Dave -- Keeper of the Dream

NO KINGS - DEMOCRACY RISING MARCH · No Kings In Canada, we don’t tolerate hate, state violence, or politics built on fear. On Saturday, October 18th, Democracy Rising will launch with a peaceful, family-friendly march from the Vancouver Art Gal...

No Kings event in Vancouver:

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I fear the outcome -voting rights going down -- is a foregone conclusion (not that the fight isn't important)

Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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i can't do that. But it's good- very striking - challenging

What about building a strong stable relationship with the newly recognized State of Palestine by implementing an effective arms embargo on Israel without loopholes

I don't see why not

I can't comment on this, but after reading Hochschild I find it impossible to view Wilson in any kind of positive light

American Midnight | Washington Independent Review of Books The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

Also Hochschild's book on the same subject: American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a...

Adam Hochschild's "American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis" is relevant to this

www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a...

'Peace' Has No Meaning When Right-Wingers Like Maria Corina Machado Win the Nobel Prize | Common Dreams As Venezuelan-American, I know exactly what Machado represents: the smiling face of Washington’s regime-change machine, the polished spokesperson for sanctions, privatization, and foreign intervention...

This is a sad moment. We have been deceived:

www.commondreams.org/opinion/peac...

Even though she is the wrong person -- like you many are celebrating her Nobel Prize for the right reasons.

Unfortunately she is not the peace paragon that the Nobel Committee claims she is. I was informed about her by my son...

just one more

www.commondreams.org/opinion/peac...

and...

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

and unfortunately if you research this yourself you will find plenty more where this came from

Machado ... "has advocated for foreign intervention to remove Maduro on humanitarian grounds..."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%...

"María Corina Machado ... has emerged as a strong supporter of President Trump’s military buildup in the Caribbean"

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

which she supports

Not to mention war criminal Henry Kissinger

because he is a narcissist

Frequent derision heaped on #boomers is a distraction, a red herring. The vast majority of boomers are poor and underprivileged like the vast majority of people. The focus on "boomers" distracts from the struggle against #fascism, #racism, #capitalism and #imperialism and the #oligarchs.

A Boomer

Truly discouraging

No doubt she is a courageous woman but she advocates military intervention to overthrow the Venezuelan government as others here have noted. It's an appalling choice. Trump is next in 2026

No doubt she is a courageous woman but she advocates military intervention to overthrow the Venezuelan government as others here have noted. It's an appalling choice. Trump is next in 2026

No doubt, and more (the limitation of $$$ in politics...) but changing the constitution will either need a monumental (beyond imagination) change in public opinion and probably the existing party system or a second American revolution -- which come to think of it would be unconstitutional

It is too late for this year anyway... But Henry Kissinger is surely the worst recipient

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

Good news though very late in the genocide:

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Palestine can now have embassies in these countries. That doesn't negate the fact that they continue to arm the genocide but it brings us closer to an arms embargo and sanctions

It's performative certainly and there's no doubt the conditions around Hamas are wrong but I don't agree it's dangerous. The positions on Hamas all existed before. The recognition of Palestine is a positive step that has been forced on these governments and it has consequences.

The Democrats are in deep trouble in the US – and Labour is on the way to joining them | Nesrine Malik When millions of once-loyal supporters become disillusioned with a party, there can only be one result: electoral disaster, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Five journalists killed in a double-tap strike on Nasser Hospital, 11 die of Gaza’s famine in the past day, Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained again by ICE Drop Site Daily: August 25, 2025

Monstrous. The IDF literally does a double tap. They bomb the hospital and when rescuers rush to the scene bomb the rescuers... Targetting -- again -- journalists...

open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

Close the US Loophole Join our campaign to stop Canadian-made arms flowing to Israel by closing the US loophole. Thousands have already joined our growing movement for truth and justice, and we need you too.

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Soccer star Mohamed Salah calls out UEFA statement on killing of ‘Palestinian Pelé’ | CNN Soccer superstar Mohamed Salah called out European football’s governing body on Saturday for its limited statement after Palestinian footballer Suleiman Al-Obeid was killed in Gaza.

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Soccer star Mohamed Salah calls out UEFA statement on killing of ‘Palestinian Pelé’ | CNN Soccer superstar Mohamed Salah called out European football’s governing body on Saturday for its limited statement after Palestinian footballer Suleiman Al-Obeid was killed in Gaza.

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