This is today's email from Compassion in Politics <info@compassioninpolitics.com>
While I'm sure they do great work...and love their assertion "We need more than Words" their only boxes for action were "tweet now" or "Donate now" to it. There was no option for donating to relief or medical needs in Gaza or the West Bank.
The problem with our words is they are usually ambiguous. Instead of the unambiguous words needed for engineering a sane and sustainable solution to most progressive causes. Politics, religion, economics, clever posters, and heart felt poetry won't transform root causes. This is done by creating political will with unambiguous concepts like "unalienable Rights". Using the word phrase "Palestinian Rights" suggests theirs are different...as the Jewish state is asserting with its genocidal and ethnic cleaning actions.
This again exposes the mostly unchallenged US narrative that "we the people" are for human rights even though our budgets and authorization bills reflect just the opposite. And, like the message below asserts, this is an violation of all of our basic rights to express our profound outrage of the mass murder of innocent people ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, BY ANYONE, or ANY NATION.
Nothing short of transforming our lethal global governance (UN Charter protecting national sovereignty instead of human rights and the environment) and economic system (this global governance system protecting Capitalism's profit making instead of the health of people, communities, and our environment) when humanity has never had so much money to prevent so many root causes of war, poverty, pandemics, environmental disruption, and media/communication capacity to treat Truth decay.
Yes. We need more than words. We need a fundamental transforming of the global systems that ignores our global interdependence, by codifying independence into our flawed national and economic laws.
Consider Project 250 (creating an annual day in every community to celebrate and act on the reality that all of humankind is interdependent regarding our health and nature's health. Step 1: Within each local community identifying one or more of the 169 goals within the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals for all of the organizations within the community to work on collectively, to achieve measurable progress. Step 2. Declare a commitment to break down the organizational issue silos an that have divided peoples collective commitment to make measurable progress on human and environmental health within their own community. Local cooperation and coordination are key to building resilience within every community given the political borders and those defending them are unable to reduce the global forces felt most in our local communities. Step 3. Persist in these actions as needed, with the intention of national forces (policy makers, faith leaders, and business leaders funding the SDGs ASAP).
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Dear Chuck, The UK government this week joined 27 other countries in
condemning the deepening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. But while the Foreign Secretary's words are strong, they ring
hollow because they are not matched by action. While ministers speak of peace, British companies are lawfully
supplying the engine parts and other supplies used to rain fire on a starving
population. While civilians are shot collecting aid, UK-made components are
loaded into fighter jets. This is not neutrality, it is complicity. British companies are profiting from and enabling the mass
displacement, starvation and bombardment of civilians and the government is
failing to act. The United
Nations has warned that countries supplying arms to Israel, including the UK,
may be complicit in genocide. At the same time, those who speak out against these
exports—activists, lawyers, human rights campaigners—are being surveilled,
stigmatised, arrested and classified as terrorists for daring to challenge a
policy that fuels human slaughter. This isn’t about being pro-Palestinian or pro-Israeli. It’s
about being honest about our role in sustaining a war that has shattered
every norm of international humanitarian law. Even our language betrays us. Those who march for peace are
labelled “pro-Palestinian” by the media and politicians alike, as if
calling for a ceasefire were an act of allegiance rather than conscience. It
reduces opposition to war crimes to a question of sides — when in truth, it’s
a question of humanity. It equates calls for peace with antisemitism and
criticism of the Israeli government's actions with active support for Hamas. We are long past the point where strong statements alone will
suffice. Parliament has risen for the summer recess, but we will be
calling on the Government to act every day while Parliament is in recess and
the slaughter continues. Words aren’t enough. We need action
now. Starting with the suspension of all
arms exports to Israel. We want no UK complicity in genocide. If you are on Twitter/X, you can support our call by
re-tweeting it now. If you believe politics must be
rooted in compassion—not complicity— please support our work. In truth and urgency, |
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