Winston Churchill once urged Roosevelt to officially refer to what we call World War Two as "The Unnecessary War". He described his historical account as "How the English-speaking peoples through their unwisdom, carelessness, and good nature, allowed the wicked to rearm."

I love reading this fellow already, and I'm not even past the Prologue.

#history #Resolution #Defiance #Magnanimity #Goodwill

“Empire repurposed: Washington’s final frontier is Venezuela”

by Aidan J. Simardone in The Cradle

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“As the US recalibrates from global hegemony to hemispheric dominance, Venezuela becomes the battleground for an empire in decline – but also for the Global South’s defiance”

https://thecradle.co/articles/empire-repurposed-washingtons-final-frontier-is-venezuela

#Press #US #Venezuela #Empire #GlobalSouth #Defiance #War #Unipolarity #Multipolarity #MonroeDoctrine

New resistance group - defiance.org

https://www.defiance.org

"In response to a sweeping campaign of political retaliation by the Trump administration, a coalition of national security veterans, whistleblowers, and pro-democracy leaders today [10/29/25] announced the launch of DEFIANCE.org, the first iteration of a “club for courageous Americans” designed to help people push back peacefully, lawfully, and defiantly against presidential abuses of power.”

I’ve joined. If you want to do something to aid in the resistance to Trump and Republican fascism, you should look at this additional option.

A list of people that have signed:
https://www.defiance.org/declaration

#Politics #Defiance.org #Resistance #Trump #GOP #Fascism

Ngātiwai lands on ‘tapu’ Poor Knights Islands in defiance of marine law change

Once there, the group climbed to the top of one of the islands and erected a flagpole. The…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/219491/

Defiance.org

https://www.defiance.org

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