Who Are These Russians? A 6 minute film by Regis Tremblay
This is the first of several interviews I made while in Russia, entitled, “Who Are These Russians”. I am also working on a short film about this second trip to Russia.Tatyana is a 19 year old university student fromTaganrog, Russia which is about 18 miles from Donbass. Donbass has been under attack by the Ukrainian military.She was one of the English-speaking volunteers who assisted some 200 foreign guests invited to participate in the March of the Immortal Regiment on May
9th.Tatyana is one of several young Russians I interviewed while in Russia from May 7th-May 21st of this year. Listen to what she has to say about America,
Russian desire to be friends with America, and their hope for peace and not war. She also speaks about President Putin.I am quite confident that if more
Americans could visit Russia, we would discover that they are just like us. They do not want war. They want to be friends with us, and nearly all said they would love to
visit America. Citizen diplomacy is much more effective than that practiced by our government.
Hundreds Arrested Nationwide as Poor People’s Campaign Demands End to the “War Economy”
“We have a long history of wars against other people, mostly people of color, around the world. It’s time we stopped calling it the Defense Department and started calling it what it is:
the Department of War.”
In its demands unveiled last month, the Poor People’s Campaign called for “a reallocation of resources from the military budget to education, healthcare, jobs, and green infrastructure needs, and strengthening a Veterans Administration system that must remain public.” (Photo: Poor People’s Campaign/Twitter)
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Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s warning that “a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom,” the Poor People’s Campaign launched its third week of action in cities nationwide on Tuesday with the aim of confronting the American war economy, which pours resources that could be used to provide healthcare and food to the poor at home into the killing of innocents aboad.
Hoisting signs that read “The War Economy Is Immoral” and “Ban Killer Drones,” demonstrators gathered at the capitol buildings of New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, and several other states to denounce a militaristic system that profits “every time a bomb is dropped on innocent people.”
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The Coming Collapse, Chris Hedges
Trump has tapped into the hatred that huge segments of the American public have for a political and economic system that has betrayed them. He may be inept, degenerate, dishonest and a narcissist, but he adeptly ridicules the system they despise. His cruel and demeaning taunts directed at government agencies, laws and the established elites resonate with people for whom these agencies, laws and elites have become hostile forces. And for many who see no shift in the political landscape to alleviate their suffering, Trump’s cruelty and invective are at least cathartic.
An economy reliant on debt for its growth causes our interest rate to jump to 28 percent when we are late on a credit card payment. It is why our wages are stagnant or have declined in real terms—if we earned a sustainable income we would not have to borrow money to survive. It is why a university education, houses, medical bills and utilities cost so much. The system is designed so we can never free ourselves from debt.
However, the next financial crash, as Prins points out in her book “Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World,” won’t be like the last one. This is because, as she says, “there is no Plan B.” Interest rates can’t go any lower. There has been no growth in the real economy. The next time, there will be no way out. Once the economy crashes and the rage across the country explodes into a firestorm, the political freaks will appear, ones that will make Trump look sagacious and benign.
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Photos from VFP Memorial Day in DC
Great photos and report by Ellen Davidson.
http://photos.app.goo.gl/vRNVHBwzSuw6oDCj2
Burn Pits: the Agent Orange of our generation?
—FROM http://iava.org/take-action/
A Marine watching civilian firefighters control a burn pit at Camp Fallujah in 2007. Marine Corps photo
http://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-human-cost-of-the-militarys-toxic-burn-pits-d9111eb3e2cc
For Post-9/11 veterans, burn pits could be our generation’s Agent Orange. Burn pits were a common way to get rid of waste in Iraq and Afghanistan and we have seen a widespread trend in health symptoms associated with this toxic exposures. To determine a link between these exposures and illnesses, we need research, but the VA’s Burn Pit Registry is not well-known.
IAVA has partnered with U.S. Reps. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and Brian Mast (R-FL) – U.S. Army Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, respectively, who have introduced legislation to direct the Department of Defense (DoD) to include in periodic health assessments and during military separations an evaluation of whether a servicemember has been exposed to open burn pits or toxic airborne chemicals. If they report being exposed, they will be enrolled in the Burn Pit Registry unless they opt out.
