Blessed Are The Peacemakers
Blessed Are The Peacemakers
Junious
Ricardo Stanton
As the world
spirals towards war on multiple fronts: Eastern Europe, West Asia and
in the not too distant future Taiwan, it behooves us to think about
the alternative to global destruction. The only way the planet can
survive the madness metastasizing around the world is if more and
more of us make a genuine commitment to peace, true peace. Peace
depends upon one deciding to live a life dedicated to peace and
nonaggression. Peace begins and spreads one person at a time.
The plutocrats have
duped us into thinking peace is secured only by arming ourselves to
the teeth, possessing huge stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.
That type of thinking is what drives and enriches the US Military
Industrial Complex. The military industrial complex thrives because
of the consciousness of the US misleadership, they love war because
war is profitable.
Looking at the
history of the United States through a filter of rationality and
truth, we realize this country loves war, it cannot be denied since
it has been at war with one tribe, group, nation state or other for
ninety-three percent of its existence! Let that marinate for a few
minuets, ninety-three percent of this nation’s existence has been
taking up arms and killing fellow humans!
Today there are
wars raging around the globe many we don’t know about because the
corporate mind control apparatus doesn’t cover them, places like
Sudan, Burkina Faso, Myanmar and Columbia just to name a few. War is
counterproductive, disastrous and rarely accomplishes anything
positive. In modern warfare it is the innocents who bare the brunt of
suffering and death, children, women and male noncombatants are the
ones displaced, maimed, wounded, traumatized and killed during these
conflicts. For what, mineral resources, geo-strategic positioning,
the egos and pride of warmongers, profiteering and money?
Life is precious,
sadly most of the world doesn’t even pay lip service to this fact.
Yeah they may say it on occasion but the actions of the oligarchs and
plutocrats who run multinational corporations and governments
demonstrates daily our lives do not count, we do not matter unless it
is profiting them!
In the cosmos peace
is preeminent. When we look into the heavens we do not see clashes of
worlds, eruptions of wanton violence and destruction, we see
expansion in an orderly harmonious fashion. The word universe
means one song. We are all linked together in a magnificent ecosystem
that blends spirit and the material. The ancients had a saying, “As
above so below” meaning on this physical plane, our personal
activities and interactions should mirror the peace, harmony and
orderliness of the universe. We have gotten away from this notion as
we push the limits of modernity and so called progress.
If we are to
prevent the annihilation of humanity we must return to thinking and
acting peacefully. Since peace is not a priority in America we have
to take the initiative to place real peace in the forefront of our
ideation and actions. What does peace mean to you? How much thought
have you actually given to what this world would be like if peace
permeated our conversations, discussions and activities? What is your
idea of peace collectively and personally? Is it the absence of
negative thoughts, hostility, is it compassion, empathy, tolerance
and non-violence?
You don’t have to
be a monk, a saint or a hermit to live a peaceful life. It doesn’t
mean you never get angry, it does mean you use restraint and
self-mastery. To be a peaceful person you just have to make a
commitment to being at peace in every situation. Is this possible?
Yes because others have done it. Yes because there are/were cultures
in human history around the world where peace self-knowledge and
self-mastery were encouraged and practiced. Ancient Egypt was such a
place, the Society of Friends is a group that promotes personal and
collective peace as are many mystical and metaphysical organizations.
Is everyone perfect? No. The goal is personal peace or equanimity
remaining calm, collected, focused and in control, even in the most
dire, stressful and trying situations.
Peace is not the
conscious suppression of one’s emotions. Peace is a state of mind,
a consciousness that allows one to tap into an inner reservoir of
clam even if you are a “type A” personality. Peace doesn’t mean
you allow folks to walk over you or exploit you. In fact it is the
opposite. During a tense situation remaining peaceful (full of peace)
is beneficial in practical ways. You will be more alert, more focused
and aware rather then uptight and overwhelmed by emotions, you will
be less apt to say the wrong thing to make the situation more
volatile. You will be in control of yourself which is all you can be
and do.
