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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 2d

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

Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 2d

I don't see why not

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

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

Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

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...

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.

www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

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...

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

This is a sad moment. We have been deceived:

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

'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...

www.commondreams.org

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

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...

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

and...

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

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

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

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...

Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

which she supports

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

Not to mention war criminal Henry Kissinger

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

because he is a narcissist

Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

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

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

Truly discouraging

Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

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

Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

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

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

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

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 3d

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

Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 3d

My controversial opinion is that if he ended the immediate genocide, give him that inane prize, who fcuking cares? They gave it to Obama the drone king ffs.

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 18d

Good news though very late in the genocide:

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

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

www.theguardian.com

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 20d

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

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · 20d

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.

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · Aug 25

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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

www.theguardian.com

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · Aug 25

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...

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

open.substack.com

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Dave -- Keeper of the Dream @smithx57.bsky.social · Aug 12

Join the 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. nwmd.social/s/email/4AiP...

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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