was on
display three years later when eleven worshippers were murdered at a synagogue
in Pittsburg. It was on display when neo-Nazis marched in the streets of
Charlottesville, Virginia. It was on display when Ahmaud Arbery was murdered on
February 23, 2020, in Georgia. It was on display among neo-Confederates who
stormed the capital on January 6, 2021. The FBI recorded 8,263 reported hate
crimes in 2020, a 13 percent jump over 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 374.2pt 452.75pt;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What motivates these people? How do they look
at the world? How do they justify to themselves and others these acts of
terror? These questions are explored in the new book <i>When Evil Lived in
Laurel: The White Knights and the Murder of Vernon Dahmer</i> by the former <i>Boston
Globe</i> reporter Curtis Wilkie. Wilkie, relying on interviews with
participants and meticulous records kept by Tom Landrum who for four years
worked as an FBI informant inside the Klan, provides a rare look into the inner
workings of white hate, how its extensive network of law enforcement officials,
politicians, state and city officials, journalists, preachers and business
leaders colluded in what became a decade of unrelenting terrorism in the south.
Joining me to discuss his book, “When Evil Lived in Laurel: The White Knights
and the Murder of Vernon Dahmer” is Curtis Wilkie.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Britt Halvorson and Joshua Reno.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Imagining
Heartland: White Supremacy and the American Midwest</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>UCP, 2022.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Publisher’s
description.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="background: #F3F3F3; color: #505050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">An overdue examination of the Midwest's long
influence on nationalism and white supremacy.</span></b><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: #F3F3F3;">Though many associate racism with the regional
legacy of the South, it is the Midwest that has upheld some of the nation’s
most deep-seated convictions about the value of whiteness. From Jefferson’s
noble farmer to </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The Wizard of Oz</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">, imagining the Midwest has quietly gone
hand-in-hand with <b>imagining whiteness as desirable and virtuous.</b> Since
at least the U.S. Civil War, the imagined Midwest has served as a screen or
canvas, projecting and absorbing tropes and values of virtuous whiteness and
its opposite, white deplorability, with national and global significance. </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Imagining the Heartland</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> provides a poignant and timely answer to how
and why the Midwest has played this role in the American imagination.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: #F3F3F3;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">In</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> Imagining the Heartland</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">, anthropologists Britt Halvorson and Josh Reno
argue that there is an unexamined affinity between <b>whiteness, Midwestness,
and Americanness,</b> anchored in their shared ordinary and homogenized
qualities. These seemingly unremarkable qualities of the Midwest take work;
they do not happen by default. Instead, creating successful representations of
ordinary Midwestness, in both positive and negative senses, has required
cultural expression through media ranging from Henry Ford’s assembly line to
Grant Wood’s famous “American Gothic.” Far from being just another region among
others, the Midwest is a political and affective logic in racial projects of
global white supremacy. Neglecting the Midwest means neglecting the production
of white supremacist imaginings at their most banal and at their most
influential, their most locally situated and their most globally dispersed.</span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 27.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ajamu Baraka</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=15073d46fd&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The
new White supremacist consensus, Part 2: shootings in Buffalo solidify the
consensus</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blackagendareport.com/new-white-supremacist-consensus-part-two-shootings-buffalo-solidify-consensus"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Black Agenda Report </span></a></span></i><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">May 18, 2022</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mronline.org (5-20-22).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">(Posted May
19, 2022).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/empire/"><span style="color: #880000;">Empire</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/ideology/"><span style="color: #880000;">Ideology</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/inequality/"><span style="color: #880000;">Inequality</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/race/"><span style="color: #880000;">Race</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/americas/"><span style="color: #880000;">Americas</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/geography/united-states/"><span style="color: #880000;">United States</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: #880000;">Newswire</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/buffalo/"><span style="color: #880000;">Buffalo</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/tag/neo-nazi/"><span style="color: #880000;">Neo-Nazi</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/tag/new-york/"><span style="color: #880000;">New
York</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/racism/"><span style="color: #880000;">racism</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/white-settler-state/"><span style="color: #880000;">White
Settler State</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/white-supremacy/"><span style="color: #880000;">White supremacy</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The latest mass shooter in Buffalo, New York
was clearly a racist, and identified with Ukrainian and other neo-Nazis. But
white supremacy has a stronger hold on European and U.S. society than is
commonly acknowledged. The avowed racist is not the only problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Gerald Horne.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a name="_Hlk159423930"><i>The Dawning of the Apocalypse</i></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159423930;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ROOTS
OF CAPITALISM, WHITE SUPREMACY, SETTLER COLONIALISM, AND SLAVERY IN 16<sup>TH</sup>
AND 17<sup>TH</sup> COLONIAL N. AMERICA.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monthly Review P, 2023.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Publisher’s
description [abbreviated by DB].</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">In August 2021, acclaimed
historian </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Gerald Horne</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> was awarded the American Book Award by the Before Columbus
Foundation for his book, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/product/the-dawning-of-the-apocalypse/" target="_blank"><cite><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The
Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the
Long Sixteenth Century</span></cite></a></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> (Monthly Review Press, 2020). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has published four other books by MRP,
including </span><a name="_Hlk159424101"></a><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/product/apocalypse_of_settler_colonialism/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159424101;"><cite><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White
Supremacy and Capitalism in Seventeenth Century North America and the Caribbean</span></cite></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159424101;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> (2018).</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since 1978, the Before
Columbus Foundation, which is dedicated to recognizing the full multicultural
diversity of U.S. literature, has given out the American Book Award to authors
who in the judgment of a panel of editors, authors, and publishers have provided
an “outstanding contribution to American literature.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Dawning of the Apocalypse</span></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> is a wide-ranging
and at the same time detailed analysis of the long seventeenth century (in
Horne’s case stretching from Columbus’s encounter with the Americas in 1492 to
the massive importation of Black enslaved people into what is now the United
States in 1607), centering on how slavery and racism constituted the basis of
capitalism in Britain and its colonial spawn in the United States. It is
concerned with a four-cornered struggle between Europe, Africa, and North and
South America. However, the story centers on the rivalry for world power
between London and Madrid, and particularly on how this affected the struggles
over the Caribbean, Florida, and the early British colonialism in Virginia and
elsewhere. Both Madrid and London were engaged in the colonial-capitalist
enslavement and genocide of Native Americans, and the slave trade that brought
Africans over in ships. Horne’s argument, however, demolishes the already
tattered mythology that London’s settler colonialism was somehow more benign
than that of Madrid. His central thesis in this regard, which structures much
of his book, was that Spain tried to rule in the Americas on the basis of
religion, dividing Christians off from heathens, but was unable to stave off
the revolts that such a non-essentialist religion-based strategy of domination
in some ways reinforced. In contrast, London relied primarily on the
essentialist ideology of racism and white supremacy, including the permanent
and absolute enslavement and/or extirpation of other “races,” building its
world capitalist empire and the Industrial Revolution on that basis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 13.2pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Haiti, Empire, Slavery, Whiteness, Resistance<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://mronline.org/author/josephgramsey/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Joseph G. Ramsey</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=a5e7c4a93c&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Cages of Whiteness in the Shadow of Haiti: Guy
Endore’s ‘Babouk’ and the Critique of Race-Class Alienation</span></a><b>.”</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Mronline.org (10-9-21).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Posted Oct 08, 2021).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/history/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">History</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/imperialism/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Imperialism</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/inequality/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Inequality</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/literature/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Literature</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/media/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Media</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/race/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Race</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/africa/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Africa</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/americas/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Americas</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/europe/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Europe</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/france/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">France</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/haiti/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Haiti</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/united-states/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">United States</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/monthly-review-essays/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Monthly Review Essays</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/category/review/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Review</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/featured/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Featured</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/whiteness/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Whiteness</span></a></span></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Re-reading Guy Endore’s
“forgotten masterpiece” it is striking how this novel from 1934, long-noted for
its shocking and sophisticated account of slavery and resistance in the lead-up
to the Haitian Revolution, is also a penetrating account of the ethical and
political deformity and alienation perpetuated by the ideology of “whiteness.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation</span></i></b></a></span><b><i><span style="color: #040404; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i></b><span style="color: #040404; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">by Nick Estes, Melanie Yazzie, Jennifer Nez Denetdale, and David
Correia with a Foreword by Radmilla Cody and Brandon Benallie. </span><span style="color: #040404; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">See </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001YHkt9ayJ2Dr-Q8gtMpHDm9XE0-D_mZUoctQTUfOef9TjSzvnUGHhmt-Bf0Z_T42rBSp64tUrnqYvnNedBWG3MRaOCY8zPmdbsbV-UCkZQNxe2VaFJAZ1jgK5_morE3CbRL5qamjgj1DqPexdhc3TNZPlN4iFiVkEZiVG15kqwbwSH91SuYKbiLp_bHHyDCkkLwHDHfme0448eL9DrPfdFQnC4duXcysWjVCOOg6Ax5QAmI4ad1NE2YAlmQbTqWOKsxSR3Gwl3T2-1DMvJQu6-CiAXwxQPM5XM7SlYHL8c4aR09lelVDJBv1s6aHV75LCjTFtiUd0ncM=&c=anTID7Muq_VKZTLeWVB3LlIjVv2cbQl3C2KKK3hSKOrEqXqCV1iBrA==&ch=mes95zhTd2BvPWFNblkQiufAH1sCOBaE-m1-d75BqQ3lbAQoC_jxUw==" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #040404; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kickstarter</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #040404; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span><span style="color: #403f42; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #040404; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Red Nation Rising</span></i></b><span style="color: #040404; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is the first book ever to investigate
and explain the violent dynamics of bordertowns. Bordertowns are
white-dominated towns and cities that operate according to the
same political and spatial logics as all other American towns and cities.
The difference is that these settlements get their name from their
location at the borders of current-day reservation boundaries, which separates
the territory of sovereign Native nations from lands claimed by the United
States.</span><span style="color: #403f42; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #040404; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bordertowns came into existence when the first
US military forts and trading posts were strategically placed along expanding
imperial frontiers to extinguish indigenous resistance and incorporate captured
indigenous territories into the burgeoning nation-state. To this day, the US
settler state continues to wage violence on Native life and land in these
spaces out of desperation to eliminate the threat of Native presence and
complete its vision of national consolidation “from sea to shining sea.”
This explains why some of the most important Native-led rebellions in US
history originated in bordertowns and why they are zones of ongoing
confrontation between Native nations and their colonial occupier, the United
States.</span><span style="color: #403f42; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #040404; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Despite this rich and important history of
political and material struggle, little has been written about
bordertowns. <i>Red Nation Rising</i> marks the first effort to tell
these entangled histories and inspire a new generation of Native freedom
fighters to return to bordertowns as key front lines in the long struggle
for Native liberation from US colonial control. This book is a manual for
navigating the extreme violence that Native people experience in reservation
bordertowns and a manifesto for indigenous liberation that builds on long
traditions of Native resistance to bordertown violence.</span><span style="color: #403f42; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Robin
D. G. Kelley and Gary B. Nash</span><span style="color: #a32035; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Births of a
Nation, Redux: Surveying Trumpland with Cedric Robinson</span></a></span><b><span style="color: #a32035; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.blackagendareport.com/births-nation-redux-surveying-trumpland-cedric-robinson"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Black Agenda Report, </span></a></span></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">November 18, 2020</span></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #a32035; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mronline.org
(11-21-20).</span><span style="color: #a32035; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(More by <a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/black-agenda-report/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #d62e2b; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Black Agenda Report</span></a>) | (Posted Nov
20, 2020).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/empire/"><span style="color: #880000;">Empire</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/fascism/"><span style="color: #880000;">Fascism</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/imperialism/"><span style="color: #880000;">Imperialism</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/inequality/"><span style="color: #880000;">Inequality</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/united-states/"><span style="color: #880000;">United
States</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: #880000;">Newswire</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What Robinson identified as
“the rewhitening of America” a century ago is what we’re seeing play out today.
| </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=d73dd89152&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #a32035; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">more…</span></a></span><u><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #a32035; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://bostonreview.net/race/daniel-geary-camilla-schofield-jennifer-sutton-toward-global-history-white-supremacy" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
"Toward a Global History of White Supremacy"</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Daniel
Geary, Camilla Schofield, and Jennifer Sutton. <i>Boston Review, </i>posted
October 16, 2023.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">From
H-Pad 10-23-20.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"The simultaneous success of Trump and
Brexit was no coincidence: white supremacist politics are international in
scope and often share entwined histories." Daniel Geary and Camilla
Schofield teach history at Trinity College Dublin and the University of East
Anglia, respectively; Jennifer Sutton is an independent scholar with a PhD in
history from Washington University.</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://democracynow.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7c55dbbfa32e541749065a92a&id=e836742571&e=88b24652fa" target="_blank"><span style="color: #336699; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Barbara Smith: “The
U.S. Functions with White Supremacy as Its Engine. Here's How We Dismantle It</span></a></span><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Democracy
Now,</i> 9-11-20.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since the police killing of George Floyd in
May sparked a nationwide uprising against police brutality, armed white
supremacists have taken to the streets of U.S. cities in ... </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://democracynow.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7c55dbbfa32e541749065a92a&id=cd2d7c23db&e=88b24652fa" target="_blank"><span style="color: #336699; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Read More →</span></a></span><span style="color: #336699; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">END WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM ANTHOLOGY #1<o:p></o:p></span></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-27288191171056547712024-02-20T14:37:00.000-06:002024-02-20T14:37:17.141-06:00OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #165, FEBRUARY 21, 2024.<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #165, FEBRUARY
21, 2024</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Compiled by Dick
Bennett.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Norman
Solomon, <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its
Military Machine</span></i> (New York: The New Press, 2023), 272 pages.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Rev.
“Corporate Media, Political Elites, and Perpetual War<b>” </b></span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">by</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/author/davidmichaelsmith/" title="Posts by David Michael Smith"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">David Michael Smith</span></a></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">, </span><b><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Monthly Review</span></i></b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <i>(December 5, 2023).<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">(Dec 01, 2023).</span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Topics: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/subjects/capitalism/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Capitalism</span></a></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/subjects/imperialism/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Imperialism</span></a></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/subjects/media/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Media</span></a></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/subjects/political-economy/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Political economy</span></a></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/subjects/terrorism/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Terrorism</span></a></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/subjects/war/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">War</span></a></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"> <i>Places: </i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/geography/americas/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Americas</span></a></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/geography/americas/united-states/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">United States</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .2in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Publisher’s
description: </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">David Michael Smith
reviews journalist Norman Solomon’s <i>War Made Invisible</i>, an eloquent
moral call to end the bloody state of perpetual war that the United States has
engaged in since the advent of the “war on terror.” </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Long
recognized as one of this country’s most incisive journalists and media
critics, <b>Norman Solomon</b> has written a new book that deserves to be
widely read. In less than three hundred pages, he marshals a remarkable amount
of information to document the contours of <b>the so-called war on terror waged
by the United States since 9/11, the terrible human costs incurred abroad and
at home, and the ways in which corporate media and political elites strive to
make this perpetual war and its catastrophic consequences almost entirely
invisible to the public. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">| </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=ae649ae360&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank" title="Corporate Media, Political Elites, and Perpetual War"><span style="color: #a32035; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">more…</span></a></span><u><span style="color: #a32035; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=0177c1acf6&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a32035; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Source</span></a></span><u><span style="color: #a32035; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
</span></u><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-variant: small-caps; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">David Michael Smith</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is
a former professor of government and union president at College of the Mainland
in Texas City, Texas. He is the <b>author of </b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/product/endless-holocausts/" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Endless Holocausts: Mass Death in the History of the United States Empire</span></i></b></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (New
York: Monthly Review Press, 2023).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">VFP Challenges Blinken to suspend arms
shipments to Israel<br />
</span><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">paulcox890@comcast.net</span></b><b><span style="color: #5f6368; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">paulcox890@comcast.net</span></b><b><span style="color: #5f6368; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1311182?hl=en" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">via</span></b></a></span><b><span style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> uark.onmicrosoft.com </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype
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Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, and accompanying press release, outlining <b>the
numerous laws and treaties that the US is violating</b> in support of the
ongoing Israeli slaughter of Palestinians and demanding that the US suspend
arms shipments to Israel. This is a serious challenge to US’s whining
policy of asking Israel to please be more careful while continuing to pour vast
quantities of armaments into their attacks on Gaza and, increasingly, the West
Bank. , </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2024/02/13/veterans-demand-termination-of-weapons-to-israel/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2024/02/13/veterans-demand-termination-of-weapons-to-israel/</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TAKE ACTION:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you have any contacts with media—print, broadcast, or online—forward
these documents to them. Also, please send it to your representative or
senator, your governor, your city council—wherever leaders need to confront
their own lack of action against this most egregious of war crimes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Paul Cox<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Veterans For Peace<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Chapter 69<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:paulcox@sonic.net" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">paulcox@sonic.net</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">510-418-3436<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .2in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text" style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text" style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">ANTIWAR
ORGANIZATIONS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text" style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Where
does the money come from?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the
best groups we might support is <b>MOVE TO AMEND,</b> working for the WE THE PEOPLE
AMENDMENT HJR-54 to reduce economic inequality, the inordinate power of the
rich and corporations, HJR-54 thus also reducing the gap between rich and poor
that is causing so much injustice, misery, instability, resentment, susceptibility
to fascism, and WAR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text" style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">World
BEYOND War</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">is a global network of volunteers, chapters, and affiliated
organizations advocating for the abolition of the institution of war.<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/P8Elou2Rvc0qoMPEUZrMXZuRoF9hgmtKkx-9yE8eapVkRqdKrcLDAZz0QT6KgEGVDM4wzo6vxFFunjYU1aOn1RZ5pcA0ayDiNt5s1AC8sAoCsY2ZnMxEyShrpouTDRy_Q94dHTxETVW_LKQTwRIw1Aa0_hdiRJqBWdxlCOEq3UU8gEgcUee-D8NeH3Zar184lN3kcSVkPgsaFl5MuWdXQF9irk-oUZxTdbdidk-ZMG8Wi1C9f4JWxQ4R4_wbOS06yQlphnzQLVvqgNtZMqy0XcuFvgeLWaQkhnPDeD_2PoscODd4c92GrTNLfq_dLfmuAsPVaIcmG0tS5Yy79Xawzio_73M4oAAzJ5FJIfJveUJ0zTqQV9d7Ti3Y72BQzs1LLy4HIZScPLz0C-e0Zr8fYWDmO2ahHN0Qh7_CW4WqmU4/3qb/Q4kqBfS8T3C_KHXm62VnLg/h12/MrWz4C-W6UdSGiHKI-6CFqKMQ9gcf8FZCcMWjOy86HA" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Donate
to support our people-powered movement for peace.</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/atcYNHk4Eh2YdGnwBh-YDG7XrsA8qChq4YmTGY3gl8cVvjArGUHPgLAg0lIy1xGdVyMmYIkZsO4daKZW1QPXRNoqrcnG__n4O4ihw_gw8tQbbHqR3SO8ox5qRVsEcApSfpo6LR50KmPYQIQTrcAv_A8uaPLdziWP5JzlFAC82E85WPblsLU2vBxkyAO9NnQZdGWMlLqM7ZvL_lc8q8ZL7Xgj-OEejA90P1BCzetfIlR_wah4utFDqRWx3FmBqw-aAV2Vqpc3RjmR6VSwZB9k-Z9dvISbkFqwvdC9BnuF8J5KVZCczjI2htPoOTGhnv3TpBp9iZf1Dxd6UvAg8oDyyg/42t/UpnMkclURGq3lqJF6fzPdA/h13/HpwgnXn7UPAiV5_AcIpktD4ZP2G8TjrSud0ud7OyOZI" target="_blank"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">World BEYOND War is 10 years old and we've made a
video about it</span></b></a></span><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">!</span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text" style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text" style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">ANTIWAR BOOK FOR ARKIES:</span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text" style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Jeremy Kuzmarov.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i>Warmonger: How Clinton’s Malign Foreign Policy Launched the US
Trajectory from Bush II to Biden.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clarity
P, Atlanta, Ga., 2023.</span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-8602351375799542572024-02-19T16:24:00.003-06:002024-02-19T16:24:44.614-06:00OMNI ECONOMIC INEQUALITY/POVERTY USA AND WORLD ANTHOLOGY #7, February 19, 2024<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">OMNI<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">ECONOMIC INEQUALITY/POVERTY USA AND WORLD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">ANTHOLOGY #7, February 19, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and
Ecology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://omnicenter.org/donate/"><span style="color: red;">HTTPS://Omnicenter.org/donate/</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">CONTENTS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Books<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Mark Paul<i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=5d71933364&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank" title="Get your copy"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The</span></a> Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America’s
Lost Promise of Economic Rights.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">John
Freeman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="display: none; mso-hide: all;"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/551458/tales-of-two-americas-by-edited-by-john-freeman/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Look Inside</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Tales
of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Martin Gilens and Benjamin
Page. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Democracy in America? What
Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It. </i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ian Angus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Dispossessed: Origins of the Working Class.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Chris Hedges. “Know Thine Enemy: We are Ruled by
One War Party and One Political Class.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Katharina Buchholz. “The Living Wage Gap.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Prabhat Patnaik. “What the GDP Hides.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ari Paul. “Source Who Revealed How Taxes Steal
for the Rich Rewarded with Five Years in Prison.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ben
Norton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Global 1% own 43% of financial
assets, 5 richest billionaires doubled wealth while 5 billion workers got
poorer.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">April Holcombe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“At Davos, the inmates run the asylum—and the world.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Olúfẹ́mi
O Táíwò.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Elite Capture: How the
Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">John Clarke</span>. <span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“The changing climate
of class struggle.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Ekaterina Cabylis</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Alienation under capitalism and the conspiracy
pipeline.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/Jacqueline%20Luqman"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Jacqueline Luqman</span></a></span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=75d559d610&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The history of affirmative action exposes its
reactionary weaknesses</span></a>.”<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Sue Bull</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=d87b231e13&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Patriarchy and the origins of women’s oppression</span></a>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Denis Moynihan</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=f232b03cc0&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Everybody should see ‘Every Body’.”</span></a><br />
Oxfam International.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Richest 1% bag
nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past
two years.”<br />
<span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Sam
Pizzigati. </span>“<a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=6baff27cd5&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Tax The Rich? We Did That Once</span></a>” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Staughton Lynd. “¡Presente!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Tricontinental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Discussing pathways towards a more just
world.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Redflag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=6903272e65&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Capitalism: great for the rich, shit for the poor</span></a>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">David Ruccio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“How to lie with inequality statistics.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">John Bellamy
Foster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Grand Theft Capital: The
Increasing Exploitation and Robbery of the U.S.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="https://mronline.org/author/ben-hillier/"><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Ben Hillie</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The ruling class in Australia.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">List of Journal Sources
(22 from around the world) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Agonas<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Black Agenda Report<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Canadian Dimension<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Climate & Capitalism<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Democracy Now<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Common Dreams<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Geopolitical Economy Report<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Inequality.org<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">International Journal of Socialist Renewal<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Marx & Philosophy<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Monthly Review <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Occasional Links on Economics, Culture &
Society<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Oxfam International<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Peoples Democracy<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Popular Resistance<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Portside<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Red Flag<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Scheer Post<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Statista<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Tricontinental<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Zinn Education Project<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hide: all;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 24.0pt;">TEXTS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 115%; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">BOOKS<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Scott Ferguson Interviews Mark Paul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Ends of Freedom</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mronline.org
(7-2-23).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Mark Paul joins Money on the Left to discuss his
new book, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The Ends of Freedom:
Reclaiming America’s Lost Promise of Economic Rights</span></i><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> (University of Chicago P, 2023). </span><span style="background: #EEEEEE; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">In his book, Paul scours U.S. political and economic
history to </span><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">recover,
reclaim, and adapt the rhetoric of economic rights for our current political
moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: #EEEEEE; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">John Freeman (editor).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="display: none; mso-hide: all;"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/551458/tales-of-two-americas-by-edited-by-john-freeman/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Look Inside</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Tales
of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">OR Books,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><strong><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-hide: all;">Thirty-six major contemporary writers examine
life in a deeply divided America—including Anthony Doerr, Ann Patchett, Roxane
Gay, Rebecca Solnit, Hector Tobar, Joyce Carol Oates, Edwidge Danticat, Richard
Russo, Eula Bliss, Karen Russell, and many more</span></strong><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all;"><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong><br />
America is broken. You don’t need a fistful of statistics to know this. Visit
any city, and evidence of our shattered social compact will present itself.
From Appalachia to the Rust Belt and down to rural Texas, the gap between the
wealthiest and the poorest stretches to unimaginable chasms. Whether the cause
of this inequality is systemic injustice, the entrenchment of racism in our
culture, the long war on drugs, or immigration policies, it endangers not only
the American Dream but our very lives.<br />
<br />
In <em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Tales of Two Americas</span></em>,
some of the literary world’s most exciting writers look beyond numbers and
wages to convey what it feels like to live in this divided nation. Their
extraordinarily powerful stories, essays, and poems demonstrate how boundaries
break down when experiences are shared, and that in sharing our stories we can
help to alleviate a suffering that touches so many people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all;">SEE LESS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all; text-transform: uppercase;">ABOUT <i>TALES OF TWO
AMERICAS</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.25pt;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all;">Thirty-six major contemporary writers examine life
in a deeply divided America—including Anthony Doerr, Ann Patchett, Roxane Gay,
Rebecca Solnit, Hector Tobar, Joyce Carol Oates, Edwidge Danticat, Richard
Russo, Eula Bliss, Karen Russell, and many more<br />
<br />
America is broken. You don’t need a fistful of statistics to know this. Visit
any city, and evidence of our shattered social compact will present itself.
From Appalachia to the Rust Belt and down to rural Texas, the gap between the
wealthiest and the poorest stretches to unimaginable chasms. Whether the cause
of this inequality is systemic injustice, the entrenchment of racism in our
culture, the long war on drugs, or immigration policies, it endangers not only
the American Dream but our very lives.<br />
<br />
In <i>Tales of Two Americas</i>, some of the literary world’s most
exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to convey what it feels like to
live in this divided nation. Their extraordinarily powerful stories, essays,
and poems demonstrate how boundaries break down when experiences are shared,
and that in sharing our stories we can help to alleviate a suffering that
touches so many people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all;">SEE LESS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Thirty-six major contemporary writers
examine life in a deeply divided America—including Anthony Doerr, Ann Patchett,
Roxane Gay, Rebecca Solnit, Hector Tobar, Joyce Carol Oates, Edwidge Danticat,
Richard Russo, Eula Bliss, Karen Russell, and many more</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">America is broken. You don’t need a
fistful of statistics to know this. Visit any city, and evidence of our
shattered social compact will present itself. From Appalachia to the Rust Belt
and down to rural Texas, the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest
stretches to unimaginable chasms. Whether the cause of this inequality is
systemic injustice [tax system], the entrenchment of racism in our culture, the
long war on drugs, or immigration policies, it endangers not only the American
Dream but our very lives.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">In Tales of Two Americas, some of the
literary world’s most exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to convey what
it feels like to live in this divided nation. Their extraordinarily powerful
stories, essays, and poems demonstrate how boundaries break down when
experiences are shared, and that in sharing our stories we can help to
alleviate a suffering that touches so many people.<span style="display: none; mso-hide: all; text-transform: uppercase;">ABOUT <i>TALES OF TWO AMERICAS</i></span></span><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all; text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.25pt;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all;">Thirty-six major contemporary writers examine life
in a deeply divided America—including Anthony Doerr, Ann Patchett, Roxane Gay,
Rebecca Solnit, Hector Tobar, Joyce Carol Oates, Edwidge Danticat, Richard
Russo, Eula Bliss, Karen Russell, and many more<br />
<br />
America is broken. You don’t need a fistful of statistics to know this. Visit
any city, and evidence of our shattered social compact will present itself.
From Appalachia to the Rust Belt and down to rural Texas, the gap between the
wealthiest and the poorest stretches to unimaginable chasms. Whether the cause
of this inequality is systemic injustice, the entrenchment of racism in our
culture, the long war on drugs, or immigration policies, it endangers not only
the American Dream but our very lives.<br />
<br />
In <i>Tales of Two Americas</i>, some of the literary world’s most
exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to convey what it feels like to
live in this divided nation. Their extraordinarily powerful stories, essays,
and poems demonstrate how boundaries break down when experiences are shared,
and that in sharing our stories we can help to alleviate a suffering that
touches so many people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all;">SEE LESS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 25.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all; text-transform: uppercase;">ABOUT <i>TALES OF TWO
AMERICAS</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.25pt;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all;">Thirty-six major contemporary writers examine life
in a deeply divided America—including Anthony Doerr, Ann Patchett, Roxane Gay,
Rebecca Solnit, Hector Tobar, Joyce Carol Oates, Edwidge Danticat, Richard
Russo, Eula Bliss, Karen Russell, and many more<br />
<br />
America is broken. You don’t need a fistful of statistics to know this. Visit
any city, and evidence of our shattered social compact will present itself.
From Appalachia to the Rust Belt and down to rural Texas, the gap between the
wealthiest and the poorest stretches to unimaginable chasms. Whether the cause
of this inequality is systemic injustice, the entrenchment of racism in our
culture, the long war on drugs, or immigration policies, it endangers not only
the American Dream but our very lives.<br />
<br />
In <i>Tales of Two Americas</i>, some of the literary world’s most
exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to convey what it feels like to
live in this divided nation. Their extraordinarily powerful stories, essays,
and poems demonstrate how boundaries break down when experiences are shared,
and that in sharing our stories we can help to alleviate a suffering that
touches so many people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all;">SEE LESS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hide: all; text-transform: uppercase;">STORIES
OF INEQUALITY IN A DIVIDED NATION<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 3.75pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-hide: all;">Edited by John
Freeman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 4;"><a name="#aboutthebook"></a><span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hide: all; text-transform: uppercase;">ABOUT <i>TALES OF TWO AMERICAS</i></span><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all; text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.25pt;"><span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hide: all;">Thirty-six major contemporary writers examine life
in a deeply divided America—including Anthony Doerr, Ann Patchett, Roxane Gay,
Rebecca Solnit, Hector Tobar, Joyce Carol Oates, Edwidge Danticat, Richard
Russo, Eula Bliss, Karen Russell, and many more<br />
<br />
America is broken. You don’t need a fistful of statistics to know this. Visit
any city, and evidence of our shattered social compact will present itself.
From Appalachia to the Rust Belt and down to rural Texas, the gap between the
wealthiest and the poorest stretches to unimaginable chasms. Whether the cause
of this inequality is systemic injustice, the entrenchment of racism in our
culture, the long war on drugs, or immigration policies, it endangers not only
the American Dream but our very lives.<br />
<br />
In <i>Tales of Two Americas</i>, some of the literary world’s most
exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to convey what it feels like to
live in this divided nation. Their extraordinarily powerful stories, essays,
and poems demonstrate how boundaries break down when experiences are shared,
and that in sharing our stories we can help to alleviate a suffering that
touches so many people.</span><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all;">SEE LESS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 4;"><a name="#alsoinseries"></a><a name="#praise"></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-transform: uppercase;">PRAISE<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“A brilliant anthology… There is so much excellent writing in the
pages of <i>Tales of Two Americas</i>.” —<i>Salon</i><br />
“Poignant and profound, <i>Tales of Two Americas</i>… unites a
multiplicity of voices into a powerful rallying cry.”<i>—NPR.org<br />
</i>“Each contribution stands out. Each voice is unique. The only common
threads in the collection are theme and excellence… This anthology is
spectacular and devastating and provocative.” <i>—Minneapolis Star Tribune</i><br />
“…masterful and affecting stories, essays, and poems by 36 writers profoundly
attuned to the sources and implications of social rupture. These are sharply
inquisitive and provocative works…” —<i>Booklist (starred review)</i><br />
“Urgent, worthy reportage from our fractious, volatile social and cultural
moment.” —<i>Kirkus</i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-outline-level: 3;"><a name="#video-media"></a><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">John Freeman (editor).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tales of Two Planets:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stories of Climate Change and Inequality in a
Divided World.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2020.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; text-transform: uppercase;">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Publisher’s
description:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Building from his
acclaimed anthology <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Tales of Two Americas</span></i>,
beloved writer and editor John Freeman draws together a group of our greatest
writers from around the world to help us see how the environmental crisis is
hitting some of the most vulnerable communities where they live.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">In
the past five years, John Freeman, previously editor of <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Granta</span></i>, has launched a celebrated international
literary magazine, <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Freeman’s</span></i>, and
compiled two acclaimed anthologies that deal with income inequality as it is
experienced. In the course of this work, one major theme came up repeatedly:
Climate change is making already dire inequalities much worse, devastating
further the already devastated. But the problems of climate change are not
restricted to those from the less developed world.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Galvanized
by his conversations with writers and activists around the world, Freeman
engaged with some of today’s most eloquent storytellers, many of whom hail from
the places under the most acute stress–from the capital of Burundi to Bangkok,
Thailand. The response has been extraordinary. Margaret Atwood conjures up a
dystopian future in a remarkable poem. Lauren Groff whisks us to Florida;
Edwidge Danticat to Haiti; Tahmima Anam to Bangladesh; Yasmine El Rashidi to
Egypt, while Eka Kurniawan brings us to Indonesia, Chinelo Okparanta to
Nigeria, and Anuradha Roy to the Himalayas in the wake of floods, dam building,
and drought. This is a literary all-points bulletin of fiction, essays, poems,
and reportage about the most important crisis of our times.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=7082050d19&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Olúfẹ́mi O Táíwò.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Elite Capture:
How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)</i></span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Reviewed by Kevin Dodson in <a href="https://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/21143_elite-capture-how-the-powerful-took-over-identity-politics-and-everything-else-by-olufemi-o-taiwo-reviewed-by-kevin-dodson/"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Marx & Philosophy</span></i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> (<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">August 29, 2023).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(More by <a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/marx-philosophy/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Marx & Philosophy</span></a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(Posted Aug 30, 2023).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/class/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Class</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/culture/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Culture</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/ideology/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Ideology</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/war/"><span style="color: windowtext;">War</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/global/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Global</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Newswire</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/category/review/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Review</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/olufemi-o-taiwo/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Olúfẹ́mi
O Táíwò</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mronline.org (8-31-23).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The
culture wars are back with a vengeance, if they ever actually left us.
