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October 11, 2024

Urgent action needed. Genocidal Israel has launched an extermination campaign against 400,000 Palestinian survivors in northern Gaza.
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In the midst of its genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, Israel is intensifying its massacres in northern Gaza to forcibly displace the surviving Palestinian population–some 400,000 people. For seven days, Israeli forces have blocked the only three entrances and imposed a siege that has included heavy airstrikes and shelling, particularly targeting what is left of the Jabalia refugee camp.

As the death toll rises, the bodies of many massacred Palestinians lie in the streets, inaccessible due to the ongoing blockade. Israeli forces are firing on Palestinians attempting to rescue the injured. Israel has ordered hospitals in the north of Gaza to evacuate all staff and patients, threatening bombardment if they fail to comply. In parallel, it is escalating its bloody aggression in the occupied West Bank, its rolling massacres in Lebanon, even bombing a UN peacekeepers’ position, and its bombing campaigns in Syria, Iraq and Yemen. 

Israel’s unprecedented criminality is a direct result of its unprecedented impunity, made possible through the arming, funding and full partnership of the colonial West, led by the US.

Only our people power can build the pressure needed to stop Israel’s carnage and help dismantle its 76-year-old regime of settler-colonialism and apartheid.


TAKE ACTION:

1. PRESSURE YOUR GOVERNMENT TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON ISRAEL, INCLUDING A COMPREHENSIVE MILITARY EMBARGO. 

2. TAKE TO THE STREETS TO PRESSURE GOVERNMENTS TO END COMPLICITY.

3. SUPPORT THE BDS MOVEMENT.

4. DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF   APARTHEID ISRAEL FROM THE UN.


Read our full action alert on our website.


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Col. (ret.) Lawrence Wilkerson's last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass, and member of that staff responsible for East Asia and the Pacific, political-military and legislative affairs (2001-02).
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Before serving at the State Department, Wilkerson served 31 years in the U.S. Army. During that time, he was a member of the faculty of the U.S. Naval War College (1987 to 1989), Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93), and Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia (1993-97). Wilkerson retired in 1997 and began work as an advisor to General Powell. He has also taught national security affairs at the George Washington University.



By Larry C. Johnson

7 October 2024



9 October 2024



Monday, October 7, 2024


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AGelbert

The evidence is out there. Wars, NATO and the military industrial complex are three of the biggest contributors to the climate emergency.

ANYONE who questions the irrefutable veracity of the above statement is willfully ignorant of reality. ... ...

Collectivist Action  > AGelbert 2 days ago
"The global oligarchs have no intention of risking their privilege and power by disrupting an economy driven by fossil fuels and animal agriculture."

At the risk of sounding hopelessly pessimistic, I really don't see things getting better BEFORE we reach ROCK BOTTOM.

Then, it might be too late.

AGelbert > Collectivist Action
I agree with you, but we-the-people, most of us, must accept the fact that TPTB are fully in the morally bankrupt driver's seat. So, the definition of "Rock Bottom" needs to be tailored to the global oligarchs. Despite their apparent insanity, there are some rational voices among them that are reading the riot act to them as we speak. Hitler had this Nietsche baloney with the "Power of the Will". That morally bankrupt wishful thinking stupidity is exactly what, so far, has allowed TPTB to continue to double down on their rapacious, war loving, profit over people and planet modus operandi, despite their own scientists, at least the ones that still actually do cause and effect science, telling them 🚨 it is time to get Thelma and Louise out of the car, provided that there are a couple of parachutes in the rapidly descending 😬 car (Perhaps TPTB plan ahead?).

I know I'm being long winded, but the point here is that, as I told Just Me in my reply to his 3 count comment to me, WE AIN'T the BIG DOG NO MORE. That actually gives me hope. I may be wrong, but I really believe that MOST people in the world, along with their leaders, get it.

Our leaders in the so-called "West", REPRESENT the minority on planet Earth. Up until about a decade ago, said rapacious U.S. Empire and proxies called ALL the planet trashing shots. Now there s a new "sheriff" in town that is RATIONAL, unlike the Neocon, Zionist Social Darwinist, Nietsche Capitalist intellimorons. The BRICS crowd wants a viable biosphere and are NOT hampered by the Nietsche "power of the will" BULLSHIT.