Am I suggesting you
become an evolved master in this lifetime? No, I am suggesting there
is another way to live rather than highly agitated, on edge, high
strung and emotionally discombobulated. Peace and calm generate good
health, you are not in constant fight/flight mode which saves your
vital organs and prevents the constant secretion of the fight flight
hormones cortisol, glucagon, epinephrine and norepinephrine.
You
are more balanced and in harmony within yourself. Peace generates
eustress the good/beneficial stress like when you are doing something
you really enjoy and you lose track of time.
Practice
deep breathing several times a day, calm your mind as you breathe
deeply, refrain from fighting the thoughts and images that pass
through your consciousness, remain quiet, observe them without
judgment or energizing them; stay serene. Practice this when you are
alone but also when you are out and about in the world, when you are
faced with stressful situations, events and people you might perceive
as threats. In the calmness you will realize usually they are not a
threat and
if they are you will be better prepared to deal with them.
There
are blessings attached to being peaceful: you are calmer, more
reserved, less agitated, you think more clearly and you act more
rationally than when you are not agitated. Good health is a
by-product of inner peace. Blessed are the peacemakers.
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Choosing the Lesser of Two Evils Is Still Choosing Evil
Choosing The Lesser of Two Evils Is Still Choosing Evil!
Junious
Ricardo Stanton
We are at a crucial crossroad in
this country. As we approach the upcoming presidential election, we
are faced with a major conundrum; do we vote, who do we vote for, is
voting relevant and will voting actually solve anything. I do believe
voting in local elections is important because it decides local
issues, helps citizens stay abreast of what is happening in their
communities and provides a sense of empowerment and involvement. But
as for the presidential election I think the American people deserve
much better than what we are getting.
At this point we have a choice
between two major parties neither of which has our best interests at
heart. Neither party seeks to redress and resolve the myriad of
challenges and issues facing this nation at this time. Neither party
nor their candidates are telling the truth about inflation, its real
causes and the only ways it can be mitigated. High prices and the
exorbitant cost of living are not the causes of inflation they are
the results, the consequences of policies enacted by the Federal
Reserve Bank a private corporation in the US and the other central
banks around the world.
When the Fed authorizes the US
Treasury Department to print money (which is not backed by anything
tangible or deemed
valuable like gold, silver or platinum) the more money placed in
circulation, the more the currency is devalued and debased. It now
takes more dollars to buy the same products and services because the
money is worth less! The Fed also determines and controls the prime
interest rates, the cost of borrowing and lending money. When rates
go up, loans cost more but the interest on savings decreases so there
is an incentive to borrow at cheaper rates but a disincentive to save
because the rates are so cheap! This is what has caused the massive
increase rise in personal, corporate and government debt and the
paucity of personal savings.
Is Donald Trump explaining this
to his base? Does he offer a real plan to deal with this issue? Will
he admit cutting taxes while increasing government spending and the
money supply during his time
in office did
not work? Is Kamala Harris telling people her policies will do
nothing to curtail the printing of massive amounts of US dollars
which will further debase the currency and rob savers of the value of
their savings and investments?
Neither of them mentions the Fed
or the role it plays in US monetary policy in their speeches. This is
because the banksters who control the system don’t want us to know
the game they are playing on us. Are the “experts”, the
teleprompter readers and elected officials sharing this information?
No, they are not. They are gas lighting us, peddling BS and lying
about everything. The powers that shouldn’t be are engaged in a
massive campaign of censorship and suppression to keep the truth and
any sane alternative narratives from reaching and resonating with the
people.
Both political parties support
war. How and why is it notions about peace are excluded from all
discussions on current events by both candidates? How is it, if the
US is the main purveyor of arms and violence in these conflicts, no
one except college students are proposing or demanding that the US
stop enabling genocide and war?! What’s up with that? And now the
Zionists have pressured the government and colleges to shut down the
protests and demonstrations and censor the college students. Is
this democracy in action?!
As the wars in Europe and West
Asia escalate, is either candidate mentioning the word peace? Is
either candidate talking about ways to insure the US does not
inadvertently (or on purpose) kick start a regional or global
conflagration by supplying Israel and Ukraine with ever more lethal
weapons and funding? Is the media explaining to the American people
the potential consequences of our government’s actions as they arm,
support and enable a totally corrupt Neo Nazi regime in Ukraine and
Israel’s genocidal plan for ethnic cleansing and war in West Asia?
