Israel never learns from its mistakes. 

 What Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to implement in Gaza is but a poor copy of previous strategies that were used in the past by other Israeli leaders. If these strategies had succeeded, Israel would not be in this position in the first place. 

 The main reason behind Netanyahu's lack of clarity about his real objectives in Gaza is that neither he nor his generals can determine the outcomes of their futile war on the Strip, a war that has killed tens of thousands of innocent civilians. 

 And, no matter how hard he tries, Netanyahu will not be able to reproduce the past. 

. . . Your soul comes out of hiding.
I understand
that you are blessing me.. . .

I find myself — still — groping in wonder. What a coincidence this was. About a week ago my friend Mike emailed me, telling me he and his wife had been going through boxes and drawers and files in their house, and one of the items they came upon was an old poem I had written — twenty-plus years ago, while I was still grieving my wife Barbara’s death.

I had reclaimed poetry at that point in my life because, as I put it at the time, the narrative of my life had been shattered. I was a writer and I needed to write. I needed to put my feelings into words in order to keep on with my life — and poetry allowed me to do so: to reach deeply into the unknown that is grief, to connect with the unknown without “understanding” it.

Governments are hijacking the “anti-trafficking” narrative to legitimize their anti-migration policies.

As global displacement due to conflict, persecution, and climate change rises, whilst opportunities for safe, regular migration routes close down, people are pushed to increasingly perilous journeys in search of a better, safer life.

People on the move affected by this, largely marginalized peoples and victims of discrimination, are being made more vulnerable to exploitation and human trafficking as they take greater risks to navigate complex immigration policies.

Claiming they’re fighting this issue, the E.U., U.K., and U.S. governments have turned to harsh and punitive anti-migration policies to stop migration altogether. This “logic of deterrence” only creates a market for traffickers and normalizes inhumanity towards people on the move.

Who’s in Charge Here?

Certainly not the ‘Commander-in-Chief’, whether he’s a doddering old pedophile in terminal decline, or a narcissistic comb-overed con man and convicted felon.

And, certainly not ‘We The People’, the psyoped and indoctrinated masses.

Thus, the obvious and legitimate question arises, “Who’s really calling the shots – both kinetic and pharmaceutical.  Who’s really running these dis-United States?

Chief Suspects

A) A global minority ruling class with Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum (WEF) its most familiar public face?

(B) A Zionist network of lobbyists, Israeli intelligence agents and investment bankers, the public faces of which are AIPAC, ADL and the Mossad. Plus Israeli military and intelligence contractors like Elbit Systems and Magal Security Systems.

Columbus “heat islands” are in full effect for yet another summer, but many in the community may not be aware there’s a burgeoning movement of young African American activists who are focusing their attention to climate change and seeking to reverse the damage it’s doing to our urban neighborhoods.

Kwesi Low is one of these activists (pictured above on left). He works with former Congressional candidate Morgan Harper to help run her grassroots organization Columbus Stand Up. The 41-year-old also helped run her 2020 Democrat primary campaign against Joyce Beatty, kickstarting his transition from purely community organizing to electoral politics.

Intriguing and eye-opening is how that primary in some ways mirrors the impact climate change is having on urban neighborhoods. Low admits Morgan underperformed in Ohio’s urban areas where support should have been overwhelming, but never materialized.