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“The past carries unforgettable trauma and pain across the land and among generations of refugees; yet we choose to transform victimhood into agency. We want to be the authors of our future.”
Let these words resonate. In a sense, they’re all we have — if we oppose war and envision a future that transcends it. I’ve quoted these words of Ali Abu Awwad before. They’re part of the Palestinian Nonviolence Charter, but they reach beyond Palestine: deep into the soul, and the hope, of all humanity.
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The most consequential statement by Secretary o-fly zone would provide “safe zones on the ground” was in “the best interests of the people on the ground in Syria” and would “help us with our fight against ISIS.”
Clinton in last night’s debate was her pronouncement that a no-fly zone over Syria could “save lives and hasten the end of the conflict,” that a n
It would do none of the above. A US attempt to impose a no-fly zone in Syria would, as Secretary Clinton once cautioned a Goldman Sachs audience, “kill a lot of Syrians,” and, according to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Dunford, lead to a war with Russia. If the US has not been invited into a country to establish a “no-fly zone” such an action is, in fact, an invasion, an act of war.
A little over a week ago, a few details from Bob Woodward’s new book conveniently leaked to the press, including some downright dirty words from our President, Joe Biden, to describe Benjamin Netanyahu, the thrice-criminally indicted (so far) Prime Minister of Israel.
and friends and people we followed on social media before they left us.
(Please leave your comment. Mourn!) I mourn the loss of all lives,
especially the 31 members of my extended family, three first cousins and
their children, Refaat, Marouf, Hind, Hamza, Yousef, Ismael, and lately my
brilliant student Hatem. I mourn the destruction of our house, my books, my
mint plant, the pigeons, ducks, and rabbits. My bike. The family photo
album. The school where I taught. The graves of my relatives that were
razed, especially my young brother and my grandparents. I mourn, I mourn.
It does not end." Mosab Abu Taha
Ongoing US supported genocide: 365 days of forced starvation and deliberate
preventing humanitarian aid; 3628 massacres; 41900 registered deaths that
arrived at hospitals; over 10,000 missing presumed dead (some maybe in
Israeli jails); 11,458 registered women and >16,891 registered children
killed (710 less than one year old); estimated 90,000-100,000 dead due to
medical and food conditions; 986 medical personnel killed; 174 journalists
SLUGGO WASSERMAN: The prime mover of today’s show is an outrageous column that appeared in the LA Times attacking Jane Fonda’s magnificent op-ed questioning the move to re-open the atomic reactor at Three Mile Island.
Jane Fonda has turned out to be one of the world's great activists. She’s a wonderful human being, two-time Oscar winner, everybody in LA knows who Jane Fonda is.
She’s written one of the best op eds I’ve read on nuclear power. It has appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer. It’s about 3 Mile Island, which they want to reopen.
Somebody in the American utility industry ate the brown acid at Woodstock and they keep coming up with these insane ideas.
We start with the legendary Indigenous leader-lawyer CHASE IRON EYES, who gives us a brilliant overview of the current state of Indigenous America & Leonard Peltier.
The great grassroots organizer ANDREA MILLER of the Center for Common Ground gives us a guide to phone banking to spark voter turnout in critical states.
JASON BERLIN of Field Team Six fills us on his unique phone banking operation, focussed especially on young potential voters.
MYLA RESON asks Jason about what the polls are saying, especially in Montana, Texas & Florida.
The idea of switching and offsetting votes from fringe parties in and out of swing states comes from RUSSELL GREENE.
Threats to FEMA disaster workers in North Carolina are exposed by ILENE PROCTOR in Asheville.
MIKE HERSH gives us a quick introduction to a civil discussion of the situation in the Middle East.
Civilian deaths, land development issues, economic resources and spiritual forces are discussed by LYNN FEINERMAN.
STEVE CARUSO raises issues about the horrifying slaughter in Gaza.
Massive underground oil resources are discussed by DAVID GRACE.