Are we being informed about the potential for global conflagrations
as these and other developments expand around the world?! The answer
to these questions is a resounding no!
Not only is this irresponsible on
the part of elected officials and the media it is also giving
material aid and psychological support for war crimes, genocide and
evil to the warmongers! Make no mistake this is evil. The vast
majority of casualties in these conflicts are innocent children,
women and men, who are noncombatants, who have not taken up arms for
either side in these conflicts.
The war in Ukraine is the direct
result of the United States spending $5 billion dollars to overthrow
the duly elected government of Ukraine as part of an overarching plan
by the US to bring NATO, it’s thug army, right up to the borders of
Russia to intimidate Russia
into cowering before the US and its lapdog vassals in Europe.
In the case of Israel their
government despite its blatantly disingenuous propaganda seems to
relish collateral damage as it expropriates more and more territory
from the Palestinians. Look at a map of Israel in 1948, then look at
a map of Israel now. The additional lands were not ceded peacefully
they have been expropriated by endless wars, abject aggression and
expropriation all a vital part of what the Zionists call “Greater
Israel”. Their goal is for the boundaries of Israel to stretch from
the Nile River in Africa to the Tigris- Euphrates in Mesopotamia!
The Zionist claim their god
promised this land to them; like the Hebrews in the Bible (who are
not the ancestors of the Ashkenazim Zionists).
They say their god told them to forcibly and brutally seize it
leaving nothing behind. The problem is the Zionists are not the
descendants of the Hebrews, Israelites or Judeans, this is a
scientific genetic fact! Their claims to that land are fraudulent and
bogus.
I don’t know about you but to me
this is evil, it is religious fanaticism, psychopathy and ethnic
cleansing. Neither presidential candidate is standing up for true
peace. Neither candidate has a vision of what peace would actually
look like.
Why,
because America loves war.
This nation has been at war for ninety-three percent of its
existence, two hundred twenty-two out of two hundred thirty-nine
years! Think
about this and remember this when you go into the voting both in
November. Voting for the ”lesser of two evils” is still voting
for evil! It’s time to break the cycle.
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Eisenhower's Warning Has Fallen on Deaf Ears
Eisenhower’s
Warning Has Fallen on Deaf Ears
Junious Ricardo Stanton
In his
farewell address to the nation delivered on January 17, 1961 outgoing
President Dwight David
Eisenhower specifically warned against what he called the acquisition
of power by the Military Industrial Complex. He said, “In
the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of
unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the
military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of
misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight
of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.
We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable
citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and
military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so
that security and liberty may prosper together. Akin to, and largely
responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military
posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades.
In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more
formalized, complex, and costly. A steadily increasing share is
conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government.
Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been over
shadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing
fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the
fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced
a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge
costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute
for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now
hundreds of new electronic computers. The prospect of domination of
the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and
the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded.”
Eisenhower
was extremely prescient in his warning and insight. His experiences
as a soldier, officer and Commander in Chief while observing the
conditions of his country in 1961 shaped his
farewell views. He knew first hand having served for decades as a
soldier rising to the position of Supreme Allied Commander in Europe
during WWII the brutality and savagery of war. As Allied Commander
Eisenhower authorized the relentless bombing of German civilians and
he saw how the US unleashed
atomic weapons on innocent Japanese civilians.
As
president Eisenhower was privy to CIA plans to assassinate world
leaders, destabilize countries and incite regime change around the
world. He was well aware the upper echelons of the military, academia
and Wall Street were colluding to make even more mischief around the
world to expand the American Empire. He saw think tanks pushing
pro-war policies under the guise of fighting communism, he knew the
massive funds for research and technology being appropriated were
designed to further a US imperialist agenda and he was well aware of
the nexus between these initiatives and the plans the financial and
corporate elites were hatching. He
also knew the media was in on the shenanigans.
