The USA uses violence to dominate the globe. One day this will end.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/16/how-much-money-the-us-spends-on-war.html

“People think we’re sending a big check to Ukraine,” Gregory Hayes, CEO of RTX, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “The fact is what most of that money will do [is] support American defense industries here in the U.S.”

The five largest U.S. defense companies — Lockheed Martin, RTX, General Dynamics, Boeing and Northrop Grumman — had Department of Defense contracts totaling more than $118 billion in fiscal year 2022, according to the Congressional Research Service.

#USA #military #violence #peace #Ukraine #Israel #Gaza

How much money the U.S. spends on war

American military spending reached $916 billion in 2023, which accounts for more than a third of the world's total military expenditure.

^{Andrea Miller (CNBC)}

🚨 Please, Help: Need Remote Work!

It happens in cycles & is happening again. Despite 11 books to my name & 25 years varied work experience: United Nations, HBO, Pearson, etc

If you know of any creative, meaningful work—communications, copywriting, even marketing—kindly, reach out🙏🏼

🐺 is @ the🚪

CV, below:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yahialababidi?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

#work #jobs #Fediverse #Mastodon #help #boost #writing #creativity #WritingCommunity #CreativeToots #literature #peace #culture #life #help #books #palestine

“I lost 31 relatives to Israeli attacks in Gaza. But I blame Hamas too” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/487ca2d6-9e74-4c04-a8e7-609892df038f

This article should be required reading for all of you dopes who STILL condemn #israel without recognizing the violent history of #hamas and how much they - like #netanyahu - have not only prevented #peace but willingly sacrificed tens of thousands of their own citizens’ lives.

#Palestinian lives matter. #israeli lives matter. Peace matters.

Learn your history.

I lost 31 relatives to Israeli attacks in Gaza. But I blame Hamas too

An anti-war activist whose childhood home was destroyed by Israel’s response to the October 7 attacks sets out how to break the cycle of revenge

^{Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib (The Sunday Times)}

More coverage from the LA Times on the horrific attacks by the counter-protestors of the #UCLA Gaza-solidarity encampment.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-30/ucla-moves-to-shut-down-pro-palestinian-encampment-as-unlawful

#Gaza #Palestine #ShalomSalaam #Peace #Israel #FreeSpeech #CampusProtests

UCLA campus protests: Pro-Palestinian camp attacked, classes canceled

Counterprotesters tried to tear down the barricades surrounding the encampment. Some on campus said they were stunned it took so long before officials stepped in.

^{Safi Nazzal (Los Angeles Times)}

Seems like a good time to remind everyone that it was a student in their dorm, recording on a cassette recorder, who forever captured the order to fire on students by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State

#Solidarity
#Peace

https://dks.library.kent.edu/?a=d&d=dks20070502-01.2.8

Just another reason unnecessarily supporting wars is extremely dangerous to individual privacy (ie: tech developed for tracking enemies, eventually brought home for localized policing as in above article).

Another fun fact: according to mainstream reports, 60% FISA searches are reported to relate to the war on drugs.

Summary: unwinnable wars continuously erode our rights.

I'm antiwar.

#peace #conflict #love #notwar #WarOndrugs #kindness #empathy #antiwar #sayNoToWar

For the first night of #PeacePassover2024 (a season of seeking to find ways to act in solidarity with Israelis and Palestinians who are working to bring peace and liberation in their communities), I made a small donation to #CombatantsForPeace.which Wikipedia describes as "an Israeli-Palestinian NGO and an egalitarian, bi-national, grassroots movement committed to non-violent action against the “Israeli occupation and all forms of violence” in Israel and the Palestinian territories."

Donation link: https://cfpeace.org/donate/

#Pesach #Passover #shalomsalaam #Shalom #Peace #Israel #Palestine #Mazelon

This reflects my intention for the upcoming season of #Pesach, to yearn for peace and liberation for all of the peoples who live in #Palestine / #EretzIsrael

#Israel #Peace #ShalomSalaam #Mazeldon #Passover

Weil Dieter #Hallervorden gerade wegen seinem "Gedicht" Gaza Gaza so in der Kritik steht .., macht euch selbst ein Bild.

GAZA GAZA

Text: Diether #Dehm und Dieter #Hallervorden
Musik: Jens Fischer #Rodrian

#Israel #Gaza #Peace #Palaestina

Dieter Hallervorden: GAZA GAZA

Der wohl berühmteste Darsteller und Theatermann Deutschlands, Dieter #Hallervorden , hat sich unerwartet deutlich, wenn auch in feinsinniger Lyrik, auf die Seite der im #Gazastreifen bombardierten Menschen gestellt.

^{weltnetzTV | Invidious}

#frieden #abrüstung #gewaltfreiheit #gewalt #freiheit #politik #europawahlen #europa #wahlen #friedenspolitik #kriegsrethorik #krieg #rhetorik #propaganda #manipulation #kriegstreiberei #peace #disarmament #freedom from #violence #politics #european #elections #europe #warrhetoric #war #rhetoric #war-mongering

"Was nützt es, eine Partei zu wählen, die Agrarförderung oder Umweltpolitik anbietet, wenn dieselbe Partei uns in den Abgrund des Dritten Weltkriegs reißt?"

https://www.pressenza.com/de/2024/04/europawahlen-2024-ich-stimme-fuer-den-frieden-und-gegen-den-krieg/

Europawahlen 2024 – Ich stimme für den Frieden und gegen den Krieg

Was ist der wesentliche Bestandteil des Krieges? Zahlreiche Menschen denken dabei an Waffen, Munition oder Geld…aber in Wirklichkeit ist nichts davon von

^{Europe for Peace (Pressenza)}