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It’s Not About This War — It’s About All Wars!
Pay Attention to What You Resist
If you think the current international conflict is simply about one out-of-control crazy fuck — and you want to comfortably add to the chorus of self-righteous indignation around on social media — this may just get in your way.
I am asking you for a chunk of time and some critical thought.
Full disclosure:
I write from the perspective of opposition to all war—towards debunking any and all excuses/reasons that fuel this insane male-of-the-species driven construction—this regularly generated destruction of human life on the planet.
That includes most of the responses to this that begin with “Yeah, but what about . . . “.
RESIST
I was delighted to see Russian citizens taking to the streets in protest of their government’s invasion of Ukraine.
I was among the 36 million worldwide who took to the streets in 2003 in protest of the United States’ invasion of Iraq.
[I’ve been in the streets in protest of my government’s never-ending rogue actions ever since 1967 when, at 15, I traveled by bus to the March on the Pentagon. At 18 I refused to register for the draft—the Selective Service Kill Or Be Killed Lottery—but that’s a whole ‘nother…