Eisenhower was fully aware of the adverse consequences that mindset
would
have on the American socio-economic-political system. He knew what
was coming and he tried to warn us in
his swansong.
Sadly Eisenhower’s warning fell upon deaf ears and has over the
years been drowned out by a chorus of warmongers, fear peddlers and
demagogues cranking out jingoist Cold War propaganda to enrich and
build the very entities Eishnhower
was warning us about!
Eisenhower
left office in 1961. The decade of the 1960’s was marked by the
unbridled hubris, and arrogance of the US
government
and Military Industrial Political Complex who
accelerated
the escalation of US imperialism and neocolonialism around the world
and a
ruthless repression at home to counter opposition to the government’s
pro-war policies. Eisenhower warned of the debilitating affect of the
mentality behind the Military Industrial Complex “As we peer into
society's future, we-you and I, and our government-must avoid the
impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and
convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage
the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss
also of their political and spiritual heritage.”
Unfortunately
Eisenhower’s message has been submerged beneath a cacophony of
boisterous propaganda clamoring for incessant wars, war profiteering
and power. Eisenhower was correct he just didn’t foresee the
Military Industrial Complex and the media merging and colluding to
prevent his message from reaching and resonating with the people. So
in the
fall of 2024
we find ourselves experiencing the loss of what little morality the
US has left, exchanging our humanity for war profits that
only benefit
a cabal of psychopaths, money grubbing warmongers and
their flunkies.
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We Deserve Better
We Deserve Better
Junious
Ricardo Stanton
Originally
I decided not to watch the “Presidential Debate” last night
because I knew it would be a political circus, a side show yet
another indication the US was in deep degeneration. But like the
proverbial moth to a flame I was drawn to it so my wife and I watched
it anyway. However I did not watch it uncritically with passion or a
partisan leaning towards one contestant over the other. I watched it
critically and my take-away was, we deserve better as a nation, we as
a people deserve much better than what was on display last night!
No
one in their right mind would call what we saw that an actual debate.
Anyone who grew up during the era where middle school, high school
and college students actually were taught how to formally debate,
anyone who knows the rules of debating knows what occurred last
night was not a debate in any shape form or fashion! It wasn’t even
an informal debate. While there were ground rules and both sides
agreed to them, what we saw was was two adults trading sound bytes
and talking points, personal attacks, vague rhetoric passing as
policies and two so called moderators trying to keep control of the
antics but who obviously favored Kamala Harris over Donald Trump. The
moderators constantly “fact checked” Donald Trump but rarely did
so to Harris. It was worse than a parody or a satire of American
politics.
In a formal debate there is audience participation, members of the
audience are allowed to ask questions and in some cases vote to
determine who won the debate, or announce which team was most
persuasive in their arguments. Obviously that did not happen last
night since that was not the format for that “debate”. We the
people will decide that on November the 5th,
2024.
In
a formal debate there are two teams or two participants taking sides
on a specific issue, one side argues in the affirmative the other
side argues in opposition. The contestants are required to cite their
reasons and back their assertions by supplying data, facts and
logical arguments. There is usually a judge or moderator, the
contestants are required to be civil, they are expected to do their
homework to become knowledgeable about the topic or question and in
some cases such as a debate class, they may be instructed to
subsequently switch sides; those arguing in the affirmative then
argue against and vice versa.
What
we saw last night was not a debate, it was a circus. The moderators
asked questions and neither participant answered them even when
pressed by the moderator for a simple yes or no answer! In a formal
debate the participants are expected to be civil and respectful
towards their opponent, that was not the case last night; each called
the other a liar, each made wild claims and engaged in Ad-hominem
personal attacks on the other. To me it was reminiscent of a junior
high or middle school election campaign for student government with
each side promising longer recesses a better variety of deserts in
the cafeteria or less homework, assertions everybody knows will not
happen; or a campaign where one candidate makes bombastic claims and
assertions too good to be true. That’s what last nigh was, that’s
how bad it was.
