#anti-war

steelnomad@diasp.org

SOLIDARITY

#Ukraine: #Pacifism is not a #crime in democratic states! Drop the charge against Yurii Sheliazhenko

https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2023/ukraine-pacifism-not-crime-democratic-states-drop-charge-against-yurii-sheliazhenko

We are all shocked that the Security Service of Ukraine broke into the apartment of Yurii Sheliazhenko yesterday, August 3rd 2023, and conducted an illegal search and seizure operation, finding nothing criminal and taking his phone, his computer, as well as some documents of the #Ukrainian #Pacifist Movement. We strongly protest about the harassment of Yurii Sheliazhenko, who is summoned to interrogation on August 7th, 8th and 9th 2023.

We remind the Ukrainian government that #pacifism is not a crime in democratic states. We demand that the charge against Yurii Sheliazhenko is immediately dropped, and that #HumanRights are fully protected, including the right to freedom of expression and the right to #ConscientiousObjection to #military service, which is inherent in the right to #freedom of thought, #conscience and #religion, guaranteed, amongst others, under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as under Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which is non-derogable even in a time of public emergency, as stated in Article 4(2) of ICCPR.

Yurii Sheliazhenko is a well-known #ConscientiousObjector, pacifist, human rights defender and lawyer. We strongly condemn all actions of harassment and all attempts of intimidation against him and the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, as well as all cases of forced recruitment and even abduction of #conscripts to the involved armies, and all #persecutions of #ConscientiousObjectors, deserters and non-violent #anti-war protestors.

#peace #propeace

brainwavelost@nerdpol.ch

Interesting analyses.

There’s no American #anti-war movement in the #Vietnam War, #Syrian War or #Afghan War sense of the term. That’s because there is a genuine US strategic interest at stake in fighting #Russia to the last Ukrainian, and further. No comparable strategic stake existed in the earlier wars.

The stake in the war against Russia is the preservation of the US occupation of #Germany and the empire in #Europe and the #UK, together with the credibility of US weapons which must be sold worldwide at prices to match their reputations in combat. Losing the war on the Ukrainian battlefield and in the sanctions war against Russia means a worldwide defeat for the US, its military power, its commercial and financial dominance, along with its command-and-control systems, subsidiaries, and retainers.

more

nowisthetime@pod.automat.click

https://youtube.com/watch?v=bP5dkR6QQj8

It’s rare to hear a genuine, full-throated #anti-war #message on American television, much less on Fox News, but Tucker Carlson’s audience heard that message loud and clear thanks to the latest appearance by Jimmy Dore. Jimmy called out the corruption, the warmongering, the deception and the profiteering as the U.S. military industrial complex and its lackeys in government and media push for war with China. Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss why Tucker is the only broadcaster open to sharing Jimmy’s anti-war message with his audience.

yew@diasp.eu

Samantha Fish ''WAR PIGS'' 2020

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerer of death′s construction

In the fields, the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord, yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah

Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait till their judgement day comes, yeah!

Now in darkness, world stops turning
Ashes where their bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour

Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing, spreads his wings
Oh lord, yeah!

#SamanthaFish #BlackSabbath #anti-war #music

prplcdclnw@diasp.eu

What can get you in trouble for anti-war speech in Russia?

Wearing blue and yellow, displaying the word “self-censorship” in public, displaying a blank poster in public, etc.

https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2022/08/22/what-can-get-you-trouble-anti-war-speech-russia

Actually, the "blank" poster read "*** *****." That was assumed to be an anti-war message.

So, Mr. Putin, I would like to tell you

*** *** * ********** *********** ******* ******** **** ** ****** ******.

*** *****

#hrw #human-rights-watch #human-rights #free-speech #civil-liberty #civil-liberties #war #anti-war #russia #putin #ukraine

eccodrum@diasp.org

CounterVortex Episode 131: Against pseudo-left disinformation on Ukraine

In Episode 131 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg calls out the ironically named Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) for openly defending Russian disinformation. FAIR serially portrays the 2014 Maidan Revolution s a US-backed, Nazi-tainted, unconstitutional "coup." FAIR commentators Luca Goldmansour, Gregory Shupak and Bryce Greene are all guilty of this. They do not bother to consult voices of Ukrainian civil society—academics, media watchdogs and human rights groups—that refute this notion. Glomming onto the notorious Nuland phone call to dismiss a grassroots pro-democracy uprising as a Washington "regime change" intrigue reveals chauvinistic contempt for the Ukrainians. And hyping the supposed "Nazi" threat in Ukraine (while ignoring the Nazi-nostalgist and neo-fascist elements on the Russian side) abets Putin's ultra-cynical propaganda stratagem of fascist pseudo-anti-fascism. Rather than calling out Fox News for its propaganda service to Putin, FAIR instead joins them. How did a supposed progressive media watchdog become a de facto arm of Kremlin war propaganda?

Listen on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-752167240 or via Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/countervortex

#countervortex #journalism #propaganda #FAIR #Ukraine #Russia #fascism #Kremlin #anti-war #AntiFascism

www.patreon.com/countervortex

escheche@diasp.org
sylviaj@joindiaspora.com
ute@diaspora.hofud.com

speaking of EricBogle, https://youtu.be/M-38PB_5ozc "No Man's Land"

"And I can't help but wonder now Willie McBride
Do all those who lie here know why they died?
Did you really believe them when they told you the cause?
Did you really believe them that this war would end war?
But the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame -
The killing, the dying - it was all done in vain
For Willie McBride, it's all happened again
And again, and again, and again, and again"

#music #EricBogle #folk #anti-war

sylviaj@joindiaspora.com

What Has Been Asserted Without Evidence May Be Dismissed Without Evidence

#CaitlinJohnstone

https://amplifireproject.com/2022/02/01/what-has-been-asserted-without-evidence-may-be-dismissed-without-evidence/

"Anything that’s been asserted without #evidence may be dismissed without evidence. It’s true of #arguments... and it’s especially true of claims coming from #governments that we know for a fact make #false #claims all the time."

Telling the #truth is an #obligation, and knowing how to tell it is an #art.

#evidence #russia #ukraine #us #empire #politics #propaganda #social #media #war #anti-war #peace