When all is said and done, it is rather simple: Matthew 7:12 is NOT "OPTIONAL" for a viable biosphere and a thriving human civilization. I think the BRICS crowd, including particularly Russia and China, whether they be atheists or any non-Christian  religion out there, have done the Matthew 7:12 BIOSPHERE MATH. They don't call it that, of course 😁; they call it a Multipolar World Community Based on Mutual Self Interest REPLACING the 👿💵🎩🦍 Rapacious Profit Over Planet Hegemony.

To me, it is simply doing reality based, cause and effect human behavioral science. The BRICS crowd understands that nations, not just individual persons, inevitably 🎍 reap what they 🌱 sow. They that sow socially constructive good will reap accordingly. They that sow socially destructive 😈💰 policies will reap social ☠️ destruction.


pinkprince500 3 days ago
The ICC should prosecute people and governments for crimes against the environment. The Gulf War was not necessary and Iraq's environment, military and economy were damaged.
Israel, the USA and many other nations are guilty of greenwashing. They say they help the environment but they harm it.

AGelbert > pinkprince5003 days ago edited
Well said.
This, from 🕯️🗽 Richard Steven Hack (September 15, 2024) is relevant, to put it mildly:


The Five Essentials

Sep 15, 2024 by Richard Steven Hack

Wherein we explain why a Middle East war is inevitable - and how the consequences of the world being wrong - since forever - could lead to World War III... 🥺

Armageddon in the Middle East - Part 1 - Why It's Inevitable

Just Me > AGelbert 12 hours ago
1. Israel is already a regional superpower.
2. Israel doesn't have the manpower to command a regional empire.
3. Zionists may dream of installing puppet regimes in neighboring states as buffer territories, but that is extraordinarily improbable.

AGelbert > Just Me
I agree with your counts 2 and 3. Count 2 is evidence that your count 1 is still Social Darwinist ZionNazi wishful thinking.

🦉 The more salient take away, that everyone in the U.S. should GET, but too many living in our past "sole Superpower" 1990's era still delude themselves with, is that 📢 WE DON'T have the manpower, OR the technological prowess, to enable the ZioNazi morally bankrupt desires EITHER.

► 1.  The U.S. cannot defeat Russia or China, or even Türkiye, for that matter, in a conventional war.

► 2. All the military "might" of NATO, excluding Türkiye, which NO WAY will abide by "article 5" baloney to attack Iran or Yemen (or Russia or China, for that matter) is a joke. Nukes are all the U.S. puppet NATO has. If they use them, we are all dead, so it is just plain STUPID to base NATO "might" on nukes.

► 3. The ZioNazi military "might" has always been a function of the U.S. Empire's ability to provide it with weapons and economic backing. The FACT IS that ain't enough any more due to the superior missile arsenal AND infantry might of Hezbollah. Iran's technological prowess and troop strength provide further evidence of that FACT to those who foolishly think even our hubris filled U.S.MIC, never mind belligerent pipsqueak Nutanyahoo, can take on Iran.


Yeah, I know you will scoff, but here is something for you to ponder while you wag your head in denial:
Less than a decade ago, the WIND CURRENTS over Iran were studied by their scientists for the purpose of calculating how best to spray a chemical to kill a plant virus that was damaging some type of Iranian grain crop.

Guess where those wind currents GO after a few days in Iran. They GO TO PAKISTAN. So, if some IntelliMORON in Israel,  OR/AND the MIC, thinks you can "take care of" Iran with a few "tactical" nukes dropped on their big cities, these blood thirsty NEOCON Israel firsters are the top contenders for this century's DARWIN AWARD. WHY? Because Pakistan will NOT sit on its nuclear thumbs (🚀 Adios ☠️ Israel) when, not IF, the RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT from the 🚀 nukes dropped on Iran starts 🥵 killing ☠️ 100's of THOUSANDS  of people in 😡 Pakistan...     

By Dave Muoio Updated Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 1:15 p.m.