Neither
candidate offered any details on their “plans” and both made some
outrageous and outlandish claims. Trump said he would end the wars in
Gaza and Ukraine while he was president elect if he won because Putin
and Zelenskyy feared and respected him. Kamala Harris promised
government money for down payments for first time home buyers, child
care tax credits for infants and an assortment of tax cuts and
give-aways but provided no mention how she was going to pay for all
of this or the impact her policies would have on the rapidly
compounding government debt and interest payments! It was an insult
to the collective intelligence of the American people!
As
bad as the “debate” was, the post debate analysis was even more
bizarre. Surrogates for the candidates made the rounds in the media
spin room (I kid you not that is what the media called it a spin
room) proclaiming with straight faces and righteous fervor their
candidate won, their candidate was the most presidential, most
believable etc. It was like an episode of the Twilight Zone or an
issue in a Superman comic book about Bizzaro World.
Meanwhile
the talking heads, teleprompter readers and “influencers” on the
various cable news channels did the exact same thing shoveling their
biases on their viewers. The only station/channel that exhibited
even a modicum of objectivity was New Nation; meanwhile Fox, MSNBC,
CNN, New Max and the over the air channels held onto their usual
ideological biases trying to sell them as objective journalism and
reporting.
It
was bad, really really bad. We deserve better. We deserve better
candidates, we deserve better campaigns and we definitely deserve
better outcomes. Alas that pitiful display, that so called debate
merely reflects the consciousness, the values, the incivility,
partisanship, animus, fractiousness and mendacity of our society. We
deserve better but in order to have better we must demand better, do
and be better ourselves!
Remaining Sane Amid Constant Gaslighting
Remaining Sane Amid Constant Gaslighting
Junious Ricardo Stanton
Arthur Blair who wrote under the pseudonym George Orwell
said, “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes
a revolutionary act.” Let that statement marinate in our psyche and
consciousness for a while and make the connection to our current
predicament. We are indeed living in a time of ubiquitous and intense
deceit. Lies, disinformation and mendacity permeate our space and
reality. It is everywhere: in advertising, in politics, in education,
in government and even in religion or I might say especially in
religion. The megalomaniacs who desire to control the whole planet
and manipulate us use deceit, fear, and coercion to accomplish their
nefarious goals and agenda.
This is menticide the deliberate destruction of our minds! We’ve
experienced this on an ongoing basis during the past two decades.
Classic examples of gaslighting and manipulation that can easily be
singled out are the “official narratives” regarding: the 2000
presidential election, 9-11, WMDs, the 2008 financial implosion, the
various pseudo-pandemics leading up to COVID-19 such as HIV/AIDS, the
Bird Flu, Swine Flu, SARS, Mad Cow Disease, West Nile Virus, Monkey
Pox to name a few, Operation Warp Speed, the 2020 election and of
course the October 7th Hamas attacks (which was allowed to
happen by Israeli security forces)!
The globalist oligarchs and their captured agencies and
institutions such as: the World Economic Forum, the US FDA, the CDC,
World Health Organization and the US military industrial security
technology censorship apparatus are all in on these charades. As are
the corporate media which they own and control as well as the bought
and paid for politicians who are beholden to them for the bribes,
better known as campaign contributions, insider trading tips and
other perks they’ve exchanged for their souls.
There is an African proverb that says, “Truth is in the
marketplace, is anyone buying?” Objective truth is always available
but it is being vigorously suppressed and mangled via censorship and
the bogus “fact checkers” in the employ of the oligarchs, their
acolytes and minions. The deceit and mendacity are so ubiquitous
almost everything mislabeled as news and reality are fake. We exist
in it like fish in an aquarium totally oblivious to it, mostly
unaware it is all around us.
So how do we adjust and adapt to living in a milieu such as this?
How do we survive and function amid an environment of universal
deceit? First, we have to recognize, realize and admit we are living
in times of abject propaganda, deceit, mendacity and disinformation.
We have to fully grasp there is an omnipresent war going on for our
minds; that there are layers of propaganda and mind control similar
to an onion. For example there are half-truths, lies of omission, out
and out fabrications often simultaneously layered and embedded within
complex psychological operations designed to distort reality, control
our perceptions, undermine our will and volition by controlling the
images, subliminal symbols and narratives to engineer a somnambulant,
Zombie population. As far as the oligarchs are concerned for us,
ignorance and discombobulation are bliss. They treat us like my
friend Catherine Austin Fitts says like mushrooms, “keeping us in
the dark and feeding us cow manure.”
