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Trump Shames America
By unilaterally bombing Iran, Donald Trump shames the honor US Veterans, and the moral values of American religious institutions.
US Vets for Peace know that the American military should never deliberately start wars. Vets hold a common belief in peace before surprise, Trump's fake efforts to negotiate with Iran allowed Israel to affect a surprise attack leading to a number of Iranian's leaders being assassinated in their homes
America's main religious institutions morally support the idea of a peace first efforts before initiating acts of war. Unilateral war is morally wrong especially when the justifications given are unsubstantiated. Trump pretended to agonize over entering the war, but clearly all along intended to use bunker buster bombs in support of Israel. Trump has been saying as late as two days ago that he wanted at least two weeks to decide about supporting a Israel war on Iraq. He decision to bomb Iran today belies his earlier statements as nothing more than strategic military actions against Iran
Trump's decision to go to war with Iran is morally wrong, and a slap in the face to Veterans and all major US religions.
Peter Phillips
June 21, 2025
[Peter Phillips is a professor Emeritus of Political Sociology at Sonoma State University and a member of Veterans for Peace Chapter 122, Placer County, CA.]
Re: Nuclear Options
The Tariq Ali article is long and thorough, but doesn't answer a question of mine. The objective of Israel and the US to destroy Iran's ability to construct a nuclear bomb in the indefinite future does not solve their problem. It may increase the motivation of Iran to try obtaining nuclear capability in a more direct way than DIY - by acquiring such bombs from another nuclear-capable country willing to sell or lend them, perhaps DPRK or Pakistan. In the 20th century, we all feared that the policy of MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction) may lead to Armageddon through misjudgment or accident, but instead it did hold the peace between the principal antagonists. Would Israel and the US dare attack if Iran already had a nuclear bomb? In the current situation, depending on MAD may actually be a better bet than allowing an almost certain drift into a larger Mideast war, quite possibly leading to World War III.
Marcosa Santiago MD (ret)
Negotiation -- Cartoon and Commentary by Rob Rogers
"Trump thinks dropping bombs on a country that has NOT attacked us will bring them, Iran, to the table so Trump can negotiate a deal like the one Obama negotiated with Iran. Yes, the same deal Trump later tore up. If Iran was close to developing a nuke, Trump is as much to blame as anyone."
Rob Rogers
June 24, 2025
TinyView
Re: Before Zohran Mamdani, There Was Comrade La Guardia
What we’re watching https://xxxxxx.org/2025-06-23/zohran-mamdani-there-was-comrade-la-gua… isn’t a clash between pragmatism and idealism, but between stagnation and the kind of reform that, given time, tends to look like common sense.
Miriam Bensman
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wonderful! I like the Marcantonio/AOC link better, didn't they have some overlap in districts?'
Paul Buhle
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Paul Buhle yes. Both rep the people’s republic of Astoria. As does Kristen Gonzalez and Tiffany Caban.
Miriam Bensman
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Re: A Path to Pushing MAGA out of Power
Here is an excellent analysis of the moment we are in the fight against the extremist and anti-democracy forces by Max Elbaum.
Marilyn Albert
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The progressive plan to build a structure for upcoming elections includes a big lean on Labor if we're going to get anything done. They mention that AOC is the only candidate who looks like she's up to it. I'm not too thrilled.
Gotta call it something besides the Democratic Party. That ran its course and died with Hillary.
Jennifer Nouri
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Re: “No Kings” Was a Rebellion in Trump Country
Excuse me but the count on NO KINGS DAY was 11-12 million souls out there protesting this nincompoop.
Jenika
The Ass Doctor -- Cartoon by Mr. Fish
Mr. Fish
June 22, 2025
Mr. Fish - ClownCrack
Supreme Leader -- Cartoon by Rob Rogers
Rob Rogers
June 20, 2025
TinyView
Re: The Real Democratic Civil War
Men need to get over their attitude that so-called "women's work" is beneath them. They should be looking at service-related jobs and/or areas like pre-school/kindergarten and elementary school where they can be teachers. Home-health care workers is another one. Get over the ego!
E.Krell
Baltimore MD
Re: AIPAC Demands Democrats ‘Stand With Israel’
They make the most noise but the majority of Jewish Americans do NOT support the genocidal war against the people of Gaza, the illegal terrorist settler appropriation of the Palestinians' West Bank land or the insane new war on Iran. And BTW, why isn't anybody concerned about the genocidal, ethnic cleansing Netanyahu regime having plenty of nuclear weapons, along with North Korea and other bad actors, while Iran is nowhere near having them and Trump's own Intel agencies say they are NOT now working to develop them. Besides, nobody has used nuclear weapons but the US and since then mutual assured destruction has worked just fine, even with the craziest dictators. I don't really see why there's any more hysteria over Iran maybe someday becoming another nuclear power than there is over Israel or North Korea already BEING nuclear powers.
