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  1. An activist within the #RisingTide
    #Canberra network:

    Hi all, just sending this as a final reminder, I would also be really chuffed if you would share it

    WHAT: Rally against militarism and the Australian military establishment

    WHEN: 18th of February at 4:30

    WHERE: Outside the Hyatt hotel

    Australia's most senior representatives of the defence establishment will gather at the Hyatt hotel to complain Australia is not spending enough money on murder. They'll be talking about vital topics like supporting imperialism - Australian, American and Israeli - and the need to spend $350,000,000,000 (about 32,000 dollars per Australian household) on nuclear submarines. We want to put on a reception to give them some feedback about how we feel.

    We'll be meeting at 4:30 on the 18th at the bus stop outside the Albert Hall. Your attendance would be greatly appreciated, but any help you could give us in building the rally would be tremendous - texting friends and spreading this message on to further chats [Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal etc.] would all be an enormous help.

    Feel free to share publicly!

    #auspol #aukus #militarism #protest #peace

  2. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the World Economic Forum in Davos:

    We have entered a time of great power politics.

    The international order of the past three decades, anchored — however imperfectly — in international law, has been shaken to its very foundations. This new world of great powers is being built on power, on strength, and ultimately on force.

    It is not a cozy place. But we do not have to accept it as fate. We are not at the mercy of this “new world order.” We have a choice. We can shape the future.

    To succeed, we must face harsh realities and chart our course with clear-eyed realism.

    As Mark Carney said in this hall two days ago, we must no longer rely solely on the power of our values. We must also recognize the value of our power. — I share that view.

    We must invest massively in our ability to defend ourselves. We are doing this.

    We must never forget one thing: a world in which only power counts is a dangerous place — first for small states, then for middle powers, and ultimately for the great ones.

    I do not say this lightly. In the twentieth century, my own country, Germany, went down this path to its bitter end and pulled the world into an abyss.

    In recent days, the United States administration has argued for a greater role in Greenland, stating that this is necessary to counter security threats in the High North.

    We welcome the fact that the United States is taking the threat posed by Russia in the Arctic seriously.

    This threat itself is a clear expression of renewed great-power rivalry.

    We will protect Denmark and Greenland from the threat posed by Russia.

    We should not give up on NATO.

    Democracies do not have subordinates; they have allies — trusted partners and friends.

    We are entering a new era of great-power politics. We are already in the midst of it.

    The winds are harsh, and we all feel the threats they carry. But we have to be very clear: We are not subordinate to this world; we can form it.

    Dictators might have subordinates; we rely on partners and reliable friends. That principle will guide our work, and we will ensure it is not forgotten.

    Both Germany and Europe have wasted incredible potential for growth in recent years by dragging their feet on reforms and by unnecessarily and excessively curtailing entrepreneurial freedom and personal responsibility.

    We must substantially reduce bureaucracy in Europe. The single market was once created to form the most competitive economic area in the world.

    Instead, we have become the world champion of overregulation. That has to end.

    The world around us is changing at an unprecedented pace. The direction it is taking should concern us: a world of great-power rivalry is becoming the new reality.

    Europe has understood this message — and Germany has as well. We will live up to these challenges.

    The entire energy system has to be reformed, and we are on a way to do that, even though it’s not easy.

    Nuclear power plants have been switched off. This is a final decision; we cannot recall that, but we have to address it.

    New gas-powered plants will be in place.

    #Germany #Europe #Fascism #Imperialism #Economy #Military #NeoColonialism #Genocide #Invasion #Starvation #EUpol #USpol #Russia #Ukraine #Israel #Palestine #Iran #Hypocrisy #Greenland #NATO #Militarism #Capitalism #Idiocracy #WEF #WEF2026

  3. 2/ Then articulates 5 main an-pac contributions on: #fetishization of #violence; chronic sliding towards systemic #militarism; intersectional state-enforced #exploitation/#domination; structurings of international politics (current & potential); & questions of #politicalagency

    Throughout & towards end, positions these ideas against more established schools of #IRtheory, from #justwartheory to #realism, #liberalism, #Marxism, #poststructuralism, #feminism & others.