This is part of their program to demoralize us. In this ignorant and
deluded state we uncritically believe whatever they tell us, buy
anything, eat or drink anything no matter how toxic it may be to our
health, behave in ways that are self-destructive that enrich or
accomplish the goals of our misanthropic ruling elites. This is the
state most Americans and Westerners find themselves in today and most
don’t realize it.
Our challenge is to be vigilant, discerning, skeptical, consciously
examining everything we are told through a psychological filter of
self-preservation by asking ourselves, is it in my best interests to
internalize, accept or believe this? I know it seems taxing and
daunting but we are innately equipped to do this. This is how we
should be living anyway. This is what our minds are designed for,
this is what intuition is for, to help us discern and navigate our
lives in ways that enhance and benefit us rather than the
misanthropes and miscreants who view us as “useless eaters”, mere
commodities or consumption units.
We are not in this alone we have access to a Universal Higher
Consciousness and humanity as our support we just have to find
like minded people to form a conscious community of free thinkers,
truth seekers and dissidents. We have the power of choice, we have
agency, we can be self-determining, self-actualizing sentient beings
or we can be Zombies, automatons and cannon fodder for the New World
Order. These two choices are mutually exclusive, we can’t do both
simultaneously nor is it wise to go back and forth; be one or the
other!
I don’t know about you but I don’t plan to go out like that. I
know I have a greater purpose for living than just being a mindless
consumer, a target for harvesting DNA material or collateral for
psychopaths. I do not intend to be one who uncritically lives life
going along with the propaganda and insanity this ruthless cabal has
in store for humanity. We all have to make a decision to take control
of our minds, disengaged from the Matrix, think and act for
ourselves. It will not be easy but the stakes are high and both the
consequences and rewards are too great to abdicate our
responsibilities! We can do it once we put our minds to it.
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What If
What If …?
Junious Ricardo Stanton
During the 1960-70;s when the US government targeted Southeast Asia
(Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia) to expand its imperialist and
neocolonialist empire, there was great opposition to the wars in that
region and someone asked the question, “what if they gave a war and
no one came?” There was much resistance and noncompliance towards
the war and military conscription. Protesters burned the American
flag, men burned their draft cards, refused induction, some left the
country, a few had the courage of their convictions and went to jail
rather than kill for the war profiteers and the US
military-industrial complex. It was a tumultuous time in America. The
country was deeply divided along racial and ethnic, ideological,
class and political fault lines.
Having lived through that era I see numerous similarities to what is
going on in this country today. History is repeating itself. Back in
the day, we had to sift through the lies and propaganda about the
reasons for the war, the casualty numbers and the outlook and
prospects for victory. We need to do that again now as the US
prepares for even more war.
As a young man I opposed the Vietnam war, I could not see myself
going halfway around the world to fight and kill people I did not
know for abstract concepts like freedom and democracy that me and my
people did not have or experience in real time here in America! To
me that was hypocritical especially when the draft was taking Black
men languishing in the US racialized cast system in disproportionate
numbers compared to White males and because well to do Whites were
able to get out of being drafted!
On top of that my mother’s family had been traumatized a
generation earlier when the US government took their property in
Caroline County Virginia to expand Fort A.P. Hill a military training
base there. They were given just thirty days to vacate their property
and they weren’t given any compensation for its confiscation and
appropriation by the government. They were put off of their own land
by a government that gave them no respect when racial caste and
oppression was the law and norm in this country.
I always sensed a pall of sadness whenever my great aunt and her
husband with whom we lived and other relatives spoke of those
occurrences. Their experiences shaped my stance on Vietnam despite
being brainwashed by the public education propaganda and
indoctrination system to be gong ho regarding US imperialism,
manifest destiny and such.