Throughout the world, right-wing populist regimes use widespread resentment
against governing elites to stoke anger and fear of marginalized populations,
cutbacks in public services and increased authoritarian repression, all while
claiming the mantle of cultural authenticity. Much of this resentment is
targeted by the political right at the ‘identity politics’ of the left.
With </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Elite Capture</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> has contributed an important and
insightful critique of the successes and limitations of identity politics as
currently practiced on the center-left and left. In short, Táíwò seeks to
restore the sense of identity politics as originally formulated by the seminal
Combahee River Collective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The culture wars are back with a vengeance, if
they ever actually left us.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Democracy in America?: What Has Gone Wrong
and What We Can Do About It.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2017.<br />
</i></span><span style="color: #757575; font-family: "Source Serif Pro",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">With a New Afterword<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: "Source Serif Pro",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">America faces daunting
problems—stagnant wages, high health care costs, neglected schools,
deteriorating public services. How did we get here? Through decades of
dysfunctional government. In <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Democracy
in America? </i>veteran political observers Benjamin I. Page and Martin
Gilens marshal an unprecedented array of evidence to show that while other
countries have responded to a rapidly changing economy by helping people who’ve
been left behind, the United States has failed to do so. Instead, <b>we
have actually exacerbated inequality, enriching corporations and the wealthy
while leaving ordinary citizens to fend for themselves.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
</b> What’s the solution? More democracy. More opportunities for citizens
to shape what their government does. To repair our democracy, Page and Gilens
argue, we must change the way we choose candidates and conduct our elections,
reform our governing institutions, and curb the power of money in politics. By
doing so, we can reduce polarization and gridlock, address pressing challenges,
and enact policies that truly reflect the interests of average Americans.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
Updated with new information, this book lays out a set of proposals that would
boost citizen participation, curb the power of money, and democratize the House
and Senate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Ian Angus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=9f932c41a4&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Dispossessed: Origins of the Working Class</span></a>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://climateandcapitalism.com/2021/12/12/dispossessed-origins-of-the-working-class/"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Climate & Capitalism</span></i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></a>( <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">December 12, 2021)</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Mronline.org (12-20-21).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Deprived of land and common rights, the English poor were forced into
wage-labor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> (more
by <a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/cap-climate-capitalism/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Climate & Capitalism</span></a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/class/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Class</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/imperialism/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Imperialism</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/inequality/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Inequality</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/labor/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Labor</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/england/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">England</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/commentary/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Commentary</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/capital-versus-commons/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Capital versus Commons</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/featured/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Featured</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/part-4/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Part 4</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/wage-labor/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">wage-labor</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Articles in this series: <br />
</span></i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/2021/08/09/robbing-the-soil-1-commons-and-classes-before-capitalism/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Commons and
classes before capitalism</span></a><br />
<a href="https://mronline.org/2021/09/03/robbing-the-soil-2-systematic-theft-of-communal-property/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">‘Systematic
theft of communal property’</span></a><br />
<a href="https://mronline.org/2021/10/27/against-enclosure-the-commonwealth-men/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Against
Enclosure: The Commonwealth Men</span></a><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Dispossessed: Origins of the Working Class</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">WE ARE RULED BY ONE WAR PARTY AND ONE POLITICAL
CLASS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“<a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=fe81754b09&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Know Thine
Enemy</span></a>” <span style="background: white;">By Chris Hedges, <i>Scheer
Post</i>.</span></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> The Congressional decision
to prohibit railroad workers from going on strike
and force them to accept a contract that meets few of their
demands is part of the class war that has defined American politics for
decades. The two ruling political parties differ only in rhetoric. They are
bonded in their determination to reduce wages; dismantle social programs, which
the Bill Clinton administration did with welfare; and thwart unions and
prohibit strikes, the only tool workers have to pressure employers. This latest
move against the railroad unions, where working conditions
have descended into a special kind of hell... </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=8c826ef464&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">-more-</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Buchholz, Katharina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>”<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=512aff6d2d&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The Living Wage
Gap</span></a>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i><a href="https://www.statista.com/chart/25574/living-wage-vs-minimum-wage-by-us-state/?utm_source=Statista+Newsletters&utm_campaign=4207573a76-COM_DailyData_Sa_KW06_2024_KB&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-53a33ddf1e-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Statista </span></a></i>(<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">December 22, 2023</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">
(Posted Feb 12, 2024).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(More by <a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/cap-statista/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Statista</span></a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/economic-theory/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Economic Theory</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/financialization/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Financialization</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/political-economy/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Political Economy</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/americas/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Americas</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/united-states/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">United States</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Newswire</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mronline.org
(2-13-24).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">According to an analysis from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, the minimum wage does not suffice to pay for a typical set of
living expenses in any state of the United States. Hawaii, Georgia and Utah,
where the living wage gap exceeded $10 per hour, fared the worst.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=619b9f5c8d&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=619b9f5c8d&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Prabhat Patnaik.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“What the GDP
hides</span></a>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i><a href="https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2024/0204_pd/what-gdp-hides"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Peoples Democracy </span></a></i> (<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">February 4, 2024).</span></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> (More
by <a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/peoples-democracy/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Peoples Democracy</span></a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/capitalism/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Capitalism</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/economic-crisis/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Economic Crisis</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/financialization/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Financialization</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/political-economy/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Political Economy</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/global/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Global</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Newswire</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/gdp/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">GDP</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Mronline.org
(2-8-24).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">There are well-known problems associated with the concept of gross
domestic product as well as with its measurement.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://mronline.org/author/aripaul/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Ari Paul</span></a>. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=decd1f51ef&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Source who revealed
how taxes steal for the rich rewarded with five years in prison</span></a>."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/fair-fairness-accuracy-in-reporting/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy
in Reporting</span></a>). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feb. 2,
2024.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Posted Feb 07, 2024).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/human-rights/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Human Rights</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/imperialism/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Imperialism</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/incarceration/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Incarceration</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/inequality/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Inequality</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/americas/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Americas</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/united-states/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">United States</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Newswire</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/charles-littlejohn/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Charles Littlejohn</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/internal-revenue-service-irs/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Internal Revenue Service (IRS)</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/tag/taxes/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Taxes</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Mronline.org
(2-8-24).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of Charles Littlejohn, we know
that former President Donald Trump and a whole bunch of other rich people pay
next to nothing in taxes, while the rest of us frantically file tax returns and
see our wages sucked away to fund the military, aid for Israel and corporate
subsidies. Littlejohn, a former consultant at the Internal Revenue Service,
leaked these tax returns, which resulted in major investigative findings for
the New York Times (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">9/27/20</span></a>) and ProPublica (<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">6/8/21</span></a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For leaking this sensitive information,
Littlejohn has been sentenced to five years in federal prison, the maximum jail
term (CNN, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/29/politics/charles-littlejohn-trump-taxes-leak/index.html"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1/29/24</span></a>). </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole
Argentieri said in a statement (<a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-irs-contractor-sentenced-disclosing-tax-return-information-news-organizations"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1/29/24</span></a>):</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Charles Littlejohn abused his position as
a consultant at the Internal Revenue Service by disclosing thousands of
Americans’ federal tax returns and other private financial information to news
organizations. He violated his responsibility to safeguard the sensitive
information that was entrusted to his care, and now he is a convicted felon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Littlejohn’s lawyers (Bloomberg, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-18/trump-tax-leaker-acted-out-of-deep-moral-belief-judge-told"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1/18/24</span></a>) had argued that he had acted “out of a deep, moral
belief that the American people had a right to know the information and sharing
it was the only way to effect change.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The extremity of the sentence “will
chill future whistleblowers from revealing corruption and wrongdoing,” the
Freedom of the Press Foundation (<a href="https://freedom.press/news/harsh-punishments-for-leakers-undermine-public-interest-journalism/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1/30/24</span></a>) said. Slate writer Alex Sammon (Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/alex_sammon/status/1752018604252385663"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1/29/24</span></a>) said, “This guy is a hero who showed us how the
super-rich steal from the American public.” Nevertheless, he added, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">the judge gave him a max sentence, claiming it was ‘a moral
imperative’ to punish him as harshly as possible.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 2; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">‘Basic unfairness’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">After
the ProPublica investigation was released, Republicans called for
investigation into how the documents were leaked, while progressives used the
data to call for a reform in the tax code (ProPublica, <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublicas-tax-revelations-lead-to-calls-for-reforms-and-investigation"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">6/9/21</span></a>). The findings gave new political life to the Occupy
Wall Street movement’s central argument about wealth inequality being enforced
by government policy.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Binyamin
Appelbaum of the New York Times editorial board (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/08/opinion/income-tax-billionaires.html"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">6/8/21</span></a>) wrote that there is a “basic unfairness that the
wealthy are living by a different set of rules, lavishly spending money that
isn’t taxed as income.” He added that the “ProPublica story underscores
the argument for transparency: It allows Americans to judge how well the system
is working.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">In
response to the investigation, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said: ”Tax the
billionaires. Make them pay their fair share. Rebuild our nation’s crumbling
infrastructure” (Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1402343496317652995"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">6/8/21</span></a>). ProPublica (<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/democratic-senators-call-for-investigation-of-tax-avoidance-by-the-ultrawealthy"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">7/14/21</span></a>) later reported the leaks reignited congressional
action to tackle regressive taxation:</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Elizabeth Warren (D—Mass.) and Sheldon
Whitehouse (D—R.I.) wrote to the [Senate Finance] committee’s chairman, Ron
Wyden (D—Ore.), that the “bombshell” and “deeply troubling” [ProPublica] report
requires an investigation into “how the nation’s wealthiest individuals are
using a series of legal tax loopholes to avoid paying their fair share of
income taxes.” The senators also requested that the Senate hold hearings and
develop legislation to address the loopholes’ “impact on the nation’s finances
and ability to pay for investments in infrastructure, health care, the economy,
and the environment.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The New York Times (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">9/27/20</span></a>) reported that Trump’s tax returns “show that he
depends more and more on making money from businesses that put him in potential
and often direct conflict of interest with his job as president.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">At
the time of the investigation, I noted (FAIR.org, <a href="https://fair.org/home/outrage-at-propublica-tax-leaks-underscores-their-importance/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">6/17/21</span></a>) that the outrage against the leaks among Republicans,
the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times was proof
that the ProPublica report was something more than momentarily
important.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 2; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">How power works. . . .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MORE click on title</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://mronline.org/author/ben-norton/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Ben Norton</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=6291657c10&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Global 1%
own 43% of financial assets, 5 richest billionaires doubled wealth while 5
billion workers got poorer</span></a>.”<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></i><a href="https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/01/18/billionaires-richest-doubled-wealth-poorer-oxfam/"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Geopolitical Economy Report</span></i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></a>(<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">January 18, 2024) </span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mronline.org (1-28-24).</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> (Posted Jan 27, 2024)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/capitalism/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Capitalism</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/class/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Class</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/imperialism/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Imperialism</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/inequality/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Inequality</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/global/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Global</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Newswire</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/1/"><span style="color: windowtext;">1%</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/tag/bernard-arnault/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Bernard
Arnault</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/elon-musk/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Elon Musk</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/global-north/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Global
North</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/jeff-bezos/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Jeff Bezos</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/larry-ellison/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Larry
Ellison</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/oxfam/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Oxfam</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/warren-buffett/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Warren
Buffett</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/world-economic-forum-wef/"><span style="color: windowtext;">World Economic Forum (WEF)</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/worlds-richest/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Worlds
Richest</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The
world’s richest 1% own 43% of global financial assets, and the wealth of the
top five billionaires has doubled since 2020, while 60% of humanity—nearly 5
billion people—collectively got poorer, according to a <a href="https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/stories/how-are-billionaire-and-corporate-power-intensifying-global-inequality/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">report by Oxfam</span></a>, a
leading international humanitarian organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oxfam published the study, “<i><a href="https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/research-publications/inequality-inc/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Inequality Inc.</span></a></i>”,
to coincide with the World Economic Forum meeting of corporate oligarchs and
Western government officials in Davos, Switzerland this January.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">April Holcombe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=f078d8410e&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">At Davos, the inmates run the
asylum—and the world</span></a>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://redflag.org.au/article/davos-inmates-run-asylum-and-world"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Red Flag</span></i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></a>(<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">January 24, 2024</span> ).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">(more by <a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/cap-red-flag/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Red
Flag</span></a>) | (Posted Jan 26, 2024).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/capitalism/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Capitalism</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/class/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Class</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/climate-change/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Climate
Change</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/environment/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Environment</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/europe/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Europe</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/geography/global/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Global</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/geography/switzerland/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Switzerland</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Newswire</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/world-economic-forum-wef/"><span style="color: windowtext;">World Economic Forum (WEF)</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mronline.org (1-27-24).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Davos,
a small skiing town in Switzerland, once a year becomes the world’s most
consequential insane asylum. On Europe’s highest populated mountaintop, 3,000
of the global elite meet to ponder why the climate they pollute is so polluted,
why the people they impoverish are so poor and why the world they fight over is
at war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The World Economic Forum (WEF)
is the ruling-class Comic-Con, a fantasy fortress where the 1 percent’s 1
percent can save the world that they are sending to hell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MORE click on title<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=dd6a609596&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">John Clarke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">“The changing climate of
class struggle</span></a>.” </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-changing-climate-of-class-struggle"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Canadian Dimension </span></a></span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">( <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">August 28, 2023)</span>.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mronline.org (8-31-23).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">(more
by <a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/canadian-dimension/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Canadian Dimension</span></a>) | (Posted Aug
30, 2023)</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/class/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Class</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/climate-change/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Climate Change</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/environment/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Environment</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/health/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Health</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/americas/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Americas</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/canada/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Canada</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/united-states/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">United States</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Newswire</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-changing-climate-of-class-struggle</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Clarke: The social and
economic consequences of climate change will play out along deeply entrenched
fault lines of inequality.</span><span style="background: #EEEEEE; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Ekaterina Cabylis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">“<span style="display: none; mso-hide: all;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=6f11209c6b&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Alienation under capitalism and the conspiracy
pipeline</span></a>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://agonas.substack.com/p/alienation-under-capitalism-and-the?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1854719&post_id=136275196&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Agonas </span></a> (<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">August 21, 2023)</span>.</span><a name="_Hlk159250515"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif;"> </span></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(More by <a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/cap-agonas/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Agonas</span></a>)
(Posted Aug 28, 2023).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/capitalism/"><span style="color: #880000;">Capitalism</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/economic-crisis/"><span style="color: #880000;">Economic Crisis</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/economic-theory/"><span style="color: #880000;">Economic
Theory</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/political-economy/"><span style="color: #880000;">Political Economy</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/global/"><span style="color: #880000;">Global</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: #880000;">Newswire</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mronline.org (8-29-23).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://agonas.substack.com/p/alienation-under-capitalism-and-the"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">https://agonas.substack.com/p/alienation-under-capitalism-and-the</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">When class analysis is
absent from discussions about systemic problems, issues like income inequality,
access to resources, and power imbalances are often oversimplified or ignored.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 22.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Jacqueline Luqman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=75d559d610&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">The history of affirmative
action exposes its reactionary weaknesses</span></a>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></i><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://www.blackagendareport.com/history-affirmative-action-exposes-its-reactionary-weaknesses"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #d62e2b; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Black Agenda Report </span></a></span></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">, <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">July 12, 2023</span>.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(More by <a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/black-agenda-report/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Black Agenda Report</span></a>). (Posted Jul 19, 2023)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/empire/"><span style="color: #880000;">Empire</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/history/"><span style="color: #880000;">History</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/human-rights/"><span style="color: #880000;">Human
Rights</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/race/"><span style="color: #880000;">Race</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/americas/"><span style="color: #880000;">Americas</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/geography/united-states/"><span style="color: #880000;">United States</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: #880000;">Newswire</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>M</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Ronline Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>https://www.blackagendareport.com/history-affirmative-action-exposes-its-reactionary-weaknesses</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Affirmative action began as a reparations
program but ends as a "diversity" project which barely benefits Black
people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Sue Bull.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=d87b231e13&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Patriarchy and the origins of
women’s oppression</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>International
Journal of Socialist Renewal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">July 16, 2023.</span> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">MRONLINE
Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif;"><a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/cap-links-international-journal-of-socialist-renewal/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal</span></a>. (Posted Jul
19, 2023)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/class/"><span style="color: #880000;">Class</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/culture/"><span style="color: #880000;">Culture</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/feminism/"><span style="color: #880000;">Feminism</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/inequality/"><span style="color: #880000;">Inequality</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/global/"><span style="color: #880000;">Global</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: #880000;">Newswire</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/oppression/"><span style="color: #880000;">Oppression</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/tag/womens-oppression/"><span style="color: #880000;">Women's
Oppression</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://links.org.au/patriarchy-and-origins-womens-oppression"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">https://links.org.au/patriarchy-and-origins-womens-oppression</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Any vision of a world beyond capitalism
involves the liberation of women from oppression, exploitation and
discrimination. But just because we might have been able to win revolutionary
social change, it does not mean that equal economic, social and cultural rights
will be automatic for women. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Denis Moynihan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=f232b03cc0&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Everybody should see ‘Every Body’.”</span></a></span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2023/7/13/everybody_should_see_every_body"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">DemocracyNow! </span></a><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">July 13, 2023.</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif;"> (Posted Jul 19, 2023).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mronline.org (7-20-23). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Open Sans",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/culture/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Culture</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/human-rights/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Human
Rights</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/lgbtq/"><span style="color: windowtext;">LGBTQ</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/media/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Media</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/americas/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Americas</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/geography/united-states/"><span style="color: windowtext;">United States</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Newswire</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/every-body/"><span style="color: windowtext;">"Every
Body"</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://mronline.org/2023/07/19/everybody-should-see-every-body/"><span style="color: windowtext;">https://mronline.org/2023/07/19/everybody-should-see-every-body/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">A wave of exclusion is sweeping the nation, in
state legislatures and federal courts, including the Supreme Court.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Oxfam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=10e0f99351&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the
rest of the world put together over the past two years</span></a>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.cadtm.org/Richest-1-bag-nearly-twice-as-much-wealth-as-the-rest-of-the-world-put-together"><span class="repostname"><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;">CADTM - Committee for the Abolition
of Illegitimate Debt</span></span></span></a>. (Jan. 27, 2023).</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mronline.org (1-20-23).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/richest-1-bag-nearly-twice-much-wealth-rest-world-put-together-over-past-two-years"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/richest-1-bag-nearly-twice-much-wealth-rest-world-put-together-over-past-two-years</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">According to a new
report published by Oxfam, the richest 1 percent grabbed nearly two-thirds of
all new wealth worth $42 trillion created since 2020, almost twice as much
money as the bottom 99 percent of the world’s population, reveals a new Oxfam
report today. During the past decade, the richest 1 percent had captured around
half of all new wealth.</span><span style="background: #EEEEEE; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Sam Pizzigati.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“<a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=6baff27cd5&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Tax The
Rich? We Did That Once</span></a>” <span style="background: white;">By Inequality.org.</span></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Popular
Resistance.org (12-8-22).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
Once upon a time, the United States seriously taxed the nation’s
rich. You remember that time? Probably not. To have a personal memory of that
tax-the-rich era, you now have to be well into your seventies. Back at the
tail-end of that era, in the early 1960s, America’s richest faced a 91 percent
tax rate on income in the top tax bracket. That top rate had been hovering
around 90 percent for the previous two decades. In the 1950s, a Republican
president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, made no move to knock it down. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=8ed697792b&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">-more-</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F9F9F9; mso-line-height-alt: 14.65pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“<a href="https://portside.org/2022-11-19/staughton-lynd-presente?utm_medium=email&utm_source=portside-snapshot" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Staughton
Lynd, ¡Presente!</span></a>”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>November
17, 2022.<br />
Zinn Education Project,<i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Portside (</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">11-20-22).</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Lynd explored the biggest little secret, one people
everywhere should heed: We who do the work can build a better world, and we can
best do it without the parasitic Super Rich who contribute nothing and weigh us
down like a monstrous ball and chain.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=7082a783fd&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Discussing pathways towards a more just world</span></a>.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The
Tricontinental</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mronline.org (10-27-22).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">This dossier is about inequality, or
inequalities, between the North and South, between the rich and poor, and
between the classes that labour and those that profit.</span><span style="background: #EEEEEE; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=6903272e65&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Capitalism: great for the
rich, shit for the poor</span></a>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mronline.org (2-12-22). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://redflag.org.au/article/capitalism-great-rich-shit-poor"><span style="color: windowtext;">https://redflag.org.au/article/capitalism-great-rich-shit-poor</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Red
Flag<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Capitalism
has generated the highest level of economic inequality in human history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">David Ruccio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=9727f13cfa&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">How to lie with inequality statistics</span></a>.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Mronline.org
(2-12-22).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://anticap.wordpress.com/2022/02/07/how-to-lie-with-inequality-statistics/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">https://anticap.wordpress.com/2022/02/07/how-to-lie-with-inequality-statistics/</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Occasional Links on
Economics, Culture and Society</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">It’s a “simple story,”
with clear political implications. Maybe that’s the reason the Krugmans of the
world don’t want to tell it. . .</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/author/fredmagdoff/" title="Posts by Fred Magdoff"><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Fred Magdoff</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> and </span></span><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/author/johnbellamyfoster/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; text-align: start; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Posts by John Bellamy Foster"><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">John Bellamy
Foster</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Grand Theft Capital:
The Increasing Exploitation and Robbery of the U.S. Working Class.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Monthly Review.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">m</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">ronline.org (5-14-23).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/2023/05/01/grand-theft-capital-the-increasing-exploitation-and-robbery-of-the-u-s-working-class/"><span style="color: windowtext;">https://monthlyreview.org/2023/05/01/grand-theft-capital-the-increasing-exploitation-and-robbery-of-the-u-s-working-class/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The
working class is being robbed, both through outright expropriation and the more
hidden exploitation of countless workers who are struggling to make ends meet
while capitalists pocket the surplus value they produce. Fred Magdoff and John
Bellamy Foster dissect the neoliberal assault on the working class that is
spurring a new generation of labor organizing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://outreach.commondreams.org/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuY29tbW9uZHJlYW1zLm9yZyUyRm9waW5pb24lMkZyZXNjdWUtZm9yLXRpdGFuLW5vdGhpbmctZm9yLXNpbmtpbmctbWlncmFudHM=&sig=ApiE8P8ZmkMyaXqCCpj2v5Yayb4d5XeWkHyENFDrbS4G&iat=1687556646&a=%7C%7C27200540%7C%7C&account=commondreams27562%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=gZaOvYX1%2FAkFeZXvqrZM%2F4bS7M7uUjIbHQrrJN8VHo6wDhY7Ls8OAA%3D%3D%3AG4EKSAlxLjhuysExu7IFndFR%2BxhzlDb8&s=e5eaa5306856c88a717c93753d872b12&i=996A1011A7A48671" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Dan La Botz</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://outreach.commondreams.org/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuY29tbW9uZHJlYW1zLm9yZyUyRm9waW5pb24lMkZyZXNjdWUtZm9yLXRpdGFuLW5vdGhpbmctZm9yLXNpbmtpbmctbWlncmFudHM=&sig=ApiE8P8ZmkMyaXqCCpj2v5Yayb4d5XeWkHyENFDrbS4G&iat=1687556646&a=%7C%7C27200540%7C%7C&account=commondreams27562%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=gZaOvYX1%2FAkFeZXvqrZM%2F4bS7M7uUjIbHQrrJN8VHo6wDhY7Ls8OAA%3D%3D%3AG4EKSAlxLjhuysExu7IFndFR%2BxhzlDb8&s=e5eaa5306856c88a717c93753d872b12&i=996A1011A7A48671" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">When the Rich Get a Global Rescue Mission and the
Drowning Poor Get... Nothing</span></a>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Common Dreams</i> (6-24-23).</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://outreach.commondreams.org/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuY29tbW9uZHJlYW1zLm9yZyUyRm9waW5pb24lMkZyZXNjdWUtZm9yLXRpdGFuLW5vdGhpbmctZm9yLXNpbmtpbmctbWlncmFudHM=&sig=ApiE8P8ZmkMyaXqCCpj2v5Yayb4d5XeWkHyENFDrbS4G&iat=1687556646&a=%7C%7C27200540%7C%7C&account=commondreams27562%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=gZaOvYX1%2FAkFeZXvqrZM%2F4bS7M7uUjIbHQrrJN8VHo6wDhY7Ls8OAA%3D%3D%3AG4EKSAlxLjhuysExu7IFndFR%2BxhzlDb8&s=e5eaa5306856c88a717c93753d872b12&i=996A1011A7A48671" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">A story of two sinking vessels in a world of
extreme inequality.</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=6a7723d1f0&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The ruling class in Australia</span></a>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Red Flag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mronline.org (5-20-22).</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://redflag.org.au/article/ruling-class-australia"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">https://redflag.org.au/article/ruling-class-australia</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Who rules Australia?
The politicians, the ultra-wealthy class of capitalists or the high-powered
bureaucrats who run the state—the military generals, court justices, heads of
government departments and so on? The answer is all three. Together, they make up
the Australian ruling class.</span><span style="background: #EEEEEE; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">ECONOMIC INEQUALITY NEWSLETTER #6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">February 7, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/02/omni-economic-inequality-newsletter-2.html<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Eric Schutz<i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=5d71933364&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank" title="Get your copy"><span style="color: windowtext;">Inequality,
Class, and Economics</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Sanjay Roy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“World Inequality Report 2022.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Meagan Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The Rich Are Committing Crimes Against
Nature.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Vijay Prashad. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=2d8fccdd29&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">A Programme for a future society that we will build in<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the present.” (2022)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Nicole Aschoff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Smooth Criminals.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jacobin</i> (Fall 2021).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Martin Hart-Landsberg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=3643e49d7e&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The dollar costs of inequality: they are greater than you think</span></a>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Tomgram: Liz Theoharis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The Politics of the Poor in an America on <br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Edge.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">UN Wire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>75% of innoculations so far went to only 10 countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Rupa Marya and Raj Patel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Inflamed:
Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">END INEQUALITY
ANTHOLOGY #7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-14570365484104160632024-02-18T09:20:00.001-06:002024-02-18T09:20:42.770-06:00OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #166, FEBRUARY 19, 2024.<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">OMNI
CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #166, FEBRUARY 19, 2024.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">This
week on <i>Yale Climate Connections</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">January 29 - February 2, 2024 </span></i></b><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Organizers
aim to improve the South’s climate resilience </span></b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Social justice advocate Lea Campbell… pivoted to
environmental issues in 2016 as a series of major storms and other crises
rocked the state. Now, her work to build
mutual aid and other community networks is one example of the ways Southerners
are working to improve the region’s resilience in the face of disaster. </span><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=8bb0e7a6a0&e=bdfa7c314c" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Keep reading.</span></a></span></u><u><span style="color: #007c89; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[Q: is the South facing <i>disaster </i>or
<i>catastrophe </i>or <i>chaos </i>by cc??
Is there an <i>emergency</i>? --D]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><u><span style="display: none; mso-hide: all;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt;">More stories featured this week</span><span style="font-size: 22px;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=4720b0afd7&e=bdfa7c314c" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Should climate change
keep you from having kids?</span></a><br /><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=1c103223ff&e=bdfa7c314c" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Cartoons: ‘I’m
actually looking forward to doing our taxes’</span></a><br /><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=9f35cb1cb2&e=bdfa7c314c" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Will La Niña return
this fall? The tea leaves are unusually strong</span></a><br /><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=7b177580d4&e=bdfa7c314c" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">How YouTube’s climate
deniers turned into climate doomers</span></a><br /><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=62cbbcac87&e=bdfa7c314c" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Electric vehicles use
half the energy of gas-powered vehicles</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt;">This week's radio
episodes</span><span style="font-size: 22px;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=1f3c8b80b2&e=bdfa7c314c" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">‘Everything was
messed up’: NYC’s day cares grapple with flooding</span></a><br /><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=91e710411f&e=bdfa7c314c" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Many municipal fire
departments aren’t prepared for climate change</span></a><br /><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=20dea96917&e=bdfa7c314c" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Heat from treated
wastewater can warm homes</span></a><br /><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=671653e40e&e=bdfa7c314c" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Smartphone app can
help you track your climate actions</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1688ba4f33d819bf4152dceb9&id=5ee9dac4f7&e=bdfa7c314c" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">High schoolers build
solar car that can go 70 miles an ho</span></a></span><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">ur</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=39c7cdc50e&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;"><br />
Martin Hart-Landsberg. </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“The Climate Crisis:
Corporations Are Gambling with Our Lives</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">.” <a href="https://economicfront.wordpress.com/2024/02/07/the-climate-crisis-corporations-are-gambling-with-our-lives/"><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">Reports from the Economic Front</span></i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;"> </span></a>, <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">February 7, 2024.</span></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (More
by <a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/reports-from-the-economic-front/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Reports from the Economic Front</span></a>). <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/climate-change/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Climate Change</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/imperialism/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Imperialism</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/inequality/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Inequality</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/strategy/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Strategy</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/global/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Global</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Newswire</span></a>.
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World Meteorological Organization has <a href="https://wmo.int/media/news/wmo-confirms-2023-smashes-global-temperature-record"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">declared</span></a> 2023 “the warmest year on record, by a
huge margin.” Annual global carbon emissions also hit a new <a href="https://www.earth.com/news/global-co2-emissions-expected-to-reach-a-new-high-in-2023/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">high</span></a>, surpassing the previous record set in 2022. We
have to act now before critical thresholds or tipping points are crossed, and
that means rapidly phasing out the use of fossil fuels. And yet, the U.S.
government continues to green light the exploration, production, and use of
fossil fuels, even while simultaneously voicing <a href="https://www.state.gov/remarks-to-the-press-at-the-conclusion-of-the-un-climate-change-conference-cop28/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">support</span></a> for an international agreement to phase
out fossil fuels at the recently completed COP 28 in Dubai. What gives? And
what can we do about it? MORE click on title
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Dick,<br />
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us next month for our annual virtual film fest from March 9-23!</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> This
year’s “Women & War” film festival theme explores the intersection of
women, war, and militarized masculinity, as we mark International Women’s Day
(March 8).<br />
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The film fest begins with the newly released <b><i>Israelism</i></b> about
the portrayal of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in American Jewish
institutions; followed by <b><i>Naila and The Uprising</i></b> about
the central role Palestinian women played in the First Intifada; and
concluding with the 2022 release of <b><i>Power on Patrol</i></b> from
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) exploring how
militarised masculinities play out around the world and the stories of the
male allies doing vital work alongside female activists to achieve equitable
peace, in Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Released in 2023, this headline-making film uniquely explores how Jewish attitudes
towards Israel are changing dramatically, with massive consequences for the
region. Two young American Jews – Simone Zimmerman and Eitan – are raised to
defend the state of Israel at all costs. Eitan joins the Israeli military.
