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Join us for our bi-weekly War Is Not Green community meeting as we kick off Earth Month! When it comes to climate, the US war machine is the elephant in the room as the #1 institutional polluter in the world and with over 800 toxic bases around the world. To fight climate change, we need to demilitarize, end wars and US imperialism, free Palestine, facilitate the repatriation of Indigenous land, and get the mainstream environmental movement to join us along the way. The world's climate movement must hold anti-militarism as a core pillar!  

Let's educate each other and grow our capacity for an anti-militarist, internationalist, and feminist environmental movement! All are welcome. 

rsvp at  https://www.codepink.org/events  Join us as we kick off our April series leading up to Earth Day 2025. This month, we are highlighting the impact of U.S. war, militarism, and imperialism on people and the planet around the world. This first teach-in will cover the cost of war and the fueling forces of imperialism, militarism, and colonialism to the land, which is what sustains life and culture. We will cover the impact of these imperial wars to land in Palestine, the Philippines, the Congo, NATO's impact in the Balkans, and more.

In order to combat the climate crisis, we need to confront US militarism and imperialism. The U.S. military is the #1 institutional polluter in the world, with over 800 poisonous bases around the world, consistently building up pointless escalation and presence in every hemisphere. In moments of crisis at every level, we need to center our movements toward common targets and our collective futures. 

Speakers list information but includes live and pre-recorded:

Mohammed Ursof, Palestinian Institute for Climate Strategy

Kambale Musavuli, Friends of the Congo

Marsela Pecanac

Anakbayan USA

WE ARE A COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO STOPPING THE GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE BY NONVIOLENTLY BLOCKING THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF WEAPONS TO ISRAEL. 

NEXT ACTION: Wednesday, April 9th, 6:00 am at Travis Air Force Base main gate

NEXT Nonviolent Direct Action Preparation (April 5, 3:00 – 7:00 PM ) REGISTER

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DIRECTIONS to all four Travis Air Force Base gates

We are initially targeting Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield California because it is the largest AFB in the country and an important transport base. We have concrete evidence that in October-December 2023, there were planes clearly labeled as coming from Travis AFB that delivered weapons to Israel. We also have documented Facebook postings from servicemen on the base boasting of sending these weapons. Although these shipments have become much harder to track, we have no reason to believe they have stopped. In fact, when base personnel are asked, they evade the question, without answering.  

LETTER sent to Base Commander on January 16, 2025

LETTER sent to Base Commander on February 11, 2025

The ceasefire in Gaza never completely stopped, and now it has resumed with a vengence. The only way to stop the obscenity and scale of Israeli war crimes in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran, and beyond is to EMBARGO ALL US MILITARY AID AND WEAPONS SUPPLY TO ISRAEL. The People’s Arms Embargo will continue to organize nonviolent actions at Travis until our tax dollars are spent on human needs and the weapons supply chain from Travis to Israel is broken.   

For more explanation of our position, please read this excellent article from Veterans For Peace, a co-sponsor of the People’s Arms Embargo:
VFP Celebrates the Gaza Ceasefire.

“If the U.S. government won’t stop shipping arms to Israel, then we will establish a People’s Arms Embargo to stop it ourselves. We will persist until the weapons supply chain that is aiding the horrific slaughter and forced starvation in Palestine is aborted. We desire peace with justice and equality for all from every river to every sea.”

For any questions please contact
Wynd (wendyPalestine @ gmail.com)
or Toby (toby4peace @ gmail.com)

Join us for a discussion with Phyllis Bennis, activist, political analyst, and author of the recently published Understanding Palestine and Israel. Rami Khouri, Palestinian-American academic and journalist with over 50 years of experience reporting in the Middle East, will serve as moderator.

As the war in Gaza continues amidst a fragile ceasefire agreement, the struggle and call for justice in Palestine persists with many searching for truth and clarity. In Understanding Palestine and Israel, with a foreword by Palestinian analyst Omar Baddar, Phyllis Bennis answers key questions regarding the history and the current situation of the war between Israel and Palestine, addressing events prior to October 7, 2023, through Israel’s genocidal war and the aftermath of Donald Trump’s 2024 re-election.

From freedom of speech, the 2024 election, to your tax dollars, Bennis and Khouri will unpack historical perspectives, their experiences, and the impact the Palestine-Israel conflict has on Americans and the world today. 

WE ARE A COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO STOPPING THE GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE BY NONVIOLENTLY BLOCKING THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF WEAPONS TO ISRAEL. 