More than 200 Florida healthcare facilities evacuating patients ahead of 2nd hurricane  in 2 weeks
With hospitals already contending with Helene's impact on IV solutions, further disruptions are "clearly part of the equation for concern if this storm compounds access to those supplies or any other critical hospital supply" such as fuel for hospital generators, Florida Hospital Association President and CEO Mary Mayhew said. (imagedepotpro/Getty)

A rapidly intensifying Hurricane Milton has Florida and its healthcare providers gearing up for another severe weather event less than two weeks after similar preparations for Hurricane Helene.


As of midday Tuesday, over 200 healthcare facilities, including 12 hospitals and freestanding hospital emergency departments, have initiated evacuations, officials and the Florida Hospital Association said. The evacuations are primarily focused in Florida's Pinellas and Hillsborough counties, which include St. Petersburg and Tampa. 

"The challenge as a result of Helene is that those areas that are likely to be significantly impacted by Milton are still contending with debris everywhere, the sand and other debris clogging drains," Mary Mayhew, president and CEO of the Florida Hospital Association, told Fierce Healthcare Tuesday. "Milton is forecasted to have a significant surge along the coast and a volume of rain, so the vulnerability to extreme flooding is significant."

Hurricane Milton jumped ahead of weekend forecasts when it strengthened to a Category 5 storm in the Gulf of Mexico midday Monday, according to the National Weather Service.

It is expected to drop to a strong Category 3 by the time it makes landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday near Tampa—still “a very large and powerful hurricane … with life-threatening hazards at the coastline and well inland,” the service warned. Unlike September’s Hurricane Helene, which brought destruction to the states north of Florida, it is projected to move east through Florida and out to the Atlantic.


While a strong storm in its own respect, the short turnaround from Helene has officials worried that saturated groundwater, strained infrastructure and, in particular, uncleared debris could compound the damage.

“That creates a huge hazard,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who signed a state of emergency declaration for 51 counties, said during a Monday afternoon press conference.

During Monday and Tuesday addresses, the governor noted that the state was prioritizing hospitals alongside other critical infrastructure, and had recently coordinated the construction of a flood wall around an unnamed hospital.

Florida’s Department of Health has deployed almost 600 emergency response vehicles, including more than 350 ambulances on hand to support first responders, officials said.

Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) said it is conducting daily calls with the Florida Hospital Association and Florida Healthcare Association alongside other emergency event reporting procedures. The groups had relied on similar coordination efforts leading up to Helene, during which a total of six hospitals across the state were forced to evacuate patients.

As of Tuesday morning, AHCA said it had received reports of 212 healthcare facility evacuations, including 10 hospitals, two freestanding hospital emergency departments, 115 assisted living facilities and 50 nursing homes.

AHCA has also made nearly 700 phone calls to providers ahead of the storm's landfall, and said it has "waived all prior authorization requirements for critical Medicaid."

Care coordination, lingering supply chain disruption, administrative hurdles loom
Fortunately, Mayhew said that the state's hospitals had not suffered "any significant damage to their physical plant" as a result of September's Helene, which she credited to comprehensive investments in flood mitigation systems, electrical infrastructure and other areas.

However, the homes of many hospital employees living in Helene's path were affected, "and so certainly the ability to staff and support our employees is critically important as we brace for Milton."

Additionally, Mayhew noted that hospitals are already dealing with a shortage of IV solutions after a plant supplying over 60% of the country's supply was shut down by Helene. Further disruptions are "clearly part of the equation for concern if this storm compounds access to those supplies or any other critical hospital supply," such as fuel for hospital generators, she said.

Preparations to minimize disruptions in patient care are a priority at the moment, but Mayhew acknowledged that much of the hospitals and her group's work will come in Milton's wake.

"One of the roles we seek to play as an association is gathering real-time data and information to inform areas of need and opportunities for engagement and coordination among our hospitals in response to emergencies," she explained.

The could relate to transferring patients if a facility is damaged, coordinating supplies and picking up the slack for community-level care.

"The impact on retail pharmacies, on assisted living facilities, is critically important," she said. "We've had hospitals that have had to fulfill that role, that have a retail pharmacy license when the local retail pharmacy was offline. There are patients in our hospitals that may be ready for discharge back to their assisted living facility, and yet that assisted living facility is no longer functional because of the impact of the storm. All of that will be part of the equation as we as we respond and as we recover."
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/florida-hospitals-again-evacuating-patients-ahead-back-back-hurricane

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