The ghosts of 1968 are haunting Barack Obama, which is tremendously unfair, I say as his coeval, given that our cohort spent the Chicago Democratic Convention sticking baseball cards in our bicycle spokes rather than pelting Mayor Daley’s finest with porcine epithets. But guilt by association is ironclad in these days when American political discourse is controlled by hall monitors and tattletales. Obama’s friendship—acquaintance?—with Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn is about to get extended play as the Republicans contrast Obama’s Weatherfriends with their nominee’s stint in the Hanoi Hilton.
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Tag: AntiWar
The Kononovich Brothers – The Story So Far
Nov 22, 2023
600 days since the arrest of the Kononovich brothers, we look at how their case has progressed and what the anti-imperialist youth around the world have been doing to demand and secure their freedom from the reactionary Ukrainian regime.
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Previously:
A Veteran Remembers, by Howard Zinn + How the U.S. Poisoned its Veterans
Let’s go back to the beginning of Veterans Day. It used to be Armistice Day, because at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, World War I came to an end.
A Veteran Remembers, by Howard Zinn + How the U.S. Poisoned its Veterans
‘Roblox’ pro-Palestinian protest attended by over 57,000
Players were waving Palestinian flags as they walked together in the game
‘Roblox’ pro-Palestinian protest attended by over 57,000
Looking for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, then and now
In 1973, Madison’s Esty Dinur was living in Israel and prepared to resist the draft. Then her country was attacked.
Looking for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, then and now (archived)
The largest Palestine protest in U.S. history shut down the streets of D.C
An estimated 300,000 demonstrators shut down the streets of D.C. in the largest Palestine protest in United States history, calling for a ceasefire and an end to the genocide in Gaza.
The largest Palestine protest in U.S. history shut down the streets of D.C
The story of Violeta – a child who has lived every day of her life under Ukraine shelling
The Surprisingly Durable Myth of Donald Trump, Anti-Imperialist + Trump’s Actual Record in Office (From Anti-imperialist Perspective)
Amid the sordid crimes of the American Empire, running from the Mexican-American War under Polk to the Forever Wars that have marked the 21st century, there have been a few brave souls who have stood as the nation’s conscience. These dissidents have repeatedly mounted principled opposition to plunder, torture, and conquest. The roll call of anti-imperialist heroes includes Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, W.E.B. Du Bois, Helen Keller, Martin Luther King Jr.,
The Surprisingly Durable Myth of Donald Trump, Anti-ImperialistNoam Chomsky,Bernie Sanders, and Barbara Lee.
Related:
Trump’s Actual Record in Office (From Anti-imperialist Perspective)
We Are Witnessing the Largest U.S. Anti-War Protests in 20 Years
In recent weeks the U.S. has seen the biggest anti-war protests since the Iraq War, but you wouldn’t know this from watching mainstream media.
We Are Witnessing the Largest U.S. Anti-War Protests in 20 Years
Lao Tzu: In war man sinks from his higher to his lower nature
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Lao Tzu
The Way of Life
Translated by Witter Bynner (Thanks to Ken Freeland)
One who would guide a leader of men in the uses of life
Lao Tzu: In war man sinks from his higher to his lower nature
Will warn him against the use of arms for conquest.
Weapons often turn upon the wielder,
An army’s harvest is a waste of thorns,
Conscription of a multitude of men
Drains the next year dry.
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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