Jan. 19, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet
2024: A Year Toward More
War or Peace?
How do we assess the current path in which we are heading as humans on planet Earth? Here are just a few signposts along the way. Billionaires’ wealth skyrockets by 114% amid global poverty surge. https://www.nationofchange.org/2024/01/16/ A senior ally of President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that any Ukrainian attacks on missile launch sites inside Russia with arms supplied by the US could trigger a Russian nuclear response. www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-medvedev…
South Africa’s Genocide Presentation at the UN World Court Against Israel Called ‘Overwhelming and Devastating’ Why Israel’s war on Gaza is “a textbook case of genocide.” The Genocide is being Live-Streamed. We can’t say we didn’t know.
January 2024, marks the third anniversary of The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons. It is also the first to include provisions to help address the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapon use and testing. The treaty entered into force on 22 January 2021. As of December 18, 2023, 93 countries have signed the treaty and 69 have ratified it. The problem is the present 9 nuclear weapon states, including the US, have refused to sign and ratify the treaty. We need to turn the pressure up. https://www.icrc.org/en/document/2017-treaty-prohibition-nuclear-weapons
The present Israel/US war on Gaza is already widening and has the potential to escalate into a global nuclear war. The US needs to stop bombing Yemen and stop supplying weapons (including bunker-busting bombs), used by Israel in heavily populated Gaza. There needs to be a Permanent Ceasefire put in place immediately before further escalation. The US State Dept. is bypassing Congress to send more and more weapons to Israel. Does anyone see a connection between the US record-breaking gun violence at home and the US waging wars and record-breaking military weapons sales across the world?
Become a member of the local and global anti-war movement! What are you waiting for? Make 2024 a Year of Justice and Peace to save humanity from destroying itself. End the silence! Stand Up & Speak Out Now!
Wage Peace Not War!
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, anti-LGBTQ, etc. 5. Seek peace through peaceful means and work for justice in Hawai`i and around the world.
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Jan. 19, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1164– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office