NEXT ACTION: Wednesday, April 9th, 6:00 am at Travis Air Force Base main gate

NEXT Nonviolent Direct Action Preparation (April 5, 3:00 – 7:00 PM ) REGISTER

SIGN UP FOR CARPOOLING

DIRECTIONS to all four Travis Air Force Base gates

We are initially targeting Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield California because it is the largest AFB in the country and an important transport base. We have concrete evidence that in October-December 2023, there were planes clearly labeled as coming from Travis AFB that delivered weapons to Israel. We also have documented Facebook postings from servicemen on the base boasting of sending these weapons. Although these shipments have become much harder to track, we have no reason to believe they have stopped. In fact, when base personnel are asked, they evade the question, without answering.  

LETTER sent to Base Commander on January 16, 2025

LETTER sent to Base Commander on February 11, 2025

The ceasefire in Gaza never completely stopped, and now it has resumed with a vengence. The only way to stop the obscenity and scale of Israeli war crimes in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran, and beyond is to EMBARGO ALL US MILITARY AID AND WEAPONS SUPPLY TO ISRAEL. The People’s Arms Embargo will continue to organize nonviolent actions at Travis until our tax dollars are spent on human needs and the weapons supply chain from Travis to Israel is broken.   

For more explanation of our position, please read this excellent article from Veterans For Peace, a co-sponsor of the People’s Arms Embargo:
VFP Celebrates the Gaza Ceasefire.

“If the U.S. government won’t stop shipping arms to Israel, then we will establish a People’s Arms Embargo to stop it ourselves. We will persist until the weapons supply chain that is aiding the horrific slaughter and forced starvation in Palestine is aborted. We desire peace with justice and equality for all from every river to every sea.”

For any questions please contact
Wynd (wendyPalestine @ gmail.com)
or Toby (toby4peace @ gmail.com)

The book provides a detailed insider account of how a Pentagon cabal strategized to manipulate intelligence, pressure the United Nations, force a Congressional authorization for the use of force through political threats, and scare the American people after 9/11 into supporting an attack on Iraq.

Authored by a Pentagon insider and senior enlisted leader of nearly three decades standing, Command Chief Master Sergeant, Retired, Dennis Fritz worked directly for and advised some of the most senior General Officers in the Department of Defense. They included General Richard B. Myers, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the height of the Iraq War. After military retirement, Fritz found himself inside Donald Rumsfeld’s Pentagon working for Douglas Feith, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and key architect of the case for war. He was detailed to the Pentagon as a contracted Research Fellow and Analyst on a special project to gather and review all Iraqi Pre-War Planning Documents for declassification. His access to thousands of personal handwritten notes, documents, and Pentagon’s internal conversations, has allowed him to tell the real story of why America invaded Iraq.

“This book is an actual act of service. It will help many people, including veterans, connect the dots to explain this century’s American wars and give them further permission to ask tough and uncomfortable questions.”
—Matthew Hoh, former Marine Corps officer and Iraq War veteran who resigned his State Department position in Afghanistan over that war’s 2009 escalation.

“I have known Dennis Fritz for three decades and served with him for many of those years. As my senior enlisted advisor in several commands, I benefited from his sound counsel. While I do not agree with some of his conclusions in this book . . . I respect Dennis and was always proud to serve alongside him.”
—General Richard Myers, Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

“Sooner rather than later, in my view, historians will write the complete and accurate history of these disastrous wars from start to finish, and sordid will it be. Alas, however, as with most history that is as accurate as humans can make it, those guilty of the crimes and ravages it inevitably encompasses, will have escaped all but a divine providence’s justice. This book at least will perhaps disturb their present comfort. It does mine.”
—From the Foreword by Larry Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell

Mohammad Marandi is a professor of North American Studies and teaches in the faculty of World Studies at the University of Tehran.

Ramzy Baroud is an author, journalist and the Editor of the Palestine Chronicle.

Moderator: Radhika Desai is convenor of the International Manifesto Group and co-host of the Geopolitical Economy Hour.

 The numbers are staggering: $18 billion of our federal U.S. tax dollars have fueled Israel's genocide machine since October 2023. That's enough to house more than 2 million families, provide healthcare for over 6 million children, or power over 50 million households with solar electricity.

 So we're organizing actions nationwide to demand our cities divest from Israel at the local level, where we can build the power to win. Pressure your local government to end its investments in corporations profiting from genocide.

 We've put together everything you need to take action effectively in your Tax Day Toolbox.

 Want to get involved? Tell us what you’re interested in doing for Tax Day by filling out this form now.     #NotMyTaxDollars