OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #100, NOVEMBER 16, 2022.

 

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #100, NOVEMBER 16, 2022. 

ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS

VFP No to Nukes.
Alfred Meyer.  No to Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons.
Rev. Carl Kabat.  Few Fools for Christ.
Patrick Mazza.  US Could Use Nuclear Weapons Against Non-Nuclear.
Ben Norton. “UN votes 152 to 5 telling Israel to get rid of its nuclear weapons,”

NO TO NUKES, LET’S DO IT TOGETHER

VFP Spokane - SAY NO TO NUKES Picket and Rally.”   VFP Weekly E-News (10-24-22).

VFP Spokane, in conjunction with Defuse Nuclear War and UNAC developed a strategy and held an event to "Say No To Nukes" at the Foley Federal Courthouse on October 14th. Information packets were left at Senator Patty Murray's and Representative McMorris-Rodgers’ offices. The sidewalk was briefly occupied for a photo op. A variety of speakers addressed the 50-person gathering as to the importance of expressing core values for the wellbeing of Humanity. City Council President Breean Beggs congratulated efforts to continually pursue the good for our community. The rally was uplifted by performances of anti-war songs throughout and after the announcement of further actions on October 24th, the event ended with a prayer and a song for safe travels.

Read the full report back!

NUCLEAR POWER AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Alfred Meyer.  “It’s All About the Bomb.”  The Progressive (Oct.-Nov. 2022).  “Why civilian nuclear power is merely a cover for producing more nuclear weapons.”  Conclusion: “To protect ourselves from the dangers of the nuclear enterprise, we need to stop the nuclear weapons and nuclear power reactor programs—a tall order, for sure, but if we seek success in our efforts, we are well advised to understand the forces we are engaging with.  It is all about nuclear weapons.”  [The Progressive has long and consistently opposed nuclear weapons.  For that alone it deserves our support.  –D]

 

SILENCE OF THE CHURCHES.  FEW FOOLS FOR CHRIST.

Ed Shanahan.  “Rev. Carl Kabat, 88, Peace Activist and Avowed ‘Fool for Christ,’ Dies.”  The New York Times Obituaries, Sunday, August 21, 2022, p. 24.  “…Roman Catholic priest and tenacious yet joyful foe of nuclear weapons who spent nearly 20 years in prison for protests….citing Corinthians [Kabat] called himself a ‘fool for Christ’…sounding the alarm about the doomsday threat posed by the world‘s nuclear arsenal.”

Biden Administration Review on Using Nuclear Weapons

PATRICK MAZZA.  “U.S. Review Envisions Using Nuclear Weapons Against Non-Nuclear Attacks.”  NOVEMBER 8, 2022.

On the 2020 campaign trail, Joe Biden said the U.S. should never be the first to use nuclear weapons. “There is no first use doctrine we should be pushing,” he said.  But a new administration review has reiterated the long-term policy that the U.S. will launch nuclear weapons in response to non-nuclear attacks. It once again underscores the power of the military-industrial-congressional complex to maintain the status quo, even when it poses civilization-ending dangers.

 

Stephen Young, of the Union of Concerned Scientists Global Security Program, said the new nuclear review “abandons the pledge Biden made on the campaign trail to support a ‘no first use’ policy and declare that the sole purpose of U.S. nuclear weapons is to deter nuclear attacks on the United States and its allies.”   MORE

 

“UN votes 152 to 5 telling Israel to get rid of its nuclear weapons”

By Ben Norton (Posted Nov 03, 2022)

Originally published: Multipolarista  on October 31, 2022 (more by Multipolarista)
https://mronline.org/2022/11/03/un-votes-152-to-5-telling-israel-to-get-rid-of-its-nuclear-weapons/

The vast majority of countries on Earth voted in the United Nations General Assembly to condemn the Israeli apartheid regime for having nuclear weapons, in flagrant violation of international law.

Israel is the only country in West Asia that has nukes. Tel Aviv has not officially acknowledged its possession of the planet-destroying weapons, but experts estimate it has at least 90 nuclear warheads, and perhaps hundreds.

The October 28, 2022 UN General Assembly vote telling Israel to get rid of its illegal nuclear weapons.

On October 28, a staggering 152 countries (79% of all UN member states) adopted a resolution that called on Israel to give up its atomic bombs, join the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to supervise its nuclear facilities.

Just five countries voted against the measure: the United States and Canada, the small island nations of Palau and Micronesia, and apartheid Israel itself….continued