Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology
https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/11/omni-armistice-day-november-11-2024.html
“In the US, Make it Armistice Day Again.” Consortium News (11-11-24).
Declare an armistice in Gaza and Lebanon and make Veteran’s Day Armistice Day once more in the U.S., says Gerry Condon. Read here…
A horrific war has been waged for over a year in the third-largest country in Africa: Sudan. Tens of thousands of people have already been killed. Many women are committing suicide to avoid rape.
Sudan does not manufacture any of the weapons doing most of the killing. The bulk of the weapons are coming from the United Arab Emirates.
Our allies are going to deliver a petition to embassies of the UAE around the world.
Can you add your name and ask everyone you know to do the same?
Whether Western corporate media cares or not, we can care!
Please sign and share widely!
Thank you! — The RootsAction Education Fund team
Please share on Facebook and Twitter. RootsActionEducationFund.org
Bernie Sanders: “No more bombs for Netanyahu”
Stop Arming Israel. Demand Progress. Nov 10, 2024.
Dick,
For the last 13 months, the Biden administration has backed Benjamin Netanyahu and his brutal war on Gaza to the hilt.
And now, under Donald Trump, it’s about to get even worse. In the words of former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Trump will “give Netanyahu a blank check” to do whatever he wants.1
In fact, on election night, the Israeli military admitted that it was preparing to expel “the entire population” of northern Gaza, adding that “there is no intention of allowing the residents of the northern Gaza Strip to return to their homes.”2
This is the definition of ethnic cleansing — and once Trump is sworn in, the U.S. will no longer even pretend to hold Netanyahu back.
With just two months left before Trump is sworn in, we’re demanding an immediate end to U.S. arms sales to Israel, and Bernie Sanders is leading the way by forcing a Senate vote to block $20 billion in arms sales to Israel.3
The scale of human suffering inflicted by Israel on the people of Gaza is almost beyond comprehension.
One recent study estimated that at least 114,000 people have been killed, including all war-related causes.4 Then this week, a new United Nations report found that 70% of those killed have been women and children.5
Over 90% of the population has been displaced. The entire healthcare infrastructure has been destroyed.6 In much of Gaza there is no food or water, and Israel has banned the main U.N. agency in charge of providing life-saving humanitarian aid to Gaza.7
The next two months may be our last chance to block further U.S. weapons sales to Israel and push for a cease-fire. We’ve already mobilized over 100,000 people, and now we’re turning up the heat to support Sen. Bernie Sanders’s resolution to stop the $20 billion weapons sale to Israel.
With gratitude,
The team at Demand Progress Action
Sources:
1. The Guardian, “Trump will give Israel ‘blank check’ which may mean all-out war with Iran, says ex-CIA chief,” November 7, 2024.
2. The Guardian, “Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF,” November 6, 2024.
3. Associated Press, “Bernie Sanders preparing resolutions to block $20B in US arms sales to Israel,” September 18, 2024.
4. Mother Jones, “Report: In One Year, More Than 100,000 Deaths in Gaza—Aided by $17.9 Billion From the US,” October 8, 2024.
5. The Guardian, “‘Almost unparalleled suffering’ in Gaza as UN says nearly 70% of those killed are women and children,” November 8, 2024.
6. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, “Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (29 October 2024),” October 29, 2024.
7. The Times of Israel, “US urges Israel to rethink anti-UNRWA laws, warning millions at risk of ‘catastrophe,'” October 29, 2024.
TRANSCEND MEDIA SERVICE Solutions-Oriented Peace Journalism, Week 46 // 11 Nov – 17 Nov 2024
Perpetual Peace Plan for the Russia-Ukraine War
Dr. Bishnu Pathak, et al. – TRANSCEND Media Service
31 Oct 2024 – The Russia-Ukraine war is the most destructive and contentious since WWII. The involvement of the USA with financial aid, strategic defense guidance, and military supplies to Ukraine has transformed it into a war between the USA and Russia. Read more…
NOBEL LAUREATES: USA, Ukraine/Russia, Palestine/Israel: Peace Is Possible! Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate | Peace People – TRANSCEND Media Service 5 Nov 2024 – When Martin Luther King spoke so passionately and eloquently in his speech, ‘I have a dream,’ he touched the hearts of millions of people.
