Rhode Island Anti-War Committee

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4. Ban all nuclear weapons.
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RI Antiwar Committee points of Unity
Rhode Island Antiwar Committee (RIAC)
1. and NATO military operations and interventions on foreign soil.
2: End all US aid to Israel. Solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for full human rights and self determination.
3. End U.S. economic sanctions against sovereign nations.
6. End the embargo/blockade against Cuba. Close the U.S. prison in Guantánamo.
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pport and fully implement the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Abide by international law.
8. Restore civil liberties; Repeal the Patriot Act, end mass surveillance including the weaponization of Artificial Intelligence.
9. Free all political prisoners.
10. We don’t believe that the ruling classes should dominate the world or make the rules.
11. Militarism is a huge financial burden. Convert the war economy to programs supporting human needs such as universal health care and free education.
12. Support a multi-polar world not dominated by any one nation.
13. Close all U.S. military bases across the globe.
14. Unlike the current United Nations, no powerful countries should have veto power. Equal rights are needed. RHODE ISLAND
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04/27/2026

PROTEST U.S. WAR ON IRAN. Tuesday, April 28, 4 PM in Providence
Stand with the RI Anti-War Committee to demand that the U.S. end its war on Iran. Let Cuba live. End the oil embargo. Call for a halt to U.S. aid to Israel and instead, provide sufficient humanitarian aid for the Palestinians. Stop all U.S. military incursions around the world. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 4 PM at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/4247052968908691/4247052978908690. Help spread the word.
Gaza Peace Plan? Israel is arming and providing logistical support for militias in Gaza that are opposed to Hamas. The militias are called the Popular Forces and operate in southern Gaza near Israel’s Yellow Line and around eastern Rafah. The militias number around several hundred fighters. They’ve made some attempts to move into Hamas controlled areas, but unless they are accompanied by Israeli air support, they’ve been quickly driven back. The Popular Forces intend to provide an alternative to Hamas and hope to take part in the post-war governing of Gaza. However, there is no evidence that they have secured any support from Gaza’s civilians. They are seen by Gazans as collaborators with Israel. The Popular Forces have no international support and no relationship with the Palestine Authority.
Does this sound familiar? Remember the revelations that Israel provided billions of dollars from Qatar to support Hamas in order to undercut the Palestine Authority’s push for a two-state solution? If Israel is successful in building up these anti-Hamas militias, it could lead to a civil war in Gaza. In any case, Hamas has no reason to give up any arms under the Trump Peace Plan as long as they have to deal with armed militias trying to grab more power and influence in Gaza. The Peace Plan is a sham.

04/26/2026

Several of us went to the screening of Abby Martin’s new film, Earth’s Greatest Enemy. Everyone who is interested in making a peaceful world should see this excellent movie. It’s very well produced- the soundtrack is excellent. Highly recommended

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04/23/2026

PROTEST U.S. WAR ON IRAN. Friday, April 24, 4 PM in Providence
Join with the RI Anti-War Committee to stand against American militarism. Demand a permanent end to the U.S./Israel war on Iran. Stop the oil embargo on Cuba. No more aid to Israel and support self-determination for the Palestinian people. Call for the U.S. to sign on to the UN Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 4 PM (summer hours) at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1403463251097871/1403463254431204. Help spread the word.
The Strong Will Dominate? In a back-and-forth between White House advisor Steven Miller and CNN’s Jake Trapper, Miller called Trapper naive for objecting to a U.S. foreign policy that is brazen, dominating and ruthless. Miller pointed out that throughout history that’s what the powerful have done. “The strong do as they can and the weak suffer what they must.” For Miller, who has an outsized influence on Trump, either a country keeps pounding its competitors or it risks losing its advantage over others. That perspective keeps the U.S. on course to continue exploiting natural resources, people and nations around the world. In American military parlance, it’s called “full-spectrum dominance.” It’s worked for the U.S. rulers for the last 80 years. Unfortunately for America, other countries have caught on and are starting to ignore international niceties and are now striving to maximize their power and influence.
Where does that leave us who are sick to death of continual conflict, destruction of the planet and exploitation of the poor and downtrodden? Pursuit of materialism and love of luxury has left many Americans oblivious to the cost of the self-indulgent acquisition of wealth and power. Religious precepts about kindness and niceness are too easily ignored. What cannot be forgotten, though, is that the domination of others produces only short-term gain and guarantees long-term pain. All empires eventually fall.
This planet has finite resources. For long term survival and prosperity, human beings must learn to share and cooperate. The ruling elites, here in the U.S. and elsewhere, cannot be allowed to stay in charge. Taxing the rich is not enough. We have to do away with their power to rule us and the world. Our survival depends on it.