Simone supports Israel on ‘the other battlefield:’ America’s college
campuses. When they witness Israel’s mistreatment of the Palestinian people
with their own eyes, they are horrified and heartbroken.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Zimmerman</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, who is featured in the film, will be joining us for the
panel discussion. Simone is a Jewish American activist and a Co-Founder of
IfNotNow Movement. The panel will be moderated by <b>Rachel Small</b>,
WBW's Canada Organizer and a founding member of the Jews Say No to Genocide
Coalition, which has mobilized thousands of Jews to take action against
Israeli state violence and Canadian complicity in it since October 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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and The Uprising </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(2017): When a
nationwide uprising breaks out in 1987, a woman in Gaza must choose between
love, family, and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a
clandestine network of women in an inspiring story that weaves through the
most vibrant, nonviolent mobilization in Palestinian history – the First
Intifada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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film was produced by Just Vision's Education and Public Engagement
Manager, <b>Rula Salameh</b>, who will join us for the panel discussion
in conversation with <b>Jordana Rubenstein-Edberg</b>, Just Vision's
Public Engagement Associate. Just Vision is an organization that fills a
media gap in Israel-Palestine through independent storytelling and strategic
audience engagement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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news reports remind us on a daily basis, violence and war are having a
devastating effect on countries, communities, and individuals across the
world. This hour-long documentary <b><i>Power on Patrol</i> </b>(2022)
from the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) sheds
light on the concept of militarised masculinities as a key driver of this
conflict and aggression, the ways it manifests itself in conflict societies,
how it is sustained and spotlights the stories of the male allies doing vital
work alongside female activists to achieve equitable peace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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panel discussion will be moderated by WBW's Africa Organizer <b>Guy
Feugap </b>(who is also featured in the film!) with panelists <b>Oswaldo
Montoya</b> of the MenEngage Alliance, <b>Hareer Hashim</b> of
WILPF's Afghanistan section, and <b>Reem Abbas</b>, Communications
Coordinator for WILPF's Mobilising Men for Feminist Peace Programme.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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you can join us for this year's "Women & War" virtual film
fest!<br />
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Greta Zarro<br />
Organizing Director<br />
World BEYOND War<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:greta@worldbeyondwar.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">greta@worldbeyondwar.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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for </span><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #5f6368; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">International Women's Day</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> as we rally behind the call to “Invest in women:
Accelerate ...</span><span style="color: #1a0dab; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/6d59ccce9f1e2342/Documents/%0dWomen's%20Day%20(@womensday)%20%C2%B7%20X%0d#%20%20X%20(Twitter)%20%20https://twitter.com/womensday"><o:p></o:p></a></span></p>
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(Twitter)</span><span style="border: none; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: no;"> </span><span style="border: none; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: no;">https://twitter.com/womensday</span><span style="border: none; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: no;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 2.25pt;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">With
#InternationalWomensDay </span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">✨</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> less
than a month away, are you ready! Download lots of #FREE #IWD2024 resources to
help plan your #IWD activity & rally your community to #InspireInclusion </span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">👉🏾</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <a href="https://bit.ly/IWDtool"><span style="color: #1a0dab;">bit.ly/IWDtool</span></a>
Get involved and help forge #womensequality on #IWD24 and beyond<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">"Let's
#InspireInclusion for a world</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">🌎️</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> where every #woman has
#equalopportunities & rights. Together, we can break barriers & empower
women to thrive in every aspect of life," says Dyna Kayanike in #Zambia </span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">🇿🇲</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> as
she strikes #IWD2024 pose</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">💜</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">#InternationalWomensDay
#womensequality</span><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">#Countdown</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">⏱️</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> is on for #IWD2024</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">📅</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> &
groups are rallying communities via impactful campaigns. In #Ghana </span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">🇬🇭</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">
#womanowned company #CharterhouseProductions called for its community to share
#images</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">📸</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">
striking the #InspireInclusion pose</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">👉🏿</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <a href="https://bit.ly/3w9epCD"><span style="color: #1a0dab;">bit.ly/3w9epCD</span></a>
#InternationalWomensDay<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">#HappyValentinesDay!</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">❤</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">#Inspire #love all
around you - in #family, among #friends, in the community, at work.
#ValentinesDay is an important time to reflect on how we show #respect &
#appreciation for others & celebrate the #diversity of love in all its
forms. #InspireInclusion</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">💜</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">#Jewelry
#artist Savanna Storm strikes the #InspireInclusion pose & steps forward in
solidarity for #InternationalWomenDay & beyond. Born in #Prague, lived in
#Africa, #London, #Singapore, #Venice & now #Australia, Savana creates
wearable treasures </span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">👉🏽</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <a href="https://bit.ly/IWDimage"><span style="color: #1a0dab;">bit.ly/IWDimage</span></a>
</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">📸</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 15.0pt;">International Women's Day (IWD) | Overview,
History, & Facts</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p>
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... › Festivals & Holidays</a></span></span>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-89866318422998177772024-02-16T11:56:00.001-06:002024-02-16T11:56:36.375-06:00Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-48275456916646277552024-02-14T09:01:00.000-06:002024-02-14T09:01:00.469-06:00OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #164, FEBRUARY 14, 2024 <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk158793274"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">OMNI WAR
WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #164, FEBRUARY 14, 2024</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158793274;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158793274;"><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NATIONALISM,
MILITARISM, WARMAKING, WHITE CHRISTIANITY V. DEMOCRACY,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hitler and Trump
v. Democracy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">In <i>Preparing
for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes
Next</i>, Bradley Onishi </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">argues that </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">the
insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was the outcome of years of
a subculture’s preparation for war to overthrow the US democracy. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The eleven chapters take us from
the rise of White Christian nationalism’s reaction to the social rights
revolution of the 1960s to the reactionary insurrection of January 6,
2021.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the center of the bifurcation
of the nation into pro- and anti-democracy, Onishi sees the expanding myth of
the White Christian nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chapter 2,
“Extremism Is a Virtue”; Chap. 3, “The New South Rises”; Chap. 4, “Segregation
Is a Religious Right”; etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chap. 10 concentrates on the crucial role of myths in this radical
transformation. “MAGA Myths” it is titled, for it suggests the “deeply
alarming” parallel of the rise of Hitler and that of Donald Trump in their use
of myths to gain control of their respective nations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>German militarists sought to punish those who
caused Germany’s defeat in WWI and rallied those who resented defeat in war,
democracy, and immigrants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trump and
Trumpists consolidate resentment against those who had upset the established,
unjust, hierarchical, racial order The movements led by Hitler and Trump
created sympathy for insurrectionists and legitimated violence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Nazis and military leaders stressed the
”stab-in-the-back” by Jews, communists, traitorous politicians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hitler and his followers attempted a coup in
1923, which failed, and Hitler was sentenced to prison, but his brief
incarceration produced <i>Mein Kampf </i>to propagate his myths of politics of
resentment and of democracy as hopelessly inadequate for a great nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He called his followers “to make Germany
great again.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[I recommend Benjamin
Hett’s masterful account of Hitler overthrowing the Weimar Republic, <i>The
Death of Democracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>Onishi’s conclusion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Germany’s
experiment in democracy failed in the face of an authoritarian leader whose
myth telling and charisma had already persuaded the German people to accept
nationalist, totalitarian, racist, xenophobic Nazi ideology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>USA’s experiment in democracy similarly
failed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Politicians, media voices,
religious leaders, and celebrities failed to form a united front “that barred
Trump and anyone who advocated for the attempted coup from serving in political
office.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Like the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch
in Germany, the 2021 Capitol insurrection may have been a ‘failure’ only for a
time.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trump “remains the leader of the
[Republican] party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Big Lie [Biden
lost the election] is the foundation of the MAGA movement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And January 6 is viewed as the first battle
in the war for the country” (187).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(--Dick)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=43200f0a68&e=1abb3fee98" target="_blank"><span style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">RESISTING THE RIGHT</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to Survive the
Gathering Storm by</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://orbooks.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6180a1909cdc59a9df25c1a94&id=53fc149197&e=1abb3fee98" target="_blank"><span style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ROBERT EDWARDS</span></a></span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Foreword by JAMES CARROL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>OR Books, 2024.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Publisher’s
description (I will order and report on the book).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a right-wing take-over of the United
States government appears ever more possible, this eloquent and incisive
handbook shows how it can be combatted. </span><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hide: all;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Combines the revelations of unfolding tragedy
with the artistry of a story-teller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>”</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bill Moyers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Profoundly disturbing”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>--</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">—Kai Bird.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-14549917065558884262024-02-12T08:48:00.001-06:002024-02-12T08:48:49.380-06:00OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #165, FEBRUARY 12, 2024. <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk158206489"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">OMNI CLIMATE MEMO
MONDAYS, #165, FEBRUARY 12, 2024.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158206489;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Compiled by Dick Bennett</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158206489;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Dick. It’s </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Jane Fonda</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> reaching out with an
exciting invitation for you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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your calendars for </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Tuesday, February 13th</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">,
because we're turning Galentine’s Day into a </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Grace
and Frankie </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">live reunion celebrating laughter, and friendship
benefiting the Jane Fonda Climate PAC’s work to </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">elect
climate champions at every level of government.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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part of that show with my dear friend Lily Tomlin was one of the great joys in
my career, and I hope you can join us for a trip down memory lane. But, oh,
it’s so much more than that!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.7pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Every ticket purchased and every dollar you donate will
support the </span></b><b><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Jane Fonda Climate PAC’s critical
mission to elect true climate champions at every level of government.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">JOHN BELLAMY
FOSTER<br />
I presented John Berger’s <i>Solving the Climate Crisis</i> twice before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is one of the best responses to the
climate catastrophe and impending chaos from inside the capitalist system; that
is, he does not examine the capitalist system from which the emergency arose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Following is a response from outside that
economic system by perhaps the preeminent Marxist scholar in the US: U of Oregon
Prof. Emer. John Bellamy Foster, editor of <i>The Monthly Review</i>, and
author of probably several hundred articles and books—e.g., <i>The Endless
Crisis, The Robbery of Nature, The Return of Nature, Marx and the Earth, Marx’s
Ecology, </i>none of which are mentioned by Berger (nor is Marx).<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #999999; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Here is one of Bellamy’s
earlier books:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Monthly Review Press, 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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appearance on the world stage in 1945, it has been clear that we possess the
power to destroy our own planet. What nuclear weapons made possible, global
environmental crisis, marked especially by global warming, has now made
inevitable—if business as usual continues.<br />
The roots of the present ecological crisis, John Bellamy Foster argues in <b><i>The
Ecological Revolution</i></b><i>, </i>lie in capital’s rapacious expansion,
which has now achieved unprecedented heights of irrationality across the globe.
Foster compellingly demonstrates that the only possible answer for humanity is
an ecological revolution: a struggle to make peace with the planet. Foster
details the beginnings of such a revolution in human relations with the
environment which can now be found throughout the globe, especially in the
periphery of the world system, where the most ambitious experiments are taking
place.<br />
This bold work addresses the central issues of the present crisis: global
warming, peak oil, species extinction, world water shortages, global hunger,
alternative energy sources, sustainable development, and environmental justice.
Foster draws on a unique range of thinkers, including Karl Marx, Thomas
Malthus, William Morris, Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Rachel Carson, Vandana
Shiva, and István Mészáros. The result is a startlingly radical synthesis,
which offers new hope for grappling with the greatest challenge of our age:
what must be done to save the earth for humanity and all living species.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-92172589400360044732024-02-09T16:17:00.001-06:002024-02-09T16:17:27.623-06:00OMNI GAZA ANTHOLOGY #15 GENOCIDE<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">OMNI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GAZA
ANTHOLOGY #15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GENOCIDE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of
Peace, Justice, and Ecology</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Https://omnicenter.org<b>/donate</b></span></u><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What’s at Stake:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among several, the US is giving $4 billion a
year for arms to a country guilty of genocide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CONTENTS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Miko Peled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Since
1948.<br />
Chris Hedges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Brief Submitted by
South Africa to the ICJ.<br />
Middle East Monitor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Indonesian
Brief.<br />
</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Craig Murray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Genocide in Gaza: Why It had Not Been
Referred to the ICJ by Dec. 2023. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Richard Falk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=ad94d95ff3&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">In Gaza, the West is enabling the most
transparent genocide in human history</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">. “<br />
</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Margaret Kimberley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=d8568e00eb&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">South Africa's Case At World Court Also
Exposes The US And The West</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">.”</span></u><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Margaret Kimberley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=d9b45a83b4&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">US Ramps Up War Crimes After ICJ Rules
Against Israel</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<br />
</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Jonathan
Cook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>“</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=a7f16cb84e&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">‘Are we the baddies?’ Western support for
genocide in Gaza means the answer is yes</span></a></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Chris Hedges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“<a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=c716990c1d&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">It May Be Genocide, But It Won’t Be Stopped</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Chris Hedges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=778851&post_id=141506330&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=533ym&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4NTQzMTgyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxNDE1MDYzMzAsImlhdCI6MTcwNzQyNzc1MywiZXhwIjoxNzEwMDE5NzUzLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNzc4ODUxIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.AhuBjzCDRk1uYE4p-NgRyFrmdAAaMB32wQr75L4dhE4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Let
Them Eat Dirt</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">.”
<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=5f7278b2ac&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Gaza Genocide Lawsuit Against Biden Has Day
In Court</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">” </span></u><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Center for Constitutional
Rights. </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">
<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Natalia Marques.<b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=9f3f183562&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Everywhere He Goes, Biden Is Haunted By The
Martyrs Of Gaza</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">.”</span></u><b><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <br />
</span></b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE<b><br />
</b></span></i><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Art Hobson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“World Grieves for Palestine and Israel:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">America Must Demand a Cease-fire”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CODE PINK Calls for
Cease Fire and Boycotts of Israeli Genocide Supporters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
</span><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ann Wright Calls for a Cease Fire in Her Testimony
at UN.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“<a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=52f1a4d960&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Human Rights Groups Demand ICC Issue
Arrest Warrants On Israeli Officials</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">” </span></u><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By People's Dispatch.<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">US CAMPAIGN FOR PALESTINIAN
RIGHTS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contact Responsible Officials.<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">“<a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=997c40ef1f&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">The Death Of Israel</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">” </span></u><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Chris Hedges.</span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">TEXTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ISRAEL’S ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINE SINCE
1948<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Miko
Peled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“They Stole a Country in Full
Bloom’.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Consortium News</i>
(12-16-23).</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Pro-Palestinian Israeli
activist Miko Peled explains to a Melbourne, Australia audience Thursday how
Israel stole Palestinian cities and farmland in <b>1948 </b>and has continued
its <b>ethnic cleansing</b> until today’s brutal operation in Gaza. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://default.salsalabs.org/Ta5364249-773d-4f61-b560-09d51462a49c/e5609157-ae44-4bfd-9e0e-ec263fcc4ca5" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Read here...</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=8382cf6da2&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">The Case For Genocide</span></a></span></b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></u><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Chris Hedges, Scheer Post</span></b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. The exhaustive <b>84-page brief
submitted by South Africa to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)</b> </span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">charging Israel with genocide is hard to
refute. Israel’s campaign of indiscriminate killing, wholesale destruction of
infrastructure, including housing, hospitals and water treatment plants, along
with its use of starvation as a weapon, accompanied by genocidal
rhetoric from its political and military leaders who speak of destroying Gaza
and ethnically cleansing the 2.3 million Palestinians, makes a strong case
against Israel for genocide. Israel’s smearing of South Africa
as “the legal arm” of Hamas exemplifies...</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=20f61698b9&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-more-</span></a></span><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel
must cease its warmaking in Gaza–cease committing and inciting genocidal
acts–and that the case charging Israel with genocide must proceed.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.65pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=177f94bedc&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Indonesia Files Lawsuit Against Israel At
World Court</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Middle East Monitor</span></b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Israel’s Maariv newspaper reported that
Indonesia has filed a new lawsuit against the Israeli occupation at the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. In doing so, Indonesia joins
South Africa, which filed the first lawsuit against Israel for committing
genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The Indonesian Foreign Ministry had
previously assembled a team of experts to help draft Indonesia’s ICJ case to
hold Israel accountable for its “policies and practices” in the occupied
Palestinian territories. According to the local Jakarta Post website, Foreign
Minister Retno Marsudi said that the case will help support global... </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=b687125dfc&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-more-</span></a></span><u><span style="color: #007c89; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk158380341"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">THE DEFINITION OF GENOCIDE, WHY ISRAEL
IS GUILTY OF GENOCIDE IN GAZA, AND WHY IT HAD NOT BEEN REFERRED TO THE ICJ BY
DEC. 2023. <br />
Craig Murray. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Murder.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158380341;"></span><a href="https://consortiumnews.com/tag/craig-murray/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158380341;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Craig Murray<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158380341;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2023/12/murder/"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">CraigMurray.org.uk</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">December 15, 2023.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Consortium News</i> ( Dec. 17, 2023).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">l Jazeera are leading
their news with the </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/13/israel-hamas-war-live-world-calls-for-ceasefire-as-israel-bombards-gaza" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">execution of Palestinian civilians</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, including women and toddlers, inside the
school in Jabalia where they were sheltering. They were all shot at point blank
range, with no signs of a bomb or missile strike.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On the BBC, the <i>Daily Politics</i> show – which
consists of discussion between senior British MPs – does not discuss Palestine
at all, because the British political class supports the genocide, so for them
there is nothing to discuss.</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Also in Jabalia, the Israelis today destroyed the last remaining
bakery.</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is worth stating <b>why this is plainly</b> <b>a genocide in
Gaza:</b></span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1) Deliberate destruction of the infrastructure which supports the
civilian population, including water treatment, electricity, sewerage systems,
bakeries and fishing boats;</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2) Deliberate destruction of almost all medical facilities;</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3) Deliberate destruction of educational facilities, from
universities to primary schools;</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4) Deliberate destruction of the infrastructure of civil society,
including Supreme Court, Parliament, Ministries and Council buildings and
deliberate destruction of administrative records;</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5) Deliberate blocking of food aid inducing mass starvation;</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6) Massive and indiscriminate bombardment. In wars the general
percentage of children among those killed varies from 6 to 8 percent. In
Ukraine it is 6 percent. In Gaza it is 42 percent. This is indiscriminate
destruction of an ethnic group;</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7) Mass executions of civilians;</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8) Acts of dehumanisation of the Palestinians, including parading
prisoners naked for public and media show and humiliation, beating and sexually
abusing them;</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9) Forced mass movement of population;</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10) Deliberate targeting of religious and cultural heritage
buildings;</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11) Deliberate targeting of intellectual leadership, including
journalists, doctors, poets, university lecturers and senior administrators;</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12) Numerous declarations of open genocidal intent from the
President and Prime Minister down through almost the entire fabric of both
civilian and military establishment.</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the official <b>definition of Genocide</b> in
international law, from the <b>Convention on the Prevention and Punishment
of the Crime of Genocide</b>:</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Article II</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the present Convention, genocide means any of
the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a
national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(a) Killing members of the group;</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to
members of the group;</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group
conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole
or in part;</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births
within the group;</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group
to another group</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On Tuesday I attended a session called by Palestine at the United
Nations in Geneva. Over 120 states attended. While the formal session consisted
of statements of national position with few surprises, I was able to discuss
with a large number of delegates in the corridors <b>why the Genocide
Convention has not been activated triggering a reference to the International
Court of Justice.</b></span><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The answer is now clear to me. It is not that people are worried
that a claim of genocide will not be successful at the International Court of
Justice. It is that everybody is quite sure it will succeed. There is no
respectable argument that this is not a genocide in the terms outlined above.</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problem is that once the ICJ has determined that this is a
genocide, it follows that not only are Benjamin Netanyahu and hundreds of
senior Israeli officials and military personally liable, but it is absolutely
plain that “Genocide Joe” Biden, Rishi Sunak and members of their
administrations are also criminally liable for complicity, having provided
military support for the genocide.</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The International Criminal Court cannot ignore a judgment of
genocide from the International Court of Justice and will have no choice but to
issue arrest warrants.</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A genocide is the worst of crimes. Just how appalling this one is
has been shown to the world like never before, through the power of social
media.</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But to the global 1 percent whose interests rule the world, no
number of dead Palestinians makes any real difference to their interests. On
the other hand, the ramifications for the international system of wealth
concentration, if western political elites start to be held accountable for
their crimes, are uncertain and therefore carry more risk.</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is particularly the concern of ruling classes of both Western
and Arab states.</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It may sound astonishing, but to the world’s diplomats the
enormity of a genocide appears less troubling than the enormity of doing
something about it.<br />
Craig Murray is an author, broadcaster and human rights activist. He was
British ambassador to Uzbekistan from August 2002 to October 2004 and rector of
the University of Dundee from 2007 to 2010. His coverage is entirely dependent
on reader support. Subscriptions to keep this blog going are </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/support-this-website/"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">gratefully
received</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>This article is from </i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CraigMurray.org.uk</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 27.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-outline-level: 3;"><a name="_Hlk158380446"><span style="color: #a32035; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Richard Falk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158380446;"></span><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=ad94d95ff3&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158380446;"><span style="color: #a32035; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In Gaza, the West is enabling the most
transparent genocide in human history</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158380446;"><span style="color: #a32035; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. “</span></span><span style="color: #a32035; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <i>Common Dreams</i> (January 17, 2024).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is extraordinary because the states supporting Israel, above all the United
States, have claimed the high moral and legal ground and lectured the states of
the Global South about the importance of the rule of law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mronline.org
(1-21-24).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Originally published: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/west-enabling-genocide-gaza"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Common Dreams </span></a></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> on <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">January 17, 2024</span> by
Richard Falk (more by </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/common-dreams/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Common Dreams</span></a></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">) | (Posted Jan 20,
2024)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recall Samuel
Huntington’s controversial, yet influential, 1993 <i>Foreign Affairs</i> article,
“The Clash of Civilizations,” which ends with the provocative phrase, “The West
against the rest.” Although the article seemed far-fetched 30 years ago, it now
seems prophetic in its discernment of a post-Cold War pattern of inter-civilizational
rivalry. It is rather pronounced in relation to the heightened Israel/Palestine
conflict initiated by the October 7 Hamas attack on Israeli territory with the
killing and abusing of Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers, as well as the
seizure of some 200 hostages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Clearly this attack
has been accompanied by some suspicious circumstances such as Israel’s
foreknowledge, slow reaction time to the penetration of its borders, and,
perhaps most problematic, the quickness with which Israeli adopted a genocidal
approach with a clear ethnic cleansing message. At the very least the Hamas
attack, itself including serious war crimes, served almost too conveniently as
the needed pretext for the 100 days of disproportionate and indiscriminate
violence, sadistic atrocities, and the enactment of a scenario that looked
toward making Gaza unlivable and its Palestinian residents dispossessed and
unwanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MORE </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://mronline.org/2024/01/20/in-gaza-the-west-is-enabling-the-most-transparent-genocide-in-human-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-gaza-the-west-is-enabling-the-most-transparent-genocide-in-human-history&mc_cid=cf9190498d&mc_eid=ab2f7bf95e"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://mronline.org/2024/01/20/in-gaza-the-west-is-enabling-the-most-transparent-genocide-in-human-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-gaza-the-west-is-enabling-the-most-transparent-genocide-in-human-history&mc_cid=cf9190498d&mc_eid=ab2f7bf95e</span></a></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <br />
</span><b><span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Richard Falk</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> is <b>Albert G. Milbank</b> Professor
Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and served as UN Special
Rapporteur on Human Rights in Palestine and is currently co-convener of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.theshapeproject.com/"><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">SHAPE (Save
Humanity and Planet Earth)</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><a name="_Hlk158380541"></a><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=d8568e00eb&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158380541;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">South Africa's Case At
World Court Also Exposes The US And The West</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158380541;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></u></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158380541;"><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Margaret Kimberley, </span></b></span><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Black Agenda Report</span></b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. PopularResistance.org.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cutting off water and electricity, bombing
hospitals, and withholding food and medical aid all clearly fall within this
definition. Not only has Israel publicly committed these acts, but its officials
openly and publicly brag about having done so, and make South Africa’s case
easy to prove. But if there is another point which is made obvious by this
definition and that is that the United States has and is committing genocide
domestically and internationally. Of course Black people played the biggest
role in making this case beginning in 1951 when the Civil Rights Congress
published the pamphlet... </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=5e8b30e8b8&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-more-</span></a></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><a name="_Hlk158380709"></a><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=d9b45a83b4&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158380709;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">US Ramps Up War Crimes
After ICJ Rules Against Israel</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158380709;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158380709;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158380709;"><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By
Margaret Kimberley</span></b></span><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, Black Agenda Report</span></b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. PopularRevolution.org.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On December 29, 2023, the Republic of South Africa charged Israel with
violating the United Nation’s Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of
the Crime of Genocide in regards to its assault on the population of Gaza. On
January 26, 2024 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that claims of
genocide against Israel are plausible and that the killing of Palestinians in
Gaza must end. Despite attempts to obfuscate or to claim an Israeli victory,
the meaning of the court ruling could not have been clearer. The ICJ did not
use the word “ceasefire” as many people had hoped, but judges did... </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=63823b8559&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-more-</span></a></span><u><span style="color: #007c89; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><a name="_Hlk158381039"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Jonathan Cook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>“</b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158381039;"></span><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=a7f16cb84e&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158381039;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">‘Are we the baddies?’
Western support for genocide in Gaza means the answer is yes</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158381039;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158381039;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mronline.org (12-30-23). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Originally published: </span></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2023-12-27/baddies-genocide-gaza-answer/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #d62e2b; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Jonathan Cook Blog </span></a> on <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">December 27, 2023</span> (more by <a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/jonathan-cook-blog/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Jonathan Cook Blog</span></a>)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/human-rights/"><span style="color: #880000;">Human Rights</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/inequality/"><span style="color: #880000;">Inequality</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/state-repression/"><span style="color: #880000;">State Repression</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/war/"><span style="color: #880000;">War</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/americas/"><span style="color: #880000;">Americas</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/geography/gaza/"><span style="color: #880000;">Gaza</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/geography/israel/"><span style="color: #880000;">Israel</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/geography/middle-east/"><span style="color: #880000;">Middle
East</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/palestine/"><span style="color: #880000;">Palestine</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/united-states/"><span style="color: #880000;">United
States</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: #880000;">Newswire</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The desperate smear campaign to defend Israel’s crimes
highlights the toxic brew of lies that’s been underpinning the liberal
democratic order for decades.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: #EEEEEE; color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk158381699"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Chris Hedges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span></b></a><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=c716990c1d&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158381699;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">It
May Be Genocide, But It Won’t Be Stopped</span></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158381699;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">.”</span></u></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158381699;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158381699;"></span><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Scheer Post.</span><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> PopularResistance.org.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The International Court of Justice (ICJ)
refused to implement the most crucial demand made by South African
jurists: “the State of Israel shall immediately suspend its military operations
in and against Gaza.” But at the same time, it delivered a
devastating blow to the foundational myth of Israel. Israel, which paints
itself as eternally persecuted, has been credibly accused of committing
genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Palestinians are the victims, not the
perpetrators, of the “crime of crimes.” A people, once in need of protection
from genocide, are now potentially committing it. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=ef212ec3c1&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-more-</span></a></span><u><span style="background: white; color: #007c89; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="background: white; color: #007c89; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 27.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Chris
Hedges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=778851&post_id=141506330&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=533ym&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4NTQzMTgyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxNDE1MDYzMzAsImlhdCI6MTcwNzQyNzc1MywiZXhwIjoxNzEwMDE5NzUzLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNzc4ODUxIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.AhuBjzCDRk1uYE4p-NgRyFrmdAAaMB32wQr75L4dhE4" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Let
Them Eat Dirt</span></b></a></span><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Chris
Hedges Report.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feb. 8, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There was never any possibility that the
Israeli </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/56fc0263-ee57-4925-ba4a-a1c66ee077a1?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">government</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> would agree to a pause in the fighting proposed by
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, much less a ceasefire. Israel is on the
verge of delivering the coup de grâce in its war on Palestinians in Gaza – mass
starvation. When Israeli leaders use the term “absolute victory,” they mean
total decimation, <b>total elimination</b>. The Nazis in 1942 systematically
starved the 500,000 men, women and children in the <b>Warsaw Ghetto</b>. This
is a number Israel intends to exceed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Israel, and its chief
patron the United States, by attempting to shut down the United Nations Relief
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/1706b12e-e493-4fbb-b0c8-e27abefbb095?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">UNRWA</span></b></a></span><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">), which provides food and aid to Gaza, is not only committing a
war crime, but is in flagrant defiance of the International Criminal Court
(ICJ).</span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The court found the
charges of genocide brought by South Africa, which included statements and
facts gathered by UNWRA, plausible. It ordered Israel to abide by six
provisional measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the humanitarian
catastrophe. The fourth provisional measure calls on Israel to secure immediate
and effective steps to provide humanitarian assistance and essential services
in Gaza. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">UNRWA’</span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">s reports on conditions in Gaza, which I
covered as a reporter for seven years, and its documentation of indiscriminate
Israeli attacks illustrate that, as UNRWA said, “unilaterally declared ‘safe
zones’ are not safe at all. Nowhere in Gaza is safe.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">UNRWA</span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">’s role in documenting the genocide, as well
as providing food and aid to the Palestinians, infuriates the Israeli
government. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/07433103-5cb0-4fc2-aae3-227c6ee787fb?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">accused UNRWA</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> after the ruling of providing false information to the
ICJ. Already an Israeli target for decades, Israel decided that UNRWA, which
supports 5.9 million Palestinian refugees across the Middle East with clinics,
schools and food, had to be eliminated. Israel’s destruction of UNRWA serves a
political as well as material objective. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/bcd72a6b-380c-4f88-a0ce-f104f2b99e66?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">evidence-free</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Israeli </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/8fc6898b-c531-423e-b703-a48f35b72c5c?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">accusations</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> against UNRWA that a dozen of the 13,000 employees had
links to those who carried out the attacks in Israel on Oct. 7 did the trick.
It saw 16 major donors, including the United States, the</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/177bcaca-7d56-48a4-b80f-e746fce933d4?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> U.K</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">., Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland,
Finland, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Estonia and Japan, suspend financial
support for the relief agency on which nearly every Palestinian in Gaza depends
for food. Israel has killed</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/de75877f-a426-480c-85ad-2ba73cb70394?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 152 UNRWA workers</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and damaged</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/ff38d3c6-a4b3-4b20-b7e0-d2bfb62a4d10?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 147</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> UNRWA </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/ff38d3c6-a4b3-4b20-b7e0-d2bfb62a4d10?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">installations</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> since the attacks inside Israel by Hamas and other
resistance groups on Oct. 7 that killed some 1,200 Israelis. Israel has
also </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/c852e058-09f6-4840-9ea9-fe14b4bb76f2?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">bombed</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> UNRWA relief trucks. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More than 27,708 Palestinians have been </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/905b8708-c085-47ce-a0f6-71b31b5a2c8f?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">killed</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in Gaza, some 67,000 have been wounded and at least 7,000
are missing, most likely dead and buried under the rubble.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More than half a million Palestinians – one in
four – are </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/f9d4dd53-fa7e-4703-9394-c5fe3d6aa403?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">starving</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in Gaza, according to the U.N. Starvation will soon be
ubiquitous. Palestinians in Gaza, 1.7 million of whom have been internally
displaced, lack not only sufficient food, but clean water, shelter and
medicine. There are few fruits or vegetables. There is little flour to
make </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/1fdec8c0-5489-4073-bfd6-f49982896327?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">bread</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
Pasta, along with meat, cheese and eggs, have disappeared. Black market prices
for dry goods such as lentils and beans have increased 25 times from pre-war
prices. A bag of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/1fdec8c0-5489-4073-bfd6-f49982896327?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">flour</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> on
the black market has risen from $8.00 to $200 dollars. The healthcare system in
Gaza, with only three of Gaza’s 36 </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/b36b3690-61e7-41ce-af4b-b078077ce50f?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">hospitals</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> left partially functioning, has largely collapsed. Some
1.3 million displaced Palestinians live on the streets of the southern city of
Rafah, which Israel designated a “safe zone,” but has begun to </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/3fd5f778-df0d-4f03-a715-523e60ade012?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">bomb</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
Families shiver in the winter rains under flimsy tarps amid pools of raw
sewage. An estimated </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/4aa66731-2796-4703-b580-f78f1b78ae25?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">90 percent</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been driven from their
homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“There is no instance since the Second World
War in which an entire population has been reduced to extreme hunger and
destitution with such speed,” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/288eba4e-f6b3-4fc0-bd99-6a8889d4a624?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">writes</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace
Foundation at Tufts University and the author of “</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/c4a50aa6-4172-4e2e-9c82-cfa0ee3300c1?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mass Starvation: </span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The History and Future
of Famine</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,” in the Guardian.
