28. WAR WATCH
WEDNESDAYS, JUNE 30, 2021
Prevent Wars, Block US Aggression: Pass HR 256.
Defend Critical Media and Denounce US Censorship and Hypocrisy.
Roots of US Colonialism
and Empire: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and David Vine
books reviewed by Michael E. Tigar
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Dick — It was
just 18 months ago when Trump ordered the assassination of Iranian Major
General Qasem Soleimani, bringing Iran and the United States to the brink of a
catastrophic war.
The claimed legal
authority to do so? An 18-year-old law authorizing the invasion of Iraq. What have these two things got to do
with each other? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Presidents and the
Pentagon have refused to let go of the 2002
Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) for years. That’s
why what’s happening now is a big deal:
Last week, the House
voted to repeal the 2002 AUMF, and President Biden has said he’s on board.
Now, if the Senate agrees, we will finally tear this endless war law off the
books — and we have a secret weapon up our sleeves.
The Senate is famously
divided right now, but we’ve worked for years building bipartisan coalitions
across Congress. In fact, the House bill to repeal the 2002 AUMF, H.R. 256, had
49 Republican votes. This is a fight we can WIN.
That’s why our team is
working quietly in the corridors of the U.S. Capitol and loudly in the streets
to win bipartisan Senate support to put this repeal on President Biden’s desk —
and you can help.
Can you donate $15 right now to
help us win this critical fight in our campaign to End Endless War?
. . .Seven years ago,
we named our goal to build a progressive foreign policy focused on justice,
safety, equity, and peace in a visionary campaign: END ENDLESS WAR.
The debate about our
nation’s post-9/11 wars has never been the same. That’s why we are SO close to
achieving this incredible milestone — and we can if we tip the dominoes in
motion and repeal the 2002 AUMF now, and then move on to getting rid of the
rest of the endless war laws on the books.
Thank you for working
for peace,
Michael, Sara, Amisha,
and the Win Without War team
US Shutting Down Opponents’ Press
U.S.
Gov’t Seizes PressTV.com and Other Websites Linked to Iran. HEADLINE JUN 23, 2021
The
United States government has seized dozens of website domains linked to Iran,
including state-owned PressTV.com, a popular English-language news site. They
also shut down Yemeni and Iraqi channels. Journalist and news host Rania Khalek
tweeted, “If a country did this to US media outlets it would be seen as an act
of war.”
Michael E.
Tigar. “The Point Is
to Change It.” Monthly Review (June 2021).
Review of Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An
Indigenous People’s History of the United States (2015) and David Vine, The United States of War: A Global History
of America’s Endless Conflicts, from
Columbus to the Islamic State (2021).
(Jun 01, 2021).
We who are engaged in
the struggle for change might ask: “Through what lens of refraction is the
evidence of events recalled and related?” If we are to resist the genocidal use
of military force, and to oppose the environmental depredation that follows in
its wake, we need to see the roots and laws of motion of colonialism and
empire | more…
Peacemakers
June 6, 1968, Robert Kennedy died by
assassination. He wanted to end the
Vietnam War and to tackle problems of race and poverty.
June 8 1966 and 1967 students walked out of graduation
exercises at NYU and Brown U to protest the Vietnam War and presence of
Pentagon Secretary Robert McNamara and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy’s speech
against war in the age of nuclear weapons.
June 11, 1880, Jeannette Rankin was born—pacifist,
suffragist, Congresswoman who voted no against WWI and WWII.
From Peace Almanac
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