War never solves anything, it just creates more problems and resentments. It is also a big driver of climate change. It creates broken families, a lot of pain, hatred, and destruction, and never accomplishes its goals.
Please use the power that you have to speak against this unjust and senseless war. It is not helping our world at all; it is only being carried out for short-term goals that are misguided and short-sighted.
Let us work to get us out of this war as soon as possible. We must work to cultivate the power of love, not the love of power, as Jimi Hendrix once famously said.read more
Tensions between the US and Iran remain extremely high between the US and Iran, since Trump ordered the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, an act that brought us to the brink of war. Such a war would be catastrophic politically, strategically, and morally. It would kill countless innocent civilians, and would further destabilize the Middle East. It would exacerbate the climate crisis. It would make no sense.
So at Occupy Elgin on Saturday, January 20th, our message will be No War with Iran. read more
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