04/20/2026

PROTEST U.S. WARS. Tuesday, April 21, 4 PM in Providence
Stand with the RI Anti-War Committee to demand that the U.S. end its war on Iran. Let Cuba live. End the oil embargo. Call for a halt to U.S. aid to Israel and instead, provide sufficient humanitarian aid for the Palestinians. Stop all U.S. military incursions around the world. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 4 PM (summer hours) at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/4247052968908691/4247052982242023. Help spread the word.
Proxy. It’s probably the most loaded word in the propaganda toolkit of the U.S. government and the mainstream media. Usually the term is used to describe the action (typically voting) a person does at the behest of another. In the United States the term has a political connotation when it is attached to the name of resistance groups. Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis are almost always referred to as Iranian proxy groups. For American imperialists this usage serves a dual purpose. It builds the case for depicting Iran as a malignant force that spreads its tentacles throughout the Middle East creating havoc and violence. Second, it reinforces the colonialist mentality that if it weren’t for Iranian meddling, there wouldn’t be an indigenous resistance to U.S. imperialism or the creation of the Zionist state of Israel.
Nothing could be further from the truth or reality. Hezbollah was created by Lebanese Shias in the early 1980s as a resistance force that fought against the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. Hamas was formed in 1987 as a political movement with a military wing to confront the Zionist occupation of Mandatory Palestine. The Houthis formed in the early 1990s in opposition to the Yemeni government that was backed by western nations and Saudi Arabia. All three groups found a natural ally in Iran which also was opposed to U.S. imperialism and Zionist colonialism.
Sure, Iran has provided aid to these groups, but it is completely false and there is no evidence to show that it has directed any of their policies or actions.

04/16/2026

PROTEST U.S./ISRAEL WARS. Friday, April 17, 4 PM in Providence.
Join with the RI Anti-War Committee to stand against American militarism. Demand a permanent end to the U.S./Israel war on Iran. Stop the oil embargo on Cuba. No more aid to Israel and support self-determination for the Palestinian people. Call for the U.S. to sign on to the UN Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 4 PM (new summer hours) at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1403463251097871/1403463267764536. Help spread the word.
Praise for Pope Leo. Finally. Someone willing to speak up against Trump’s mania for war, destruction and death. And he hasn’t let up. “woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.” Without quoting them by name, it’s clear that the comment was directed at Trump, Hegseth, et al. Now if the world’s leaders can muster the courage to break from Trump.
At least Xi Jinping of China was willing to say that the world cannot risk reverting “to the law of the jungle.” “To maintain the authority of international rule of law, we cannot use it when it suits us and abandon it when it doesn’t.”
International law. What a concept. Much preferable to the U.S. designed “rules-based order.” That’s only led to the exploitation of developing world. Maybe there’s reason for a bit of hope. As long as Trump doesn’t sideline the November elections.

04/13/2026

PROTEST U.S. WAR ON IRAN. Tuesday, April 14, 4 PM in Providence
Stand with the RI Anti-War Committee to demand that the U.S. end its war on Iran. Let Cuba live. End the oil embargo. Call for a halt to U.S. aid to Israel and instead, provide sufficient humanitarian aid for the Palestinians. Stop all U.S. military incursions around the world. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 4 PM (new summer hours) at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/4247052968908691/4247052975575357. Help spread the word.
Israeli settlers expel Palestinians. During Passover, Israeli settlers and their supporters celebrated the takeover of land that surrounded the now abandoned Palestinian village of Ein al-Auja in the West Bank. About 120 families lived there as recently as this January. They fled after months of harassment from Israeli settlers that included nighttime home invasions and burning of cars, farm equipment and crops. The Israeli settlers did not deny that they used violence to drive off the Palestinian residents. In fact, they tied their attack on the village to the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians from what became Israel. “The entire State of Israel is full of villages that were expelled by Ben-Gurion and his friends during the War of Independence. What do you think, they did it gently?”
The settlers declared that they were not only establishing dozens of new settlements, but also “liberating” water sources and nature reserves. Previous to fleeing their village, Palestinians had relied on the Auja spring to water their livestock. When the settlers blocked their access to the spring, Palestinians travelled to a nearby town to get water until that route was also blocked. The village of Ein al-Auja is in Area C of the West Bank which is controlled by the Israeli army as a closed military zone. The military says its mission is to stop conflict between Israeli settlers and Palestinians. When violence breaks out, the army sometimes intervenes and then turns the matter over to the Israeli police who then look the other way, sometimes arresting the Palestinians. The result? “Everything here has been conquered,” an Israeli woman said, “all grazing areas are for Jews only.”
(This report is based on an article in Haaretz, an Israeli daily newspaper.)

Today we had a great time at Bell St Chapel with PSL organizing against war on Iran. The RIAC group consisted of; Ellie,...
04/12/2026

Today we had a great time at Bell St Chapel with PSL organizing against war on Iran. The RIAC group consisted of; Ellie, Wally, Mohammad, Ellie, Michel, Paul. We were also with Nan from EBCP, and Sami from our South county anti war group.