Felice Sage
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Big money, marketing techniques and media control dominate elections. AIPAC has tons of money from billionaires such as the Adelsons. They are quite brazen in how they use it. Neither they nor other SUPER PACs could be so successful at manipulation if Congress had ever bothered to enact some rules about election finance limits and about requiring some free and equal access to the media Because that would serve democracy. But they didn't. So now we have to rely on our collective efforts to raise funds and clarify issues. It's a lot of hard work. So my first rule in deciding how to vote is to see where the candidates get their money.
Sonia Cobbins
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Re: European Dockworkers Refuse To Load Weapons Aimed at Palestine
(posted on xxxxxx Labor)
I am just writing to thank you for re-posting Rafeef and Katy's article but noting that you omitted citing it as a Labor Notes article. I hope this is easily corrected.
Thanks,
Ellen David Friedman
What's Our Mission -- Cartoon by Michael Ramirez
Michael Ramirez
June 22, 2025
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Re: Smartphones Again Set the Agenda for Justice
Smartphones are recording the truth as fascism tries to lie about their actions.
Bill Audette
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Gas Prices -- Cartoon by Dr. James MacLeod
Dr. James MacLeod
June 23, 2025
MacLeodCartoons
Give All the National Parks Legal Standing as Persons -- Cartoon by Tim Sheard and illustrated by Ryn Gargulinski
Tim Sheard
June 13, 2025
Work-Bites
In case you missed ‘em, here’s weeks 1,and 2of “That’s Outrageous!”
Building Unions: Past, Present and Future by Peter Kellman (Author), Matt Wuerker (Illustrator) - Hard Ball Press
The Founding Fathers believed in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Turns out they were talking about the wealthy slave owners and sea merchants, not the hard-working citizens, slaves or indentured servants.
Building Unions is an illustrated 40-page pamphlet, revised and reprinted, that describes how we must change the fundamental relationships between labor and capital if we want to organize and build union power. That means fighting the propertied class for a redistribution of wealth and power. To win that fight, we need to understand how and why the laws that are hard-wired into the Constitution and into subsequent labor laws were crafted to suppress union organizing.
We need to know our own history.
“An unflinching picture of workers fighting against overwhelming odds for justice in the workplace… workers even have to fight to keep the knowledge of their own struggles alive. This book is a milestone in preserving and sharing that knowledge”
- Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States
Building Unions: Past, Present and Future
Author: Peter Kelman, Illustrator; Matthew Wuerker
Hard Ball Press; 37 pages
Paperback: $10.00 -- Discount 20% for a purchase of 10-24 copies, 30% for >25.
Contact: [email protected] – 917-428-1352
ISBN: 979-8-9898025-7-9
Statement on Palestine and Israel: A Call to End Apartheid, Occupation, and Impunity in Palestine and Israel (World Council of Churches)
Statement on Palestine and Israel by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.
"But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream."
- Amos 5:24 (NRSV)
The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025, gathers in deep lamentation and outrage as the crisis in Palestine and Israel escalates to levels that flagrantly violate international humanitarian and human rights law as well as the most basic principles of morality.
We recognize a clear distinction between the Jewish people, our siblings in faith, and the acts of the Government of Israel, and we reaffirm that the WCC stands firm against any kind of racism, including antisemitism, anti-Arab racism, and islamophobia. However, the unbearable suffering inflicted on the people of Gaza, and the escalating violence and oppression in the West Bank and in Jerusalem compel the global fellowship of churches to speak with clarity, urgency, and commitment to the principles of justice under international law and ethics.
The Government of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has entailed grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention which may constitute genocide and/or other crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Simultaneously, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem continue to experience intensified violence, illegal settlement expansion, and systemic human rights violations. These actions defy international legal norms, including the United Nations Charter, the Geneva Conventions, international human rights treaties, and numerous Security Council and General Assembly resolutions.
The World Council of Churches reaffirms its long-standing commitment to inter-religious dialogue and cooperation, and to international law as a framework for peace, justice, and accountability.
In this spirit, the WCC Central Committee calls for:
- Naming the Reality of Apartheid: We recognize and denounce the system of apartheid imposed by Israel on the Palestinian people, in violation of international law and moral conscience.
- Implementing Sanctions and Accountability: We call on states, churches, and international institutions to impose consequences for violations of international law, including targeted sanctions, divestment, and arms embargoes. Full support must be given to the International Criminal Court and UN mechanisms investigating potential war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- Affirming Palestinian Rights and Freedom: We uphold the inalienable human rights of Palestinians to freedom, justice, return, and self-determination. We demand the end of the occupation and the lifting of the unlawful blockade on Gaza.
- Support for the resilience and witness of Palestinian Christian churches and communities, upholding their right to remain on their land and to freely practice their faith.
We commend the leadership of the South African government in seeking justice and accountability to international law through the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and urge all states to comply with the ICJ’s rulings. Churches worldwide are called to witness, to speak out, and to act.
"And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace." — James 3:18