“And there’s no case in which the international obligation to stop it has been
so clear.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The United States, formerly UNRWA’s largest
contributor, provided </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/d392acc3-05b3-4759-8240-4316d823a458?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">$422 million to the agency</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in 2023. The severance of funds ensures
that UNRWA food deliveries, already in very short supply because of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/2dd80d70-29ff-4c45-83fb-446e037e9ee2?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">blockages</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> by Israel, will largely come to a halt by the end of
February or the beginning of March.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Israel has given the Palestinians in Gaza two
choices. <b>Leave or die.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I covered the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/d12d80b4-1461-498f-a08a-b43601d6289d?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">famine</span></b></a></span><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in Sudan in 1988 t</span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">hat took 250,000 lives. There are streaks in my lungs, scars
from standing amid hundreds of Sudanese who were dying of tuberculosis. I was
strong and healthy and fought off the contagion. They were weak and emaciated
and did not. The international community, as is in Gaza, did little to
intervene. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The precursor to starvation - <b>undernourishment
</b>- already affects most Palestinians in Gaza. Those who starve lack enough
calories to sustain themselves. In desperation people begin to eat animal
fodder, grass, leaves, insects, rodents, even dirt. They suffer from diarrhea
and respiratory infections. They rip up tiny bits of food, often spoiled, and
ration it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Soon, lacking enough iron to produce
hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to
the body, and myoglobin, a protein that provides oxygen to muscles, coupled
with a lack of vitamin B1<b>, </b>they become </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/d34cd27c-f6ba-4be9-81c9-017b3e0e6b7c?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">anemic</span></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. The body feeds on itself. Tissue and muscle waste away. It is
impossible to regulate body temperature. Kidneys shut down. Immune systems
crash. Vital organs – brain, heart, lungs, ovaries and testes -- atrophy. Blood
circulation slows. The volume of blood decreases. Infectious diseases such as
typhoid, tuberculosis and cholera become an epidemic, killing people by the
thousands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is impossible to concentrate. Emaciated
victims succumb to mental and emotional withdrawal and apathy. They do not want
to be touched or moved. The heart muscle is weakened. Victims, even at rest,
are in a state of virtual heart failure. Wounds do not heal. Vision is impaired
with cataracts, even among the young. Finally, wracked by convulsions and
hallucinations, the heart stops. This process can last up to 40 days for an
adult. Children, the elderly and the sick expire at faster rates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I saw hundreds of skeletal figures, specters
of human beings, moving forlornly at a glacial pace across the barren Sudanese
landscape. Hyenas, accustomed to eating human flesh, routinely picked off small
children. I stood over clusters of bleached human bones on the outskirts of
villages where dozens of people, too weak to walk, had laid down in a group and
never gotten up. Many were the remains of entire families. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the abandoned town of Maya Abun bats
dangled from the rafters of the gutted Italian mission church. The streets were
overgrown with tussocks of grass. The dirt airstrip was flanked by hundreds of
human bones, skulls and the remnants of iron bracelets, colored beads, baskets
and tattering strips of clothing. The palm trees had been cut in half. People
had eaten the leaves and the pulp inside. There had been a rumor that food
would be delivered by plane. People had walked for days to the airstrip. They
waited and waited and waited. No plane arrived. No one buried the dead. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, from a distance, I watch this happen in
another land in another time. I know the indifference that doomed the Sudanese,
mostly Dinkas, and today dooms the Palestinians. The poor, especially when they
are of color, do not count. They can be killed like flies. The <b>starvation
in Gaza</b> is not a natural disaster. It is Israel’s masterplan. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There will be scholars and historians who will
write of this genocide, falsely believing that we can learn from the past, that
we are different, that history can prevent us from being, once again,
barbarians. They will hold academic conferences. They will say “Never again!”
They will praise themselves for being more humane and civilized. But when it
comes time to speak out with each new genocide, fearful of losing their status
or academic positions, they will scurry like rats into their holes. Human history
is one long atrocity for the world’s poor and vulnerable. Gaza is another
chapter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=778851&post_id=141506330&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&action=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=533ym&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4NTQzMTgyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxNDE1MDYzMzAsImlhdCI6MTcwNzQyNzc1MywiZXhwIjoxNzEwMDE5NzUzLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNzc4ODUxIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.AhuBjzCDRk1uYE4p-NgRyFrmdAAaMB32wQr75L4dhE4" target="_blank"><b><span style="background: #011145; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: white; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Share</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">“<a name="_Hlk158381902"></a><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=5f7278b2ac&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158381902;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Gaza Genocide Lawsuit Against Biden Has Day In Court</span></span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158381902;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">”</span></u></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158381902;"><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158381902;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Center for Constitutional Rights</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158381902;"><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">January 26, 2024, Oakland, CA – A federal court
heard arguments in the case Defense for Children International – Palestine v.
Biden today, including extensive live testimony from Palestinian plaintiffs and
a scholar of genocide and the Holocaust. Attorneys from the Center for
Constitutional Rights, together with co-counsel from Van Der Hout LLP, asked
the court to immediately order the United States to cease military support for
Israel’s unfolding genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and opposed the
government’s efforts to have the case dismissed. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=22be0bd380&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-more-</span></a></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><a name="_Hlk158382173"></a><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=9f3f183562&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158382173;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Everywhere He Goes, Biden
Is Haunted By The Martyrs Of Gaza</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158382173;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></u></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158382173;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Natalia Marques, </span></b></span><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">People's Dispatch</span></i></b><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Biden is disrupted on
the campaign trail at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina by
protesters shouting “ceasefire now!” and later gets on a flight to the Dallas
airport, where more protesters are waiting for him. Biden’s speech at a
Virginia campaign event is interrupted thirteen separate times, and as he
leaves his motorcade is met with more protests. Biden, who brands himself as
the “most pro-union president” is called out by union workers for his support
for the genocide in Gaza as he is receiving the endorsement of one of the
largest unions in the country. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=a05f72cd8e&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-more-</span></a></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><a name="_Hlk158382313"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158382313;"><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Art Hobson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“World
grieves for Palestine and Israel:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158382313;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">America must demand a cease-fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">NWADG</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> 26 December 2023. <span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I wanted to
write about local matters such as Fayetteville's plans for a more civilized
North College Avenue, but events in Gaza draw me again to my first allegiance,
which is to the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Nearly 19,000 Palestinians are now dead in the Gaza war
according to the Gaza Health Ministry, with many more missing and probably
buried amid the rubble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two-thirds of
these are expected to be women and children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>1200 Israeli civilians were murdered in Hamas' October 7 attack and over
100 Israeli troops have died.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An Israeli
study finds that 61 percent of Gaza deaths from airstrikes are civilians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the liberal pro-Israel organization
J-Street has put it, "</span><span style="background: white; color: #171717; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .6pt; line-height: 107%;">The scope of the unfolding humanitarian disaster and civilian
casualties is nearly unfathomable."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #171717; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .6pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of
the United Nations, states, "</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We
are witnessing a killing of civilians that is unparalleled and unprecedented in
any conflict since I am Secretary-General" (January 2017).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Through its military and diplomatic support for Israel, the
United States is indirectly causing thousands of Palestinian civilian
deaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We not only vetoed UN Security
Council efforts to end the war but also approved the emergency sale of $106
million worth of ammunition to Israel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The UN General Assembly adopted 153-10, with 23 abstentions, a
resolution demanding an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" and the
release of all hostages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Friendly
nations voting for the resolution included Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh,
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, El
Salvador, Finland, Greece, Honduras, Iceland, India, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,
Laos, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South
Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, and Turkey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Because our money, our weapons, and our military support
this war, international support for the United States is declining by leaps and
bounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A few truths should be obvious:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must be an independent nation of
Palestine, Israel needs to continue to exist for those Jews who desire a
homeland, both nations deserve to prosper, and both nations deserve international
support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore, a two-state solution
is essential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Israel and Palestine have
much in common and could, were it not for prejudice and narrow religiosity,
help each other find peace, prosperity, and happiness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has surrounded
himself with religiously orthodox right-wing extremists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These fanatics support the settlers in the
West Bank who terrorize and murder Palestinians in the same way that the Ku
Klux Klan once terrorized and murdered blacks in America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On October 4, 2023, Al Jazeera reported that
Orthodox Jews occupied and held secret religious services in Jerusalem's
Al-Aqsa Mosque.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although there is no
excuse for Hamas' attack on Israel, this provocation to Muslim sensibilities
could have triggered the Hamas attack three days later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The people of Gaza are not only dying in Israel's military
onslaught, they are also starving because Israel has limited the amount of
food, fuel, cooking gas, and water that can come into Gaza.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Medical care is urgently needed and yet hard
to come by because hospitals, ambulances, and first aid stations are
destroyed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Israel's Defense Minister
Yoav Gallant admits quite directly that he has ordered a complete siege and
there will be no electricity, no food, and no fuel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to Gallant, "We are fighting
human animals, and we are acting accordingly."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As we have witnessed in television newscasts, Israel
publicly humiliates Palestinian men when the Israeli Defense Forces rounds them
up, strips them down to their underwear, blindfolds them, and displays them in
public in their neighborhoods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Israel has stated that it must destroy Hamas so that it
cannot commit another October 7 atrocity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But Israel's attack on Gaza will not destroy Hamas, because Hamas
represents a culture of rebellion against Israel and the siege only strengthens
that idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For every slain Hamas
terrorist, more are created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Israel's
goal to destroy Hamas augers only endless war and terrorism on both sides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Israel cannot win this war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it continues, Israel and America will
eventually stand isolated amid accusations of war crimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The United States has helped fund and weaponize this
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the sake of America, Israel,
and the world, we must take matters into our own hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must tell Netanyahu he will lose America's
military and diplomatic support unless Israel declares a cease-fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must also demand that Israel end the
occupation and work toward a two-state solution that establishes a free and
independent nation of Palestine in the West Bank and Gaza.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">References:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">• Number of deaths in Gaza war:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NWADG<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>15 Dec 2023 article beginning on page 1A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">• 61% of airstike deaths are civilian:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/09/civilian-toll-israeli-airstrikes-gaza-unprecedented-killing-study#:~:text=Israel%2DGaza%20war-,Civilians%20make%20up%2061%25%20of%20Gaza,from%20airstrikes%2C%20Israeli%20study%20finds&text=The%20aerial%20bombing%20campaign%20by,an%20Israeli%20newspaper%20has%20found.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">• Statement by J-Street:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>https://jstreet.org/press-releases/moment-of-truth-for-israels-government/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #171717; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: .6pt; line-height: 107%;">•
Guterres quote:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/press-encounter/2023-11-20/secretary-generals-press-conference-unep-emissions-gap-report-launch</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">• Sale of ammo to Israel:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>NWADG 10 Dec 2023, page 11A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">• The UN vote on the war:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1144717<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">• Countries voting for and aginst the UN resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/13/un-vote-gaza-ceasefire-countries-against/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">• Orthodox Jews occupied Al-Aqsa Mosque shortly before the
Hamas attack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/4/israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-complex-on-fifth-day-of-sukkot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk158382389"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CODE PINK CALLS FOR CEASE FIRE AND BOYCOTTS OF ISRAELI GENOCIDE
SUPPORTERS</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158382389;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<b>“I'm not used to seeing Gaza getting bombed that way, even though I lived
through four aggressions before…I never saw Gaza like that. I never saw people
cut into pieces like that,” </b>Gazan journalist Plestia describes the
brutality of the Israeli military in its most recent bombardment of Gaza. <b>Israel
murdered over 19,000 people in Gaza, with nearly half of them being children,</b> over
51,000 people are injured, and thousands more are missing under the rubble,
unable to be saved while the carpet bombing continues. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For 69 days straight,
the people of the world continue to rise in a moment of unprecedented
mobilization to end Israel’s attack on Gaza. Israel is entering the third month
of its genocidal campaign, despite overwhelming opposition expressed by the
majority of the world. <b>However, we have yet to see adequate reporting
on protests by outlets that enable Israel like CNN.</b> Instead,
organizers across the globe and reporters on the ground in Gaza have taken to
social media to broadcast their message.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.codepink.org/cnngaza?e=71cf388293e931dc12d780e94899d68a&utm_source=codepink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12_15_pali_update_alert_3&n=4" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0099; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Join us in demanding
CNN take accountability!</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why CNN? CNN has a
pattern of silencing the truth in Palestine. <b>In a livestream from an
Israeli settlement miles away from Gaza on October 11, CNN chief international
correspondent Clarissa Ward lied about the threat of Hamas rockets on Israel.</b> She
reported while laying on the ground, taking cover from a “massive barrage of
rockets”, but footage released later shows Ward being the only one laying on
the ground, while others directly near her are standing calmly. <b>In
2018, CNN suspended the contract of commentator Marc Lamont Hill following a
speech he delivered at the UN which criticized Israel and advocated for
Palestinian human rights.</b> CNN’s viewership rose when the attacks
first broke out, a trend they regularly experience during major international
conflicts, including after 9/11 and during the wars in Iraq and Ukraine.
Mainstream media has proven to make a killing off killing!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.codepink.org/cnngaza?e=71cf388293e931dc12d780e94899d68a&utm_source=codepink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12_15_pali_update_alert_3&n=5" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0099; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Help us get 10,000
signatures demanding CNN call Israel’s attack what it really is—genocide!</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When the petition goal is reached, we will
have a coordinated action across the US delivering the petition to local
offices, forcing them to hear our message. You can bring your message directly
to your local news station!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As long as Israel remains an occupying force
in Palestine, and as long as it carries out its genocidal campaign, we will
rise up against it and every entity that aids and abets in these crimes against
humanity. In the US, diligent efforts have moved 62 members of Congress to
support a ceasefire, but our success does not end at politicians. Calls for
boycotts have emptied Starbucks locations across the country and Puma announced
that it’s ending its sponsorship of the Israeli football team next year. Our
action is working. <b>Let’s take our demands to the media, for Bisan, for
Motaz, for Plestia, and for Palestinians everywhere!<br />
<i>Towards Peace,<br />
Nour and the entire CODEPINK team<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<h2 style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ANN WRIGHT CALLS FOR A CEASE FIRE IN HER TESTIMONY AT THE UN<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CEASEFIRE GAZA !!!!! STOP THE GENOCIDE
!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ANN<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(From Bentonville, Ann has spoken at OMNI three to four times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AR’s most prominent world peace
advocate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>—D)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From: Joseph Gerson, The Campaign for
Peace, Disarmament & Common .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“When Those Of Us Who Are Not Diplomats Have
The Rare Opportunity To Speak In The United Nations <i>There Are Rules About
What Can And Cannot Be Said!” </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While testifying about
the evil of weapons sales and transfers, their devastating human toll, and the
evil of military-industrial complexes, former colonel, U.S. diplomat, and
now Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security board member <b>Ann
Wright</b> turned her testimony into a condemnation of Israel’s
unconscionable Gaza mass murder and devastation into an appeal for a
ceasefire – NOW!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001DueAK0byUuRwV0Z-QKMIJmyqpP6tjTUnb27mCkxLxnidNTENjCwM0-1Ke_80v6exhymqZah3OK-Uo87LVRjd8-EeZtlRSTDyhWfdHdqsRfUsQa9us3kEpzzmNHRpHdrq29V0-KBqRf5EA9t_8Fc1mA3QzGqI7AYfmMdyO5p_-m0P1WSbDUXC3g==&c=Y5tIXxfd3yiJWZMBZAs6YoGEohaI5IBpnRcYenwtPojMBWqFlHM10A==&ch=RdLai-_zEJHPdWeJy5KiRE9B9iRdw7tiXS-wgpqIUiDVmAhs2H2iRQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0c3c8f; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ann Wright's Testimony At The U.N.</span></b></a></span><b><u><span style="color: #0c3c8f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With 20,000 civilian dead in two months, 85 %
of the Palestinians of Gaza displaced and deprived of food, water and fuel
essential for life, and the destruction of between a third and a half of
Gazans’ homes we have been watching something akin the liquidation of the
Warsaw Ghetto in real time. Even as the holidays turn us toward family and
friends, we must find ways to insist on a ceasefire and diplomacy that leads to
peaceful and just Israeli-Palestinian coexistence.</span><span style="color: #303030; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So much more to say, but the killing must
STOP!</span></b><span style="color: #303030; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write to you member of Congress, a letter to
the editor, join a demonstration, AND DON’T BE SILENCED!</span><span style="color: #303030; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="color: #303030; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Joseph<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #303030; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In her 29-year career
in the Army and Army Reserves, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001DueAK0byUuRwV0Z-QKMIJmyqpP6tjTUnb27mCkxLxnidNTENjCwM0-1Ke_80v6exUKXbjYtHVnSH1eyYZtmM94tSByB3f1gZD8qChgd32YN5rPjk0i-TwTpjapksE-GnMAcT-lok-7D8zHLm9NGaNQUa13a86TDbYsu8hJ6h1qg=&c=Y5tIXxfd3yiJWZMBZAs6YoGEohaI5IBpnRcYenwtPojMBWqFlHM10A==&ch=RdLai-_zEJHPdWeJy5KiRE9B9iRdw7tiXS-wgpqIUiDVmAhs2H2iRQ==" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366bb; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Colonel Ann Wright</span></a></span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> served at the NATO subcommand Allied Forces Central
Europe, and later as a diplomat serving in </span><span style="color: #212529; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">US Embassies in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra
Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan and Mongolia. She resigned from the US
government in March 2003 in opposition to Bush’s war on Iraq. She is an
advisory board member of Veterans For Peace, International Peace Bureau, World
BEYOND War, Gaza Freedom Flotilla, NO to NATO, Hawaii Peace and Justice,
Pacific Peace Network, Women Cross DMZ and Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and
Common Security. </span><span style="color: #303030; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #303030; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #5d5d5d; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From the Campaign for Peace Disarmament and
Common Security | 4 Washburn Street, Watertown, MA 02472</span><span style="color: #303030; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“<a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=52f1a4d960&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Human Rights Groups Demand ICC Issue
Arrest Warrants On Israeli Officials</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">” </span></u><b><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By People's Dispatch</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. <a name="_Hlk154205401">Popular
Resistance.org (12-23-23).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></a>Hundreds
of human rights organizations and activists issued a joint call on Wednesday,
December 20 asking the International Criminal Court to immediately issue arrest
warrants for Israeli officials accused of being involved in the genocide of
Palestinians in Gaza. Addressed to Karim Khan KC, the ICC prosecutor, the
letter underlines that the warrants are necessary to prevent the “continuing
commission by Israeli officials of genocide, crimes against humanity and war
crimes against Palestinians.” The letter was written in support of the three
Palestinian human rights groups, Al-Haq, Al-Mezan Center for Human... </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=242fe62e20&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-more-</span></a></span><u><span style="background: white; color: #007c89; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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PALESTINIAN RIGHTS 2-9-24. </span><a href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/78659373/454064000/-162388177?source=direct_link&referrer=group-us-campaign-for-palestinian-rights-uscpr&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9UU00vVFNNRUEvMS83NDIwMCIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICIxNTJlMjVjYi1jYWM2LWVlMTEtODVmOS0wMDIyNDgyMjM3OTQiLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogImpiZW5uZXRAdWFyay5lZHUiDQp9&hmac=E7gVhE8ST30KP18YJEs6ftpWjUgxv99fCYAJT_Dm5kc=&emci=1f39fddc-c4c6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=152e25cb-cac6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=1590243" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><v:shape alt="A black background with a black square
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Dear Dick,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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been <b>125 days of U.S.-funded genocide in Gaza</b>, rubber-stamped
by President Joe “Butcher Biden” every step of the way.<br />
If we are to finally bring Israel’s massive violence to an end, <b>we
must dismantle the genocide machine behind it</b>: every U.S. dollar that
buys the bombs and every staffer turning the gears inside the White
House.<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/78659375/454064002/-162388177?source=direct_link&referrer=group-us-campaign-for-palestinian-rights-uscpr&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9UU00vVFNNRUEvMS83NDIwMCIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICIxNTJlMjVjYi1jYWM2LWVlMTEtODVmOS0wMDIyNDgyMjM3OTQiLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogImpiZW5uZXRAdWFyay5lZHUiDQp9&hmac=E7gVhE8ST30KP18YJEs6ftpWjUgxv99fCYAJT_Dm5kc=&emci=1f39fddc-c4c6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=152e25cb-cac6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=1590243" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Throw sand in the
gears of the genocide machine now! Email 200+ Biden administration senior
government officials and tell them to quit.</span></b></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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QUIT NOW</span></b></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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campaign</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">, cosponsored by USCPR and Adalah Justice Project, has issued
a <b>public call asking all Butcher Biden employees to resign in
protest immediately</b>. Senior government officials Josh Paul and Tariq
Habash have already paved the way by going public with their principled
resignations.<br />
<br />
Our joint email action tool has the individual email addresses for <b>200
senior government officials</b>, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/78659379/454064006/-162388177?source=direct_link&referrer=group-us-campaign-for-palestinian-rights-uscpr&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9UU00vVFNNRUEvMS83NDIwMCIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICIxNTJlMjVjYi1jYWM2LWVlMTEtODVmOS0wMDIyNDgyMjM3OTQiLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogImpiZW5uZXRAdWFyay5lZHUiDQp9&hmac=E7gVhE8ST30KP18YJEs6ftpWjUgxv99fCYAJT_Dm5kc=&emci=1f39fddc-c4c6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=152e25cb-cac6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=1590243" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">so you can email them
directly to level up the pressure</span></b></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">. Each of these
officials have been deeply complicit, working for the White House or
other key policy office in the Biden administration.<br />
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Most importantly, <b><i>make sure to customize your email subject
line to evade any email filters that staffers may try to set up</i></b>.
Get creative!<br />
<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/78659380/454064007/-162388177?source=direct_link&referrer=group-us-campaign-for-palestinian-rights-uscpr&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9UU00vVFNNRUEvMS83NDIwMCIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICIxNTJlMjVjYi1jYWM2LWVlMTEtODVmOS0wMDIyNDgyMjM3OTQiLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogImpiZW5uZXRAdWFyay5lZHUiDQp9&hmac=E7gVhE8ST30KP18YJEs6ftpWjUgxv99fCYAJT_Dm5kc=&emci=1f39fddc-c4c6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=152e25cb-cac6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=1590243" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Disrupt in the belly
of the beast, and flood the email inboxes of all 200+ senior government
officials now.</span></b></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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genocidal campaign in Gaza and the West Bank. Backed by the
United States, it will achieve its demented goal. Its murderous rampages and
genocidal violence will exterminate or ethnically cleanse Palestinians. Its
dream of a state exclusively for Jews, with any Palestinians who remain
stripped of basic rights, will be realized. It will revel in its blood-soaked
victory. It will celebrate its war criminals. Its genocide will be erased from
public consciousness and tossed into Israel’s huge black hole of historical
amnesia. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=e50fca8751&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-more-</span></a></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-65733316401836233442024-02-07T17:58:00.001-06:002024-02-07T17:58:54.124-06:00OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #163, FEBRUARY 7, 2024 <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk158186750"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">OMNI WAR
WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #163, FEBRUARY 7, 2024</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Amiko",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text" style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Open Sans";"> Compiled by Dick Bennett. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.7pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.orbooks.com/norman-finkelstein/"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">NORMAN G. FINKELSTEIN</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">. </span><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I Accuse! </span></i><b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">HEREWITH A PROOF BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT ICC CHIEF
PROSECUTOR FATOU BENSOUDA WHITEWASHED ISRAEL.
</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">OR Books, 2019. Publisher’s description:</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.7pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br />
</span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">“Mr. Finkelstein['s]… research is certainly thorough.
His characterizations, too, can be brilliant, and he spares nobody…” —<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Economist</span></i></span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.7pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">“A compelling examination of a
decision that unsettled many international lawyers and a reminder of the extent
to which Palestinians have been let down by international institutions.”<br />
<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">—<i>Morning Star</i></span></span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.7pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">“One of the world’s most
effective critics of Israel... Intense and eloquent.” —<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Mondoweiss. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.7pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">This finely-honed indictment by a writer widely
acknowledged for his forensic skills is directed at <b>Fatou Bensouda, the
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court</b>. It sets out how she
defiled her office by refusing to investigate credible allegations of Israeli
criminality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">On 31 May 2010, Israeli forces
attacked a humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza. By the end of the action, nine
passengers on the flotilla’s flagship, the <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Mavi Marmara</span></i>, were
dead (a tenth passenger died later from his injuries). Scores of others were
injured, and hundreds more endured torture and inhuman treatment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The Union of the Comoros, where
the <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Mavi Marmara</span></i> was registered, referred the Israeli
attack to the ICC. The Chief Prosecutor ruled that the incident was not of
sufficient gravity to warrant an official investigation. Bensouda could only
reach this conclusion by grossly misrepresenting the facts of the case and
removing the assault from its context—the illegal Israeli blockade and the
humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Though she declared the case
closed, an unprecedented pushback from within the ICC has forced the Chief
Prosecutor to revisit it. The challenge now posed by this volume comes down to
this: If justice is to prevail, ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda must either
investigate alleged Israeli crimes or resign.
</span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">2023 what did she do?</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">208 pages • Paperback <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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THE AUTHOR</span></b></a><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #333333; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-transform: uppercase;"> </span></b><a href="https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/i-accuse/?mc_cid=149ef9e55e&mc_eid=1abb3fee98"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase;">READ
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><a name="_Hlk152936710"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">GAZA
in</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">The Nation </span></i><i><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The December 18, 2023 number provides
five articles against the eradication of Gaza and demands for a ceasefire. Here are 2 of the articles. <br />
</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">D. D.
Guttenplan </span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">(for <i>The Nation</i>). “Stop the War.” “An immediate cease-fire remains the
essential first step…” <br />
Spencer Ackerman. “Forever Wars.” “The ‘rules based international order” is all
about US hegemony.”<br />
Elie Mystal. “Biden on the Brink.” The “Trump would be worse” argument isn’t
attractive to Biden’s supporters who oppose his Israel-Palestine policies.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">GAZA: HAMAS<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I was a
member of Americans for Middle East Understanding to read its publication, <i>The
Link</i>, each number containing a single article. One was on </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Hamas” by Khalid
Amayreh </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">in 2008. It provides a thumbnail
history of Hamas from its beginning to that year. amayreh@p-ol.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">END</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"> OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #163, FEBRUARY 7, 2024</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span> </p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-7702748910518716362024-02-06T17:49:00.003-06:002024-02-06T17:49:57.734-06:00OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #164, FEBRUARY 5, 2024.<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #164, FEBRUARY 5,
2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">John J. Berger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Solving
the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From my New Deal
perspective (I was born in 1932), one of Berger’s most important chapters is #14,
pp. 283ff., “New Laws and Politics,” where he discusses “current <b>barriers </b>to
the kind of fair and comprehensive policies that would speed us toward a safe,
stable earth and a more just society.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
especially include the flood of secret money into “super PACs” used to
influence elections and legislation permitted by the Supreme Court’s <i>Citizens
United</i> ruling, and by implication the rigging of the tax code to allow a
few people to be billionaires and trillionaires and turn our democracy into plutocracy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Governments will never be able to enact
effective climate-protection programs and social and economic justice until secrecy,
concentration of wealth, and gross economic inequality are ended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those reforms possess historical precedence
in the Democratic Party’s New Deal of the 1930s, which produced a massive
social and economic turnaround from the Great Depression. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the world is “in a situation even more
perilous than the Great Depression or World War II.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
need a similar scale and intensity of response “to reverse climate change: a
concerted nationwide industrial effort to produce millions of solar panels,
wind turbines, batteries, carbon capture machines, and zero-emission vehicles
(ZEVs).”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The US mobilized in 1930s and
1940s against Depression and War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“We must
do the same for the climate crisis.” <br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today we again urgently need a national, science-based,
climate plan to coordinate and fulfill the many city and state programs already
in action and the Green New Deal of H. Res. 109. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As important, as in the New Deal it would reorganize
government at the top (FDR “created sixty-nine new federal offices”).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Plan “might be titled <i>America’s Energy
Transition: Achieving a Clean Energy Future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>“A necessary early step in mobilizing the
nation is the creation of a powerful cabinet-level Climate Protection
Department ” with separate agencies; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>such
as Climate Emergency Agency, Clean Transition Redevelopment Agency, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and Civilian Climate Corps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seven major federal
actions are needed <i>now </i>to curb CO2: <i>all </i>new power plants, new
buildings, and vehicles must use zero-emission renewable-energy technologies. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The railroads must be rebuilt to clean and
high-speed specifications. And airlines must reduce their emissions annually by
5 percent. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A national green bank should
be established to finance these mandates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And a national carbon-credit plan must be established.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He discusses a national carbon-tax, argues
that the federal carbon-tax bill H.R. 763 must be greatly strengthened, and he presents
cost projections needed to reach net-zero carbon by 2050. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And he rejects the industry-supported Climate
Leadership Council (CLC) proposals that would not phase out fuels or subsidies,
among other liabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He concludes with
a reminder that international collaboration is essential to the success of any
individual national plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(pp.283-305).<i> </i><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-60989819635289242462024-02-03T15:22:00.001-06:002024-02-03T15:22:22.204-06:00OMNI YEMEN WATCH #3, FEBRUARY 3, 2024<p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">OMNI<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">YEMEN WATCH
#3, FEBRUARY 3, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Compiled by
Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="http://omnicenter.org/donate/">http://omnicenter.org/donate/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">What’s at Stake:
The most heinous crime is by those who perpetrate a war followed closely by those
who do not try to stop it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This Anthology
of essays opposes the US/Saudi invasion of Yemen and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">any
historical model that sustains and deepens US warmaking sciolism.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">(What’s at stake in regard to technology: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Smart phone reading requires brief texts and
prioritizes snippets, when the subject of this anthology requires analysis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Substantial texts make it impossible to
employ small, hand-held screens.).</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">CONTENTS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Code Pink.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Yemen
Explained.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Johnstone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Biden’s “absurd justification.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Olluri.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yemeni “Peace Process Sham.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Abt<i>. </i></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Double Standards.”<b> <br />
</b></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">DeCamp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Yemen War Powers Resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Conley. “Thousands of Children Killed by Saudi/US coalition.
. . .” <br />
UN Brief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Expand Yemen Truce.<br />
Kelly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“No Starvation for Oil.”<br />
Frame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Missiles to Saudi Arabia, Biden
Breaks Promise.<br />
Prashad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nightmare War.<br />
Baron and Evans-Frantz.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grassroots
Pressure Biden.<br />
UN Wire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“…Child Malnutrition in Yemen.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Airstrike
in Yemen….”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 2;"><i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">NADG.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Drone Strikes Set Fire to Saudi
Arabian oil Hub.”<br />
Prashad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“How Can Sweden Be a Peace Broker….?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">UN Wire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>US, UK, France Complicit in “Yemen War
Crimes.”<br />
Just Foreign Policy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“…Bernie and Avaaz
on Ending the Yemen War!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">While
the US & Israel flagrantly violate the <b>UN Genocide Convention</b> to
commit mass murder and starve 2.3 million people in Gaza, the <b>Ansar
Alla</b> movement in <b>Yemen</b> blockades Red Sea shipments to
Israel to uphold its treaty obligation to prevent further genocide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this, the Biden administration–in an
illegal circumvention of Congress-has bombed over <b>60 targets
in Sana'a</b>, the capital of Yemen, sending two aircraft carrier battle
groups, guided missile destroyers, submarines and warplanes to the region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">Despite
the US strikes, Yemenis say the blockade will continue in solidarity with
the <b>Palestinian</b> people. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">Join <b>CODEPINK
Congress</b> for <b><i>Yemen Explained</i></b> as we learn about
Yemen, one of the most impoverished countries in the world under constant US
assault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chat with peacemakers and
experts <b>Tuesday, </b></span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">February 6 at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET:</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Shireen
Al-Adeimi</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> is an assistant professor of education at Michigan State
University. Since 2015, she has played an active role in raising awareness
about the Saudi-led war on her country of birth, Yemen, and works to encourage
political action to end U.S. support. She is a non-resident fellow at Quincy
Institute.<br />
<b>Aisha Jumaan</b>, Founder and President, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction
Foundation. Dr. Jumaan earned her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC., her Masters in Public Health
from Emory University, Atlanta, GA, and her BA in Biology from Mills College,
Oakland, CA. Dr Jumaan has over 30 years of experience in public health,
including work in Yemen with UN agencies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="color: #a32035; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=8f83bb7e45&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a32035; font-weight: normal;">The Biden
administration’s absurd justification for its Yemen war</span></a>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Caitlin A. Johnstone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mronline.org (1-28-24).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">By <a href="https://mronline.org/author/caitlinajohnstone/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Caitlin
A. Johnstone</span></a> (Posted Jan 27, 2024)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Originally published: </span></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-biden-administrations-absurd"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Caitlin A Johnstone
Blog </span></a> on <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">January 22, 2024</span> (more
by <a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/caitlin-a-johnstone-blog-2/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Caitlin A Johnstone Blog</span></a>) | <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/imperialism/"><span style="color: #880000;">Imperialism</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/inequality/"><span style="color: #880000;">Inequality</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/subject/state-repression/"><span style="color: #880000;">State Repression</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/war/"><span style="color: #880000;">War</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/americas/"><span style="color: #880000;">Americas</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/geography/gaza/"><span style="color: #880000;">Gaza</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/geography/israel/"><span style="color: #880000;">Israel</span></a>,
<a href="https://mronline.org/geography/middle-east/"><span style="color: #880000;">Middle
East</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/palestine/"><span style="color: #880000;">Palestine</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/united-states/"><span style="color: #880000;">United
States</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/yemen/"><span style="color: #880000;">Yemen</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/newswire/"><span style="color: #880000;">Newswire</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/operation-poseidon-archer/"><span style="color: #880000;">“Operation Poseidon Archer”</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/biden-administration/"><span style="color: #880000;">Biden
administration</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/president-joe-biden/"><span style="color: #880000;">President
Joe Biden</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">On Monday the U.S.
launched its <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/ce070d71-1b5d-4381-8a27-70b8494cb1ac?j=eyJ1IjoiMXNxaHltIn0.hhllisJZa9WonRQtwSpvzKa9OA1iwTL4nVfpq22XSgw"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">eighth wave of airstrikes</span></a> in its <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/ed8b7f47-6a64-4915-a15c-3cced2b262e1?j=eyJ1IjoiMXNxaHltIn0.hhllisJZa9WonRQtwSpvzKa9OA1iwTL4nVfpq22XSgw"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">new war</span></a> against Yemeni forces, which it has now
formally titled “<a href="https://substack.com/redirect/d163db54-95f3-4a3c-b11c-689cf9f6e063?j=eyJ1IjoiMXNxaHltIn0.hhllisJZa9WonRQtwSpvzKa9OA1iwTL4nVfpq22XSgw"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Operation Poseidon Archer</span></a>”. The strikes are aimed at
breaking a Red Sea shipping blockade which the de facto authorities in
Yemen <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/fb8f9c85-e53b-4871-adf9-ed6f53724101?j=eyJ1IjoiMXNxaHltIn0.hhllisJZa9WonRQtwSpvzKa9OA1iwTL4nVfpq22XSgw"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">have implemented</span></a> to pressure Israel and its allies
into ceasing the genocidal onslaught in Gaza.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Andi Olluri.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">“The Yemeni ‘Peace Process’ is a Sham Though You
Wouldn’t Know That From Watching U.S. News or Reading Foreign Affairs.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">CovertAction
Magazine</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> (4-17-23).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Media and intellectual elites continue to add spin to dignify a criminal
war of aggression that has resulted in unconscionable suffering among the
Yemeni people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #6653ff; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=da66caadaa&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">READ MORE</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=eced2c2d7f&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #6653ff;"> →</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">US HUMAN RIGHTS DOUBLE STANDARDS</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Felix Abt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=5a856352f3&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;">Yemen War
Continues Beyond Media Spotlight</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">CovertAction on Jan 11, 2023
04:17 pm</span></i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br />
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The Washington Post</span></i></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> even
gives positive spin by suggesting that the war has improved gender equality in
devastated country.</span></b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">“An unexpected result of Yemen’s war: More men
are cooking and cleaning,” <i>The </i></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=2208f82469&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><i><span style="background: white; color: #007c89;">Washington Post</span></i></a><span style="background: white; color: #202020;"> reported in 2016 on the social and
cultural impact of the war in Yemen. The seemingly good side of this
U.S.-sponsored genocide: gender equality!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The fact that Yemeni men, provided they have
not yet been blown to pieces by American and European bombs, are taking the
housework off their wives should please German Foreign Minister Annalena
Baerbock, who pursues a “<a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=c26b170fff&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">feminist foreign policy</span></a>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Like her good acquaintance, billionaire
speculator George Soros, she vehemently advocates human rights and democracy in
all those countries that do not want to submit to American “<a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=63655c46cd&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">security interests</span></a>.”
