Despite reading escapist fiction before turning off the light I had a hard time getting to sleep last night. The U.S. and UK began bombing Yemen in retaliation for their brave stand as the only Arab nation to defend Palestinians being massacred in Gaza. Emergency protests took place outside the White House and in Times Square in NYC. I'm in neither of those places, so instead I read Old Rock is Not Boring to a two year old.
Is it still possible to care about teaching geological time to children as WW3 looms?
Israel's "defense" in the International Court of Justice is being widely covered by corporate media while South Africa's excellent presentation of the case yesterday received little to none despite Irish lawyer Blinne Ni Ghralaigh making a strong case for genocidal intentions and actions by Israel in Gaza.
Iran has seized an oil tanker in retaliation for the U.S. stealing a million gallons of crude from one of their oil tankers last year. Iran is on Team Yemen.
The death rate in Gaza continues to soar. A child dies or has limbs amputated without anesthesia several times a day. Starvation looms.
Lots of my buddies will be boarding a bus at midnight to travel to the belly of the beast (Washington DC) in a mass action calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. I am too old to find the courage to push my physical stamina to that point. Yes, grandmothers my age and older in Gaza are suffering immensely with no way out. Meanwhile, I'll keep organizing to confront the war machine right where I find it, here in Maine.
A friend advises that Maine Public Radio will take up the subject of my state's space industry today at 11am. I'm trying to stay focused on offering at least some resistance to the building of a rocket launch site off the coast near Acadia National Park. This polluting, disruptive site will undoubtedly be used for military purposes as a similar site in Kodiak, Alaska is used by Israel's military to launch satellites. They were promised "only civilian use" too. Will this struggle become moot as world war spreads?
Will the U.S. and its minions take down humanity in their doomed quest to maintain economic dominance by the continued use of brute force?
What do you think?
Stay tuned.
(And by the way, it's been great knowing you.)
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