OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #186, July 17, 2024. Compiled by Dick Bennett.
ACTIONS
AGAINST WAR AND WARMAKERS
Gaza Protests
Climate Crisis and Militarism Connections
Sinophobia
Friends of Palestine
Gaza Protests Continue!
July Protests (via OMNI Center
Newsletter)
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Friends of Palestine continue their
Friday Protests.
Friday July 19 in Bentonville -
Memorial Park by the Skatepark - 6:30-7:30
Friday July 26 in Fayetteville
- Washington County Courthouse - 6:00-7:00
Climate
Crisis and Militarism Project meeting. Veterans
for Peace VFP. WEDNESDAY, JULY
17 5 pm CDT.
CCMP focuses
on the connections between U.S. militarism and the climate crisis and
seeks to mobilize veterans and the general public to push the Pentagon to
report and reduce its enormous greenhouse gas emissions, as well as to push
Congress to redirect tax dollars to respond to the existential threat of
climate change. Email climate@veteransforpeace.org for
Zoom meeting info.
Sovietphobia, Russophobia, Sinophobia…..what’s with all
this hatred? “Tell Congress: Stop Lying
About China!” Code Pink. 7-16-24. https://www.codepink.org/stoplying?utm_campaign=stoplying&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink
Dear Dick,
Congressional committees have been meeting to discuss the “China threat,” and
it is terrifying to witness. Not only are their claims about China extremely
paranoid and racist, but also filled with lies! Send a message to the
committee: Stop lying about China! Promote peace and cooperation, not
war and destruction! War is the enemy, not China.
The Committee of Oversight and Accountability met on June
26th to discuss political warfare with China. All witnesses were carefully
chosen to reflect the most anti-China, pro-war views. Former senior policy
advisor Mary Kissell even said, “We need to construct not just a defensive
strategy, but an offensive strategy.” This is blatant
war-mongering and it’s happening on a weekly basis!
Tell the Committee of Oversight and
Accountability to Promote Cooperation, Not War!
The committee members took turns spinning the most damning
narratives of China in a bid to support pro-war legislation that could propel
us into a head-on conflict with China. The claims were absurd, based on
feelings and a strange paranoia that anything with links to China has malicious
intentions. These false narratives are dangerous and will only guide
our policy-makers down a one-way path to war. A war between nuclear
armed countries– something any intelligent person knows must be avoided at all
costs.
The truth is that it is not China gearing up for war, but
our very own government. They are pumping billions of dollars into
hyper-militarizing the Asia Pacific and writing it off as “deterrence.” They
are spouting fear-mongering narratives at Congressional hearings that trickle
down through the media and prime our public for the next US conquest.
Why? Because the US is directed solely by its desire to
maintain its global hegemony, even at the expense of lives and the
planet. China is not a threat because it’s threatening our security–
China is a threat because it’s succeeding where the US is failing. Instead
of conflict, we need cooperation so we can learn from each other and work
together to alleviate global poverty, prevent nuclear disaster, and save the
planet. Ping-pong diplomacy, anyone?
For a more in-depth analysis of the hearing, read Inside China-Focused Congressional
Hearings, Panic, Paranoia, and Hypocrisy Reign .