OMNI WAR
WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #168, MARCH 13,
2024 Compiled by Dick Bennett
Peacemaking, Peacemakers
Just Foreign Policy
Veterans for Peace
International Campaign to Abolish
Nuclear Weapons
Just Foreign Policy
James R.
The
American people want to see an immediate ceasefire in occupied Palestine, and
our pressure for peace is working.
Just
days ago, Vice President Kamala Harris gave a statement calling for an
immediate six-week ceasefire—the first time the administration has used this
language.
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 Rep.
Pramilia Jayapal remarked on Twitter, we need to see a policy shift that
backs this language up:
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. Nothing short of an immediate and permanent ceasefire will
do.
In
solidarity, Just Foreign Policy
National Newsletter
Winter 2-23-2024. veteransforpeace.org
“Ann Wright Testifies at UN Security
Council, Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza.”
“Ukrainian Peace Activist Joins VFP Board of Advisors.”
Reports from Susan Schnall, Board President, and Mike Ferner, National
Director.
“Welcome Home, Golden Rule!”
(VFP’s sailing ship)
“Climate Crisis & Militarism” (check out website at
veteransforpeace.org/take-action/climatecrisis or email at climate@veteransforpeace.org
“Korea Peace Campaign.”
“Uranium Weapons, Cluster Munitions, and Land Mines.”
“Democracy and Peace” The Democracy and
Peace Working Group formed for “wresting our democracy from undemocratic
corporate control.”
“Nuclear Abolition.” VFP Nuclear
Abolition Working Group. VfP Nuclear
Posture Review.
And more, esp. Chapter Reports. (--Dick)
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Dear Dick -- |
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This year, I was proud to see how ICAN’s team and campaigners
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. While I only took on my new role as ICAN Executive
Director in September, I got to see the campaign in full swing during Nuclear
Ban Week in New York. There was an enormous amount of energy and action
around the second meeting of states parties to the UN Treaty on the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). I cannot stress enough how
significant it is that the meeting resulted in an agreement to
dismantle the false narrative of nuclear deterrence. 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 highlights this year...
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Seeing ICAN’s hard work and successes up close gives me
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? |
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Every species will be harmed in a nuclear war; only one
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