When the Bosses Talk Peace Get Ready for War

 When the Bosses Talk Peace Get Ready for War

Recently the President of the United States, Barrack Obama, has ordered an additional 200 troops to Iraq. The soldiers are reportedly advisors to aid in the retaking of Mosul from ISIS. Since attack helicopters forces were also ordered into Iraq, it is likely that Americans will have combat missions.

Today President Obama is meeting with King Salman’s dividing up Syria and Iraq. When the bosses talk peace, we should get ready for war.

This fighting in the Middle East will not end until the European imposed boundaries, economic conditions, and religious extremism issues are resolved. 

Iraq has only been a country since 1921 when the Ottoman Empire was divided up by the Europeans in the Balfour Treaty. Kurdistan, Sunni Iraq, and Shia Iraq, but not Kuwait, were merged into a single state.  With the American invasion in Iraq Wars I and II, the Iraqi state unravelled.

The only solution now is partition of Iraq. There will be no peace until this is done. Mosul will be recaptured by the Shia government in Baghdad. There will be thousands of deaths. Sometime afterwards Mosul will be the capital of Sunni Iraq.

It would make more sense to have the anti ISIS parts of the former Baath Parties and the tribal leaders defeat ISIS and form their own state.

In 1948 the United Nations allowed the partition of Palestine into Israel and Palestine. There will be no peace there until Palestine and Israel are reformed together as a secular state based on the principle of one person one vote.

As long as the Palestinians are occupied and stateless there will be no peace.

Saudi Arabia will have to come out of feudalism for there to be peace. Its absolute monarchy and its extreme religious elements Al  Qaeda and ISIS  will have to be replaced by secular democracy including women. Should this not happen then there will be no peace in the Middle East.

ISIS is supported by Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is seeking the support of Egypt in the fight to stifle the power of Iran and its allies, Shia Iraq, non Shia Syria, and Hezbollah.

I wish the soldiers on all sides well. Most are just working class young men made to believe since child hood that soldiering is glorious or heroic. Unfortunately there are real  material conditions that will defeat any unworkable or false efforts their respective governments orders them to perform.

You cannot kill an idea with a bullet. The use of the military has its limits.

There are likely thousands of American forces in the Middle East. None are working for patrician of Iraq, the unity of Israel and Palestine, nor the disestablishment of the House of Saud. Although brave, these efforts are futile.

The foreign policy of the United States is causing widespread disruptions in regards to refugees, suicide bombings, civilian deaths, and other misery that come with war. The Presidential candidates seem to have  policies that will bring more of the same or worse.

At one time I had hoped that President Obama will see through the madness that is war for economic and political power. I had hoped as he promised to withdraw from the violence that will not bring the justice and peace we all want. Instead he has increase the military in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.

I am reminded of the military buildup that preceded the deadlier parts of the Vietnam War. It was a war that could not end in peace until the imperialists such as France, Japan, America, and China were driven out and Vietnam could reunited.

Have we learned nothing from history?

Worcester Homeless emergency fund

The 3rd annual State Rep James O'day Award will be presented to Sarai Rivera and her husband Jose Encarnacion and Gwen Davis and her husband Gordon Davis 

Refreshments will be offered. There will be no charge but we are asking for a free will donation for Worcester Homeless emergency fund. There will also be entertainment provided by Lydia Fortune and friends. Thank You.

• Thursday, May 22, 2014 7:00 PM

• John Henry Hammer Coffee House First Unitarian Church 90 Main St Worcester Ma. 01608

Discrimination Law Agency Advocates are moving its office to Stone Soup Building, 4 King Street Worcester MA. Hours are by appointment 508 757 5873, Standards2100@aol.com. 

                                                        Gwen and Gordon T. Davis, advocates

How the Nazis Made Worcester Library their Bunker Headquesters

The Worcester Library voted on September 7, 2011 to allow the Nazis group, NEWP,  to use the meeting rooms without any limits.The Nazi group, based in New Hampshire, has used the Library for organizational meetings. In effect Worcester Library will be their headquarters

As most people know organizational meetings are not a free speech issue. Monthly organizational meetings are meeting where plans are made and treasury reports are read. Associations or corporations have to find a private space for such meetings.  The Nazis have met several consecutive months and have sent to the Library requests for many more monthly reservations.

When Worcester based groups such as Worcester Area Rainbow Coalition wanted to have consecutive monthly meetings we were turned down by the Library saying that consecutive monthly meetings were organizational meetings and that such meeting would prevent other groups from getting an opportunity to use the meeting rooms.

The Library has opened a can of worms by allowing the Nazis to reserve rooms months in advance for organizational meetings. It has created a precedent for other groups to reserve rooms months in advance.  So let’s do the math.  Since there are only two meeting rooms and only five days the Library is open there are only at most 40 reservations per month. That means only 40 groups could usethe library meeting rooms. Limiting the Library meeting rooms to only 40 groups is not freedom of speech.  The late comers for reservations would be shut out for the distant future.

What is worse there is no Worcester preference for people who live and work in Worcester. That means groups from Maine and New York could shut out Worcester’s people from the use of our Library.

