OMNI WAR WATCH
WEDNESDAYS, #147, OCTOBER 11, 2023
Preventing and
Stopping Wars
We Ended World War I and WWII; We Can End the Ukraine War
Armistice Day Nov. 11
David Swanson’s Book, Leaving WWII Behind
Divestment from War Profiteering, Mass-Killing Corporations
Gear
Up for Armistice Day!
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November 11, 2023, is the 105th anniversary of the signing of the World
War I armistice that ceased hostilities on the Western Front, which took
effect on the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh
month" of 1918. With this instrument, nations still recovering from
the dreadful nightmare of WWI, one of the deadliest conflicts in human
history, collectively embraced peace as a universal principle and called
for an end to all wars.
Click on the button below to
read more. Our Armistice Day page has lots of resources, inspiration, and
11 ways you can take action this Armistice Day!
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Armistice
2023 Film Screening
A New Film Features Veterans
Telling Hard Truths About War
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On November 9, 2023, at 6:30
PM, in observance of Armistice Day weekend, the Dan Lyons VFP Chapter 178
in Northern Colorado presents an award-winning documentary at the Lyric
Cinema in Ft. Collins, Colorado. What I Want You to Know is
about the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's produced by veterans
who lived through them. The executive producer is Travis Weiner, a U.S.
Army veteran of the Iraq war and past president of VFP Chapter 178. The
film has already won Audience Favorite at the Maine Film Festival, and
was honored at the International Film Festival at the Hague. For more
information, find CH178 contact info on their website, HERE.
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UNDERSTANDING WWII Will Help Us Stop the Ukraine War and Prevent
Nuclear War
“A Key Item to Leave Behind If We Want Peace”
World BEYOND War [Ever since I began to understand that wars must end
and they are not
inevitable, WWII seemed the great exception. If you are grappling with that issue, here
is an
introduction to
a book that offers answers. We
are too late for his course but not too late to read his booik–Dick]
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Dick, Everyone registered for the course will receive PDF, ePub, and/or
mobi (kindle) versions of David Swanson's book Leaving
World War II Behind, which will provide additional
reading to those who want to go beyond the written, video, and graphic
materials provided in the course.
The purpose of the course is to inform
the participant and enable them to inform others of why World War II is not a good
justification for military spending and war planning, both because
WWII happened in a very different world from today's, and because
common beliefs about the nature of and justifications for WWII are
false. By debunking myths about
WWII having been necessary, justifiable, and beneficial, we can strengthen
arguments for moving to a world beyond war.
The course will explore why WWII was not fought to rescue anyone from
persecution, was not necessary for defense, was the most damaging and
destructive event yet to occur, and could have been prevented by
avoiding any of several bad decisions. . . .
Objectives
By the end of the
course, participants will be able to:
explain their understanding of the relationships between WWII and
military spending today; present their case for why they think WWII did
not have to happen; produce an argument for why WWII was neither justifiable
nor beneficial; explain how they can support their claims with
evidence; know how to use their learning from this course in the
development of war abolition work in their own contexts.The course
has passed, but Swanson’s book on which the course was based is readily
available: Leaving World War II Behind.
Warmakers:
US Military Corporate Complex
One of the human causes of war--and therefore humans can remove
the cause--is humans investing in war, humans creating corporations
that plan and create and sustain wars for profit. Join a divestment campaign, or create
one.
Brett
Wilkins. “US Funds Invest in
Nuclear & Cluster Bombs.”
Common
Dreams and Consortium News
(7-19-23).
Some of
the largest corporate retirement funds are among the most heavily
invested in weapons banned under international law, finds a corporate
accountability watchdog. Read here...
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