On COI #309, Kyle Anzalone and Dave DeCamp discuss the US and China relationship.
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False Heroes Make False Promises
“Is the hero of a given state or people what we need today, when the whole planet should be our field of concern?” ~ Joseph Campbell
America’s proxy war against Russia continues to rattle the world, and now with the possibility of being drawn into a further conflict with China, the United States has plenty to lose and almost nothing to gain.
The war in Ukraine will be remembered as a disaster for American foreign policy. This is practically guaranteed by the failed leadership of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who could teach a master class in manipulation.
Zelensky’s arrogance has no end: although he may be considered a rock star by superficial cultural standards and admired for such things as his shirt, he is no friend to democracies anywhere.
Original CBS Documentary on Ukraine Military Aid
Why military aid to Ukraine doesn’t always get to the front lines: “Like 30% of it reaches its final destination”
This was removed by CBS after complaints from the Ukrainian Government. Antiwar.com ran this story today: CBS Removes Documentary on Ukraine Military Aid After Pressure from Ukrainian Government
Conflicts of Interest: Moving Closer to Nuclear War
On COI #308, Kyle Anzalone discusses warnings that the world is close to annihilation.
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Roger Waters on War, Peace, and Music
Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters spoke to a webinar today. It was hosted by World BEYOND War with Todd Pierce and David Swanson moderating.
It was sponsored by
Project for the Study of American Militarism
World BEYOND War
Antiwar.com
Women Against Military Madness
CODE PINK
Veterans For Peace
Andy Worthington
Mondoweiss
Just Peace Advocates/Mouvement Pour Une Paix Juste
RootsAction.org
Canadian BDS Coalition
UNAC
Twin Cities Assange Defense
Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
DC Action for Assange
A Pacifist Even in the Tax War
That today’s culture wars lack a convenient place to pigeonhole Tom Cornell, whose seven decades of activism in the Catholic Worker movement continued until his passing on August 1, shows their limitations rather than his.
In a 2002 profile, Andrew Blackman noted that Cornell "shares common beliefs with liberals and neo-conservatives, communists and cardinals, and he harshly criticizes all of them." Cornell was the sort of radical for social justice who told liberals that radicalism didn’t mean being "liberal but more so,” since his analysis of the ills of war and poverty traced them to fundamentally "different premises." He wasn’t any more accommodating to those who professed his anti-abortion position but who seemed to be only "concerned about people … until they’re born."