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One thing that the Obama presidency has put into even sharper focus for me is that most of the leaders of the world do not want peace.
Cindy Sheehan in front of the White House
People
can try and fool themselves that unlike Bush (Or Clinton, or Bush, or
Reagan, or Carter, or Ford, or Nixon.....etc), Obama truly wants peace.
The reality of facts on the ground dispute this. We are deceiving
ourselves if we think otherwise. Obama is fully on the trajectory of
the Empire. There is no denying this.
If anyone has read my book: Myth America: 10 Greatest Myths of the Robber Class and the Case for Revolution, they
would know that I do not place the blame for imperial violence on any
president: it is the system. Governments of most every country are in
on this. What can we the people do to counteract our governments that
don't have our best interests in mind?
During this week, as the international community, through its
media, is focused on Martha's Vineyard, a contingent of strident peace
lovers will gather to demonstrate to the international community that
we are "all in" for peace. We are devoting our lives and committing our
resources to the very simple, yet earth-gathering, (the other side of
"earth-shattering") idea that problems (real, imagined or exploitative)
can be solved without killing innocent people.
To this end, during the week, we will be hammering out the first
draft of an International People's Declaration of Peace. The people of
the world must unite for peace in an unprecedented and historic move.
We need input and feedback.
Some of our early ideas:
* We will not send our children to kill other people's children.
* We will not fund our disparate country's penchants for violence with our tax dollars.
* We will recognize the intrinsic value of each human. We will proclaim that no person is better than any other person irrespective of: race, religion, gender, gender preference, age, or national origin.
* We will remove ourselves as far as ideologically possible from our governments when war is proposed, or promulgated.
* We will demonstrate or protest war, violence or economic oppression no matter who, or what governs our nations.
The S.S. Camp Casey Movement is inviting interested individuals on
our regular boat trips around the island this week to discuss and help
us develop the first draft of the International People's Declaration of
Peace.
We will be uploading regular videos on our youtube channel: Peace of the Action during the protests.
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