Unthinking, Apathy, and Genocide
A newly expanded book called The Evil of Banality by Elizabeth Minnich looks at how people come to do horrific things like genocides, but also how they allow horrible things to gradually develop. #WorldBEYONDWar
A newly expanded book called The Evil of Banality by Elizabeth Minnich looks at how people come to do horrific things like genocides, but also how they allow horrible things to gradually develop. #WorldBEYONDWar
Approaching 50 years since the end of the American War, as the Vietnamese call it, and something over 70 years since the start of it, depending when you start the clock, truth and reconciliation remain incomplete. #WorldBEYONDWar
Despite the efforts of peace activists across the country, a child in Yemen dies every ten minutes from preventable causes—and the Democratic Representatives in the Senate and the House from New York don’t seem to care. #WorldBEYONDWar
Numbers matter in wars and natural disasters. They matter in the intensity behind the civic, political, and diplomatic efforts worldwide to stop the killing, secure a permanent ceasefire. #WorldBEYONDWar
What is happening in the Gaza Strip is state-sanctioned mass murder, which all war is, and it must stop. We join our voices with those around the world demanding an end to this cruel slaughter. #WorldBEYONDWar
I was fortunate to be able to attend the third Meeting of State Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) at the United Nations in New York City on March 2 through 7. #WorldBEYONDWar
It’s rather a shame to have institutions of so-called higher learning be run by people so dedicated to avoiding thought, no matter the cost to humanity. #WorldBEYONDWar
There are variations on these five themes, but I think you’ll find that supporters of the genocide in Gaza generally switch from one of them to a different one when challenged. #WorldBEYONDWar
Most men have been taken to prison and tortured. It’s common to have your home broken into in the middle of the night by soldiers who yell, beat everyone, and kidnap fathers, sons and daughters. #WorldBEYONDWar