  4. citationsneeded.libsyn.com/epi

    WOW! I didn't know this about these historians! A #MustListenEpisode

    #CitationsNeeded
    #Episode213: The Shallow, Power-Flattering appeal of high Status #Resistance #Historians

    #AnneApplebaum , #TimothySnyder, #RuthBenGhiat , etc. have become liberal-friendly experts on #authoritarianism.

    Citations Needed looks at the advent and influence of MSNBC-approved #historians dissecting their SELECTIVE #antiauthoritarian posture and discussing how their work does little more than polish their careers and provide cover for U.S. and U.S.-allied #militarism.

    Later on, is guest #GregGrandin (upcoming #book in April 2025)

    #FreePalestineNOW 🇵🇸 #history #farright

  5. Then articulates 5 main an-pac contributions on: #fetishization of #violence; chronic sliding towards systemic #militarism; intersectional state-enforced #exploitation/#domination; structurings of international politics (current & potential); & questions of #politicalagency.

    Throughout & towards end, positions these ideas against more established schools of #IRtheory, from #justwartheory to #realism, #liberalism, #Marxism, #poststructuralism, #feminism & others.

  6. #ApacheStronghold at #MartinLutherKingJr's #MontgomeryAlabama Dexter Avenue Baptist Church

    "We ask you to please keep us in your prayers as we move East to continue our prayer journey to the #SupremeCourt to stop the shattering of the human existence and to protect #MotherEarth. It’s time to wake up the people of this country to stop the desecration of all our spiritual connection to Mother Earth and #Usen (God)."

    By Apache Stronghold, #CensoredNews, September 1, 2024

    MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- "The Apache Stronghold made a stop on their Journey of Prayer to the Supreme Court in the city of Montgomery, Alabama, the birthplace of the civil rights movement and home of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. first served as a full-time pastor.

    "This church and Dr. King played a central role in uniting the local community in the struggle against what King called the evils of #materialism, #militarism, and #racism.

    "The Stronghold was reminded that in 2013, Dr. #WendslerNosieSr., in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, received the Presidential Award from the National Progressive Baptist Convention, becoming the first #NativeAmerican to receive the award.

    "Dr. Nosie remembered how humbling it was that people in the East thought of him in the West and that these struggles for civil and human rights are connected to what this whole journey to the supreme court is all about.

    "The struggle for freedom continues as Dr. Nosie reflected, 'It’s time to use all our combined voices for civil and human rights to fight for Mother Earth, the greatest gift God has given us.' So far on this journey we are happy to see that the churches are bringing in the importance of protecting Mother Earth. We have to make the air, the water, the earth a priority because we will only be able to stop the shattering of human existence by protecting God’s greatest gift, our Mother Earth."

    Read more:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09

    #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #EarthIsLife #SCOTUS
    #SaveOakFlat #SanCarlosApache
    #Arizona #ProtectOakFlat
    #DefendTheSacred
    #IndigenousActivism
    #WaterIsLife #SacredSites #RecycleCopper
    #MiningWithoutConsent
    #ProtectTheSacred #CulturalGenocide #Ecocide #NativeAmericanNews
    #NoMiningWithoutConsent
    #CorporateColonialism
    #ChichilBiłdagoteel #RespectTheTreaties #HumanRights

  7. [Continued] Then articulates 5 main an-pac contributions on: #fetishization of #violence; chronic sliding towards systemic #militarism; intersectional state-enforced #exploitation/#domination; structurings of international politics (current & potential); & questions of #politicalagency.

    Throughout & towards end, positions these ideas against more established schools of #IRtheory, from #justwartheory to #realism, #liberalism, #Marxism, #poststructuralism, #feminism & others.

  8. @amiloradovsky
    (2/2)

    > #SWIFT at least doesn't require to burn loads of coal to operate.

    See #militarism, #growthism, #debtBasedEconomics

    > Coal-burning

    There's literature and annedotes of #proofOfWork miners largely seeking #intermittantEnergy from #renewables, like #hydro. Bankers fly planes and consume energy for work. #CambridgeUniversity found that the demands are negligable, also.
    @alcinnz