The <a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=3615a23368&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">lack of democracy</span></a> and
the serious <a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=2aecebe6eb&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">human rights violations in Ukraine</span></a>,
Yemen and Saudi Arabia, which are part of the U.S. sphere of influence, are
therefore not part of their vigorous moral offensive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Surprisingly, on December 16, 2022, U.S.
mainstream media outlet <a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=baadacc4e3&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #007c89;">MSNBC</span></i></a> reported
rather lonely from the dreary, uniform Western media desert: “Few people
noticed, but the United States Senate came very close to ending America’s <a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=110acb72c9&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">complicity in Saudi Arabia’s war in
Yemen</span></a> earlier this week. But the very same person who had vowed
to end that war intervened and stopped the Senate from taking action—President
Joe Biden. . . .”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=a7be65ec87&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #007c89;">Read in browser »</span></a></span><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Dave DeCamp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=01ace3fc5b&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Sanders withdraws Yemen War Powers Resolution vote
over Biden opposition</span></a>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mronline.org (12-17-22).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2022/12/13/sanders-withdraws-yemen-war-powers-resolution-vote-over-biden-opposition/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #880000; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Antiwar.com </span></a> (<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">December 13, 2022).</span> (Posted Dec 16, 2022).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Tuesday night withdrew his request to vote on the
Yemen War Powers Resolution that would end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war
and blockade on Yemen, citing White House opposition to the bill.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Sanders <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?524785-2/senate-session-part-2&live&vod"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">said on the Senate floor</span></a> that
he was informed ahead of the scheduled vote of the administration’s opposition
to the legislation, meaning President Biden would veto the resolution. </span><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The
Intercept</span></i><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1602719219526901760?s=20&t=wqAKPDBULui3zHRzYaVIKA"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">reported earlier in the
day </span></a>that The White House was pressuring senators to vote
against the bill, and Democrats came out in opposition to Sanders’ resolution
earlier on Tuesday, <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/padilla-breaks-from-progressives-wont-support-sanders-yemen-resolution/ar-AA15eMlV"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">including Sen. Alex
Padilla (D-CA).</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Sanders’
justification for not holding the vote was that the administration claimed it
would work with Congress on ending the war in Yemen. He said the White House
wanted to “work with us on crafting language that would be mutually acceptable”
and insisted if that didn’t happen, he would resume his efforts to end the war
through a resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">But even
if the White House really wants to engage with Congress on the issue, or if
Sanders chooses to reintroduce the resolution, the plan will take time, which
Yemenis don’t have. There has been a cessation in violence in Yemen, with no
Saudi airstrikes since March, but there has been a recent uptick in fighting on
the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">A <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ceasefire expired in October</b>, and
without a real peace deal, the war could flare up again at any time. The
resolution could have ended U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition, including
maintenance of its warplanes, which would effectively ground the Saudi air
force. Even if Biden vetoed the resolution, its passage through Congress would
have sent a message to the White House and Riyadh to work faster on a real end
to the war.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">While <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Democrats</b> started to fold in their support for the resolution, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Republican Senators</b> Rand Paul (R-KY)
and<a href="https://twitter.com/alexbward/status/1602777165216583690?s=20&t=YbCfhykGDbltFU57t9CWDQ"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> Mike Lee (R-UT)</span></a> both
came out in favor of the legislation. In the House, a version of the resolution
was also introduced that has gained<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-joint-resolution/87/cosponsors"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> 118 cosponsors</span></a>,
including 10 Republicans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The U.S. first intervened
to back the Saudi/UAE-led coalition in Yemen against the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Houthis in 2015</b>. A few months earlier, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-strategic-shift-u-s-draws-closer-to-yemeni-rebels-1422576308"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">the Obama administration
was sharing intelligence with the Houthis</span></a> as part of the effort
against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. After the Obama administration
switched sides against the Houthis, the U.S.-backed coalition <a href="https://apnews.com/article/saudi-arabia-united-states-ap-top-news-middle-east-international-news-f38788a561d74ca78c77cb43612d50da"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">recruited al-Qaeda
fighters</span></a>, and U.S. arms <a href="https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/02/middleeast/yemen-lost-us-arms/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ended up in the hands of
the terror group.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">According to UN estimates,
by the end of 2021, at least 377,000 people<a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2021/11/23/un-says-yemen-war-death-toll-will-reach-377000-by-end-of-2021/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #222222; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> had been killed in
the war.</span></a> MORE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Julia Conley. “</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=3b2536b010&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">UN Report Shows 11,000 Children Killed Or Maimed In This US-Backed War</span></a>.”</span></b><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thousands of children have been killed by
Saudi/US coalition, hundreds of thousands more remain at risk from preventable
causes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><i>Common Dreams</i></b><i>. Popular
Resistance.org</i> (12-15-22).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
launching an urgent appeal for humanitarian aid for children in war-torn
Yemen, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund on Monday
released a report showing that more than 11,000 young people have been killed
or injured in the U.S.-backed conflict, where a Saudi-led coalition has been
carrying out attacks since 2015. The true death toll of children is likely far
higher, said the agency, commonly known as UNICEF, as millions face
hunger and disease. "Thousands of children have lost their lives, hundreds
of thousands more remain at risk of death from preventable... </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=739863070a&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #007c89;">-more-</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_-6966638930186412926_7CDDF635-881A-40B"></a><span style="display: none; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-hide: all;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_-6966638930186412926_43822C16-CB17-41E"></a><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">“<a href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/psahCpjdryDtsMagCieStWCicNsKeK?format=multipart" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Envoy pushes to expand Yemen truce as crisis escalates.”<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt; text-transform: uppercase;"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .75pt; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; text-underline: none;">UN GLOBAL AFFAIRS, SMART BRIEF</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: .75pt; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; text-underline: none;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">August 17, 2022.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Hans Grundberg, United Nations envoy for Yemen, says he is ramping
up efforts to expand a truce that has brought relative calm to the country
since April 2, while Ghada Mudawi, acting director of operations and advocacy
with the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, warns that civilian
deaths and alarming economic conditions still persist. This week, UNICEF
reported the number of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">displaced people
in the country had reached 4.3 million,</b> <b>nearly half of whom are
children.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.75pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Full
Story: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/psahCpjdryDtsMagCieStWCicNsKeK?format=multipart" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Associated Press</span></a></span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> (8/16),</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 6.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/psahCpjdryDtsMahCieStWCicNBNtv?format=multipart" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Middle East Monitor (London)</span></a></span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> (8/15)</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 6.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 11.25pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Kathy Kelly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://www.transcend.org/tms/2022/07/no-starvation-for-oil/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #006600; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">No Starvation for Oil</span></a>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Progressive Magazine</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TRANSCEND
Media Service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>11 Jul 2022.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">As President Joe Biden embarks on his trip to the Middle East,
those of us back home must acknowledge the suffering the United States has
caused in places like Yemen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.transcend.org/tms/2022/07/no-starvation-for-oil/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #006600; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Read more...</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">[BREAKING:
U.S. to sell Saudi Arabia 280 Raytheon missiles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Biden breaks his promise, Bernie and Ro try
to stop the sale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–Dick]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Amy Frame</span><u><span style="color: #777777; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: .25pt;">.<b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Win Without
War. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></u><span style="color: #5f6368; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; letter-spacing: .25pt;">Nov 6, 2021.</span><span style="color: #5f6368; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .25pt;"> <br />
</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_126"
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UNICEF recently reported a grim milestone in Yemen: 10,000 children have been
killed or maimed as a result of the Saudi and Emirati-led war. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>And yet President Biden — <i>who ran
on a commitment to END U.S. complicity in Yemen</i> —</b> <b>just
announced a $650 MILLION dollar sale of Raytheon-made missiles to Saudi
Arabia. </b>With this sale, Biden is breaking his promise to us and doing
the exact OPPOSITE of what the UN and other experts tell us would avoid further
devastation: fueling this war with more weapons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.6pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">For over *six* years now, the United States has given the green
light to human rights abuses and suffering in Yemen by fueling fighter jets,
providing intelligence and logistical support, and approving arms sales just
like this one. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.6pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">Luckily, there’s a silver lining that can help us turn the tide.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;"> Rep.
Ro Khanna and Senator Bernie Sanders have introduced an amendment to the
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would prohibit U.S. military
support for the coalition’s war. It already passed the House and when the final
NDAA makes it to President Biden, he’s all but guaranteed to sign it. That
means just ONE thing is between us and the beginning of the end of U.S. complicity
in Yemen: the Senate. And we’re hearing that they’ll vote in the coming days —
leaving a tiny but critical window for us to ensure the <b>Khanna-Sanders
amendment</b> makes it into the final bill that lands on President Biden’s
desk. <b>It’ll be an uphill battle, and we need you with us. <br />
</b><u><a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/f_yemensenatendaa2?refcode=em20211106&amount=15&t=13&refcode2=7351_241021_1L30DZ&akid=7351%2E241021%2E1L30DZ" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #1155cc;">We REFUSE to let hawks in the
Senate blow up a bipartisan effort to end U.S. complicity in Yemen when we are
so close. A donation of $15 ensures we have the cash on hand that we need to
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #EEEEEE; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Vijay
Prashad</span><b><span style="color: #a32035; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=c1d9a07949&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Being a child in Yemen is the
stuff of nightmares.” The Forty-Third Newsletter (2021)</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">.
Mronline.org (10-30-21) </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Originally published: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/yemen/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Tricontinental: Institute
for Social Research </span></a> on <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">October 28, 2021</span> (more
by <a href="https://mronline.org/guest-author/cap-tricontinental-institute-for-social-research/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research</span></a>) | <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/culture/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Culture</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/human-rights/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Human
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Dear
friends, <br />
In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates–along with other
members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)–began to bomb Yemen. These
countries entered a conflict that had been ongoing for at least a year as a
civil war escalated between the government of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi,
the Ansar Allah movement of the Zaidi Shia, and al-Qaeda. The GCC–led by the
Saudi monarchy–wanted to prevent any Shia political project, whether aligned
with Iran or not, from taking power along Saudi Arabia’s border. The attack on
Yemen can be described, therefore, as an attack by the Sunni monarchs against
the possibility of what they feared would be a Shia political project coming to
power on the Arabian Peninsula. . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 2;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Brian Garvey <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span></i><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=5b6ffc7418&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;">Ending the War
in Yemen Means Overcoming Political Cowardice</span></a>. “<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=7addac1f2c&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">CovertAction Magazine</span></a>.</span></i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background: white;">Jun 28, 2021.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">UN World Food Program says that “400,000 children may die
in Yemen this year without urgent intervention”<br />
The struggle to end U.S. support for the war in Yemen has run into another
obstacle. This time it’s partisanship. But it isn’t Republican opposition
blocking Joe Biden’s promise to end U.S. participation in the world’s worst
humanitarian catastrophe. It’s the president’s own hesitancy to keep his word
paired with the unwillingness of Democrats in Congress to cross a president
from their own party. […]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Ellie Baron and Isaac Evans-Frantz.<i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</i></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=d77a97d9ee&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">War in Yemen: Grassroots
Mobilization Pressured Biden Administration to Pledge End of U.S. Involvement</span></a>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Covert Action Magazine.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i><span style="background: white;">Mar 26,
2021.</span></i></span><i><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Grassroots mobilization
has led the Biden administration to pledge to end the war in Yemen; further
activism is needed to make him follow through on his promise and to pressure
Saudi Arabia to end its blockade. <br />
Six years ago, in the early hours of March 26, 2015, a military coalition led
by Saudi Arabia and backed by the United States began a bombing campaign in
Yemen...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The post <a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=4bc8527113&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">War in Yemen: Grassroots
Mobilization Pressured Biden Administration to Pledge End of U.S. Involvement</span></a> appeared
first on <a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=25775c77c0&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">CovertAction Magazine</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">UN WIRE
(10-28-20)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fr.smartbrief.com%2Fresp%2FmSufCnAstIDlAGljCifDahCicNECIX%3Fformat%3Dmultipart&data=04%7C01%7Cjbennet%40uark.edu%7C5a38b0c8cb7847fede5f08d87b7e9c63%7C79c742c4e61c4fa5be89a3cb566a80d1%7C0%7C0%7C637395131028114314%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=jJKHiQlrgX0TVLwAa2u27b15P3H2OvMYSmcSpIRcYBc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">OCHA sounds alarm over child
malnutrition in Yemen</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.75pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Approximately
98,000 children in Yemen are facing life-threatening malnutrition and over
500,000 more are seriously malnourished, a report from the United Nations
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says. "If the war
doesn't end now, we are nearing an irreversible situation and risk losing an
entire generation of Yemen's young children," says UN Humanitarian
Coordinator for Yemen Lise Grande.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #999999; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Full Story: </span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fr.smartbrief.com%2Fresp%2FmSufCnAstIDlAGljCifDahCicNECIX%3Fformat%3Dmultipart&data=04%7C01%7Cjbennet%40uark.edu%7C5a38b0c8cb7847fede5f08d87b7e9c63%7C79c742c4e61c4fa5be89a3cb566a80d1%7C0%7C0%7C637395131028114314%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=jJKHiQlrgX0TVLwAa2u27b15P3H2OvMYSmcSpIRcYBc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Reuters</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #999999; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> (10/27)</span><span style="background: white; color: #999999; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 6.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fr.smartbrief.com%2Fresp%2FmHizCnAstIDljiwXCieGtJCicNUTuP%3Fformat%3Dmultipart&data=02%7C01%7Cjbennet%40uark.edu%7Cf65215ee98ea49881f8808d83d65ac41%7C79c742c4e61c4fa5be89a3cb566a80d1%7C0%7C0%7C637326854181007123&sdata=TpYxIk7Pkabj%2FG2H0Jxn21Edlp%2Fj7uEgF5lNNQo0fO4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Airstrike in Yemen leaves 9 children
dead, more wounded</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">UN WIRE </i>(8-10-20)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.75pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Another
round of airstrikes in Yemen left as many as nine children dead and wounded
seven children and two women, the United Nations reports. The attack is the
third in a month with a significant number of child casualties.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #999999; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Full Story: </span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fr.smartbrief.com%2Fresp%2FmHizCnAstIDljiwXCieGtJCicNUTuP%3Fformat%3Dmultipart&data=02%7C01%7Cjbennet%40uark.edu%7Cf65215ee98ea49881f8808d83d65ac41%7C79c742c4e61c4fa5be89a3cb566a80d1%7C0%7C0%7C637326854181007123&sdata=TpYxIk7Pkabj%2FG2H0Jxn21Edlp%2Fj7uEgF5lNNQo0fO4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Deccan Herald (India)/The Associated Press</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #999999; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> (8/8)</span><span style="background: white; color: #999999; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 6.0pt;"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><u><span style="color: #660099; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/6d59ccce9f1e2342/Documents/%0dDrone%20strikes%20set%20fire%20to%20Saudi%20oil%20hub,%20field.%20%20NADG%20(9-15-19).%20%0dhttps:/www.arkansasonline.com%20%E2%80%BA%20news%20%E2%80%BA%20sep%20%E2%80%BA%20drone-strikes-set-fire-to-sa..."><o:p></o:p></a></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 15.0pt;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/6d59ccce9f1e2342/Documents/%0dDrone%20strikes%20set%20fire%20to%20Saudi%20oil%20hub,%20field.%20%20NADG%20(9-15-19).%20%0dhttps:/www.arkansasonline.com%20%E2%80%BA%20news%20%E2%80%BA%20sep%20%E2%80%BA%20drone-strikes-set-fire-to-sa...">Drone
strikes set fire to Saudi oil hub, field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>NADG (9-15-19). <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">15 hours ago - </span><b><span style="color: #6a6a6a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Drone
attacks</span></b><span style="color: #545454; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck the world's
largest oil processing facility in </span><b><span style="color: #6a6a6a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b><span style="color: #545454; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> and
a major oil field Saturday, ...</span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://mronline.org/author/vijayprashad/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Vijay Prashad</span></a>. <b> “<a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=b931b1f5db&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">How can Sweden be a peace broker for the war in Yemen if it’s also
selling the arms that make it possible?</span></a>”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><i>Globetrotter</i> (9-4-19).<b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Sweden
might have some credibility if it banned weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and
the UAE. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not enough to be moved
by the tragedy in Yemen. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Action is
necessary.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://monthlyreview.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=c13f7efec8&e=ab2f7bf95e" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Source</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://mronline.org/subject/democracy/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Democracy</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/subject/war/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">War</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/geography/sweden/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Sweden</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/geography/yemen/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Yemen</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/category/commentary/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Commentary</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/category/news/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">News</span></a><a href="https://mronline.org/tag/featured/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Featured</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/globetrotter/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Globetrotter</span></a>, <a href="https://mronline.org/tag/independent-media-institute/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Independent Media Institute</span></a>.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://independentmediainstitute.org/globetrotter/"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Globetrotter</span></i></a><i>,
a project of the Independent Media Institute.</i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-transform: uppercase;">PEACEKEEPING AND SECURITY<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>UN Wire (9-4-19)</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt;"><a name="m_-3521213124538732438_AB1C32F7-C28B-462"></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r.smartbrief.com_resp_lLzfCnAstIDipfmrCieGtJCicNyDft-3Fformat-3Dmultipart&d=DwMFaQ&c=7ypwAowFJ8v-mw8AB-SdSueVQgSDL4HiiSaLK01W8HA&r=KmB0UrXHj3G8yoxThoaGaQ&m=MVv_YChF3NxIMnFCSaghGKbVUq3wMDjBjaPW5XH0aQ0&s=9TxrWvi4VB62f0o4zCa-hLFPNfFYNaAeTFbdy0kYgSs&e=" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Report cites US, UK, France for complicity in Yemen war
crimes</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Efforts by the US, the United Kingdom and
France to arm and support a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen could make those countries
complicit in war crimes since the coalition has used civilian starvation as a
tactic of war, according to a report by a panel of United Nations experts.
Investigators have compiled a list of potential war criminals on both sides of
the conflict.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r.smartbrief.com_resp_lLzfCnAstIDipfmrCieGtJCicNyDft-3Fformat-3Dmultipart&d=DwMFaQ&c=7ypwAowFJ8v-mw8AB-SdSueVQgSDL4HiiSaLK01W8HA&r=KmB0UrXHj3G8yoxThoaGaQ&m=MVv_YChF3NxIMnFCSaghGKbVUq3wMDjBjaPW5XH0aQ0&s=9TxrWvi4VB62f0o4zCa-hLFPNfFYNaAeTFbdy0kYgSs&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">The Guardian (London)</span></a> (9/3),</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 6.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r.smartbrief.com_resp_lLzfCnAstIDipfmsCieGtJCicNGlLw-3Fformat-3Dmultipart&d=DwMFaQ&c=7ypwAowFJ8v-mw8AB-SdSueVQgSDL4HiiSaLK01W8HA&r=KmB0UrXHj3G8yoxThoaGaQ&m=MVv_YChF3NxIMnFCSaghGKbVUq3wMDjBjaPW5XH0aQ0&s=fvvA36iRPtbRu66pFRht2IYg7mvLy-GSJk_Bw96-IZY&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Reuters</span></a> (9/3)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 6.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 433.1pt;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">“Good news from Bernie &
Avaaz on ending the Yemen war!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Just Foreign Policy</span></b><b><span style="color: #5f6368; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: .25pt;">info@justforeignpolicy.org</span></b><b><span style="color: #5f6368; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: .25pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: .25pt;"><a href="https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1311182?hl=en" target="_blank"><span style="color: #222222;">via</span></a> mail.salsalabs.net </span></b><b><span style="color: #5f6368; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: .25pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-left: -.75pt; tab-stops: 430.1pt 433.65pt 433.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">9-2-19<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Spread some good news about ending the Yemen war. <br />
</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Dear
Dick,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">In deference to the Labor Day holiday, I’m only going to
share <b><i>good </i></b>news with you today about our campaign to
end the Yemen war on the Pentagon contractor funding bill [the so-called
“National Defense Authorization Act,” or “NDAA”.]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">First of all, the campaign group Avaaz – which claims <b><i>51
million members </i></b>worldwide – sent out a call alert targeting
Democratic leaders Jack Reed, Nancy Pelosi, and Adam Smith, demanding
that <b><i>ALL </i></b>amendments to end the Yemen war that passed
the House are included in the “veto proof” NDAA that is sent to Trump, ending
Saudi-UAE arms deals <b><i>AND </i></b>getting the Pentagon out of
unconstitutional direct participation in the war – a reference to the
Smith-Khanna-Schiff-Jayapal Yemen War Powers Amendment. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Second: the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – which is very influential
among Congressional Republicans - <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FVQ3G4EgawOsT9stcAZ1rgB1Xc8jrQ8Z" target="_blank">sent a letter Friday</a> to Inhofe, Reed, Smith, and
Thornberry on the NDAA conference negotiations, urging them to "reject
partisan provisions that would reduce the ability of the Department of Defense
to support U.S. national security interests while remaining competitive at home
and abroad." The good news for ending the Yemen war on NDAA is that the
Chamber letter did <b><i>NOT </i></b>mention the House-passed
amendments to end the Yemen war, thereby conceding that the House-passed
amendments to end the Yemen war are <b><i>NOT </i></b>“partisan
provisions that would reduce the ability of the Department of Defense to
support U.S. national security interests while remaining competitive at home
and abroad."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Third: Vermont Senator <b>Bernie Sanders</b>, sponsor of
the Sanders-Lee-Murphy Yemen War Powers Resolution to end the war that Congress
passed with <b><i>every Democrat in Congress voting yes</i></b>, <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=twvOtzBAm3PIj0WjRr0CtAB1Xc8jrQ8Z" target="_blank">tweeted</a>: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 30.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">“U.S.
bombs, logistical support, and <b><i>intelligence for the Saudi
dictatorship's airstrikes</i></b> make us complicit in this
nightmare. <b><i>Congress has declared this war unconstitutional.</i></b> We
must now stand up to Trump and <b><i>defund all U.S. involvement </i></b>in
these horrors.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">It could be claimed that I just reneged
on the “only good news” promise because Bernie’s tweet references <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MC%2FXy9YOweZrFXU3Je8YMwB1Xc8jrQ8Z" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">an </span><i><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">AP</span></i><span style="color: windowtext;"> article in the </span><i><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New York
Times</span></i></a> about the <i>latest </i>spectacular Saudi
regime atrocity in Yemen. But here’s the Viktor Frankl half-full way of
looking at it: these U.S.-backed Saudi regime atrocities in Yemen have been
commonplace since Obama & Biden unconstitutionally started the war in March
2015. If we prevail in ending the Saudi regime’s war in Yemen on
NDAA, this could be the <i>last such U.S.-backed Saudi regime atrocity in
Yemen</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Here’s four easy things you can do to help:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Y2z53LLGAvruvMeIAIim0wB1Xc8jrQ8Z" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Share Bernie’s tweet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>2. </span></b></a><b><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ibLOjVwpycb2643%2Fwm7jywB1Xc8jrQ8Z" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Vote in the poll.</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3. <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bn%2FkY8Hgn0LoFh1m2BOu0wB1Xc8jrQ8Z" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Share this post.</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">4. <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PWjmSKpuxQOLz5lUmhmyxQB1Xc8jrQ8Z" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Urge Nancy Pelosi to end the
Yemen war on NDAA</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> by
signing our petition at MoveOn. [Instead, contact Bernie and or any compassionate
politician.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–D]<br />
Thanks for all you do to help U.S. foreign policy become more just,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">OMNI </span></u></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">YEMEN WATCH </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">#1,</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> November 18,
2018<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2018/11/yemen-watch-omni-center.html">https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2018/11/yemen-watch-omni-center.html</a>
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</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">TABLE
of CONTENTS<a name="_Hlk157861516"><br />
</a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157861516;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Introduction<br />
The anthology is arranged in 2 Parts with 4 Topics<br />
Part I Forces of Aggression<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saudi/US War Against Yemen<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>US Mainstream Media in support<br />
Part II Opposition to the Invasion<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Resistance to the War<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is Our Policy Changing?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">OMNI YEMEN WATCH #2, MAY 25, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2019/08/yemen-newsletter-may-25-2019.html"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2019/08/yemen-newsletter-may-25-2019.html</span></a>
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Contents</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">War Makers: War Profiteers, Kane</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Related:</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Stop War with Iran, Chomsky</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">War Power USA Gov: Congress v. Executive,
Miles, WWW</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Bernie Sanders v. Trump’s Yemen Veto</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">[What can you do?]</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">MSNBC Underreports Yemen War</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Examples of Public Struggle to End the
War</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Genocide Scholars, Sam Totten</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>WWW and Letters to Congress</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Revelation 3:16: </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-45166524532272141392024-02-02T09:47:00.003-06:002024-02-02T09:47:43.399-06:00OMNI US DEMOCRACY, JANUARY 6, 2021, INSURRECTION ANTHOLOGY <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">OMNI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">US DEMOCRACY, JANUARY 6, 2021 INSURRECTION
ANTHOLOGY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">February 2, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace,
Justice, and Ecology, Efforts to Assess the Strength of US Democracy Today<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://omnicenter.org/donate">Https://omnicenter.org/donate</a>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">CONTENTS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“Democracy on Trial,” PBS, <i>Frontline<br />
</i>Portside, the Attempted Coup and Democracy. Responses.<br />
Robert Borosage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trump as Symptom of
Plutocracy.<br />
Common Cause v. Gingrich and Republican Anti-Democracy Movement<br />
Monica Cruz.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=5910d57347&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What Are The Lessons From The
Trump-Backed Insurrection Of January 6?</span></a></span><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">”<br />
</span></u><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jeremy Kuzmarov</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=b1d78af644&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Capitol Riot One-Year Anniversary: Was it
a False-Flag Attack?</span></a></span><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">David
Sirota.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.dailyposter.com/how-the-meltdown-became-an-insurrection/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #15212a; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How The Meltdown Became An Insurrection</span></a></span><u><span style="color: #15212a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.” <br />
</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/dana-milbank/"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dana Milbank</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“‘We are closer to civil war than any of us
would like to believe.’</span><u><span style="color: #15212a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> “</span></u><i><span style="color: #15212a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“A Day of Stunning Savagery.”<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">“3 retired
generals: The military must prepare now for a 2024 insurrection.”<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Benjamin Carter Hett.<span style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> <i>The Death of Democracy:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span><i>Hitler's Rise to Power and the
Downfall of the Weimar Republic.</i></span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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30, 2024 / Watch the Trailer ↓ Season 2024: Episode 9 Directed by: Michael Kirk
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #101518; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.vpm.org/shows/frontline/episodes/democracy-on-trial" target="_blank"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 10.5pt;">www.vpm.org</span><span style="color: #5f6368; font-size: 10.5pt;"> › shows › frontline</span><span style="color: #1a0dab;">Democracy on Trial | VPM</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-left: .5in;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Democracy on Trial. Season 2024 Episode
2. The roots of the criminal cases against former President Trump stemming from
his 2020 election loss. Amid the presidential race, examining the House Jan. 6
committee’s evidence, the threat to democracy and the historic
charges against Trump. Aired: 01/29/24.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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House Jan. 6 committee’s evidence, the threat to democracy and the
historic charges against Trump. (a special 2.5-hour
documentary) FRONTLINE:...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #101518; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://weta.org/watch/shows/frontline/democracy-trial" target="_blank"><span style="color: #202124; font-size: 10.5pt;">weta.org</span><span style="color: #5f6368; font-size: 10.5pt;"> › watch › shows </span><span style="color: #1a0dab;">Democracy
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-left: .5in;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Democracy on Trial The roots of the
criminal cases against former President Trump stemming from his 2020 election
loss. Amid the presidential race, examining the House Jan. 6 committee’s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ATTEMPTED COUP AND DEMOCRACY RESPONSES<br />
The MAGA storming of the Capitol is two years old. The attempted coup is still
happening. The reshaping of the Republican Party as an insurrectionary force
and the expansion of armed gangs aim to smash democracy. </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://portside.org/donate"><b><span style="color: #337ab7; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please help us</span></b></a></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to inform, to
mobilize and to inspire the forces of multi-racial, radical, inclusive
democracy to defeat this threat in 2023.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #011F40; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #b3cce7; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Building Resilient
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #02346C; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #b3cce7; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To effectively contend
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Maurice Mitchell unpacks problems our organizations and movements face,
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professional social justice institutions, grassroots activists in local
movements, and fiery young radicals on protest lines are all advancing urgent
concerns about the internal workings of progressive spaces.</span><span style="color: #363636; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 17.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #011f40; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Portside (12-2-22)</span><span style="color: #011f40; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://portside.org/2022-12-01/building-resilient-organizations-toward-joy-and-durable-power-time-crisis?utm_medium=email&utm_source=portside-snapshot"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://portside.org/2022-12-01/building-resilient-organizations-toward-joy-and-durable-power-time-crisis?utm_medium=email&utm_source=portside-snapshot</span></a></span><span style="color: #363636; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 17.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.thenation.com/authors/robert-l-borosage/"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #a39e98; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Robert L. Borosage</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color: #a39e98; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Watergate at 50.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">What We Can Learn From Watergate.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Nation</i> (10.17-24.2022).<b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Fifty years ago, we tried to make
the presidency more accountable. It wasn’t enough to secure democracy.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Bipartisan policies paved the way for
Trump—and regulation and reform alone won’t preserve our democracy.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[Succinct and comprehensive in only a page
and a half.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“While Trump must be held
accountable, he’s a symptom of our democratic decline, not its cause,” which is
the “big money” of “plutocracy.” Dick ] <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Petition: Condemn Newt Gingrich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Common Cause.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dick, former House Speaker and major Trump defender Newt
Gingrich just called the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th
insurrection <b>a “lynch mob” that’s “pursuing innocent people.”</b> [1]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
right: an <i>actual violent mob</i> launched a deadly attack at our
Capitol and built a literal gallows for then-Vice President Pence – but
Gingrich claims that the public servants trying to ensure this can never happen
again are the ones who should “face a real risk of going to jail.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gingrich’s
comments are appalling – and indicative of<b> the far right’s ongoing
efforts to downplay the atrocities that took place last January 6th.</b> We
cannot let these partisan operatives evade accountability and bury the truth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/P8Elou2Rvc0qoMPEUZrMXcOpy_XqN4R2ZGjoK-5zZnkhD3KpPJ2qtCm82VCRPvaZj7al86dLZEeJv4-7BxvTL6EOssi-u0Bacg2kzLietTbTrR3J8i7cZ6g7k2R8y1U0Q9NVLQ_Q4ORRvNHEvQWcUVkZ5mhNGp24G_kFYvOKPi7yu4X4R40IubI3IRaL9j_yL4DOKP7gT_1XuY3rHzthNiytDZlwoRNTQrXzRitb5fEASZvpP8Hc66VsJSLZsmah0OQ6x8hYBYTFuLXXjKUJcz1q5ldKSgC2aeNSV8mtHaSYJyXJ_MKOd1X2m-7bxiNRMOinD-HzMFkAyrtzi8YOp7qUf1rlbYNyaMXpjFo0Qwc/3j0/HRQKyfSBRT6zNIdX40ykTw/h0/NdTIPAlxH9riwWThVRYNAmGoLn8ugl1BGW8GopTYpVs" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4598cc; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Condemn Newt Gingrich’s outrageous comments – and demand that
the House Select Committee investigating the insurrection can do its important
work without obstruction >></span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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MY NAME</span></b></a></span><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gingrich,
who is currently advising GOP congressional leadership ahead of the 2022
midterms, is hardly the only Republican who has tried to minimize the attack.
