A 'pretend' humanitarian aid organization has been created by Israel-US full of American mercenaries who are there to suppress the beleaguered Palestinians in Gaza. This photo tells it all.
On Friday night (May 30) the local Brunswick organization called PeaceWorks held a community conversation around US domestic and foreign policy issues. Twenty-four people from the Midcoast region attended.
The meeting was facilitated by Mary Beth Sullivan (a retired social worker). The first thing done was to pass the microphone around the circle of seats asking everyone to introduce themselves and share what was on their mind.
Here is the list of issues people brought up. Gaza was mentioned repeatedly.
- Gaza genocide
- US domination/imperialism
- Domestic dictatorship/Political hacks run the country/Corrupt government
- Friends and family don't want to talk about the current insanity
- 9-11 was the initiator of the madness
- The US must transcend
- Covid was a weapon
- Ukraine proxy war on Russia
- Earth flag should be more widely displayed
- Need more meetings/group discussions like this
- We must reject both political parties/We need a parliamentarian system
- Separation of church & state
- The militarization/weaponization of space - Golden Dome -AI
- It's important to link domestic and foreign policy issues
- Mass media control of the people by the oligarchs (Mr. Big)
- Neo-fascism/Neo-feudalism
- Feel miserable
- Climate change
- Capitalism is the problem
- Corporate media starting to pay attention to Gaza - why?
- With patriarchy nothing changes
- Peace movement must take a more anti-imperialist stance
- We need Ranked Choice Voting across the nation (We have it in Maine for some political races)
- We need to show love and take care of ourselves during these nasty times
- Grow your own food
- Get good at not being fooled
- Break states away from the empire
- Keep talking about what you believe/Don't give up
- Work with the children, they are the future
PeaceWorks was created in 2001 right after 9-11 happened. The group has held a weekly Friday night (5:00 pm) peace vigil in the downtown heart of Brunswick since that time. Through all kinds of weather. PeaceWorks is aging now and many stalwart activists have passed away in recent years.
The hope is to keep the group going at this most needed time. Another PeaceWorks event will be planned soon.
Bruce
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