11 November: Armistice and Remembrance. René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service.
Today, the images of war in the Middle East and Ukraine have not led to new creative literature nor to proposals for peace-making. However, the need for dialogue among Jewish Israelis and Palestinians has led to a reading of Martin Buber (1878 -1965). Read more…
| Today is Armistice Day / Remembrance Day! |
| World BEYOND War Executive Director David Swanson just accepted the first annual Real Nobel Peace Prize from the Lay Down Your Arms Foundation in Oslo, Norway, and has events today and tomorrow in Sweden. |
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11-11-24
DON’T MOURN, ORGANIZE!This holiday weekend, let us all reflect that when WWI ended, it was at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, and it was celebrated as ARMISTICE DAY. We all know that ending and preventing wars is what saves the lives of both civilians and combatants. But as the Unity Statement of United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) directs us: “We will link the wars abroad with the assaults at home, and U.S. militarism to the corporate economic interests it serves. We will work to make the peace movement a strong ally to movements for social and economic justice in the U.S. and abroad.”
We cannot underestimate the tremendous obstacles and dangers that we must confront in the coming four years. Please contribute to UFPJ today, so that our network can continue to inspire and organize local and national peace and justice organizations to respond and resist by:
· Demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the Middle East.
· Opposing rollbacks of our democratic rights and the U.S. Constitution.
· Organizing at the local level to push back on attempts at the federal level to increase reliance on nuclear weapons and abolish programs to address the Climate Crisis.
· Promoting pro-labor, pro-union policies.
· Confronting the false moral narratives that are fueling racism, misogyny, anti-immigrant sentiment and economic oppression.
The UFPJ Coordinating Committee is particularly excited about the tremendous opportunities that lie ahead in increasing the engagement of peace and justice activists with the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and Mayors for Peace.
Now, more than ever, UFPJ needs your SUPPORT and the world needs your commitment to continue the struggle!
Please give as generously as you can.
With gratitude,
The UFPJ Coordinating Committee
Michael Knox. US Peace Memorial Foundation. “Armistice Day – a commitment to peace.”
November 11, Armistice Day, marks the end of WWI and a commitment to peace. But the U.S. has failed to heed the call, having invaded at least 30 countries since the end of WWII, killing and maiming millions, destabilizing nations, and providing weapons to warring neighbors.
With U.S.-fueled wars raging, some voices are demanding a ceasefire and peace. These are the true American heroes.
Please take action by supporting the US Peace Memorial Foundation. Let’s build the national monument to celebrate our role models and inspire others to seek alternatives to war and to speak out for peace. Please contribute – $20, $50, $500 – whatever you can afford.
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Demand CEASEFIRE on November 11th Dear VFP Chapters, Members, and Community Organizers, Our work continues with renewed urgency in the wake of US elections. Armistice Day is next Monday, November 11 (aka Veterans Day holiday). This email contains links to many different resources to help you make the most of Armistice Day in 2024. This year, we have been horrified witnesses to Israel’s relentless genocidal war in Gaza, aided and abetted by the US government. As those events continue and the threat of wider war looms, let’s observe Armistice Day by calling for a permanent Ceasefire in Gaza—and in the West Bank, Lebanon, Iran, and throughout the Middle East! With that in mind, VFP Board members and staff have created and assembled some great resources for chapters, members, and allies to utilize for Armistice Day organizing: Striking new flyer and banner design (thanks to Ellen Davidson) and related graphics to download for use on signs, posters and social media. A QR code linking to the Armistice Day page on VFP’s website, which offers many Armistice Day suggestions. A sample Letter to the Editor reclaiming Armistice Day and calling for a halt to US Weapons to Israel. Link to recent VFP statement supporting Israeli and US soldiers who refuse to participate in genocide and illegal wars. Links to VFP’s Open Letters to the State Department, to President Biden, to Vice President Harris, and to the Justice Department, detailing US laws being broken by sending weapons to a country that is grossly violating human rights. Link to the Boycott, Sanction and Divest (BDS) campaign against apartheid Israel. Armistice Day messaging will be useful this weekend, when some chapters will be marching in Veterans Day parades. We encourage you to utilize these resources throughout next week, not just Monday, but in the days and weeks ahead. With concerted actions and coordinated messaging, we will build momentum and raise a stronger veteran’s voice that will be heard in many quarters. No to Genocide and No to War! |
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