Worcester's Confused Head Librarian

Before the meeting of 8-24-11 on the Library's policy regarding the Nazis. One of the Library staff talked with a Nazi standing outside of the Library doors.  I was holding an anti Nazi sign on the sidewalk. The staffer then came over to me and told me I had to move across the street. I told him that it was a public sidewalk and that there were no rules or ordinances where I stood with my sign. I asked to see any document he had. He left and started  again to talk with the Nazi.

When my wife and I walked into the Library to go to the OPEN meeting of the Library Board, this same staffer with another library worker blocked the door. He said we could not go into the meeting with the signs. We agreed to leave the signs outside. He then said that we could not go into the meeting at all.

Some one inside heard the argument and opened the doors for us to come in. As we were going into the meeting one of the staffers jumped in front of my wife and me trying to physically stop us from going into an open meeting.  We walked around him and told him to stop his illegal behavior.

After the meeting I told the Head Librarian that staffers tried to intimidate us and prevent us from entering an open meeting. The Head Librarian said that the staffers were following his orders. He said that no one can hold a sign within 175 feet of the Library and that no signs were allowed in the event rooms. I later spoke to a Library Board member who said that there were no such rules. The Head Librarian was confused.

This is the second time someone tried to deny me entrance to an open or public meeting at the Library. The first time was when the Nazis kept me out by throwing chairs and the second was when the Head Librarian ordered his staff to deny me entrance.

A New Face in Worcester Politics Tim Beaudoin

Tim Beaudoin's fundraiser was  last night and it was my first time at Neo's Cafe on Milbury St. in Worcester.

Also a  first is Tim's political campaign and I was surprised at how well organized and polished his campaign has been. He is certainly getting his name out and it looks like he has a good chance to win one of the City Councillors slots after the Preliminary next month.

Tim's family has been in Worcester for four generations and he attended Worcester Public Schools. He is a special needs teacher and helping children.  While holding a sign with him I saw him patiently talk with a man for a long while without once cutting him off. There is a rumor that Tim got this patience from his training as Buddhist monk. His mother told me that Tim was always, even as a child, independent and somewhat stubborn. She said that these traits later became fair mindedness and principles.

 When I met Tim several years ago he was a socialist, but has since moderated his thinking. He now seek out the small businesses of Worcester with the idea that building the neighborhoods is more important than the large projects like Union Station that drain money from the City. However Tim
has not entirely abandoned the Left as he has made an alliance with the Green- Rainbow to help with his campaign.

So good luck to Tim.  You will be a new face on the City Council and hopefully replace the arrogance of the likes of Lukes,

Chapter 9 of My Book on Holy Cross' Radical Days

FAT LADY                                                                                                
                                                                                                                      Following the lead of the Black Panthers’ Free Breakfast for Children Program, activists in Worcester initiated a similar breakfast program. There were two centers for breakfast. One in Main South, run by Anne Marie. The second center was run by my roommate, Ed who eventually won a Pulitzer Prize. Ed’s program was in the basement of Our Lady of Fatima Church. We called it Fat Lady, as did the children. The Church is closed today and it is likely to be demolished.


There have been some claims that Clarence ran the Free Breakfast for Children Program.I have no certain recollection of ever seeing Clarence at Fat Lady.

Every school morning for two semesters Ed organize a car load of students to get up between 5:30 and 6:00 AM and go to Fat Lady. We were mostly from the BSU, RSU, and other pro­gressive groups. I remember Mark, Bob, and John were regulars. Although not on a regular basis, scores of other students would help out. Ed’s net of recruitment went out fairly widely and it was sometimes a surprise who

would show up on any given day.

Fat Lady is three or four miles from Holy Cross and we took whatever transportation Ed could organize. Many times we drove the BSU van. Once in January I had to ride in the bed of Bob’s pickup truck. I learned a lot about wind chill during the ride. –

Another time when Ed complained that Holy Cross did not help enough with the program. We went to see Father Brooks, who recently became President of the College and demanded that he help. Father Brooks called to Kimball dining hall and told the staff to give us surplus fry pans. What amazes me even to this day is not that Father Brooks gave us fry pans, but that he knew Kimball had surplus fry pans.

There was a time when the Pastor of Fat Lady tried to throw us out of Fat Lady. The locks were changed on the doors. At that time I saw a whole different side of Ed. He was determined to have the program reopened. He went to talk to the Pastor and we were opened for breakfast the next day.

Among the children I remember one little girl. I don’t recall her name, but she used to give Ed a lot of grief. She complained about the food. She always wore red boots and she was very protective of her little brother. One time to get them to finish their food Ed told them that I would sing and dance. I waited for them to finish and then I said I had changed my mind. For some reason I could only remember “Drugstore Loving” and I thought that would not be an age appropriate song.

I talked to Ed recently. He remembers an older boy whom he felt was something of a trouble maker. Ed asked the kid to help him with the program, cleaning up and closing up. The kid’s attitude changed for the better.

In the Spring we got the word that the Public Schools would be serving breakfast before classes. This made our program re­dundant and it was discontinued in the Fall.

      When Ed returned to Holy Cross in 2005 we happened to go by Fat Lady and I could tell from his voice that he had fond memories of it, the kids, and all involved in the program.

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