Tens of thousands marched against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and many hundreds of protesters have been killed by his thugs.
But it would be incredibly stupid to believe that American bombs offer a solution.
Read MoreIn this blog I write about world affairs, presenting a view of the world free from NATO propaganda.
Peace Anthropology and Development Anthropology and History are the tools with which I analyze international affairs, as part of a world-wide web of people working for peace through Transcend, UNIDIR and other agencies. Terrorism? This is largely political propaganda: my EPES Mandala Consulting group specialized in “terrorism” and far more people die each year from road accidents or from the flu, than from terror attacks. A lot of news is fear-mongering and most comes from a small number of corporate and government sources. Investigative journalists are a threatened species.
“I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.”
Tens of thousands marched against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and many hundreds of protesters have been killed by his thugs.
But it would be incredibly stupid to believe that American bombs offer a solution.
Read MoreHistory repeatedly teaches us this lesson: external powers that topple governments through military force rarely produce the outcomes they promise. More often, populations rally behind nationalist forces, even authoritarian ones, when faced with foreign invasion.
Read MoreSome Israelis focus on their national tradition of freeing hostages. Israel’s leaders focus on killing Palestinians – offering the ridiculous argument that this may destroy Hamas and make Israel safer.
Read MoreIS IT POSSIBLE THAT ISRAELI GENOCIDE IN GAZA WAS THE ORIGINAL BIBI-IDF PLAN?
Read MoreIsrael’s defense minister - a man called Israel Katz - outlined plans in early July to create a concentration camp into which he intends to herd two million Palestinian citizens of Gaza …. The ones whom the Israeli army have not yet killed.
Read MoreA different leader would have saved the hostages, negotiating without bombs in favor of peace. Instead, Netanyahu has opted for destruction and genocide: and I agree with the governments of South Africa, Brazil, and others that genocide is what Israel is perpetrating in Gaza.
Read MoreWar is never a win: both sides always lose.
Associated Press (AP) reported May 17th that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have agreed to separate meetings with a delegation of leaders from six African countries to discuss a possible plan to end the war in Ukraine, South Africa’s president said Tuesday.
Read MoreKeeping the peace is not what turns on military leaders. American generals have new weapons they are longing to try out on the battlefield. You should not be giving these people a platform, Mr Kristof. You should be talking to the Peace Makers, and providing a platform to people who seek to end the war.
Read MoreNATO’s summit in Wales (September 4-5) was BAD NEWS for peace makers, and bad for all world citizens. Led by the pugilistic David Cameron, and urged on by the gladiatorial military that pushes Barack Obama’s policy machine, the NATO summit decided to create a new 4,000 strong rapid reaction force for initial deployment in the Baltic…. And then where will this policy lead us?
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