Ask your Senators and House Member to cosponsor and work to pass Burn Pits Accountability Act (S. 3181/H.R. 5671) to increase DoD accountability for exposures by our servicemembers to burn pits and airborne toxins.
CLICK HERE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES.
MORE INFORMATION
Current and Historical Uses of Burn Pits in the Military
Natural and effective treatments for Gulf War Syndrome and exposure to burn pits
Thousands of Iraq, Afghan war vets sickened after working at ‘burn pits’
Veterans Condemn Israeli Slaughter of Unarmed Palestinian Protesters
—FROM VETERANSFORPEACE.ORG
Israel receives $3.8 billion in U.S. military aid every year, making it the largest recipient of U.S. foreign assistance. U.S. laws, such as the “Leahy Law,” the Arms Export Control Act, and the Foreign Assistance Act, are supposed to prevent U.S. weapons from being used by other countries to commit human rights violations.Countries that violate these laws are subject to penalties, including a cut-off of additional weapons. Furthermore, the opening of the embassy in Jerusalem flies in the face of diplomacy and creates a massive roadblock on a path to peace. It is outrageous that our government continues to uphold and further such actions. Israel must be held accountable for its actions!
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Veterans Return to Vietnam Marking 50th Anniversary Massacre
A group of Vietnam War veterans and peace activists travel back to Vietnam to mark the 50th anniversary of the My Lai massacre. Juan González & Amy Goodman (Democracy Now) speak with three members of the delegation: Vietnam veteran Paul Cox; Susan Schnall, former Navy nurse who was court-martialed for opposing the Vietnam War; and longtime activist Ron Carver.
http://truthout.org
Content Warning: This video contains graphic footage of the Vietnam War.
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Ann Wright Celebrates Korea Breakthrough on Democracy Now
Holy smokes!” declares Ann Wright, as she celebrates Korea breakthrough on Democracy Now.
http://www.democracynow.org/2018/4/27/our_dreams_are_coming_true_peace
Reality Leigh Winner is a whistleblower who has been jailed without bail since June 3, 2017
Reality Leigh Winner is a whistle blower who has been jailed without bail since June 3, 2017 for helping expose Russian hacking efforts leading up to the 2016 US election.
Charged under the Espionage Act for sending a classified document to the media, she faces 10 years in prison. She is the first victim of the Trump Administration’s “war on leakers.”
Her trial is expect to begin late 2018 or early 2019 in Augusta, Georgia. Please donate to her defense, write her a letter, and
sign the petition! http://standwithreality.org/sign-the-petition/
On June 3, 2017 my daughter Reality Leigh Winner was arrested and jailed and later charged under the Espionage Act for allegedly releasing a top-secret document to a media outlet, The Intercept. The document analyzed information about Russian online intrusions prior to the 2016 presidential election. Reality had been employed by a contract agency and worked at the NSA in Augusta, Georgia following her honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force in December of 2016.
Reality has pleaded not guilty to this one charge, and her defense team is working furiously to defend against the Espionage charge, but the Court in Georgia continues to rule against Reality at every turn. Reality has been denied pretrial bail and awaits trial in a small county jail in Lincolnton, Georgia.
The impact this has had on Reality and our entire family is devastating. Because of her special diet, Reality’s nutritional and medical needs are not met in jail. She has been spontaneously denied mail, books, and visits. In order to assist in her defense, she must be transported to the Federal Courthouse in Augusta, Georgia and spends up to 12 hours in full shackles and is strip-searched multiple times during the day.
Reality is an extraordinary woman and she remains very strong, despite the situation she is in. I remain forever grateful to all who have written her and continue to support her. There are some very good people out there and this has been one of the blessings to come out of this struggle. As the days pass, our hopes for a quick resolution have disappeared, and I am now realizing that we have a very long and hard battle ahead of us.
Reality needs support long term and I am hoping that she will have this.
Always,
Billie J. Winner-Davis (mother)
http://standwithreality.org/
Please write to Reality at:
Reality L. Winner
Inmate # 3342
Lincoln County Jail
PO Box 970
Lincolnton, GA 30817