Last year, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) claimed that a federal investigation into the
riot was “harassing peaceful patriots” – and Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) likened
the invasion of the Capitol to a “normal tourist visit.” [2]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dick,
the fact is: we are up against <b>an authoritarian, anti-democracy
movement</b> – many of whom are relying on the threat of future attacks
like the one on January 6th to back up their brazen attempts to seize power
over the will of voters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
will not let these power-hungry politicians rewrite history.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The events of January 6th showed us just how fragile
our democracy can be – but we can protect it by speaking out and holding anyone
who tries to undermine this country’s bedrock principles accountable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/P8Elou2Rvc0qoMPEUZrMXcOpy_XqN4R2ZGjoK-5zZnkhD3KpPJ2qtCm82VCRPvaZj7al86dLZEeJv4-7BxvTL6EOssi-u0Bacg2kzLietTaRIhPEGAK6XVG6P6Er4Qp81q3iyPvZK69aW_B5qUuPkhWL1u826uTcPhZvhk2VXOWLfuhyQLavpp77Posow0aoIUlfQundCA_4w6NtTEF4OIT3OQ-GNJK57ffcvt66NZ3p6kDHB6Me1kVGrTRXRhQXk_KCaxsZZmy2jjEBWOe0X5YEkFQ9lZLjs-NIA1d6dVw-OKLj04_1JCtXSPdVqOQ3sgCq7yYigK9yQ_DuyUXpM8vgPO_BfZhqXpYrT2R7deI/3j0/HRQKyfSBRT6zNIdX40ykTw/h2/JWuK4ws5G-XmIxIybayPDrPWnRVXFl6XVRVPTnMlxGU" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4598cc; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Add your name to condemn the egregious comments about the
insurrection made by Newt Gingrich and other far-right extremists.</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rep.
Liz Cheney (R-WY), who serves as Vice Chair of the House Select Committee,
tweeted a strong rebuke of Gingrich’s comments, stating: “This is what it looks
like when the rule of law unravels.” [3]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We must, in this high-stakes moment, step up and speak out for our
democracy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With
thanks for all you do,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Devon Nir,
Digital Strategies Manager<br />
and the team at Common Cause<br />
1) </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gingrich-jan-6-committee-jail-1289408/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gingrich-jan-6-committee-jail-1289408/</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
2) </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-lawmakers-claim-trump-supporters-were-the-true-victims-of-capitol-riot" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-lawmakers-claim-trump-supporters-were-the-true-victims-of-capitol-riot</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
3) </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1485332371981406212" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1485332371981406212</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.65pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><a name="_Hlk157694927"></a><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=5910d57347&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157694927;"><span style="color: #007c89; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What Are The Lessons From The Trump-Backed
Insurrection Of January 6?</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157694927;"><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157694927;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Monica Cruz, Peoples
Dispatch</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Popular
Resistance.org (1-9-22).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>year ago today, a <b>fascist mob</b> took over
the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C., stunning the country and the
entire world. Called to action by Donald Trump and instigated by his false
accusation that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him, the
mob stormed the building and briefly stopped the certification of the
electoral college votes. The attack would not have been possible without
collusion from high-level military, police and security officials. Yet, none of
them have been brought to justice. At the same time, Congress formed a special
committee on January 6th which has no... </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=671189a131&e=4d433b2cbc" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-more-</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><a name="_Hlk157743680"></a><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=b1d78af644&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157743680;"><span style="color: #007c89; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Capitol Riot One-Year Anniversary: Was it a
False-Flag Attack?</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157743680;"><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157743680;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By
Jeremy Kuzmarov,</span></i></span><i><span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=7041dd5ae9&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CovertAction Magazine</span></a></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, <i><span style="background: white;">Jan 06, 2022 06:00 am</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amateurish planning, delayed police response and presence of
agent provocateurs in crowd offers indication that Deep State was behind it.</span></b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<br />
On January 6, 2021—one year ago today—a mob of pro-Trump supporters laid siege
to the U.S. Capitol, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=94e928325b&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">causing more than $30 million in property damage</span></a></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and as many as seven deaths.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At that time, a Joint Session of Congress was convening to
perform its constitutional obligation to count the electoral votes for
President and Vice President and officially announce the results of the 2020
election, which the rioters viewed as illegitimate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Upon entering the building, they disrupted the Joint Session of
Congress, vandalized, and stole property, ransacked offices, and threatened the
lives of elected leaders such as Vice President Mike Pence, who sanctioned the
election result, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who had been branded as
“the devil.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since those events, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=6ae61f725d&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">719 people have been charged with crimes, and 129 rioters have
entered guilty pleas</span></a></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<sup>[1]</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In November, <i>Fox News</i> host Tucker Carlson
caused a stir when he hosted a documentary series, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=4818b6ddcc&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Patriot Purge”</span></a></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> that branded the Capitol riots as a “false-flag” terrorist
attack. […]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The post </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=fb19e83a8a&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Capitol Riot One-Year Anniversary: Was it a False-Flag Attack?</span></a></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> appeared first on <a href="https://covertactionmagazine.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=290d7f9f719af49a4fc45a1b5&id=7041dd5ae9&e=defe989410" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">CovertAction Magazine</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="_Hlk157743777"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">David Sirota.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157743777;"></span><a href="https://www.dailyposter.com/how-the-meltdown-became-an-insurrection/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157743777;"><span style="color: #15212a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How The Meltdown Became An Insurrection</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157743777;"><u><span style="color: #15212a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”</span></u></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157743777;"><u><span style="color: #15212a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157743777;"><i><span style="color: #15212a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157743777;"></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://www.dailyposter.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #15212a; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The
Daily Poster</span></a></span></i><i><span style="color: #15212a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">06
Jan 2022</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.dailyposter.com/how-the-meltdown-became-an-insurrection/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #15212a; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">View online →</span></a></span><u><span style="color: #15212a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today is the one-year anniversary of the January 6 riot,
which was the violent crescendo of a </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Meltdown-Podcast/B09J733SQR" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">generation-long
meltdown</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> that exploded in the aftermath
of the 2008 financial crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amid all the solid reporting about the details of that day —
who plotted it, who participated in it, who supported it — the larger context
of the mayhem is almost never mentioned, because to mention it is to raise
uncomfortable questions about the roots of right-wing authoritarianism, and
spotlight what kind of soil allows those roots to sprout into bloodshed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Republican Party is now a </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.dailyposter.com/corporations-kept-bankrolling-the-campaign-against-voting-rights/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">corporate-sponsored insurrection</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> creeping through right-wing media, state legislatures,
and Congress.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Democrats’</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
stunned, deer-in-headlights reaction to that insurrection’s January 6th riot —
and the belated fears about the end of democracy — only underscore that they
remain totally out of touch with the political environment their party was
complicit in creating. Their shock also illustrates how oblivious they are to
the erosion of democracy that’s been going on for a half century.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Loss Of Faith In Government<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At its core, the January 6th
insurrection was the weaponized manifestation of virulent anti-government
sentiment in a putatively democratic country where a majority has not trusted
its own government for two decades, according to the </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/05/17/public-trust-in-government-1958-2021/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pew Research Center polls</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. That anti-government sentiment on display during last
year’s riot wasn’t spontaneous — a quick trip back in time in a
flux-capacitor-powered Delorean shows it was cultivated by both politics and
reality over the last four decades.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let’s remember: The ideological crusade against government
has always been a part of American politics. But it really began </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2012/09/01/160438753/how-government-became-a-dirty-word" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">coalescing</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in
modern form in the late 1970s when conservative demagogues, moguls, and
business interests began building a movement to demonize public institutions —
and to insist as Ronald Reagan did that “the nine most terrifying words in the
English language are, ‘I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.’”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When these right-wing forces gained power, they enacted
policies that turned their ideology into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Tax cuts
for the wealthy starved government institutions of resources, and when those
hobbled agencies then delivered worse services, Republican politicians cited
those failures to justify even more budget-starving tax cuts, privatization,
and deregulation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Conservatives tilled this bumper crop of anti-government
resentment in soil made fertile by a liberal establishment that was at the time
discarding the proven political formula of Franklin Roosevelt. He became the
Democratic Party’s most popular president because he understood that delivering
economic gains for the working class is not merely good and moral policy, but
also the only way to preserve democracy. As he said, a government that refuses
to deliver those gains will create a population willing to “sacrifice liberty
in the hope of getting something to eat” (and one of his first acts as
president was </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/marching-on-history-75797769/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">quelling</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> a
potential insurrection by supporting help to aggrieved veterans).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In conjunction with Reagan’s ascent, more and more
Democratic politicians abandoned this New Deal formula of delivering help to
voters and then being rewarded in elections by those same voters. Instead,
modern-day Democrats shoved aside a beleaguered labor movement in pursuit of
corporate campaign cash, figuring they could help Republicans kick voters in
the face, and then just try to buy reelection with corporate donors’ money.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The pillars of neoliberalism — tax cuts, corporate-written
trade deals, financial deregulation, budget austerity, and privatization — soon
became a bipartisan affair.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bill Clinton, the first Democratic president after the
Reagan era, proudly </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/WH/New/other/sotu.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">declared</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> that
“the era of big government is over,” and then launched a crusade to</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/22/clinton-signs-welfare-to-work-bill-aug-22-1996-790321" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> slash welfare</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.lawcha.org/2016/11/23/bill-clinton-remade-democratic-party-abandoning-unions-working-class-whites/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">help capital</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.axios.com/richard-trumka-clinton-obama-biden-unions-4de0d284-e399-4fbd-9b29-dbcbd6c8991d.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">crush unions</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877351_1877350_1877322,00.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">deregulate Wall Street</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.govexec.com/federal-news/1998/10/clinton-signs-privatization-bill/4725/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">privatize government services</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and pass the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) —
the latter of which </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w29525" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">prompted</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> culturally conservative working class voters to
abandon the party in droves, according to new research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[See Jeremy Kuzmarov.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Warmonger: How Clinton’s Foreign Policy
Launched the US Trajectory from Bush II to Biden (2023).]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">George W. Bush picked up where Clinton left off, and
then </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOO5S4vxi0o" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">turned
the volume up to 11</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> with the
Iraq War — a disaster defined by such epic lies, mismanagement, and theft that
it thoroughly discredited the entire political (and media) class. The Hurricane
Katrina debacle further underscored the idea of government as unable — or
worse, unwilling — to fulfill its most basic responsibilities. During Bush’s
tenure, polls showed a </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/05/17/public-trust-in-government-1958-2021/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">mind-boggling 40-point drop</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in Americans’ faith in their government.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then came the financial crisis and the presidency of Barack
Obama, in what now looks like a last-chance opportunity — a fleeting moment to
use a massive election mandate to resurrect <b>Roosevelt’s New Deal</b>
formula, reverse the neoliberal deregulation that fueled the emergency, and
really deliver for a ravaged working class.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Instead, Obama fortified the policies that created the
crisis in the first place. Regulations were aesthetically polished but not
fundamentally changed. Bailouts were quickly delivered to the Wall Street
donors whose banks were firing up a foreclosure machine. Meanwhile, millions of
people thrown out of their homes were given some meager health insurance </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/physiciansfoundation/2014/03/26/a-look-back-at-how-the-president-was-able-to-sign-obamacare-into-law-four-years-ago/?sh=28598a45526b" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">subsidies</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, a
few nice speeches about “hope,” and the </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://thehill.com/news/senate/195144-senate-dems-plead-with-obama-to-abandon-social-security-cut" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">prospect</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> of
Social Security cuts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
Predictable Riot<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To be sure, there were some public
sector successes in the last 40 years. Yes, infrastructure was built and
important scientific research was subsidized. Yes, most medicinal innovations
were </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/115/10/2329" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">funded</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> by the public (and then </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.dailyposter.com/youre-being-gouged-on-medicine-you-already-paid-for/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">privatized and profiteered</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> by politically connected drugmakers). And yes, the
government miraculously helped make a lifesaving vaccine available to everyone
in America who wants one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But overall, the government was not addressing eminently
solvable economic problems that have been enriching a handful of billionaires
while making life miserable for millions of people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As <b>economic inequality</b> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/its-been-almost-a-100-years-since-the-americas-1-had-so-much-wealth-2019-02-11" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">grew</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to levels
not seen since the before the Great Depression, the topline message to millions
of Americans over decades has been clear: Despite saccharine campaign speeches
to the contrary, and despite some begrudging policy improvements at the margins,
governmental leaders have been telling us that they are at best uninterested in
aiding most people unless it enriches their donors. More often, they are
actively hostile to helping anyone other than the rich and powerful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Though blue-no-matter-who liberals don’t like to discuss it,
the <b>Obama</b> administration’s alliance with Wall Street in the aftermath of
the financial crisis was the inflection point solidifying distrust in
government, providing a political opportunity for not just Trump but for his
entire movement that ultimately tried to torch the Capitol on January 6th.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As Trump’s consigliere Steve Bannon </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/08/steve-bannon-on-how-2008-planted-the-seed-for-the-trump-presidency.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">said</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: “The legacy of
the financial crisis was <b>Donald J. Trump</b>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s not an overstatement nor a shocker: </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2688897" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Comprehensive research</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> shows
that in the last 150 years, such financial crises and weak responses in the
industrialized world have almost always been followed by an assault on
democracy by right-wing authoritarian movements whose anti-government arguments
find even more purchase among voters who blame public institutions for the
emergencies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The insurrection</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> was
the American version of that global phenomenon — and it followed a Trump term
that was performance art for public sector incompetence. The
businessman-president seemed completely uninterested in the actual job, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-30/u-s-billionaires-got-1-trillion-richer-in-trump-s-first-term" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the rich got richer</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/article/less-coverage-higher-costs-trumps-administrations-health-care-legacy/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fixable crises got worse</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and governmental corruption was not only rampant, but
cartoonishly explicit — a signal that graft once considered scandalous is now
considered just regular “government.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Though he was literally the head of that government, Trump
cynically blamed most of the grotesquerie on government (and by extension the
obsequious political press) — from the “deep state” to the </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-condemns-cdc-lack-coronavirus-testing-blames-obama-n1157671" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Centers for Disease Control</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/23/trump-governors-2020-328085" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">state governments</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
Come election day, he and his cronies effectively </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-threats-georgia/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">blamed</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> his
election loss on an alleged government conspiracy to steal the election,
knowing that an ever larger share of the public was already alienated from its
institutions and therefore pre-primed to believe any anti-government argument
at all, no matter how absurd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hence, when egged on by Trump and a right-wing
misinformation machine, some of the hardest of hard core of those believers
amassed at the Capitol ready to burn the government down — literally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It’s hardly a surprise that </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol-riot-defendants-shared-history-of-financial-probelms-wapo-2021-2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">many of the</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> disgruntled
rioters had faced recent financial hardship, which no doubt many blamed on —
you guessed it! — the government. It’s even less surprising that </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/01/03/jan-6-rioters-white-older" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">many other rioters</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> were
economically well off and considered “mainstream” rather than fringe militia
types — showing that anti-government sentiment had been normalized and spread
to Republicans’ golf-and-tennis crowd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Nobody
Elected Him To Be FDR”<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Acknowledging this context is not to
defend the violence or sympathize with its motives — it is simply to recognize
that <b>neither Trump’s cabal nor January 6 are anomalies</b>. They are
villainous characters and horrifying events in a larger parable that unfolds
when for decades a government stops governing and democracy is routinely
defiled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Preventing the next insurrection or something worse, then,
is not just a retrospective investigatory or law enforcement matter about a
single January day that will live in infamy. It must also be a forward-looking
political project — one that <b>Democrats </b>seem to either not understand or
not care about.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Up to now, Democrats have spotlighted the <b>January 6
Commission’s</b> revelations about Trump’s </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/10/trump-powerpoint-mark-meadows-capitol-attack" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">coup</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> attempt,
and they have touted their party’s </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.dailyposter.com/the-decades-biggest-political-deadline/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">half-hearted promise</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to
protect voting rights — a promise simultaneously undermined by their steadfast
refusal to end the filibuster.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Democrats have coupled this pro-democracy theater with
high-profile betrayals of the working class — from </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.dailyposter.com/lessons-from-todays-doomed-effort/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">dropping a $15 minimum wage</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to ending the expanded child tax credit, to </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/democrats-student-debt/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">refusing to eliminate student debt</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, to killing </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/27/politics/paid-leave-falls-out-of-biden-agenda/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">paid family and sick leave proposals</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in the middle of a pandemic. Most recently, Biden’s
spokesperson </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/mkarolian/status/1467959999645298697" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">scoffed</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> at the idea of delivering free COVID tests to people’s
homes, Biden’s consultants </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.dailyposter.com/the-biden-consultants-working-to-sink-his-agenda/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">aided Big Pharma’s efforts</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to kill promised drug-pricing legislation, and Biden’s
White House is promising </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/05/politics/omicron-covid-relief-package/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">no more stimulus legislation</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, no matter how much worse the pandemic gets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sure, there have been some successes — unlike Obama using
his election mandate to give a handful of bankers a giant bag of cash, Biden’s
first COVID relief bill actually </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.dailyposter.com/the-american-rescue-plans-money-cannon/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">delivered some tangible benefits</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to millions of Americans. But the benefits were a
temporary reprieve. There has been no permanent structural change of the
economy to alleviate any of the increasingly impossible challenges of surviving
in America, from exorbitant health insurance bills to predatory rents, to the
prospect of elder poverty. Indeed, there hasn’t even been a real public <i>attempt</i> at
such structural changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As a </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/5392/trust-government.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">recent
Gallup poll</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> shows trust in government
further cratering under <b>Biden</b>, Democrats’ theory seems to be the
opposite of <b>Roosevelt’</b>s truism — they seem to believe that a working
class facing unending precarity would never dare “sacrifice liberty in the hope
of getting something to eat,” and that simply screaming about the end of what’s
left of democracy is a winning formula.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Democratic Rep. Abby Spanberger perfectly summarized these
beliefs when she recently declared that "Nobody elected (Biden) to be FDR,
they elected him to be normal and stop the chaos” — as if “stopping the chaos”
has absolutely nothing to do with delivering FDR-like help to millions of angry
people struggling to survive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In this dominant Democratic ideology, “democracy” and
“normalcy” are ends unto themselves that enough Americans will supposedly be
motivated to defend. And who knows, maybe they will. Maybe we really are living
in a <i>West Wing</i> episode where high concepts like
self-government alone can win the day as a syrupy soundtrack swells with
patriotic music.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But maybe not. Maybe the trouble is that in absence of
effective government, more and more Americans see “democracy” alone as a weak
lifestyle brand or worse — a ruse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the last two decades, they’ve seen a former president’s
Supreme Court appointees hand the White House to that president’s son after he
lost the national election.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They’ve seen senators representing a tiny minority of the
country routinely use the filibuster to block bills supported by the vast
majority of the country, as Democrats do nothing — choosing instead to defend
arcane rules and the Senate as an institution. They’ve seen corporations and
billionaires buy elections, legislation, and </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.dailyposter.com/how-dark-money-bought-a-supreme-court-seat/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Supreme Court seats</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ve seen the Fourth Estate — a pillar of
any functioning democracy — become a megaphone for the same corporations buying
the elections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ve seen senators
from the poorest states become </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/us/politics/manchin-billionaires-tax.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2a89b9; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">loyal shills for the richest oligarchs</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ve seen the
opposite of what happened after America voted out Herbert Hoover and Roosevelt
delivered the New Deal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ve seen
their votes for politicians deliver little more than inaugural parties, vapid
appeals to our better angels, donor enrichment schemes masquerading as public
policy — and then reelection campaign ads promising that progress is somehow
still out of reach but just over the horizon, as long as you send a bit more
cash to your preferred political party.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What they haven’t seen - and are still not seeing - is a
robust attempt to combat anti-government nihilism by creating a government that
is serious about the public interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Until they do, the insurrection is likely to continue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><a name="_Hlk157743860"></a><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/dana-milbank/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157743860;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dana Milbank</span></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157743860;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. </span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157743860;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“‘We are closer to civil war than any of us
would like to believe,’</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> new study says.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>12-17-21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Listen
to Dana Milbank read his column. Produced by Julie Depenbrock.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
If you know people still in denial about the crisis of American democracy,
kindly remove their heads from the sand long enough to receive this message: A
startling new finding by one of the nation’s top authorities on foreign civil
wars says we are on the cusp of our own.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Barbara F. Walter,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
a </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://gps.ucsd.edu/faculty-directory/barbara-walter.html" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">political
science professor</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> at the University of California at
San Diego, serves on a CIA advisory panel called the Political Instability Task
Force that monitors countries around the world and predicts which of them are
most at risk of deteriorating into violence. By law, the task force can’t
assess what’s happening within the United States, but Walter, a longtime friend
who has spent her career studying conflicts in Syria, Lebanon, Northern
Ireland, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Rwanda, Angola, Nicaragua and elsewhere,
applied the predictive techniques herself to this country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Her
bottom line: “We are closer to civil war than any of us would like to believe.”
She lays out the argument in detail in </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">her
must-read book, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Civil-Wars-Start-Stop/dp/0593137787" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“How
Civil Wars Start,”</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> out in January. “No one wants to
believe that their beloved democracy is in decline, or headed toward war,” she
writes. But, “if you were an analyst in a foreign country looking at events in
America — the same way you’d look at events in Ukraine or the Ivory Coast or
Venezuela — you would go down a checklist, assessing each of the conditions
that make civil war likely. And what you would find is that the United States,
a democracy founded more than two centuries ago, has entered very dangerous
territory.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Indeed,
the United States has already gone through what the CIA identifies as the first
two phases of insurgency — the “pre-insurgency” and “incipient conflict” phases
— and only time will tell whether the final phase, “open insurgency,” began
with the sacking of the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters on Jan. 6.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Things
deteriorated so dramatically under Trump, in fact, that the United States no
longer technically qualifies as a democracy. Citing the Center for Systemic
Peace’s </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.systemicpeace.org/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Polity” data set</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> — the one the
CIA task force has found to be most helpful in predicting instability and
violence — Walter writes that the United States is now an </span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“anocracy,”</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
somewhere between a democracy and an autocratic state.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">U.S.
democracy had received the Polity index’s top score of 10, or close to it, for
much of its history. But in the five years of the Trump era, it tumbled
precipitously into the anocracy zone; by the </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.systemicpeace.org/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">end of his presidency</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
the U.S. score had fallen to a 5, making the country a partial democracy for
the first time since 1800. “We are no longer the world’s oldest continuous
democracy,” Walter writes. “That honor is now held by Switzerland, followed by
New Zealand, and then Canada. We are no longer a peer to nations like Canada,
Costa Rica, and Japan, which are all rated a +10 on the Polity index.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dropping
five points in five years greatly increases the risk of civil war (six points
in three years would qualify as “high risk” of civil war). “A partial democracy
is three times as likely to experience civil war as a full democracy,” Walter
writes. “A country standing on this threshold — as America is now, at +5 — can
easily be pushed toward conflict through a combination of bad governance and
increasingly undemocratic measures that further weaken its institutions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Others
have reached similar findings. The Stockholm-based <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance</b> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/22/united-states-backsliding-democracies-list-first-time/?itid=lk_inline_manual_16"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">put </span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the
United States on a list of “backsliding democracies” in a report last month.
“The United States, the bastion of global democracy, fell victim to
authoritarian tendencies itself," the report said. And a new </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="http://brightlinewatch.org/tempered-expectations-and-hardened-divisions-a-year-into-the-biden-presidency/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">survey </span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">by
the academic consortium <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bright Line
Watch</b> found that 17 percent of those who identify strongly as Republicans
support the use of violence to restore Trump to power, and 39 percent favor
doing everything possible to prevent Democrats from governing effectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How the Capitol attack unfolded, from inside Trump's rally
to the riot | Opinion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Early on Jan. 6, The Post's Kate Woodsome saw signs of
violence hours before thousands of President Trump's loyalists besieged the
Capitol. (Joy Yi, Kate Woodsome/<i>The Washington Post)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
question now is whether we can pull back from the abyss Trump’s Republicans
have led us to. There is no more important issue; democracy is the foundation
of everything else in America. Democrats, in a nod to this reality, are talking
about abandoning President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda in favor of
pro-democracy voting rights legislation. <b>Republicans</b> will fight it tooth
and nail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
<b>enemies of democracy</b> must not be allowed to prevail. We are on the
doorstep of the “open insurgency” stage of civil conflict, and Walter writes
that once countries cross that threshold, the CIA predicts, “sustained violence
as increasingly active extremists launch attacks that involve terrorism and
guerrilla warfare, including assassinations and ambushes.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It
is no exaggeration to say the survival of our country is at stake.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Susan Dominus and Luke Broadwater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The Capitol Police and the Scars of Jan. 6.”
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The New York Times Magazine.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Excerpted in “A Day of Stunning Savagery,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Week</i> (Jan. 21, 2022).<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Paul D. Eaton. Antonio M. Taguba, and Steven M.
Anderson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a name="_Hlk157744100">“3
retired generals: The military must prepare now for a 2024 insurrection.”</a></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157744100;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>12-17-21<b> </b></span><u><span style="color: #202124; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.xn--com%20%20opinions%20%202021-vn6ooa/12/17%20%20Opinion%20%7C%20Retired%20generals:%20The%20military%20must%20prepare%20now%20for%20...">www.washingtonpost.com ›
opinions › 2021/12/17<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Opinion | Retired generals: The military must prepare
now for ...</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dec 17, 2021 · </span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Paul D. Eaton is a retired U.S.
Army major general and a senior adviser to
VoteVets. Antonio M. Taguba is a retired Army major
general, with 34 years of active duty service. Steven...<br />
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2021/12/31 › 1068930675<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Retired general
warns the military could back a coup after ...</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dec 31, 2021 </span><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">· </span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As the anniversary of the insurrection at the
U.S. Capitol approaches, three retired U.S. generals have warned that
another insurrection could occur after the 2024 presidential election<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Clouds of tear gas are seen as supporters of President
Donald Trump storm the Capitol on Jan. 6. (Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington
Post) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yesterday at 5:05 p.m. EST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Paul
D. Eaton is a retired U.S. Army major general and a senior adviser to </span></i><a href="https://votevets.org/"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">VoteVets</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
Antonio M. Taguba is a retired Army major general, with 34 years of active duty
service. Steven M. Anderson is a retired brigadier general who served in the
U.S. Army for 31 years.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
we approach the first anniversary of the </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/jan-6-insurrection-capitol/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">deadly insurrection</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
at the U.S. Capitol, we — all of us former senior military officials — are
increasingly concerned about the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election
and the potential for lethal chaos inside our military, which would put all
Americans at severe risk.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
short: We are chilled to our bones at the thought of a coup succeeding next
time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One
of our military’s strengths is that it draws from our diverse population. It is
a collection of individuals, all with different beliefs and backgrounds. But
without constant maintenance, the potential for a military breakdown mirroring
societal or political breakdown is very real.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
signs of potential turmoil in our armed forces are there. On Jan. 6, a
disturbing number of veterans and active-duty members of the military took part
in the attack on the Capitol. More than 1 in 10 of those charged in the attacks
</span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/28/politics/capitol-insurrection-veterans/index.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">had a service record</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. A group of 124 retired military
officials, under the name “Flag Officers 4 America,” released a letter </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/15/former-military-leaders-criticized-election-administration-that-hurts-militarys-reputation/?itid=lk_inline_manual_9"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">echoing Donald Trump’s false attacks</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
on the legitimacy of our elections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recently,
and perhaps more worrying, Brig. Gen. Thomas Mancino, the commanding general of
the Oklahoma National Guard, </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/11/17/vaccine-mandate-oklahoma-national-guard/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">refused an order</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
from President Biden mandating that all National Guard members be vaccinated
against the </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">coronavirus</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Mancino
claimed that while the Oklahoma Guard is not federally mobilized, his commander
in chief is </span><a href="https://coffeeordie.com/oklahoma-guard-vaccine/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the Republican governor of the state</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
not the president.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
potential for a total breakdown of the chain of command along partisan lines —
from the top of the chain to squad level — is significant should another
insurrection occur. The idea of rogue units organizing among themselves to
support the “rightful” commander in chief cannot be dismissed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How the Capitol attack unfolded, from inside Trump's rally
to the riot | Opinion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Early on Jan. 6, The Post's Kate Woodsome saw signs of
violence hours before thousands of President Trump's loyalists besieged the
Capitol. (Joy Yi, Kate Woodsome/The Washington Post)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Imagine
competing commanders in chief — a newly reelected Biden giving orders, versus
Trump (or another Trumpian figure) issuing orders as the head of a shadow
government. Worse, imagine politicians at the state and federal levels
illegally installing a losing candidate as president.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All
service members take an oath to protect the U.S. Constitution. But in a
contested election, with loyalties split, some might follow orders from the
rightful commander in chief, while others might follow the Trumpian loser. Arms
might not be secured depending on who was overseeing them. Under such a
scenario, it is not outlandish to say a military breakdown could lead to civil
war.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
this context, with our military hobbled and divided, U.S. security would be
crippled. Any one of our enemies could take advantage by launching an all-out
assault on our assets or our allies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
lack of military preparedness for the aftermath of the 2020 election was
striking and worrying. Trump’s acting defense secretary, Christopher C. Miller,
</span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-jan-6-riot-national-guard-capitol/2021/05/11/9a1b5c18-b29f-11eb-a980-a60af976ed44_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_21" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">testified</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> that he
deliberately withheld military protection of the Capitol before Jan. 6. Army
Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reportedly </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/14/peril-woodward-costa-trump-milley-china/?itid=lk_inline_manual_21"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">scrambled</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to ensure the nation’s nuclear
defense chains were secure from illegal orders. It is evident the whole of our
military was caught off-guard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With
the country still as divided as ever, we must take steps to prepare for the
worst.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First,
everything must be done to prevent another insurrection. Not a single leader
who inspired it has been held to account. Our elected officials and those who
enforce the law — including the Justice Department, the House select committee
and the whole of Congress — must show more urgency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But
the military cannot wait for elected officials to act. The Pentagon should
immediately order a civics review for all members — uniformed and civilian — on
the Constitution and electoral integrity. There must also be a review of the
laws of war and how to identify and deal with illegal orders. And it must
reinforce “unity of command” to make perfectly clear to every member of the
Defense Department whom they answer to. No service member should say they
didn’t understand whom to take orders from during a worst-case scenario.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
addition, all military branches must undertake more intensive intelligence work
at all installations. The goal should be to identify, isolate and remove
potential mutineers; guard against efforts by propagandists who use
misinformation to subvert the chain of command; and understand how that and
other misinformation spreads across the ranks after it is introduced by
propagandists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finally,
the Defense Department should war-game the next potential post-election
insurrection or coup attempt to identify weak spots. It must then conduct a
top-down debrief of its findings and begin putting in place safeguards to
prevent breakdowns not just in the military, but also in any agency that works
hand in hand with the military.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
military and lawmakers have been gifted hindsight to prevent another
insurrection from happening in 2024 — but they will succeed only if they take
decisive action now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THE OVERTHROW OF THE
WEIMAR REPUBLIC: SOME PARALLELS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><a name="_Hlk157744184"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Benjamin Carter Hett.<span style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> <i>The
Death of Democracy:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span><i>Hitler's
Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Henry Holt, 2018.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>St.
Martin’s Griffin paperback, 2019.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>304.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">A riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the
failures of the Weimar Republic and the shortsightedness of German politicians
allowed it to happen.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<br />
Why did democracy fall apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s?
How did a democratic government allow Adolf Hitler to seize power? In <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Death of Democracy</span></i>, Benjamin Carter Hett answers
these questions, and the story he tells has disturbing resonances for our own
time.<br />
<br />
To say that Hitler was elected is too simple. He would never have come to power
if Germany’s leading politicians had not responded to a spate of populist
insurgencies by trying to co-opt him, a strategy that backed them into a corner
from which the only way out was to bring the Nazis in. Hett lays bare the
misguided confidence of conservative politicians who believed that Hitler and
his followers would willingly support them, not recognizing that their efforts
to use the Nazis actually played into Hitler’s hands. They had willingly given
him the tools to turn Germany into a vicious dictatorship.<br />
<br />
Benjamin Carter Hett is a leading scholar of twentieth-century Germany and a
gifted storyteller whose portraits of these feckless politicians show how
fragile democracy can be when those in power do not respect it. He offers a
powerful lesson for today, when democracy once again finds itself embattled and
the siren song of strongmen sounds ever louder.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Named "Book of the
Week" by CNN's <i>Fareed Zakaria GPS<br />
</i>Named a Best Book of the Year by <i>The Daily Telegraph (UK) </i>and <i>The
Times </i>of London</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<br />
“[An] extremely fine study of the end of constitutional rule in Germany. . . .
With careful prose and fine scholarship, with fine thumbnail sketches of
individuals and concise discussions of institutions and economics, . . .