04/09/2026

PROTEST U.S. WAR IN IRAN. Friday, April 10, 4 PM in Providence
Join with the RI Anti-War Committee to stand against American militarism. Demand an end to the U.S./Israel war on Iran. Stop the oil embargo on Cuba. No more aid to Israel and support self-determination for the Palestinian people. Call for the U.S. to sign on to the UN Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 4 PM (new summer hours) at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1403463251097871/1403463277764535.
Help spread the word.
And the Winner is … China. Kudos to the Chinese government for keeping their cool, being rational, acting in the interests of their people and using diplomacy in an attempt to end the U.S./Israeli war on Iran. The Chinese stand to profit handsomely as their engineers and construction firms will be ready to help Iran rebuild. China already leads in many fields such as battery technology, fast trains, electric vehicles, solar panels and more. In fact, Edmunds, the car rating agency, just reviewed China’s Geely Galaxy M9 hybrid and found it to be superior to any hybrid car that can be found in America.
Now China has taken the lead in building trust and respect among the world’s nations. Vietnam, for example, just asked China for assistance in helping it extract high-value components from coal such as chemical raw materials and medicine; a technology that China has pioneered. Vietnam is one of many countries that are suffering from the curtailment of oil shipped from the Persian Gulf.
How much longer can the EU nations put up with the nonsense and dangerous actions of the Trump-led American empire. Can they really fear the U.S. tariffs and the loss of access to the American market so much that they are willing to continue to be subservient to the Trumpian insanity?
American politics is devoid of any rationality. Anyone reading the account in the NYT by Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman on how Netanyahu led Trump by the nose into attacking Iran has to wonder why the U.S. doesn’t just cut Israel off and let them sink or swim on their own. End all U.S. aid to Israel!

Flags of the axis of resistance - long live the revolutionary Islamic Republic of Iran, long live the Socialist nation o...
04/07/2026

Flags of the axis of resistance - long live the revolutionary Islamic Republic of Iran, long live the Socialist nation of CUBA, US hands off!!!

04/06/2026

PROTEST U.S. WAR ON IRAN. Tuesday, April 7, 4 PM in Providence
Stand with the RI Anti-War Committee to demand that the U.S. end its war on Iran. Let Cuba live. End the oil embargo. Call for a halt to U.S. aid to Israel and instead, provide sufficient humanitarian aid for the Palestinians. Stop all U.S. military incursions around the world. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 4 PM (new summer hours) at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/4247052968908691/4247052988908689.
Help spread the word.
It Could Always Be Worse. Looks like the restrictions on getting oil and natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz is leading countries to explore the development of nuclear power. The technique of building nuclear power plants has improved over the last 50 years, but the problem of disposing of the radioactive waste has not been solved. Analysts say that getting production of fossil fuels from the Persian Gulf nations back up to the levels that existed before the war on Iran will take time. In the meantime, many nations are desperate for fuel. The Philippines has turned to a 4-day work week in an attempt to save on energy.
Trump has given Iran a deadline of Tuesday night to open up the Strait of Hormuz to shipping before he orders a devastating attack on Iran’s infrastructure. The fact that such an attack is a violation of international law is of no matter to him. The U.S. government is a threat to all of US.

A beautiful day to protest the multiple illegal wars by US imperialism. Don't be fooled - instead of universal healthcar...
04/04/2026

A beautiful day to protest the multiple illegal wars by US imperialism. Don't be fooled - instead of universal healthcare, education, infrastructure, and other nice things, the Democrats are going to approve his $1.5 trillion war budget.

04/02/2026

PROTEST U.S. WAR ON IRAN. Friday, April 3, 4 PM in Providence
Join with the RI Anti-War Committee to stand against American militarism. Demand an end to the U.S./Israel war on Iran. Stop the oil embargo on Cuba. No more aid to Israel and support self-determination for the Palestinian people. Call for the U.S. to sign on to the UN Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 4 PM (new summer hours) at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1403463251097871/1403463274431202.
Help spread the word.
Nothing New in Trump Land. In Wednesday’s address to the nation, Trump rehashed the same things he’s been saying for the last month. The war is going swimmingly. Its end is near. Iran is all but defeated. Yet, the war will go on for a few more weeks. All’s well as we bomb Iran back to the Stone Age.
Some mainstream pundits are starting to wake up and say that Trump is unfit to be president. That’s an understatement. American intelligence has concluded that the Iranian leadership in not interested in negotiating with the United States. They have no trust in what Trump says. Iran is still able to fire off missiles and drones, and replied to Trump’s speech with an overnight barrage on Israel and some U.S.-allied Gulf states.
Trump’s decision to go to war bears a striking resemblance to Putin’s thinking on attacking Ukraine. The Kremlin considered overthrowing Ukraine’s government and installing a puppet regime a quick operation. Much like Netanyahu’s convincing Trump that decapitating Iran’s leadership would result in an easy victory and a regime friendly to America. These two guys are nothing but war criminals.
Wars are messy and results are unpredictable. What we do know is that the suffering, deaths and destruction will be widespread, and completely unnecessary. What is almost never mentioned is that Iran did not have nuclear weapons while Israel and the U.S. do. Iran’s uranium enrichment program was a backstop; an insurance program just in case. Ironically, if Iran did have such a weapon, its enemies would never have dared to attack.

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