Gaza
Rest In Power, Aaron Bushnell
gm, It's my hope that Aaron Bushnell prompts citizens across the globe to stand against the "ruling class". Because we are not free. May his memory be a blessing,
Israeli government
Gaza
Press release: City of Glenwood Springs calls for a ceasefire in Gaza; Citizen-led effort is first in Colorado
gm, Here's the official press release our group released this morning. For Immediate Release, February 17, 2024 Contact: Will Hodges, (720) 365-1721 Maya Hunt, (541) 337-7773 City of Glenwood Springs calls for a ceasefire in Gaza; Citizen-led effort is first in Colorado GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. -- On Thursday
Gaza
Glenwood Springs CO makes fresh tracks, adopts a ceasefire resolution
Tonight our group – CeasefireNow Roaring Fork Valley – attended the Glenwood Springs City Council meeting with the goal of asking that the city council adopt a ceasefire resolution. I'll note that just two days ago our group attended a city council meeting in Aspen. Two members of the city
Wars
Caitlin Johnstone: It's Insane That Anyone Is Still Supporting Israel
I could post each of Caitlin Johnstone's pieces, they're that good. But please subscribe to her substack. Here's today's piece. Which is exactly how I feel. I've studied this all day every day since 10-7. The truth is that Israel
Politics
October 7 will cost the Democrats The White House and more
Today in town a young, professional, hip and connected woman noticed my Kufiya. She said to me, "nice scarf". So we had a chat. October 7 woke her up. Like me, she started doing some research. She's figured it out and so have her friends. Because
Politics
Fifteen Things You Should Never Have To Say To A Country
Caitlin Johnstone's newsletter tells it like it is. Yesterday's "15 things you should never have to say to a country" piece is worth reposting in its entirety. Here it is. 1. Stop bombing children. 2. Don’t kill journalists. 3. Don’t bomb hospitals.
Politics
Turns out "from the river to the sea" doesn't mean what Zionists say it does
Katie Halper, who's Jewish, has been doing great reporting on the Israel-Gaza conflict. Please subscribe to her YouTube channel or her Patreon. Watch this piece with Yousef Munayyer, a Palestinian American analyst and head of the Israel-Palestine program at Arab Center Washington DC. to learn what "river
Politics
John Oliver's Israel-Hamas piece is must watch TV
From his piece: First from a Jewish man who's daughter was killed by a Hamas suicide bomber 26 years ago: "We are in a circle of blood the last 75 years. And this is just another round. Nobody expected the viciousness or cruelty of this round but
Wars
There's Only So Much Propaganda Spin You Can Put On The Murder Of Thousands Of Children
Caitlin Johnstone's newsletter today connects with me in so many ways it deserves to be posted here in its entirety. Listen to an audio reading here. A friend and I were emailing yesterday about how millions of Americans have fallen to as Caitlin writes, "mass-scale psychological manipulation&
Wars
No Bill, it's genocide
Tonight I tuned into Bill Maher. I haven't watched in a couple months, I'd tuned him out. Bill called for an end to saying "genocide". The Law: The Genocide Convention of 1948, born of the Holocaust, defines the crime of genocide in Article 2
Wars
Norman Finkelstein Rebuts Zionist Student Playing The Holocaust Card On Him
No one knows more about Gaza than Norman Finkelstein, who's Jewish. From this clip in 2009: "It is completely and exactly because of the lessons my parents taught me and my two siblings, that I will not be silent when Israel commits its crimes against the Palestinians.
NFTs
Notes from my mind
Living in the past is living in hell. I have so much I need to let go of. Stuff that didn't happen, happened, and what I imagine happened or didn't happen. It's killing me. And I want to live for many more years. When