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Social media is awash with liberal progressive WOKE people decrying Trump's decision to end the American Empire's proxy war against Russia. I certainly understand why liberal progressive WOKE people despise Trump, as I am one of them. However, once upon a time, Democrats were the antiwar party. Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton and Joe Biden ended that masquerade. It appears that many antiwar liberals crossed over to the pro-war side. This is understandable to some extent, as the Empire's propaganda machine has been demonizing Putin and Russia for my entire life, as well as convincing the electorate that war is sometimes necessary.
In 1962, President John F Kennedy negotiated an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis, an event that had American children learning how to survive a nuclear blast, by hiding under their desks, while their parents absorbed the feeling of helplessness. The threat was very real, as America learned much later that nuclear tipped missiles were already in Cuba, and that ground level commanders were authorized to use them.
My husband, former Congressman Dennis Kucinich and I first met twenty years ago over a rather unromantic yet profoundly important topic: monetary reform. The second time we met we were engaged and three months later we were married.
It was 2005, and, at that time, I had spent nearly a decade working with the Forum for Stable Currencies, a group based at the House of Lords in London, dedicated to exploring banking malpractice and the hidden mechanics of money creation and its systemic impact on society.
My journey into this lesser-known field began much earlier, in my teenage years, when a deep concern for the root causes of social and ecological destruction led me to ask a fundamental question: What is the greatest systemic driver of these crises?
Through a series of seemingly serendipitous encounters, I discovered monetary reform—a topic rarely discussed, yet foundational to the structure of our economy and the fate of nations.
“. . . I write today from a position rare for a former prosecutor: to beseech you to commute the sentence of a man I helped put behind bars.”
Thus begins one of the most stunning letters I have ever read, written almost four years ago by former U.S. Attorney James H. Reynolds to President Joe Biden, pleading with him to exonerate former American Indian Movement (AIM) leader Leonard Peltier, who had been convicted of murdering two FBI agents at South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975.
Palestinians and Israelis agree that the Gaza resistance was the main reason behind Israel’s forced decision to accept a ceasefire and begin its gradual withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
The oddity is that Palestinians—dying, resisting, but remaining steadfast in Gaza—usually stand at the polar opposite of everything the Israeli government and military represent.
The same is true for the Israeli government. Yet, from the very start of the Israeli genocide, both sides entered into an undeclared agreement: the Israelis wanted to destroy the Palestinian resistance and take full control of Gaza, while the Palestinians wanted to thwart the Israeli objectives.
We launch GREEP Zoom #212 with a lovely poem from our Laureate MIMI GERMAN, who tells us about the feminist community of Rohava in northern Syria.
Co-convenor MIKE HERSH introduces Prof. ERIC KINGSON takes us on a long journey for saving Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid, which he says have deep popular support.
MARGARET VILLANI expresses her concern about the lethal swoop now trashing Medicare & Medicaid.
ELLEN GOTTLIEB from Save Social Security & Medicare Now.com tells us of upcoming Florida events.
Longtime organizer DANIELA GIOSEFFI warns that the dispersal of personal from Social Security & Medicare comprise an urgent threat.
We hear from ROBERT COPLIN on California’s SSI shortcomings.
KEVIN EISENSTADT seeks guidance on the best time to take SSI benefits.
DONALD SMITH and MICKI LEADER warn about the need to sustain public support for these public institutions.
Grassroots organizing questions come from BRYAN BLAKELY.
Environmental broadcaster KEN GALE checks in from WBAI with vital green info about ECO-RADIO.
The Free Press does not make a habit of posting links to articles readily available elsewhere. This is an exception. On Judge Napolitano podcast “Judging Freedom” he interviews former weapons inspector Scott Ritter. About 20 minutes in, Ritter begins to discuss the nuclear arms race with respect to Trump's comments suggesting he can negotiate a treaty in order to reduce our nuclear arsenal.
Ritter says that this is a “Paradigm shifting that we all should support”. Napolitano asks Ritter about the Military Industrial Complex expected push back on Trump's offer to reduce military spending and reduce nuclear weapon. Ritter suggests Trump will castrate the MI complex, and that he has already succeeded in removing deep state obstacles.
Ritter says, and I agree, that this is a “Dream come true”, and points out that there is a “revolution taking place”. T Scott suggests that Trump has already castrated the MI Complex, and that he will be able to put America on a path to achieve peace.
The interview is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjzocs-2PcQ