I also heard tales of my great uncle who served as a Dough-boy in
WWI. He lost an eye in Europe “fighting for his country” and
returned to America to face deeply entrenched racism and rigid color
cast restrictions. Growing into young adulthood during those times,
fairness and justice were critical aspects of patriotism. In my mind
it was a two way street a mutually beneficial agreement and
arrangement between the government and its citizens not just mindless
obedience to the government. I did everything I could not to go off
to war and fight for a government that had so egregiously wronged my
people.
Fast forward to 2024, the nation is still deeply divided along the
same lines as in 1960’s and 70’s but now we add the immigrant,
gender, trans and LBGTQ+ chasm and hardening economic apartheid to
the mix. In 2024 it appears, if one is observant, the ruling
oligarchs are heading towards more wars, they are moving beyond the
proxy wars like Korea before the escalation in Southeast Asia and
the various “police actions” and covert ops towards direct
confrontation with nations like Russia China and Iran.
In 2024 war takes on a new face, we’re seeing economic sanctions,
commercial coercion, asymmetric cyber-warfare, geoengineering, aerial
drones, unmanned boats and advanced technology being employed by the
US, its allies and potential adversaries alike. Yet as with most
modern wars the main casualties are innocent civilians, men women and
children. Classic examples of this are the genocide and ethnic
cleansing being perpetrated by Israel on the Palestinians and the
devastatingly injurious consequences of economic sanctions the US has
imposed on over twenty nations around the world!
Like most invaders and aggressors the Israelis justify their war
crimes under the guise of “defense”. Rubbish! The whole world
sees what is going on in Gaza. Two international criminal courts
have issued condemnations but they lack enforcement powers! Plus the
United States and it allies fully support the bloodbath there as well
and the escalating war in Ukraine/Russia. The US and its NATO allies
have given the green light to the Neo-Nazis in Ukraine to directly
attack Russian territory which they are doing. None of this is going
to end well. The US economic sanctions are just as deadly but they
are tolerated since they receive very little media coverage and no
bullets or missiles are used!
What if there was a revitalization of a bona fide Peace Movement and
people were willing to sacrifice for Peace to the same degree we
acquiesce to war? What if people stopped believing and tolerating the
government’s lies and asked what are the real costs of human
suffering on all sides and called the government on its war
profiteering and warmongering? What if more people supported the
young students who stood up for Peace against Israeli genocide, or
demanded an end to the wars in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin
America? What if the young people now subjected to conscription and
mandatory military service said Hell no we won’t go? What if people
were more sensitive and empathetic towards the suffering of their
fellow man, what will it take for us to see it’s only a matter of
time before the government warmongers turn their sights on us? What
if we asked ourselves what would we do if a global war was staring us
in the face; because it is. What if we boycotted and unions called
strikes until the government changed its policies? What if you, me
and more people were willing to sacrifice for what is right instead
of remaining disengaged as the world teeters on the brink of war?
What if we decided to be resolute and steadfast for Peace even in the
face of an onslaught of propaganda and lies, government coercion and
force? What if peace lovers had the courage of our convictions, what
type of world would this be?
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Metanoia On The Solari Platform
For several years I have been hosting a program entitled Metanoia on the Solari Report platform created by my good friend Catherine Austin Fitts
https://home.solari.com. Metanoia is an interview program where we present thought leaders and activists who are working to transform and change society for the better. We discuss current events from the perspective of doing the work to better ourselves our communities and the world. Health advocates, nutrition specialists, social critics, writers, Website hosts, metaphysicians, mystics people who have a genuine heart for humanity. The latest program has been posted. Full disclosure Solari is a subscription service similar the The Trends Journal or The Kiplinger Report. However you can watch a snippet of this episode at https://live.solari.com/w/sh9rJmDQeYAt6114XdEKFi. My guest is Geoff Shoun O’Keefe the Executive Director of Zen Peacemakers an organization committed to self-transformation, healing, and promoting peace around the world.
If we are to alter the planet’s current trajectory towards war devastation and human annihilation we need to change how we think, rethink how we think, what we think about, what we think is possible and create a new vision for ourselves and our world. Zen Peacemakers offers a way to cultivate peace and personal transformation in a simple, easy, non-dogmatic, non-ideological, apolitical way. We can all use more peace in our lives, please check out the promo.
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