Nov 23,2024

I am switching this over to a (mainly) Current Events blog. Need something, somewhere, to express facts and opinions about, as Caitlin Johnstone says, "the End of Illusions."

We could start by noting that this past week the U.S. used its veto power to shoot down a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The actual vote was 14 in favor of peace, one (the U,S,) against peace.

The current violence in Gaza is, of course, not a real war, but a one-sided genocide featuring -- in addition to the usual bombing -- starvation and disease inflicted intentionally by the powerful side against the indigenous people who have been forced into a small fraction of the land they lived on for at least several centuries..

U.S. weapons-makers are the biggest beneficiary of the violence. The weapons have included two that are generally considered illegal under international law: white phosphorous and cluster-bombs,

More in the immediate future.