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| PEACE, JUSTICE, AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16, promotes just, peaceful, and inclusive societies. |
The rule of fair and just laws IS GOOD: Corporate greed and corruption ARE BAD. Criminal acts are bad.
ICE did not have to be, but right now IS BAD.
Murder IS BAD.
Home invasions and kidnapping ARE BAD. BOMBS are BAD and war's toxic pollution IS VERY VERY BAD!!
Military spending for this year is supposed to be an astronomically
high ONE TRILLION dollars- but the current administration wants it to be
raised to 1.5 trillion, and does not want to spend a single penny on
health care for we the people.
Fattening up the already massive military-industrial complex, the ravenous corporations, and the corrupt politicians that profit from funding endless war and state sponsored terrorism IS BAD!!
Today's America is leading a global arms race by aggressively
undermining international law, sovereign territorial rights, and respect
for human dignity at every turn.
Bully tactics and lies ARE BAD. VIOLENCE is very VERY BAD!!!
Leading by good example IS GOOD. Compassion and caring for people in need IS GOOD. Feeding the hungry IS GOOD.
Golden Rule Thinking IS GOOD.
Funding and arming American OR Israeli bigotry, injustice, tyranny, racist hate and state sponsored terrorism IS BAD.
So are data centers, computer programs, and "security" scams deploying
AI to track, target, impoverish and destroy innocent people.
POVERTY IS BAD. Poverty convinces vulnerable people to do horrible things just to survive.
Our economy needs people and peace based jobs for everyone's sake. No one should be forced to chose between being overworked &
underpaid wage slaves to major corporations and billionaire's whims... or risk bankruptcy by
medical bills.
Furthermore, no one any where in the world should have their home, land, job, and security taken away from them because American or Israeli invaders want more land, resources, and/or reasons to wage more AND MORE WAR.
And shame on American leadership that decides to sanction and punish
those who object to racist Israel's escalating violence and cruelty.
Do you really think Israel cares if America survives the Zionist quest to be the new Uber Alis... We are pawns in their deadly game of take take take.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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Israel pushes ahead with vast illegal settlement in heart of West Bank: Tender posted for construction of 3,401 homes in [ILLEGAL] settlement designed to ‘bury idea of a Palestinian state’... “We said there will be no Palestinian state, and indeed there will be no Palestinian state! This place is ours,” Netanyahu said.
On this day in 1948, the Haganah zionist militia bombed the Semiramis Hotel in Jerusalem at 1 am, killing 26 people & injuring 60. The victims were mostly Palestinian Christians. Entire families were eliminated. The Spanish vice-consul was also among the dead... 77 years later, the pattern remains unchanged: terrorizing indigenous populations to clear land for settlement. From Qatamon in 1948 to Gaza today, zionism operates as what it has always been—a settler-colonial project built on displacement, dispossession, and destruction.
Displaced children from Gaza express the scenes of war they have lived through in an artwork, under the supervision of artist Murad Al-Assar
"This is where things get tricky: I’m not sure what I’m allowed to say about Palestine Action in this column without getting chucked in jail myself. Last July, you see, the British government took the extraordinary, and hugely criticized, step of terming the group a terrorist organization on the same level as the Islamic State militant group. This is despite the fact that Palestine Action has killed nobody; its efforts are focused on trying to shut down weapons manufacturers enabling the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Even the government’s own intelligence assessment, a declassified version of which was obtained by the New York Times, undercut its condemnations of the group, finding that most of their activities “would not be classified as terrorism” under Britain’s legal definition. Still, the British government has been very busy arresting thousands – many of whom are elderly activists – for the “crime” of peacefully holding up a sign saying: “I support Palestine Action.” "
Greta Thunberg came to stay – and my kid may have inadvertently helped her get arrested- Arwa Mahdawi in The Guardian
Military Industrial Complex Infographics
Military spending worldwide hits record $2.7 trillion in 2024 amid intensifying wars and rising geopolitical tensions worldwide... “The world is spending far more on waging war than in building peace,”
“When people’s lives improve, when they have access to education, healthcare, economic opportunities and when they can live lives of dignity and self determination, we will have more peaceful societies and a more peaceful world.”