Recently I noticed that the trifold brochure for the Olympia Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (OCANW) still says the Doomsday Clock (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) is at 100 seconds before midnight. I updated that to 90 seconds, which is the current frightening number. I’m attaching the updated trifold brochure in both Word and .pdf formats. TRIFOLD for OCANW TRIFOLD for OCANW
I read the actual Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). It is bold and necessary. But — like any treaty — it includes some bureaucratic wording that some people find it hard to wade through. Someone SUMMARIZED it into this EASY-TO-READ document: TPNW — Easy-to-read summary I hope you will share this widely.
President Biden has — for decades — been an EXTREME WAR HAWK — a fierce COLD WARRIOR. He is continuing that now that he is President. He has filled his administration with officials who strongly want wars against both Russia and China. Congress keeps appropriating more and more and more money for the Pentagon — and for provoking and escalating a new nuclear arms race. This was posted on October 14, 2023. Biden keeps escalating the crisis: https://popularresistance.org/a-strategic-nightmare-sneaks-into-washingtons-political-agenda/
This long article has fascinating – and frightening – information. Almost no Americans know how horribly reckless, dangerous, crazy the U.S. policies for nuclear weapons have been for many decades. This article was posted March 27, 2024: America’s Nuclear War Plan in the 1960s Was Utter Madness. It Still Is. We rarely consider the dangers these days, but our existence depends on it. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/03/nuclear-war-scenario-book-siop-weapons-annie-jacobsen/
Military “solutions” do not work! They only make problems worse. Each side’s violence against the other side provides an excuse for retaliation. We must stop the cycle of violence. We must understand the root causes and use honest diplomacy (not bullying and threats) to solve the underlying problems. During the Cold War – and again now – each side’s fear of the other has led to an escalation of nuclear weapons that are more technologically sophisticated – and DESIGNED to make it easier to start a nuclear war. I have written about practical steps toward reversing that. We […]
Many people assume there is a spectrum of organizing methods ranging from 100% nonviolence (nice, but not strong enough) to violence (powerful and effective.) ACTUALLY, THAT ASSUMPTION IS FALSE!!! Actually, RESEARCH HAS PROVEN that adding any violence to an effort REDUCES the likelihood of winning. I highly recommend the easy-to-read book by Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan – Why Civil Resistance Works – in which they researched a century of major campaigns for change. They found that those that were scrupulously 100% nonviolent were much more likely to win than those that included some violence. I mention this […]
This article was posted on March 7, 2024: Who Could Have Predicted the U.S. War in Somalia Would Fail? The Pentagon. A 2007 Defense Department study found glaring problems with America’s Horn of Africa campaign plan. The U.S. military plunged ahead anyway. https://theintercept.com/2024/03/07/pentagon-somalia-africa-terrorism-failure/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
You can WATCH this through the blog link below and/or READ what we said during the interview at a different link below. This program is so richly informative and insightful that you will want to share this with other people. The March 2024 interview on “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” TV series provides much solid information about some parts of the world that are in the news. Glen and his guest Khury Petersen-Smith help you understand those realities in some fresh ways. Later in the interview, we pulled the pieces together and see how they fit into a larger – and deeper […]
Many Americans seem to accept Israel’s current cruelty to Palestinians. Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu TOTALLY REJECTED a “two-state” solution. He wants Israelis to dominate, with NO rights for Palestinians. Just now I wrote the attached analogy, which seems compelling. I encourage people to read and share it. Native Americans — Palestinians
Here are MANY examinations of mainstream media bias for Israel and against Palestinian people. Posted Jan. 13, 2024: Media Cover Up Israeli Calls To Drive Palestinians Into Permanent Exile https://popularresistance.org/mainstream-media-covers-up-israeli-calls-to-drive-palestinians-into-permanent-exile/ Posted Jan. 12, 2024: Israel is targeting journalists in Gaza. Sign the petition to demand an investigation into the targeted killings of journalists in Gaza NOW! https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/investigate-the-killing-of-journalists-in-gaza-now?akid=373438.57552298.swbYLv&rd=1&source=mo&t=1 Posted Jan. 9, 2024: Coverage of Gaza War in the New York Times and Other Major Newspapers Heavily Favored Israel, Analysis Shows: A quantitative analysis shows major newspapers skewed their coverage toward Israeli narratives in the first six weeks of […]
How the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home It is a radical concept of love that demands we embrace those we know and those we don’t, to acknowledge, as King said, “that all life is interrelated, that somehow we’re caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny.” https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/01/13/how-the-vietnam-war-pushed-mlk-to-embrace-global-justice-not-only-civil-rights-at-home/
Martin Luther King, Jr., strongly supported peace, nonviolence, and social justice in many ways. He affirmed BOTH Israel and Palestine. He said Israel’s government must return the land it stole from Palestinian people. See this recent item reporting on what he had said in 1967: We Don’t Have to Guess What MLK Thought About the Israel-Palestine Conflict – Mother Jones
US Troops Are Occupying Syria’s Oil Fields; Congress Rejects Withdrawal This was posted on December 12, 2023: https://popularresistance.org/us-troops-are-occupying-syrias-oil-fields-congress-refuses-withdrawl/ New Reinforcements Reach US-Occupied Syria This was posted on September 6, 2023: https://popularresistance.org/new-reinforcements-reach-us-occupied-syria/ Leaked Memo Undermines US Narrative On Syria Sarin Attack This was posted on September 15, 2023: https://popularresistance.org/hersh-publishes-leaked-memo-undermining-us-narrative-on-syria-sarin-attack/ In March 2023, Biden is STILL MAKING WAR AGAINST SYRIA. This was posted in March 2023: https://www.juancole.com/2023/03/contractor-military-personnel.html The U.S.’s role in Syria’s civil war This was posted on May 22, 2022: https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/05/22/americas-role-in-the-syrian-civil-war/ The 900 US Troops in Syria Should Not Be There. Let’s get the 900 U.S. […]
In the spring of 1968, President Johnson realized that his horribly unpopular war in Vietnam would PREVENT him from being re-elected, so he withdrew from his presidential campaign. His VP, Hubert Humphrey, became the Democratic nominee. But instead of listening to the public, which opposed the Vietnam War, Humphrey campaigned as a pro-war candidate. Richard Nixon campaigned as a “peace” candidate with a promise to end the war, so voters elected Nixon, even though he was horrible in every other way. Leading up to 2016, the Democratic Party kept promoting Hillary Clinton as the only candidate it would consider. (Remember […]
In addition to the TV programs I have listed below, I have produced many other TV programs about peace, excessive military spending, changing to a nonviolent foreign policy, grassroots organizing to make bold improvements in our society, etc. See links to ALL TV programs since January 2018 at this part of my blog: https://parallaxperspectives.org/category/tv-programs-parallax-perspectives-series Here are links to the TV programs specifically focusing on nuclear weapons: January 2024: “U.N. Update on Nuclear Weapons Treaty”: https://parallaxperspectives.org/u-n-update-on-nuclear-weapons-treaty March 2023: “Smart Strategies to Organize for Peace and No Nuclear Weapons”: https://parallaxperspectives.org/tv-online-smart-strategies-to-organize-for-peace-and-no-nuclear-weapons January 2023: “Three Steps to Nuclear Disarmament”: https://parallaxperspectives.org/three-steps-to-nuclear-disarmament […]
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