OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #145, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Abel
Tomlinson. Protest #7 This Saturday
Caitlin Johnstone. End Aggressions by
Both Sides to End the War.
Joseph Gerson. US Uses of its Nuclear Arsenal for Empire.
Stop Ukraine War:
Peace Protest #7 this Saturday
Dear friends,
We
are holding our 7th monthly peace protest to Stop the Ukraine War
this Saturday, September 30th, at 11 A.M. at Washington County
Courthouse. We hope to see you there!
We must keep standing
up to say No More War, not only to stop the killing of Ukrainians &
Russians, and to stop the threat of nuclear war, but also to stop the long war our leaders are
planning for, as detailed below by antiwar journalist Caitlin Johnstone. Permanent war not only promises
to harm millions of people, but also costs trillions of dollars that could
be invested in things that help life instead (biophilia).
Thank you,
Abel Tomlinson
Arkansas Antiwar Alliance, Founder
OMNI Peace Action
Committee, Chair
“Get Ready
for ‘Ukraine War into the 2030s’.”
September 23, 2023 By Caitlin Johnstone
Demanding Russia end its
aggressions without the west agreeing to end its own aggressions that led to
this conflict is demanding Russia submit to being ruled and dominated by the
western empire, says Caitlin Johnstone.
By CaitlinJohnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com.au
Listen to Tim
Foley reading this article
Western officials and media
pundits are now directly acknowledging that Ukraine’s much-touted
“spring counteroffensive” has been a catastrophic failure, but
rather than seeing this as a reason to reconsider the mainstream political
consensus on this war, they are instead telling everyone that the
counteroffensive’s failure means we must commit to the status quo of bloodshed
and nuclear brinkmanship for years to come.
In a recent article titled “U.S. and G-7 Allies Expect War in Ukraine to Drag On for
Years,” Bloomberg reports that the U.S.-centralized power structure
expects to be backing its proxy conflict against Russia for a very long time,
potentially into the 2030s. MORE
https://consortiumnews.com/2023/09/23/get-ready-for-a-ukraine-war-into-the-2030s/
PREVENTING
NUCLEAR WAR: The Background
One of the best books on US nuclear weapons, empire, and war is Empire and the Bomb: How the US Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate
the World
(2007) by Joseph Gerson. It’s particularly valuable at this moment of
confrontation between the nuclear powers USA and Russia. Russia invaded Ukraine and threatened use of
nuclear weapons if US and NATO crossed more red lines. Most members of the peace movement condemned
President Putin as a war criminal. But that
reminded the world that the US has committed similar crimes. Gerson
provides a great deal of information about that. For example, on p. 12 Gerson writes: “…every
president since Truman has prepared or threatened nuclear war during crises,
confrontations, and wars to preserve Washington’s global ‘sphere of
influence.’” What the peace movement
recommends now is to prevent wars and when that fails, to stop them through
diplomacy. Nuclear wars are so unthinkable
our efforts should be headlong for ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. --Dick
END OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #145, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023