War Watch Wednesdays, #114,
114. War Watch Wednesdays, #114, February 22, 2023
Anti-War Rally in DC: Report from Abel Tomlinson
FCNL and DRD: Repeal Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF)
John LaForge, NQ. “Deterrencelessness: Nuclear Attack Readiness Unethical”
The Progressive Magazine v. Right Wing
Marcos Rosenmann. US “Dying by Killing”
TEXTS
Hi Art,
Ed Heijtmanik, my wife Pauline & I drove to the event this weekend in D.C. Fox News ran something positive about the event. Rachel Maddow of MSNBC ran a smear on it that was a lie-filled hit piece. She created the impression it was a bunch of right wing crazy people waving Russian flags. There were exactly 2 Russian flags. Yes, there were some antiwar right wing libertarians there, but there were also a lot of left wing peace activists like us. She also repeatedly emphasized that it was very "small, small, small, small, small". There were a few thousand.
We took lots of pictures of great signs. I met many of my peace heroes, activists & journalists, Jill Stein, Dennis Kucinich, Medea Benjamin, Anne Wright, Joe Lauria-editor of Consortium News, Jeremy Kuzmarov-editor of Covert Action Magazine & more. There were many great speeches from all these, Chris Hedges & more.
I have read a lot of criticism of the event, but it all falls flat in the face of the growing threat of nuclear war. Most of us came to simply say No More War, No Nuclear War.
Abel
Repeal Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF)
From FCNL
I wanted to follow up with the article I mentioned on the recent introduction of the 2002 AUMF repeal bills! Kevin Snow, who is the FCNL Program Assistant for Militarism and Human Rights, talks about the state of this issue in Congress and what actions advocates can take on it. https://www.fcnl.org/updates/2023-02/bipartisan-group-lawmakers-just-introduced-legislation-repeal-iraq-war
Reinforced by Defending Rights and Dissent: “Tell Congress: Close the door on forever wars!” Cody at Defending Rights & Dissent via uark.onmicrosoft.com
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Marcos Roitman Rosenmann. “Dying by Killing: U.S. and its Manifest destiny.” Resumen: Latinoamericano and the Third World. February 8, 2023. (Posted Feb 13, 2023).https://resumen-english.org/2023/02/dying-by-killing-us-and-its-manifest-destiny/ Empire, Imperialism, Inequality, StrategyAmericas, Global, United StatesNewswire
The fear of disappearing as a hegemonic power awakens the survival instinct. The United States (U.S.) has entered a dangerous drift, the end of which puts the future of humanity at risk. If a nuclear holocaust is on the horizon, it is no coincidence. The cultural reason of the West is facing its worst nightmare: being trapped in a war where it cannot see the way out. We are living the end of a historical stage, with many chiaroscuros. Genocides, holocausts, ethnocides, generalized deterioration of the environment, global warming and the stubbornness of the United States tying the European Union to its plans. A lot of testosterone and little head. No matter who the tenant of the White House is, in foreign policy, Republicans and Democrats act in unison. With pedestrian but effective arguments, they base their warmongering. They point out that they have been destined by Providence to be the champions of world peace. They are not belligerents, but in the event of an attack, they will respond with all their might and nuclear arsenal, if necessary. The American way of life must be preserved, as well as protecting the planet from communism and dissolving ideologies that threaten the family and deny God.