OMNI WAR WATCH
WEDNESDAYS, #148, OCTOBER 18, 2023
US
Militarism
Nukewatch Quarterly
US Peace Prize to NNOMY
US Militarism
US militarism is pervasive, but often so small and unobtrusive that it
seems natural. “Were you in the
Service? Thank you for your service” said
the clerk at my hardware store, and he wasn’t referring to nurses or teachers.
The military-corporate complex foregrounding jobs is spread throughout
the congressional districts. This system
for war is so pervasively routine that it seems natural when Congress every
year heaps more money on the amount the militarist President already requested,
and the public makes no outcry! In
contrast, countless urgent needs are underfunded. There are exceptions: Endometriosis is a cruel, terribly painful disease, and highly expensive
and time-consuming not only to train doctors to perform operations, but to train
them to diagnose the ailment. Until now
it might have taken ten years to diagnose the problem, and you might have had to
mortgage your house to survive. But Congress
finally found the money. It had given it
to the Pentagon. But family and medical
profession pressure took back a little.
So we’re not yet Colombia. Remember the children lost in the Colombian
jungle after a plane crash had killed their parents and the pilot, and they the
children were left to fend for themselves?
Finally they were found by soldiers
and taken to the best hospital—yes, a military
hospital. Military hospitals are the
best because the militarized representatives of the people increase the
appropriation every year, few questions asked.
–Dick
Nukewatch Quarterly
I am one of 60 bulk print
distributors of the Nukewatch Quarterly magazine, because I believe it is one of the
most important in the world—online or in print—, not merely because four times
a year it provides comprehensive information on nuclear weapons, reactors,
radio-active waste, & nonviolent resistance, but because its dedicated
staff and volunteers advocate the reduction and abolition of nuclear weapons.
Join me in distributing them in
Arkansas: leave them in doctors’ offices for ample, or, best, carry them around,
give to people, talk to them about nuclear war.
The Quarterly is a project of
The Progressive Foundation, by the way, which publishes The Progressive Magazine, with a long history of nuclear
opposition. My Fall bundle, stamped as
via OMNI, has just now arrived. Here’s a sample on weapons .
“How Weapons Makers Influence the
Ukraine War Debate” by Ben Freeman.
“’Experts’ from [weapons] industry-funded think tanks are flooding the
media, pushing for more arms without disclosing their benefactors.”
“Organizations Increasingly Condemn Nuclear
Weapons ‘Sharing’ in Europe”
Excerpts from four declarations are provided.
“Medical Journals Call for Disarmament.”
“Over 100 medical journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, warned of the ongoing
threat nuclear weapons pose to human and environmental health and safety, and
calling for urgent action to abolish nuclear weapons.”
Every voice is
needed to move these governments to diplomacy rather than weapons.
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US PEACE PRIZE |
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The 2023 US Peace Prize has been awarded to National
Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) “For National
Efforts to Stop U.S. Military Influence on Young People, Saving Lives Here
and Abroad.” |
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