I cannot even say those words (“When will they ever learn?”) without Pete Seeger’s ballad, “Where have all the flowers gone,” flooding my brain. We had such optimism in the sixties, despite the vile and catastrophic assassinations of JFK , MLK,, and RFK, such hope that people would study war no more. But the current era is more bloodthirsty and terrifying than ever as the government, the people behind the government, the arms industry, the NRA, and other war profiteers
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US Middle East Wars are Killing Civilians. It's Our Fault—and Time to Admit our Responsibility
By Alice LoCicero
In 2007, I traveled to the eastern part of Sri Lanka, during the civil war. I wanted to understand the views of children and adults about recruitment to groups that engage in terrorist tactics, including attacks in which the attacker plans to die. The Tamil Tigers were skilled and well-organized killers. So were the government forces. Outside the country, the war was widely understood to be based on ethnic or religious differences--a convenient fiction.
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The Big Lie
By Arsen Gourjian
The big lie peddled by our leaders at the beginning of this millennium was that the military had to go into Iraq because Saddam Hussein was in possession of weapons of mass destruction. Although the rationale for military intervention was based on inconclusive reports, the lie was still sold to the public. The cartoon Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire, published on Engaging Peace April 15, 2019, brilliantly illustrates the tactics that the government..
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CARTOON: An antidote to “othering”
By Christine Barie (artist) and Kathie Malley-Morrison
Another excellent example of how moral engagement benefits us all!
Here is an excerpt from an article about the personal effect of othering. The article is worthwhile reading and brief enough to hold your attention. (link provided).
Othering was — and is — used to justify....[
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