Peace in Ukraine! Peace on Earth!
Aloha Peace friends,
I urge you to join either, or both, Hilo Peace vigils this week.
Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, at the downtown Hilo Post Office from 3:30-5 PM
Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, on Kanoelehua Ave. (Hwy. 11) fronting Ross and the former Walgreens from 4:30-6 PM
The time has never been more urgent to stand up and be a voice for peace, not more war, especially in this Holy Season.
Please try to join us and pass the word on to others. Mahalo.
Jim Albertini
Peace in Ukraine?
Here are a few proposals for dialogue and negotiations to achieve a ceasefire and peace in Ukraine, something the world desperately needs in this Holy Season. As the chances of nuclear war grow day by day, it’s high time to consider what a settlement might look like for this war.
The first peace proposal is initiated by Columbia University professor Jeffrey D. Sachs who has extensive international experience. Professor Sachs summary points include: the US and NATO must back down, Russia must withdraw its troops, Ukraine must stop seeking to retake Crimea, and all parties must commit to respecting Ukraine’s sovereign borders. See an article on the proposal by Jeffrey Sachs here: https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/12/05/mediators-guide-peace-ukraine
Another peace proposal comes from former US Secretary of State, 99-year-old Henry Kissinger. I and many others, consider him a war criminal. However, Kissinger says that urgently negotiating an end to hostilities in Ukraine would prevent another world war. Kissinger says delays increase the risk of a world war. Kissinger laid out his reasoning in the December 17 issue of The Spectator, describing the current conflict as a “war in which two nuclear powers contest a conventionally armed country,” a clear reference to Ukraine being a proxy war between the US and Russia. Read about Kissinger’s outline of a peace proposal here –https://www.rt.com/news/568389-kissinger-ukraine-peace-proposal/
US Veterans for Peace Call for a Holiday Truce, Ceasefire, and Negotiations to End War in Ukraine. See https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/12/18/us-veterans-call-holiday-truce-ceasefire-and-negotiations-end-war-ukraine? Please share other peace proposals. Mahalo. The worst option is to continue escalating the war.
Sleepwalking to Global Nuclear Armageddon is NOT the Answer!
1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject violence & war as solutions. 3. Defend civil liberties.
4. Oppose all discrimination: anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian, anti-Black, anti-Asian, anti-Russian, etc.
5. Seek peace through peaceful means and work for justice in Hawai`i and around the world.
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Dec. 23, 2022, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1108– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office