[Benjamin Carter Hett] sensitively describes a moral crisis that preceded a
moral catastrophe.” <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">-- Timothy Snyder, <i>The
New York Times Book Review </i>(Editor's Choice)</span></b><br />
<br />
"At a time of deep distress over the stability of democracy in America and
elsewhere, Benjamin Carter Hett's chronicle of the collapse of the Weimar
Republic and the rise of Adolf Hitler could not be more timely. '<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Death of Democracy'</span></i> makes for chilling
reading." -- <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Roger Lowenstein, <i>The Washington Post<br />
<br />
</i></span></b>"If this is an oft-told and tragic tale, Hett's brisk and
lucid study offers compelling new perspectives inspired by current threats to
free societies around the world. . . . It is both eerie and enlightening how
much of Hett's account rings true in our time." -- <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">E. J. Dionne Jr., <i>The Washington</i> <i>Post</i></span></b><br />
<br />
“Particularly instructive. . . . a penetrating study of how Nazism overtook the
Weimar Republic. Hett never mentions Trump; the societal parallels are, of
course, far from exact. But his account carries a troubling ? and clearly
intentional ? resonance.” -- <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Richard North Patterson, <i>Huffington
Post</i></span></b><br />
<br />
“With <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">a wealth of telling detail, a keen eye for human character, and a
talent for gripping narrative</span></b>, Benjamin Hett analyses the end of the
Weimar Republic and the inauguration of the Nazi regime. It is <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">a chilling and warning tale</span></b>, for he shows that Hitler’s
victory was by no means inevitable. Rather, it was the result of human folly,
greed, selfishness and, on the part of those who invited him, an unwillingness
to confront the true meaning of Nazism and a willful insistence that they could
use Hitler.” <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">—</span></i><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Margaret MacMillan</span></b>,
author of <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914</span></i><br />
<br />
"Intelligent, well-informed... intriguing. Hett provides a lesson about
the fragility of democracy and the danger of that complacent belief that
liberal institutions will always protect us." -- <b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Times </span></i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">(London)</span></b><br />
<br />
“Fascinating. . . . Readable and well-researched.” -- Nicholas
Shakespeare, <b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Daily Telegraph</span></i></b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><br />
</span></i><br />
"Intelligently written. . . . a <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">fast-paced narrative enlivened
by vignette and character sketches</span></b>. . . . Hett reminds us that
violence was at [fascism's] core. But he also insists that Hitler did not
prevail because Weimar was doing badly. On the contrary, it was doing
remarkably well in tough conditions: the end came because conservative elites
thought they could use the Nazis for their own purposes and realised their
mistake too late." -- <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Mark Mazower, <i>Financial
Times<br />
</i></span></b><br />
"Hett also reminds us that Hitler was deliberately enabled by conservative
elites, especially business leaders and military commanders, who wanted the
electoral votes of the Nazi movement and were willing to overlook its excesses
to achieve their goals. . . . Hitler was also enabled by a disaffected public
‘increasingly prone to aggressive myth-making and irrationality.’ . . . At no
point does Hett mention any current political figure by name, but <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">his warning is nonetheless loud, clear, and urgent</span></b>.”
-- <b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Booklist</span></i></b><br />
<br />
“How did Adolf Hitler, an obvious extremist, con a nation into backing him?
This historical essay answers the question, to often unsettling effect. . .
. <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">A provocative, urgent history with significant lessons for today</span></b>.”
-- <b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Kirkus Reviews</span></i></b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><br />
</span></i><br />
"Persuasively challenges familiar arguments that the rise of Nazi Germany
was an inevitable consequence of abstract forces. . . [A] <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">page-turning </span></b>account."--<b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Publishers Weekly</span></i></b><br />
<br />
“<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">A brilliant account of the twentieth century’s great political
catastrophe</span></b>: the Nazi capture of power. Full of <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">arresting</span></b> images and ideas, this gripping new book
charts the rise and fall of the first German republic, and the unlikely victory
of Adolf Hitler. A timely reminder of the fragility of democracy and the
dangers of extreme nationalism.”--<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Nikolaus Wachsmann</span></b>,
author of<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps</span></i><br />
<br />
“The story of how Germany turned from democracy to dictatorship in the fifteen
years following World War I is not a simple one. But the moral lessons are
exceptionally clear. Benjamin Carter <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Hett honors that complexity</span></b> in
this account while <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">never straying from the path of
moral clarity</span></b>. <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">An outstanding accomplishment.</span></b>”--<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Rick Perlstein</span></b>, author of <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Nixonland </span></i>and <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Invisible Bridge<br />
</span></i><br />
“Benjamin Carter Hett is <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">one of the few historians who
is able to think out of the box and knows how to tell a story well</span></b> –
without simplifying it. His new book tackles one of the most interesting
questions in German history: How was it possible that an educated and developed
country like Germany could fall for Adolf Hitler?”<br />
--<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Stefan Aust</span></b>, editor of <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Die Welt</span></i>,
former editor of <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Der Spiegel</span></i>, and author of <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Baader-Meinhof Complex</span></i><br />
<br />
“<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Death of Democracy</span></i> is a <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">thought-provoking new look</span></b> at the collapse of
German democracy in 1930-34 with <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">a clear and careful emphasis</span></b> on
those individuals who operated behind the scenes to bring Hitler to power.
Benjamin Carter Hett also offers insight into the steps Hitler took to
consolidate his power.”<br />
--<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Gerhard L. Weinberg</span></b>, professor emeritus of history,
University of North Carolina<br />
<br />
“Histories of Nazi Germany can be overwhelming. <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Death
of Democrac</span></i>y is carefully focused on the conditions and cynical
choices that enabled Nazism, in just a few years turning one of the world’s
most advanced and liberal societies into a monstrosity. Its author is
also <b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">that rarity, a specialist who writes lucidly and engagingly</span></b>.
In this post-truth, alternative-facts American moment, <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Death of Democrac</span></i>y is<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> essential reading</span></b>.”
--<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Kurt Andersen</span></b>, author of <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire, A 500-Year History</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/author/benjamincarterhett"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: blue; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Benjamin Carter Hett</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Benjamin Carter Hett</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is the author of <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The Death of Democracy</span></i>, <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Burning the Reichstag</span></i>, <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Crossing
Hitler</span></i>, and <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Death in the Tiergarten</span></i>.
He is a professor of history...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Further reading:<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Lucida Sans";">US DEMOCRACY ANTHOLOGY #4, <br />
<a href="http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2017/05/democracy-newsletter-4.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2017/05/democracy-newsletter-4.html</span></a>
<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ECONOMIC
INEQUALITY/POVERTY USA, AND SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE ANTHOLOGY
#2,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>November 13, 2022<br />
<a href="https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/11/omni-economic-inequalitypoverty-usa-and.html"><span style="color: windowtext;">https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/11/omni-economic-inequalitypoverty-usa-and.html</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(nos. 3-6 in preparation)<br />
CLIMATE URGENCY, CLIMATE EMERGENCY ANTHOLOGY, #1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DECEMBER 17, 2019.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2019/12/omni-climate-emergency-newsletter.html">https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2019/12/omni-climate-emergency-newsletter.html</a>
(nos 2 and 3 in preparation) <br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">CULTURE OF WAR Anthology #2,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>August 19, 2013.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>{Plutocracy, Corporations-Pentagon-Congress-White
House-Mainstream Media-Empire Complex}<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2013/08/military-corporate-congressional.html">http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2013/08/military-corporate-congressional.html</a>
<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">REFUGEES, ASYLUM ANTHOLOGY #5, June
28, 2016 <a href="http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2016/06/omni-refugee-newsletter-2.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2016/06/omni-refugee-newsletter-2.html</span></a>
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(additional
numbers in preparation)<br />
FEAR, NATIONAL SECURITY STATE, ANTHOLOGY #5, January 25, 2019.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2019/01/fear-and-us-national-security-state.html"><span style="color: windowtext;">https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2019/01/fear-and-us-national-security-state.html</span></a><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;">SOVIET/RUSSOPHOBIA
ANTHOLOGY #2, MARCH 3, 2023. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/03/omni-sovietrussophobia-anthology-2.html"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;">https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/03/omni-sovietrussophobia-anthology-2.html</span></a></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MORE on Trump, Biden, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-9416658574420832562024-01-30T11:39:00.001-06:002024-01-30T11:39:35.280-06:00OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #162, JANUARY 31, 2024 <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, <b>#162,</b> <b>JANUARY
</b>31, <b>2024</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> . </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Compiled by
Dick Bennett.</span></b><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Amiko",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Amiko",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Bulletin of the
Atomic Scientists: </span></i><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Amiko",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">90
Seconds to Midnight,<br />
John LaForge. The New </span><b><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Amiko",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">B61-13</span></b><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Amiko",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Nuclear Weapon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #505050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">A Moment of
Historic Danger: It’s Still 90 Seconds to Midnight!<br />
</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #505050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">On Jan. 23, the </span><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/dSCQfi9FLISmU3ZE3bfPhpiXWAh6ECmWRMMRHHYb13tSchLhglKEbS806nIwWS45hojJt4MwpkYUWEseOu5PvW3XmP0ONdoPVA8y6-k_KbGTjwG3ZA8fuTDcwKK14vPftzdieOutn-eZUzK_nQZUECM6FH3fMJ3bCmMpoWOXcqqjT5uz6B_aYCv4q9TLEBI3LIAD6hwP9ANsqovz5HWfokxCdIYfU1nmnqqb8fbOd-fle8qo4R-2N1OemEGsFoGYUwMnAXzkbqETGGGKcevCOakSdPihe0eKucFgnT8DAdo/43f/vQ5kh7SGQaaQYznZz7tiGw/h6/0wn_sK1JYIgtfu8Sm2Rl6lcpzmBlLTfB_C7hVg3EkdI" target="_blank"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration-line: none;">Doomsday
Clock was reset at 90 seconds to midnight</span></b></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #505050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, still the closest the Clock has ever been to midnight. In
their announcement, The <i>Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists</i>, stewards
of the Doomsday Clock, emphasized that the Clock could be turned back, but
governments and people need to take urgent action. A variety of global threats
cast menacing shadows over the 2024 Clock deliberations, including: the
Russia-Ukraine war and deterioration of nuclear arms reduction agreements; the
Climate Crisis and 2023’s official designation as the hottest year on record;
the increased sophistication of genetic engineering; and the dramatic advance
of generative AI which could magnify disinformation and corrupt the global
information environment making it harder to solve the larger existential
challenges. <b><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/dSCQfi9FLISmU3ZE3bfPhpiXWAh6ECmWRMMRHHYb13tZpgRGTxfcT5C5OIAamQs0FnlAmCtN0jyDsqqvDXfAd45Es4vWqec1UpevtSquFO3FEnALUPqULqckUax0v8p2HNuR4QU8ZrDxFJKtJci0nN5vEW11kGi6oMKGXYUB7Wkntyi1J6vJH1OOkxhzrckz3kpC2Kz9Mx-1Z-INzqwESraR_yAP-XoPkPpsmztGJ8IN8EoYWA2LSBOdJqZJhxfgco-ns3oaXKPONimSO5dtoQ/43f/vQ5kh7SGQaaQYznZz7tiGw/h7/-T3qDhE10YKLuzYLEH1f-cbUA3hcFimXAd6jC0TpxWE" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Watch the announcement; read more</span></a>.</b></span><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Amiko",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .25in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Amiko",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><u><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.msn.xn--com%20%20en-us%20%20news%20%20what%20is%20the%20b61-13-fo56ala/?%20Pentagon%20pursues%20nuclear%20weapon%2024%20times%20power%20of%20Hiroshima%20...">www.msn.com ›
en-us › news What is the B61-13?
Pentagon pursues nuclear weapon 24 times power of Hiroshima ...</a></span></u><span style="color: #101518; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oct 31, 2023 · </span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">WASHINGTON, DC: The
Pentagon has unveiled plans for a groundbreaking nuclear weapon, </span><b><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the B61-13</span></b><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, with a staggering
24 times the destructive power of the atomic bomb dropped on
Hiroshima….<br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;">A
succinct denunciation of this insane overkill is John LaForge’s article
“B61-13: Biden Orders Yet Another New H-Bomb.”</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;">
</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;">Nukewatch Quarterly</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;"> (Winter 2023-24). (I could not find the
article online;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;">see what you can do; I
read it in my paper copy.) What can we as individuals do?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;">Disseminate his article to your fullest
ability, including to all AR congressional reps, Christian ministers, city and
state leaders.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;">The Pentagon plan needs
Congressional authorization, “ which is nearly axiomatic when nuclear weapons
spending is proposed.”</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;">Let’s help John
and Nukewatch try to break that mindless chain; choose a niche and stay with it.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12pt;">--Dick</span> </p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-28067332522021145542024-01-28T11:56:00.002-06:002024-01-28T11:56:54.704-06:00OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #163, JANUARY 29, 2024. <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk157335123"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">OMNI CLIMATE MEMO
MONDAYS, #163, JANUARY 29, 2024.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157335123;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Dick Bennett</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157335123;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157335123;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">UCS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fossil-Fueled Forest Fires <br />
Books, Organizations, Individuals v. the Climate Emergency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1.5pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://secure.ucsusa.org/a/2023-stop-fossil-fueled-forest-fires" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1a0dab; font-family: Roboto; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Stop Fossil-Fueled Forest Fires - secure.ucsusa.org</span></a></span><span style="color: #101518; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">A groundbreaking new study by </span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">the Union of Concerned Scientists</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> shows that fossil fuel producers, such as Chevron and
ExxonMobil, are responsible for 37 percent of the total area burned by
forest fires since the mid-1980s in the western United States and
southwestern Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Two of the many <b>new books</b> on Climate:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Michael Gunter, Jr.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Climate Travels:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How Ecotourism Changes Mindsets and Motivates
Action.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Columbia UP, 2023.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Rob Verchick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i>The Octopus in the Parking Garage: A Call for Climate Resilience.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Columbia UP, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">And <b>new organizations:</b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Climate Resistance</span><span style="color: #1a0dab; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/6d59ccce9f1e2342/Documents/%0dclimatedefiance.org%20%20%20https:/www.climatedefiance.org"><o:p></o:p></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/6d59ccce9f1e2342/Documents/%0dclimatedefiance.org%20%20%20https:/www.climatedefiance.org">climatedefiance.org<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>https://www.climatedefiance.org</a></span></span><span style="color: #767676; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 2;"><a href="https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=c441650b0e543933JmltdHM9MTcwNTEwNDAwMCZpZ3VpZD0yYzdlMTdlNy1lYzA5LTY1NzktMTJiMS0wNGM5ZWQ3YzY0MzkmaW5zaWQ9NTE5NQ&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=3&fclid=2c7e17e7-ec09-6579-12b1-04c9ed7c6439&psq=climate+defiance&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2xpbWF0ZWRlZmlhbmNlLm9yZy8&ntb=1" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #1a0dab; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Climate Defiance</span></b></a><b><span style="color: #71777d; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="border: solid #ECECEC 1.0pt; color: #666666; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: solid #ECECEC .75pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Web</span><b><span style="color: #767676; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Climate Defiance is a movement of
young people who use mass-turnout, peaceful direct action to force their
political leaders to act on climate change and other social justice issues.</span></b><span style="color: #71777d; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> They blockaded the White House Correspondents Dinner
and aim to end fossil …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Declare Emergency<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.declareemergency.org/takeaction"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Take Action</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.declareemergency.org/donate"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Donate</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.declareemergency.org/events"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Events</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><a href="https://www.declareemergency.org/contact"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Contact</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: "var(--heading-font-font-family)",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Resolute nonviolent climate action<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/forms/risk-arrest-post-adampeter-special-event-sept?source=website"><span style="border: solid windowtext 2.25pt; color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">click here to join an action!</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://youtu.be/1BDmIis9STE"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Billions
of people will starve to death in the coming decades</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, as elites fill our
atmospheric “gas chamber” with fossil fuels for power and profit. Our food
systems will break down. </span><a href="https://earth.org/for-every-1c-rise-in-temperature-a-billion-people-will-endure-insufferable-heat/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Billions
will be forced out</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> of their homes and countries. This means war, starvation, slaughter, and
rape on a global scale. And the collapse is coming here, too.The science is
clear: the use of fossil fuels must end, immediately, if we hope to survive.
Instead of leading the transition, our government gambles our future on
unproven technologies and hopeful thinking… while quietly continuing to fund
and faciliate the fossil fuel death project. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is genocidal. This is criminal. This is
insane. We come together and offer resolute non-violent resistance
to the fossil fuel madness of the present moment. We still have two to three
years in which we can avert the worst consequences of the climate catastrophe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">What will you do in these two to three years?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: text1;">And <b>heroes:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Stephen Donziger, “the crusading attorney
who’s been fighting a bare-knuckle legal battle against Chevron for more than a
decade”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aaron Gell, “Campaign Season Is
Heating Up, So’s the Planet.: (Jan-Feb 2024).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-52057224752333340752024-01-27T15:51:00.003-06:002024-01-27T15:51:56.162-06:00OMNI MERCHANTS OF DEATH WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL January 27, 2024<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">OMNI<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MERCHANTS OF DEATH WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">January 27, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace,
Justice, and Ecology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://omnicenter.org/donate"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Https://omnicenter.org/donate</span></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">See
also anthologies on International Tribunal on US Imperialism, Military
Industrial Complex, Culture of War, Militarism, Individual US Wars, and more<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CONTENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brad Wolf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“War for Profit”: From WWI to WWII to War
Crimes Tribunal 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kathy Kelly, Nick
Mottern, Brad Wolf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">"Come War Profiteers, Give Account."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>November 10-13, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Col. Wilkerson, “Next
Evidentiary Video.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Tribunal's investigation
of the U.S. war on Afghanistan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TEXTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From WWI to WWII to War Crimes Tribunal 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">MAY 9, 2023</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">“”<a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/09/war-for-profit-a-short-history/"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 23.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">War for Profit: A Short History</span></b></a></span><b><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 23.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">.”</span></u></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 23.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">BY</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/author/brad-wolf/"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">BRAD WOLF</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The first page of the edition of the Domenica
del Corriere, an Italian paper, with a drawing by Achille Beltrame depicting
Gavrilo Princip killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo. –
Public Domain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The senseless slaughter of World War I began
with the murder of a single man, a Crown Prince of a European empire whose name
no one was particularly familiar with at the time. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.worldwar-1.co.uk/archduke-franz-ferdinand/"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Archduke
Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria</span></a></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> was the presumptive heir to the
Austrian-Hungarian empire in June of 1914.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His assassin was a young Bosnian Serb student
and the murder of the Crown Prince set off a cataclysmic series of events
resulting in the deaths of over 20 million people, half of whom were civilians.
An additional 20 million people were wounded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Entire generations of young men from England,
France, Russia, Austria, and Germany were lost. National economies were ruined.
In economic terms, World War I caused the greatest global depression of the
20th century. Debts by all the major countries (except the USA) haunted the
post-war economic world. Unemployment soared. Inflation increased, most
dramatically in Germany where hyperinflation meant that a loaf of bread
costs </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z9y64j6/revision/5"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">200
million marks</span></a></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">World War I ended a period of economic
success. Twenty years of fiscal insecurity and suffering followed. It is
thought that veterans returning home from World War I brought with them the
Spanish Flu, which killed almost one million Americans. The war also laid the
groundwork for World War II.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Was it simply the murder of the Crown Prince
that caused a world war or were other factors at work? Why did the United
States get involved in a European conflict, particularly when an overwhelming
number of Americans were against the United States being involved?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Despite major public opposition to the war,
Congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of it: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/america-enters-world-war-i"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">373
to 50</span></a></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> in the House of
Representatives, 82 to six in the Senate. The politicians defied the wishes of
the people they were supposed to represent. What happened? Was something else
driving their votes?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">J.P. Morgan and Company was one of the largest
investment banking firms in the world. J.P. Morgan himself was the official
business agent in the United States for the British government and the main
contact for Allied </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://caucus99percent.com/content/how-wall-street-bankers-got-us-wwi"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">loans</span></a></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> during the war. Similarly, E.I. du Pont
Company was the largest chemical firm in America. These two phenomenally
wealthy and powerful companies along with other US manufacturers, including US
weapons manufacturers, were closely aligned with President Woodrow Wilson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When World War I began, JP Morgan had </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://caucus99percent.com/content/how-wall-street-bankers-got-us-wwi"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">extensive
loans</span></a></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to Europe which
would be lost if the allies were </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/25783813-peter-palms/4550806-role-of-j-p-morgan-in-providing-loans-to-england-and-france-in-world-war-i-souring-of-loans"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">defeated</span></a></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Du Pont and other US weapons manufacturers
stood to make astronomical profits if the United States entered the war.
Historian Alan Brugar wrote that for every soldier who died in battle, the
international bankers made a profit of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://caucus99percent.com/content/how-wall-street-bankers-got-us-wwi"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">$10,000</span></a></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. As J.P. Morgan wrote to Wilson in
1914, “The war should be a tremendous opportunity for America.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When the war concluded and the dead and
wounded were counted, suspicions grew in the United States that nefarious
business interests had propelled US involvement into the great slaughter.
Investigative reporting and congressional hearings were initiated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 1934 a book written by Helmuth Engelbrecht
called </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/merchantsofdeath0000unse"><i><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Merchants of Death</span></i></a></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> became a best seller. The book exposed the unethical
business practices of weapons manufacturers and analyzed their enormous profits
during World War I. The author concluded that “the rise and development of the
arms merchants reveals them as a growing menace to World Peace.” While not the
only reason for the US entering the war, it became clear the Merchants of Death
lobbied both Congress and the President for war.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The American public was incensed. In 1934
almost 100,000 Americans signed a petition opposing increased armament
production. Veterans paraded through Washington DC in 1935 in a march for
peace. And </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://americanswhotellthetruth.org/portraits/major-general-smedley-butler/"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Marine
Major General Smedley Butler</span></a></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, two-time Medal of Honor winner, published his book <i>War
is a Racket</i>, claiming he had been “a high-class muscle man for big
business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer; a
gangster for capitalism.” His book too became a bestseller.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The growing wave of public outrage led Senator
Gerald Nye to initiate </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://guides.bpl.org/Congress/Nye"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">congressional hearings</span></a></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> investigating whether US corporations,
including weapons manufacturers, had led the United States into World War I. In
two years, the Nye committee held 93 hearings and called more than 200
witnesses to testify, including JP Morgan and Pierre S. DuPont.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The committee conducted an extensive
investigation searching the records of weapons manufacturers. They uncovered
criminal and unethical actions including bribery of foreign officials, lobbying
the United States government to obtain foreign sales, selling weapons to both
sides of international disputes, and the covert undermining of disarmament
conferences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> “The committee listened daily to men
striving to defend acts which found them nothing more than international
racketeers, bent upon gaining profit through a game of arming the world to
fight itself,” Senator Nye declared in an October 1934 radio address.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Senate Nye Committee recommended price
controls, the transfer of Navy shipyards out of private hands, and increased
industrial taxes. Senator Nye suggested that upon a declaration of war by
Congress, taxes on annual income under $10,000 should automatically be doubled
and higher incomes should be taxed at 98%. A journalist wrote at the time, “If
such policies were enacted, businessmen would become our leading pacifists.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The American public was outraged at the
committee’s findings and so created some of the largest peace organizations the
country had ever known. Committed to staying out of all future European wars,
American college campuses in the 1930s had thousands of students taking </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_and_Country_debate"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">oaths</span></a></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">swearing they would never fight in a foreign
war.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Farmers, laborers, intellectuals, ministers,
people from all walks of life declared they would never again participate in a
war fought to increase the profits of corporations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And then, business fought back. They lobbied
those in Congress to cut off funding for the Nye committee, which they soon
did. A smear campaign was orchestrated against Senator Nye. The
committees’ days were numbered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the end, the Nye Committee demonstrated
that “these businesses were at the heart and center of a system that made going
to war inevitable. They paved and greased the road to war.” With World
War II, the Military Industrial Complex would explode and come to dominate
American economic and political life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today, the Merchants of Death thrive behind a
veil of duplicity and slick media campaigns. They have assimilated mainstream
media and academia into their conglomerate. But their crimes are clear, and the
evidence is overwhelming. Wherever they go, suffering and death, war crimes and
atrocities, profits and stock buybacks follow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ninety years after the original Merchants of
Death hearings, </span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the 2023 </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://merchantsofdeath.org/"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Merchants Death War Crimes Tribunal</span></a></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">will hold United States weapons manufacturers accountable for
aiding and abetting the United States government in the commission of war
crimes and crimes against humanity. This Tribunal will shine a light on those
who profit from war and will seek to end their bloody franchise. Let this time
be the last time. We may not have another chance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brad Wolf is a former prosecutor, professor,
and college dean. He is the Executive Director of Peace Action Network of
Lancaster and writes for numerous publications.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://merchantsofdeath.org/<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk157261595"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Come War Profiteers, Give Account"<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157261595;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">November 10-13, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157261595;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.75pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 11.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: #55595c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We render you, corporations obsessed with
war profiteering, accountable; answerable!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="color: #55595c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- Cornel West, Merchants of Death War Crimes
Tribunal Member.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal will
hold accountable — through testimony of witnesses — U.S. weapons manufacturers
who knowingly produce and sell products which attack and kill not
only combatants but non-combatants as well. These manufacturers may have
committed Crimes Against Humanity as well as violated U.S. Federal criminal
laws. The Tribunal will hear the evidence and render a verdict.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">About the Tribunal<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal (November 10-13, 2023)</b> will
hold accountable — through testimony of witnesses — U.S. weapons manufacturers
who knowingly produce and sell products which attack and kill not only
combatants but non-combatants as well. These manufacturers may have committed
Crimes Against Humanity as well as violated U.S. Federal criminal laws. The
Tribunal will hear the evidence and render a verdict.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">To reach the largest possible
audience and to maximize international participation, the testimonies of the
witnesses for the Tribunal will be video-recorded throughout the upcoming year
as investigative teams identify witnesses and elicit their testimony. This will
include testimonies from the victims of war, military and weapons analysts,
lawyers, journalists, and moral philosophers and theologians.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">These recorded testimonies will
then be presented to the Tribunal and a world-wide audience (via the internet)
during the weekend of November 11, 2023. The opening session with the Tribunal
members will be live (and livestreamed) providing an opportunity to introduce
each Tribunal member, review the purpose of the Tribunal, the charges at issue,
and the naming of the defendants. Similarly, the final session of the weekend
will be live with Tribunal members discussing the evidence and offering their
opinions and recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Teams of college and university
students led by their professors and lawyers will conduct many of the
aforementioned video interviews around the world. We will ask corporate
directors of weapons manufacturers to sit for recorded interviews. A video
library of these testimonies will be assembled over the course of the next
year. The video testimonies will then be reviewed by lawyers and analysts to
select those that are most pertinent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">By presenting prerecorded videos of
the witnesses rather than live testimonies, we will create a structured and
unique presentation of the evidence to the Tribunal. Technical interruptions
and other delays during the Tribunal will be minimized. Additionally, the
gathering of video evidence can begin soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">An outline of the presentation is
as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Opening comments
by the Tribunal.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Session 1 –
Testimonies of victims of war harmed by United States weapons.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Session 2 –
Testimonies from experts regarding the types and destructive power of
weapons that have caused the harm described by the witnesses in Session 1.
This will include, where possible, video of tests of these weapons showing
their destructive power.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Session 3 –
Testimonies from experts on the specific manufacturers of the weapons
used, the amount of weapons produced and sold to the United States and
abroad, the cost of such weapons and the profits resulting.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Session 4 –
Testimonies from experts regarding lobbying practices, advertising and
other methods used by weapons manufacturers to influence Congress and the
public, not only in the purchase of weapons but also to influence United
States warmaking policy.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Session 5 –
Testimonies from philosophers, theologians and others regarding the
morality of weapons manufacturers engaged in the conduct presented and the
impact of their conduct within the United States and globally.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">These five sessions will be
followed by discussion and recommendations by Tribunal members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Meet the Organizers<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h2 style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Kathy Kelly<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="profile-content" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Kathy Kelly, a peace activist and
author, made over two dozen trips to <b>Afghanistan</b> from 2010 – 2019,
living with young Afghan Peace Volunteers in a working class neighborhood in
Kabul. She learned about conditions in Afghanistan through encounters with
mothers and children, many of whom were directly affected by war. With <b>Voices
in the Wilderness</b> companions, from 1996 - 2003, she traveled 27 times to <b>Iraq,</b>
defying the economic sanctions and remaining in Iraq throughout the Shock and
Awe bombing and the initial weeks of the invasion. Kathy has been an educator
for most of her life, but she believes children of war and those who are
victims of violence have been her most important teachers. She is board
president of <b>World BEYOND War</b> and a co-coordinator of the <b>Ban Killer
Drones</b> campaign. (www.bankillerdrones.org)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal;">Nick Mottern<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="profile-content" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Nick Mottern is Co-coordinator with
Kathy Kelly of BanKillerDrones.org and is an organizer of the Merchants of
Death War Crimes Tribunal, which will be holding hearings in November 2023. He
is a member of the national board of Veterans For Peace. He is also a reporter,
whose work has appeared on Truthout, Common Dreams, Counterpunch and on other
websites, and he is a researcher and organizer who has worked for the U.S.
Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Bread for the World and
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. While with Maryknoll he coordinated, with Jerry
Herman, of the American Friends Service Committee, the Africa Peace Tour, an
educational tour that brought Africans to the U.S. to speak about apartheid and
U.S. military involvement in Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal;">Brad Wolf<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="profile-content" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Brad Wolf is a lawyer, former
prosecutor, professor, and community college dean. He is cofounder of Peace
Action Network of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, an affiliate of Peace Action and a
partner of World BEYOND War. Brad is a full-time activist for peace and justice
and his writings have been published in The Progressive, Common Dreams,
Counterpunch, Antiwar.com, Consortium News, and Dappled Things. He recently
authored a book on Philip Berrigan's collected writings entitled "A
Ministry of Risk."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Weapons Manufacturers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Take action locally by printing </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://merchantsofdeath.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/General-Subpoena-Tribunal-.docx"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the subpoena</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://merchantsofdeath.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Contempt-citation.docx"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">contempt
citation</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and delivering them to
any of the four corporations (Boeing, Raytheon, General Atomics, and Lockheed
Martin) that may have offices in your area. Take pictures of your nonviolent
action delivering the subpoena/contempt citation and </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:tribunal23@merchantsofdeath.org"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">email</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> them to us to post.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Senator </b>to Testify as a Witness before the Tribunal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://merchantsofdeath.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Subpoena-to-testify.docx"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Download the
subpoena</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, which compels a
witness to testify, and serve it on your local congressman or senator. Type in
the name of your local congressmember or senator on the blank line, and deliver
it. Plus, don’t forget to take pictures of your nonviolent action delivering the
subpoena and </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:tribunal23@merchantsofdeath.org"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">email</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> them to us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hello Dick,<br />
This new video evidentiary episode of the Merchants of Death War Crimes
Tribunal provides what may be the most dramatic and damning testimony
ever given by a United States military official.<br />
<br />
Retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (U.S. Army) was Chief of Staff to
Secretary of State Colin Powell. In dramatic testimony, Col. Wilkerson
exposes the corruption of the Military Industrial Complex and how it
has hijacked U.S. foreign policy to create Endless War, huge profits
for weapons makers, and caused the United States to be far less safe
and secure in the world.<br />
<br />
Col. Wilkerson's testimony is explicit and among the most compelling
this Tribunal has collected. <b>The link to watch this video
evidence is here</b>: </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/ZsYp6Jc2ATNP3MkVzvte6PhlE-la13V4QY0mWSkxHt-DmzzIs3T-8-_IdBS9kzXvOphtDdQPx-sEZrmi64fy_McHUuxbfHbD7_KqbkFMSbKKKkdpqL6xl9I_slUlEuodTPMzL3AwpHu8zpPmhrUkYc9Xa9D54R_EhPzqjDjZ2h1HjF5mBEyskN4OnBDh8rr8nwQ8vqi8VIFY7RMPNmnuZnVm9ldb_AXP49MqbfJZer9msKF0lCLlL3K0Gv99llgBOnqV0fM_dmvQn34EkJx93QmIyux3z5jDj7cCCGVVwUOvkzY-8bEtC4EMHm-iHwXbRy3dIAK4TpwC1IRSrirMey12XKrosVH_mcTyukk6RiB9n6tXHnU21JugL6jhMKb4S5YofaE1YU169rxHdtEMqw/41v/TjG4t6D-RV2PNB3Nx1jPcA/h1/FbosmkEAJBEFYHCMUrJpZR0YgHB85uxne8aQ76IkJj8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://rumble.com/v3zfbx7-empire-of-war-interview-with-col.-lawrence-wilkerson.html</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<i>Please share this video link with friends and colleagues</i>. Form
discussion groups around all video evidence of the Tribunal. The link
for previous video episodes of the Tribunal is here: </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/ZsYp6Jc2ATNP3MkVzvte6On8u88FlSi981lCWEkhJiFey8pzbODxv4WH7IsB7-v21Jd_xx68uE5ty6jIjmvci8x9L7cYTlgmcW7x_1hknw8k5C68vkM5Kj1mg1b3wp2bWNVRMSt5eHh6oUMk9yqotPTMpn-fewScBGxPHzgYrm1uocRqnyoHekX0VoGMmfUnNyjg9TMZebF16CA8-tmTzPqXdT3uLZSue7QO2v1XdltNuU3jYCIj4dDP5ArYzfhTUFO6gb_o68TZOi78HPTEICBlA3mo9QP7X-rzu6SgfhVbqMNtBlq9f94fOzw0XleITZXcTfRCY5Pc3d9Iyu9r9Q/41v/TjG4t6D-RV2PNB3Nx1jPcA/h2/YA6ol9C0nfl2CaPppJqIU-KrPKnbio76sQ1Hm0yOmkM" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://rumble.com/user/merchantsofdeath</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<b>Encourage friends to sign up to receive future video segments of
evidence here</b>: </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/P8Elou2Rvc0qoMPEUZrMXcOpy_XqN4R2ZGjoK-5zZnkcvWAxZR4R8WNuLEF40E3qoYsS7dYaVULCVA11PUWP-QK8H7VGT8OQRPeGJKIexCH9ISMC9F317tfpy3tWKSWDDFADe14qnfMeAUGaVVODyP1bZZ8MCGXXygmXL4Xt6ShCdiRJmPhhIPU2C6MRtJME2P_Iscf1a4__7y0XHjlS1AooTo3r6BJL0D8ra855APouqGsHitlPFB45shJkHRIKqtVjAsDn9xgtze8RnWx_K9J4pbmA0IwAlgoAoTjdQJf2rfBRc-Rs4GqvvA2YKc4EpX8JkFN4fdwFiEXUejoWqk-rNQqoJ2yLFihwzN77f8WM1UOHLLEXNThSCtcgQNFf0xWFIPNa6k2iTgU-aAU5oT4i0eO0us3WQyK15FXOlJ8/41v/TjG4t6D-RV2PNB3Nx1jPcA/h3/L1-Zn0KDt3pOHnW7Swr-xRax5YkAPQjX8_MUKj5CZzc" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-for-emails-from-the-merchants-of-death-war-crimes-tribunal?clear_id=true</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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You can watch the meetup discussion of </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">December 3</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> where nonviolent action items to take
in your community were discussed as well as a review of the evidence.
