Over $100 billion and 300,000 lives later, Ukraine, US and NATO are sinking intp defeat. No one really wins this dreadful catastrophic and illegal war. The only thing for sure is that the working people of Ukraine and Russia in particular (and the U.S. and Europe), who've paid the bitter price in blood and treasure, are the sure losers. ----- Forwarded Message -----*From:* Michael Eisenscher <meisenscher@PROTECTED>*Sent:* Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 06:57:14 PM EST*Subject:* U.S. war plans for Ukraine don’t fore ...Continue Reading

 -----Forwarded Message-----From: Mike Ferner <mike@PROTECTED>Sent: Jan 25, 2024 12:26 AMTo: VFP-all <vfp-all@PROTECTED>, VFP Action <vfpaction@PROTECTED>Subject: Part of the story VFP must tell It's universal in war. That's why we say War Is A Racket.  The few profit and the many pay.There are no winners in war. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-thousands-soldiers-wounded-disabled-gaza-fighting?fbclid=IwAR1p4mjN0J3Mo63HuOTPkJxBSOedX3WDk39oIEqOmlSQa_Kjy6I3 ...Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Breaking Silence Organizing Committee <info@PROTECTED>Date: Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 3:11 PMSubject: “If this is the moral face of America… supporting a genocide…what is the future of America?” -Ilan Pappé, Israeli historian. Register now for Thursday, January 25th webinar!Can the violence in Palestine-Israel be a turning point for humanity? Register for our January 25th Webinar.Dear Peacemaking Colleague, "If this is the moral face of America. That supporti ...Continue Reading

Terry and All:   we need to send this information with our letters to Congress /Senate, and Biden. I keep getting response from them saying Israel has a right to defend itself.  Sickening. On Jan 23, 2024, at 12:27 PM, Terry Lodge tjlodge50@PROTECTED [Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition] <peacelist@PROTECTED> wrote: From: tjlodge50@PROTECTED  Let them ponder this, from the Wall Street Journal, hardly a bastion of pro-Palestine sentiment• ” A World Bank analysis concluded that by Dec. 12, t ...Continue Reading

This is an interesting Intercept interview of one of the CCR attorneys prosecuting the federal suit in San Francisco against Biden, Blinken and Austin for genocide.   The CCR lawyer explains the background of Judge Joan Donahue, the US-designated judge at the International Court of Justice who also happens to be the chief judge of the entire court. She can't control any votes but her own, of course, but her resume as an international lawyer is as disturbing as it is unsurprising:   "Joan Donahue ...Continue Reading

The below is readable without paywall. Something more that the South African legal team hopefully will add to their coming petition against the US and Britain. Nothing like being indicted by your own biased newspaper of record. This will help the criminal referral I'm preparing.https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-palestinian-detainees.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P00.5iyo.7xdeAe9QR4mY&smid=url-share ...Continue Reading

https://youtu.be/9k3hAkr1FNc?si=dN5BebIcFOa7qbezMohammed Al-Bukhaiti, senior political officer and spokesman for Yemen's Ansarallah movement, explains the objectives behind his movement's naval blockade of the Red Sea in this interview with The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal. Al-Bukhaiti also responds to military threats from the Biden administration and allegations that Ansarallah is controlled by Iran's IRGC. ...Continue Reading

  Let them ponder this, from the Wall Street Journal, hardly a bastion of pro-Palestine sentiment• ” A World Bank analysis concluded that by Dec. 12, the war had damaged or destroyed 77% of health facilities, 72% of municipal services such as parks, courts and libraries, 68% of telecommunications infrastructure, and 76% of commercial sites, including the almost complete destruction of the industrial zone in the north. More than half of all roads, the World Bank found, have been damaged or destroyed. Some 342 school ...Continue Reading

Friends, I've been sitting on this blustery winter evening, thinking about what a harsh and messy year 2024 is going to be for US politics. If all that we who live in the belly of this Beast slouching toward Armageddon can do is send a message to the Dems that they can still be voted out of office -- then we had better send that message, but do it now, don't wait for November.    /*Because we are slouching toward Armageddon*/.     Here're a few developments of the past two weeks that are do ...Continue Reading

  "We had /no idea/ there were /people/ in that Strip," stammered the testosterone-drenched warrior state. "What're you, antisemitic or something?" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-support-for-israel-ironclad-despite-rebuffUS official John Kirby says there is no evidence of “deliberate” Israeli war crimes after Mexico, Chile request investigation from International Criminal Court.[So they were all "accidental" war crimes, eh?] ...Continue Reading