That recording can be found here: </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/ZsYp6Jc2ATNP3MkVzvte6KpkACRtLFLGe15Y35Fdv5ax4TLX-hCqLomNdrAq7OOvZ6fjRyOMbZa60XTiYu68owNdzVKp4xZuXA81lfvJjcQbeUtXCYS2DI5Hfqd2gwCkbTIrHZadngV0CX-8tXyua_PTqTaR4EgewFfJSpar1G8Bw2erpru2jAx1eLcLrOGGxE7goGQZF40x2Vtu3SxnveS5Sm1T8lE-jJc9le-l4MYYj-JkMuJQn_tuEsPFp0db87fD3aFvVNee6J-ny8IGBMaiNerE4zrDP3McHP4GCs6gHesOSowjVgj4OTet5g7uXMlw2_XMYIhtafGQv4Yfn9CsMD3k2wJOgBVBlWrS-0OaG8OFCg-0hw7NMNPkXzB3/41v/TjG4t6D-RV2PNB3Nx1jPcA/h4/agPumPSQqIPhPNQkhYgC8DrjNoD8S-35O5DStZFC8Qc" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://rumble.com/v3zjbam-action-and-evidence-meetup-december-3-2023.html</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. And </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/CMxF4nARlf6wAFa1PSfv0t6Ke6oybIu7rip7-lZ0cixSSNLHmeg3kgosSsSuVWUYhli3m0dXQSx8DGL-QzYzPzvXo7QhQ_QsTxhkahqb44VsrxVBEgeygGiQm-DtuSKMFPAqXSmemyDvpq0L00_hR7B1QWqp6b-TJCKQk_Ev3Q0G9ZbpqbFCePl6q3H3ascd46GoCQ8ACcPHAtIJzAKevsHc4onikdaH1dTVE3d7ZPvTSl4hzd3OtZcpGQvi1FN3xgiFacZtaiU5JqPD7en98JzVVgij0KvjQeTApLR1ZPMIPWWbSCp4p-up1scwVD5Q6mOsssWTQRXUisz6TvAyTTwCubOpJimbTccqDGU7fcLYBhQKoU2z8hIm-g_WJeMs6AGF5JQy8_WcAYNCvjohPw/41v/TjG4t6D-RV2PNB3Nx1jPcA/h5/DIx59TinNJpO86k7SqSz2amWIxJ5Tjn87lG4MgAzaHc" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">here is the chat</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> from the December 3 meetup.<br />
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Lastly, do not forget to place on your calendar the <a name="_Hlk157262678">next meetup session of the Tribunal scheduled
for <b>Saturday</b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157262678;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, December 30</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157262678;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> at 2:00pm Eastern Time </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157262678;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to discuss the evidence and share thoughts about action
plans. You can register for the meetup here: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157262678;"></span><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/P8Elou2Rvc0qoMPEUZrMXcOpy_XqN4R2ZGjoK-5zZnkxIBRXdAovHH0mPeTm7Bq3SKIdFx5fkfia8ySWnPQE56KCn9L9mLhG7RkS_HySRnWNHo8CODVhiwKSEhYScd3i6RkNvzCdvzMC72zW76QKt7oXHrivzAsH00mOz6Wae_u4atp-n5ERcrbOD2kUxcojvvSxBtlEbrCdvxj9KKyYc07IWRMvph4bJIxJO6JcUqYkgAK4wM7cCR8IZ__Ex_uWTUcuUAh_8S_px6ch45rSuDYZQMrVJXP6OmISSp4JywC6BwiW26m_EulxthaHcJEhte_fb6YqGfrRlaaNFzrB9SOsZMnNOfj_bQoNCHN_8WU/41v/TjG4t6D-RV2PNB3Nx1jPcA/h6/Yq4nQafLWku6MnOYcrmu9UE40E7Bbn8J1aorO08zpQ0" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157262678;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://actionnetwork.org/events/december-30-meetup?clear_id=true</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157262678;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We look forward to seeing you on
Saturday, December 30 at 2 PM Eastern Time.<br />
Brad Wolf, Kathy Kelly, and Nick Mottern<br />
Organizers, Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Tribunal will hold accountable -- through testimony of witnesses --
U.S. Weapons manufacturers who knowingly produce and sell products
which attack and kill non-combatants. These manufacturers may have
committed Crimes Against Humanity as well as violated U.S. Federal
criminal laws. The Tribunal will hear the evidence and render a
verdict.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/tTBUZwcBH_2q13Ow12s-ja0Zum1bmHfJdWchiE3aaN_-1WvNHP64cZIwJafiCMI2lJbcuekguqZkqpoECDoq66ZcAdVXYg0N0NioFwgS4M3BfxMvpN0hCP1K31AvQ_MP72kc5qhpiPmbfQ2aWVh3csEcx6ynFz8-xKYMReispMEEE_ADUpP6ineOQmByq2xGCMX1PxCnO-RCr3nT1xLk_1B5mZuSLnBVxWANYBkca7zYik47sW2FBnOp6FvaEnAyzMu0r6GC6QIo7W9TZig83ykokWx2A_C04VU6bW1MnVWuUVG24P5R3MrVnBJxJdbCuWC-xv6BptO4FYLcuuQhpg/41v/TjG4t6D-RV2PNB3Nx1jPcA/h7/wXoPG5DHEA4dkMJKADDsGBnvzBwfD3ogFRcoPkoo_hM" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Donate to support the Tribunal.</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Hello
Dick,<br />
The new video episode of the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal concludes
the </span><a name="_Hlk157262088"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Tribunal's investigation of the U.S. war on
Afghanistan</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157262088;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">with a focus on the last
attempts by U.S. Presidents to bomb the Afghans into submission. It is a tragic
story of a military empire using massive weapons in a doomed attempt to force
its will upon an indigenous people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The
link for this video evidence is here: </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/ZsYp6Jc2ATNP3MkVzvte6PPCWJ86Qaxl3mUZYZQcRLmOQ029Lzbm7birCxQXAz8mSNOPVtLrM38N7gmiGtOp50aJRtifV5hVvPoj4qQfNciaMAjuTSihZ70sTeQWSoerMayYVxWvi24MImwRb145WFRw0k9wYz2kBJUAPn4kDEWfahYaJRX2D85HnSPJpZh_NmkgohstRAeMHKqstwmXNS0wr4FgIt5mnrSF1NjHKVM6vu9TNGBY3docnRcie_pqjQf3V491-Q2g3iAT3was1tcErRkHZJ0egYZH4IyAKBc-PoaqPvnpgU6JT4z2EsF2aznsgXASA2vUmfshrsx1f6Ckc4dJvYen3QrjWz8TZzgv083pcPmT5rPzG5O7lsgYJDcvKO6Q3Rc25DKxmpYJ8hyYM0ci9TPWpcJz1AAyThc/438/MSsOIW5OTEyxc3XSA0MYBg/h1/1OByF0FmGAq9e89It4RmvfVhTqCC_F3sWz8mOaU2KWc" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://rumble.com/v48fjpk-the-final-bombing-campaign-of-afghanistan.html</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><em><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Please share this video link with friends and
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solidarity, Brad Wolf, Kathy Kelly, and Nick Mottern<br />
Organizers, Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The
Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal will hold accountable -- through
testimony of witnesses -- U.S. Weapons manufacturers who knowingly produce and
sell products which attack and kill non-combatants. These manufacturers may
have committed Crimes Against Humanity as well as violated U.S. Federal
criminal laws. The Tribunal will hear the evidence and render a verdict.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/tTBUZwcBH_2q13Ow12s-ja0Zum1bmHfJdWchiE3aaN_-1WvNHP64cZIwJafiCMI2258zSD9iyesy3ySEeyIEBNTVbnML1TaI8pwcl6lDjSWmTH0_nqgFw2j9URE1SVMAutyx4d4C1OoDx9ke5rqaNxAJ7ZtM_RMVDn_SHL22qU-TvKNzcx0FuR3lNS_axVrr1TTz0-ZSHMbDKb5IBwLoMI8cgD53ZOZvt_marYz5t-8hBD48nf6LnPSW_a2ZWezmZw4QthU9fD8fCU83_JUYZ6PaqiAoFPHsqpTpqnQUfjSa5BmAPpWNaERayP7nBHP7ziBEuEiJI0EXmn_UjOaaLZYlSBrjqpeYo8gx2gd57gBElxbet31Y4mGzyI9Xg2i2/438/MSsOIW5OTEyxc3XSA0MYBg/h4/EFElIyapBQvsWk87aIiDHLuKZKRkyM7igfMCThcVEHQ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Donate to support the Tribunal.</span></a><span style="color: black;"><br />
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"safe," or filtering to "never send to spam."<o:p></o:p></span></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-16397603504859314602024-01-27T09:27:00.000-06:002024-01-27T09:27:05.165-06:00DEMONSTRATION FOR THE CHILDREN OF PALESTINE 1-27-24<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5305588876350668463template-body" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td align="center" style="margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: #f8f8f8;"><table bgcolor="#F8F8F8" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5305588876350668463bgimage" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: auto; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="margin: 0px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5305588876350668463main-width" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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It says "stop genocidal acts."</div><div><br /></div><div>A political crisis has gripped Israel as its Gaza campaign grinds on with no end in sight. Not only are more than 100 Israelis still captives of Hamas, but many feel held hostage by their own failed leadership.</div><div><br /></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="m_-5305588876350668463editor-col m_-5305588876350668463OneColumnMobile" style="margin: 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="margin: 0px;" valign="top"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; 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height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="1" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-size: 26px;">Omni Statement on War in Israel / Gaza</span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">O</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">MNI unequivocally stands with our Jewish and Muslim community members and neighbors, and vows to be a space of refuge for all. We stand against bias in our community and condemn those who wish to stereotype others and perpetuate hate/violence. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">OMNI unequivocally stands against Hamas and all those who enrich and support them. The slaughter of human beings is never a move towards justice and Hamas is a danger to both the Israeli and Palestinian people. We understand that people are not their government.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">OMNI unequivocally stands with the Palestinian people and all oppressed people around the globe. There is no justification for the bombardment of innocent people's homes nor the breaking of international law. There is no justification for dehumanizing people. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">OMNI unequivocally stands against illegal Israeli settlements in the West bank, state sanctioned violence, and the creation of enforced borders. We believe that no human should control another, that governments cannot own the earth, and that state violence doesn’t create safety. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">OMNI unequivocally stands in support of peace and against war and violence. We agree with MLK that, “True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">—-----------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>--------------------</span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">OMNI calls for the release of all Hostages held by Hamas, the release of all nonviolent political prisoners held by the Israeli state, an immediate ceasefire, and a return of gas, water, internet, electricity, medical care, and international aid to Gazan civilians.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">OMNI calls on you as Omni members to have respectful conversations with your friends and family and to call your representatives both local and national, to demand a ceasefire. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">To find your representatives information go to: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D0010THmsIrFCoZiqjiLQFi8JArX3yXAerTzSQEs1RpZzhjZlXRdal3Xtfp-6rHdYo3MaUImvTaZG3bPT66BumYeG8VJMhGmwMy_00vP5INxPEhACYBDxIyq2qeg9nQ1jkk1B50P6RcUuW-suyAqUKgpJIobezbjjFkAGx3UfcvWb3_YIVNAjorUdhIgnzI9GkbX%26c%3Dtdwfi4YEETr6jZ8dPDH5P7Ji9uJp0VN-Zgt4U4QMKEOu_k9elgGjnQ%3D%3D%26ch%3DPZmNaT4AKeK2NY7oyqrFJITTN5vgltFJvFeu-SAbbOnJxO0dgDFuGg%3D%3D&source=gmail&ust=1706451839619000&usg=AOvVaw1-FSYSzbg3GSX2y-y2cEvr" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010THmsIrFCoZiqjiLQFi8JArX3yXAerTzSQEs1RpZzhjZlXRdal3Xtfp-6rHdYo3MaUImvTaZG3bPT66BumYeG8VJMhGmwMy_00vP5INxPEhACYBDxIyq2qeg9nQ1jkk1B50P6RcUuW-suyAqUKgpJIobezbjjFkAGx3UfcvWb3_YIVNAjorUdhIgnzI9GkbX&c=tdwfi4YEETr6jZ8dPDH5P7Ji9uJp0VN-Zgt4U4QMKEOu_k9elgGjnQ==&ch=PZmNaT4AKeK2NY7oyqrFJITTN5vgltFJvFeu-SAbbOnJxO0dgDFuGg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.commoncause.org/<wbr></wbr>find-your-representative/</a></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">For a script and automated phone call download the app “5 calls”</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">—-----------------------------<wbr></wbr>------------------------------<wbr></wbr>--------</span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this statement or any related issues please feel free to reach out to an Omni oard member at: <a href="mailto:omni@omnicenter.org" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">omni@omnicenter.org</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-line: underline;">For more information about this conflict: </span></div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D0010THmsIrFCoZiqjiLQFi8JArX3yXAerTzSQEs1RpZzhjZlXRdal3Xtfp-6rHdYo3M3IKkkhZW09x-FdW39sxSwjONMfzmrUqTaiy9bz28zBtn5dJpGOpEKy67nH80PVEEjsZ5i5t-Cul5o2Rhyc7ZQnrPFhLGf25kFYDg3OFhLEubnqXw3IhgpWnRA5o7JuKtEJRy6u1H45GskdK9Nla_J-pn42IA5-fVgklATuAOC98ee4E66VutcZuzYjfmggiibDwjKo11db0f1ut0283SqOPa3MmaFGKnzHpUZLDByqDVgOK_mxWS4K6Nr8yqH3KK7neLkLOciLaAFbtATzRpG5Nc7q5RNR3n1qogJ-t7S3MlUk_7QpZxcXwtWV1rG632l1Z72EMVFWg%3D%26c%3Dtdwfi4YEETr6jZ8dPDH5P7Ji9uJp0VN-Zgt4U4QMKEOu_k9elgGjnQ%3D%3D%26ch%3DPZmNaT4AKeK2NY7oyqrFJITTN5vgltFJvFeu-SAbbOnJxO0dgDFuGg%3D%3D&source=gmail&ust=1706451839619000&usg=AOvVaw0V_BtyxdhB_3vJXF5b_Yt5" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010THmsIrFCoZiqjiLQFi8JArX3yXAerTzSQEs1RpZzhjZlXRdal3Xtfp-6rHdYo3M3IKkkhZW09x-FdW39sxSwjONMfzmrUqTaiy9bz28zBtn5dJpGOpEKy67nH80PVEEjsZ5i5t-Cul5o2Rhyc7ZQnrPFhLGf25kFYDg3OFhLEubnqXw3IhgpWnRA5o7JuKtEJRy6u1H45GskdK9Nla_J-pn42IA5-fVgklATuAOC98ee4E66VutcZuzYjfmggiibDwjKo11db0f1ut0283SqOPa3MmaFGKnzHpUZLDByqDVgOK_mxWS4K6Nr8yqH3KK7neLkLOciLaAFbtATzRpG5Nc7q5RNR3n1qogJ-t7S3MlUk_7QpZxcXwtWV1rG632l1Z72EMVFWg=&c=tdwfi4YEETr6jZ8dPDH5P7Ji9uJp0VN-Zgt4U4QMKEOu_k9elgGjnQ==&ch=PZmNaT4AKeK2NY7oyqrFJITTN5vgltFJvFeu-SAbbOnJxO0dgDFuGg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr></wbr>jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/<wbr></wbr>11/07/wire-statue-of-liberty/?<wbr></wbr>sourceid=1001761&emci=<wbr></wbr>56d16956-f37c-ee11-b004-<wbr></wbr>00224832eb73&emdi=07c667ac-<wbr></wbr>9b7d-ee11-b004-00224832e1ba&<wbr></wbr>ceid=657567</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D0010THmsIrFCoZiqjiLQFi8JArX3yXAerTzSQEs1RpZzhjZlXRdal3Xtfp-6rHdYo3MebRJthYSg1-NlYrTKgKK9FwoSKAm0x2QwQ6fnBrMEtTpaUOAB8tFxBA0gkubNVEhVGAfozv9ql8zV0UmHpSQRgG9i8gjJFhTu0KivttY2pfSgCYzSDYh117zHjbXjbPWBdtgvZj6xQ7jCnVQsu8aYgP9Dso0vMCoQaAffcrIEOM%3D%26c%3Dtdwfi4YEETr6jZ8dPDH5P7Ji9uJp0VN-Zgt4U4QMKEOu_k9elgGjnQ%3D%3D%26ch%3DPZmNaT4AKeK2NY7oyqrFJITTN5vgltFJvFeu-SAbbOnJxO0dgDFuGg%3D%3D&source=gmail&ust=1706451839619000&usg=AOvVaw2QFeVw6qA10gLt_XSywrgJ" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010THmsIrFCoZiqjiLQFi8JArX3yXAerTzSQEs1RpZzhjZlXRdal3Xtfp-6rHdYo3MebRJthYSg1-NlYrTKgKK9FwoSKAm0x2QwQ6fnBrMEtTpaUOAB8tFxBA0gkubNVEhVGAfozv9ql8zV0UmHpSQRgG9i8gjJFhTu0KivttY2pfSgCYzSDYh117zHjbXjbPWBdtgvZj6xQ7jCnVQsu8aYgP9Dso0vMCoQaAffcrIEOM=&c=tdwfi4YEETr6jZ8dPDH5P7Ji9uJp0VN-Zgt4U4QMKEOu_k9elgGjnQ==&ch=PZmNaT4AKeK2NY7oyqrFJITTN5vgltFJvFeu-SAbbOnJxO0dgDFuGg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/<wbr></wbr>11/03/podcasts/the-daily/<wbr></wbr>israel-palestine-1948.html</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"> (Transcript attached)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D0010THmsIrFCoZiqjiLQFi8JArX3yXAerTzSQEs1RpZzhjZlXRdal3Xtfp-6rHdYo3M8MdxTn9FS7t7WzGJ5ajUTFSRxUJomSsXJIjBlMohsHGdylH3Ut4JRp5iQy5KQ7mVkrKQk-ZvP3hRhEYCihq0sxDPJvHjaVyjTlIGySiJOr-YKgdmD2rXLnOO1bnIfH8EGGNdDEhY8bpovMK4-ACoT8xBLxXLtI7_tZPmixnWIz5v_cR4A_actUK8QPHFr41Xxx1Yztu436SKK24_HGJYpTqn5e474FOl7CN5P9rBCoegFXqcM3Y9SK4s_hzh3zOQ9DHFoBMQx1mzJuuYwIyRlQ%3D%3D%26c%3Dtdwfi4YEETr6jZ8dPDH5P7Ji9uJp0VN-Zgt4U4QMKEOu_k9elgGjnQ%3D%3D%26ch%3DPZmNaT4AKeK2NY7oyqrFJITTN5vgltFJvFeu-SAbbOnJxO0dgDFuGg%3D%3D&source=gmail&ust=1706451839619000&usg=AOvVaw2-HphltkV1uUJO9OhSxg1y" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010THmsIrFCoZiqjiLQFi8JArX3yXAerTzSQEs1RpZzhjZlXRdal3Xtfp-6rHdYo3M8MdxTn9FS7t7WzGJ5ajUTFSRxUJomSsXJIjBlMohsHGdylH3Ut4JRp5iQy5KQ7mVkrKQk-ZvP3hRhEYCihq0sxDPJvHjaVyjTlIGySiJOr-YKgdmD2rXLnOO1bnIfH8EGGNdDEhY8bpovMK4-ACoT8xBLxXLtI7_tZPmixnWIz5v_cR4A_actUK8QPHFr41Xxx1Yztu436SKK24_HGJYpTqn5e474FOl7CN5P9rBCoegFXqcM3Y9SK4s_hzh3zOQ9DHFoBMQx1mzJuuYwIyRlQ==&c=tdwfi4YEETr6jZ8dPDH5P7Ji9uJp0VN-Zgt4U4QMKEOu_k9elgGjnQ==&ch=PZmNaT4AKeK2NY7oyqrFJITTN5vgltFJvFeu-SAbbOnJxO0dgDFuGg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/<wbr></wbr>10/22/world/middleeast/peace-<wbr></wbr>activists-israel-palestinian.<wbr></wbr>html?unlocked_article_code=1.<wbr></wbr>4kw.Kg8e.B9sc5-XVIN7D&smid=<wbr></wbr>url-share</a></div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D0010THmsIrFCoZiqjiLQFi8JArX3yXAerTzSQEs1RpZzhjZlXRdal3Xtfp-6rHdYo3M8MdxTn9FS7t7WzGJ5ajUTFSRxUJomSsXJIjBlMohsHGdylH3Ut4JRp5iQy5KQ7mVkrKQk-ZvP3hRhEYCihq0sxDPJvHjaVyjTlIGySiJOr-YKgdmD2rXLnOO1bnIfH8EGGNdDEhY8bpovMK4-ACoT8xBLxXLtI7_tZPmixnWIz5v_cR4A_actUK8QPHFr41Xxx1Yztu436SKK24_HGJYpTqn5e474FOl7CN5P9rBCoegFXqcM3Y9SK4s_hzh3zOQ9DHFoBMQx1mzJuuYwIyRlQ%3D%3D%26c%3Dtdwfi4YEETr6jZ8dPDH5P7Ji9uJp0VN-Zgt4U4QMKEOu_k9elgGjnQ%3D%3D%26ch%3DPZmNaT4AKeK2NY7oyqrFJITTN5vgltFJvFeu-SAbbOnJxO0dgDFuGg%3D%3D&source=gmail&ust=1706451839619000&usg=AOvVaw2-HphltkV1uUJO9OhSxg1y" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010THmsIrFCoZiqjiLQFi8JArX3yXAerTzSQEs1RpZzhjZlXRdal3Xtfp-6rHdYo3M8MdxTn9FS7t7WzGJ5ajUTFSRxUJomSsXJIjBlMohsHGdylH3Ut4JRp5iQy5KQ7mVkrKQk-ZvP3hRhEYCihq0sxDPJvHjaVyjTlIGySiJOr-YKgdmD2rXLnOO1bnIfH8EGGNdDEhY8bpovMK4-ACoT8xBLxXLtI7_tZPmixnWIz5v_cR4A_actUK8QPHFr41Xxx1Yztu436SKK24_HGJYpTqn5e474FOl7CN5P9rBCoegFXqcM3Y9SK4s_hzh3zOQ9DHFoBMQx1mzJuuYwIyRlQ==&c=tdwfi4YEETr6jZ8dPDH5P7Ji9uJp0VN-Zgt4U4QMKEOu_k9elgGjnQ==&ch=PZmNaT4AKeK2NY7oyqrFJITTN5vgltFJvFeu-SAbbOnJxO0dgDFuGg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/<wbr></wbr>commentisfree/2023/oct/18/<wbr></wbr>israel-gaza-hamas-palestinians</a></div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D0010THmsIrFCoZiqjiLQFi8JArX3yXAerTzSQEs1RpZzhjZlXRdal3Xtfp-6rHdYo3M8MdxTn9FS7t7WzGJ5ajUTFSRxUJomSsXJIjBlMohsHGdylH3Ut4JRp5iQy5KQ7mVkrKQk-ZvP3hRhEYCihq0sxDPJvHjaVyjTlIGySiJOr-YKgdmD2rXLnOO1bnIfH8EGGNdDEhY8bpovMK4-ACoT8xBLxXLtI7_tZPmixnWIz5v_cR4A_actUK8QPHFr41Xxx1Yztu436SKK24_HGJYpTqn5e474FOl7CN5P9rBCoegFXqcM3Y9SK4s_hzh3zOQ9DHFoBMQx1mzJuuYwIyRlQ%3D%3D%26c%3Dtdwfi4YEETr6jZ8dPDH5P7Ji9uJp0VN-Zgt4U4QMKEOu_k9elgGjnQ%3D%3D%26ch%3DPZmNaT4AKeK2NY7oyqrFJITTN5vgltFJvFeu-SAbbOnJxO0dgDFuGg%3D%3D&source=gmail&ust=1706451839619000&usg=AOvVaw2-HphltkV1uUJO9OhSxg1y" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010THmsIrFCoZiqjiLQFi8JArX3yXAerTzSQEs1RpZzhjZlXRdal3Xtfp-6rHdYo3M8MdxTn9FS7t7WzGJ5ajUTFSRxUJomSsXJIjBlMohsHGdylH3Ut4JRp5iQy5KQ7mVkrKQk-ZvP3hRhEYCihq0sxDPJvHjaVyjTlIGySiJOr-YKgdmD2rXLnOO1bnIfH8EGGNdDEhY8bpovMK4-ACoT8xBLxXLtI7_tZPmixnWIz5v_cR4A_actUK8QPHFr41Xxx1Yztu436SKK24_HGJYpTqn5e474FOl7CN5P9rBCoegFXqcM3Y9SK4s_hzh3zOQ9DHFoBMQx1mzJuuYwIyRlQ==&c=tdwfi4YEETr6jZ8dPDH5P7Ji9uJp0VN-Zgt4U4QMKEOu_k9elgGjnQ==&ch=PZmNaT4AKeK2NY7oyqrFJITTN5vgltFJvFeu-SAbbOnJxO0dgDFuGg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: black; 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height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td><td align="center" class="m_-5305588876350668463mobile-hidden" height="5" style="height: 5px; line-height: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" class="CToWUd" data-bit="iit" height="5" hspace="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjIjgLiQLJARfei4d2Lst_e8qDYxxmWbz1lWxd1Uda51ynBABwCKXxUerxyLr4l5-JXbZCNCb0t1w9T9qwbQam9W5QPH0FHOgLvu3SToocFbLYIjVCPIQxHro_mgGrGcT5XGvD5SowVkxuE55dXrbou12QC7ERmcD1BJzo=s0-d-e1-ft" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="1" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="color: #c03e30; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold;">Homel</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151229136087998997.post-41357253659957575302024-01-26T09:49:00.002-06:002024-01-26T09:49:35.750-06:00OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #161, JANUARY 24, 2024 <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, <b>#161,</b> <b>JANUARY
</b>24, <b>2024</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Compiled by Dick
Bennett</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Christian Sorensen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Understanding the War Industry.<br />
</i>Dennis Kucinich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>West v. East.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text" style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">The Pentagon Complex Pushing Us to War<br />
CHRISTIAN SORENSEN.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>UNDERSTANDING THE WAR INDUSTRY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Clarity P, 2020.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Clarity is one of the best publishing
companies in the world for exposing abuse of power.)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The War Industry infests the American economy like a
cancer, sapping its strength and distorting its creativity while devouring its
treasure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stunning in the depth of its research, <i>Understanding
the War Industry</i> documents how the war industry commands the other two
sides of the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">military-industrial-congressional triangle</span></b><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. It lays bare the
multiple levers enabling the vast and proliferating war industry to wield undue
influence, exploiting financial and legal structures, while co-opting Congress,
academia and the media. Spiked with insights into how corporate boardrooms view
the troops, overseas bases, and warzones, it assiduously delineates how corporations
reap enormous profits by providing a myriad of goods and services devoted to
making war, which must be rationalized and used if the game is to go on:
advanced weaponry, drones and nukes; invasive information technology;
space-based weapons; and special operations—with contracts stuffed with ongoing
and proliferating developmental, tertiary and maintenance products for all of
it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“To an ever-increasing extent, the business of
America is the business of war. But although Americans live in the shadow of a
war economy, few understand the full extent of its power and influence. Thanks
to Christian Sorensen’s deeply researched book into the military-industrial
complex that envelops our society, such ignorance can no longer be an
excuse.” </span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">—ANDREW COCKBURN, author of <i>Kill Chain: The Rise of the High Tech
Assassins</i>.</span><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“A devastating account of American militarism,
brilliantly depicted, and exhaustively researched in an authoritative manner.
Sorensen’s book is urgent, fascinating reading for anyone who wants to save the
country and the world from political, economic, and ecological disaster. Its
message is so convincingly delivered that it will change many open minds
forever and for the better.” </span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">—RICHARD FALK, International Lawyer<br />
</span><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
“Have you ever wondered why the United States is always at war? This
meticulously researched book lays out in painstaking detail exactly how our
nation has been captured by a war industry that profits from endless conflict
and pursues profit at all costs. It will shock you, infuriate you, and hopefully
inspire you to help dismantle the grotesque killing machine that steals our
resources, wreaks havoc around the world, and leaves the merchants of death
laughing all the way to the bank.” </span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">— MEDEA BENJAMIN, codirector, CODEPINK
for Peace</span><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I’m adding Christian Sorensen’s new book, <i>Understanding
the War Industry</i> , to the list of books I think will convince you to
help abolish war and militaries… [It is] not so much analysis as an effort to
persuade through the repetition of examples, countless examples, naming names
and laid out over hundreds of pages. The author admits that he’s only
scratching the surface. But he’s scratching it in lots of different places, and
the result ought to be persuasive for most people”</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">—DAVID SWANSON, World
Beyond War</span><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Christian Sorensen is the Seymour Melman of the
21st century, dissecting the military-industrial-congressional complex and
providing us a way to understand this convoluted machine which exploits and
oppresses the entire world…” —</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">WILL GRIFFIN, founder and director of <i>The
Peace Report</i>.</span><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“It has long been obvious that America’s numerous,
hugely expensive, and destructive and seemingly perpetual wars of choice have
not been intended to serve any interests of the vast majority of the American
people. </span><span style="color: #32422c; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In <i>Understanding
the War Industry</i>, Christian Sorensen presents detailed and thoroughly
documented evidence to convincingly support his conviction that the dominant
force among those seeking war for the sake of war is the pursuit of profit
maximization by the corporate “war industry”. He concludes: “There will be no
escape from interminable wars until this reality is recognized and resisted.”
This book offers a major contribution to that struggle.”</span><span style="color: olive; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">—<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">JOHN V. WHITBECK, International Lawyer.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Chris Hedges Report
Presents Dennis Kucinich on East v. West War.<br />
</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">As a member of the US Congress for 16 years, Dennis
Kucinich gave over 500 speeches warning about the consequences of US wars
against Afghanistan, the Balkans, Iraq, Iran, Libya and Syria. He also spoke
out for the imperative of peace in the Middle East, on behalf of Israelis and
the Palestinians. He met with leaders of many countries who were
grappling to keep their nations out of conflict and came to understand the role
some in the US government have played to intentionally catalyze war, fueling
arms sales globally, without regard for the consequences.<b> </b>Dennis
warns that we are, in his words, cartwheeling towards a massive East v. West
war with religious and ethnic overtones. This seemingly inexorable March
of nuclear Folly, may, he writes,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pit
the United States militarily against China, Russia and their allies. Joining me
to discuss how, as he writes, the polarization of US politics, the cognitively
impaired and failing executive branch, the instability of the congressional
leadership, the purblind partisanship, the ideologically, click-bait driven
media has produced a mad blood lust for war against Iran and acceleration
toward the abyss, is Dennis Kucinich.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A guest
post by </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/a0a285f6-bffa-4721-a0d9-a94d1bef29c9?j=eyJ1IjoiNTMzeW0ifQ.PFe9Y2StsF6lrse7xSBnMax4drXaYDuxP4Lrw38q0Y8" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dennis Kucinich</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Dick Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078310687566691778noreply@blogger.com0