World Without Genocide

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10/15/2024

Some of my extended family lived in , Lithuania. In 1903 my grandparents left Vilna for the US, but other family members stayed behind.

The fate of those remaining relatives: Vilna was occupied by the N***s and they were murdered.

At least 70,000 people, most of them Jews, were taken from the Jewish ghetto in Vilna to the nearby forest of Ponar. They were shot and buried in mass graves.

Several years ago my husband and I went to Vilna. We saw the ghetto. The day of our visit, someone had painted a huge sw****ka on the stone entry.

We also went to Ponar to see the memorial.

The Atlantic magazine (9-26-2024) has a story about a book by Kazimierz Sakowicz, published posthumously in Poland in 1999, who had died in 1944.

A Polish journalist who had moved to Vilna, the book is his detailed documenting of the mass murders at Ponar. He wrote on scraps of paper that he rolled up and put into jars that he buried around his house, knowing fully that he and his wife would be executed if his work had been found.

This man watched what happened and recorded a daily account of a genocide in action. Chris Heath, The Atlantic author, quotes many of the entries, and they are truly horrific.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.

-Ellen Kennedy

10/09/2024

Hurricane at the Polls –

The devastation from this hurricane is truly horrific across six U.S. states. Nearly 60 people have lost their lives; billions of dollars’ damage has been done to homes and businesses; millions of people remain without power; and the economic impact of ruined cities and communities is beyond calculation.

Another fallout of the climate crisis – . Will polls be open in these states? Will people even be able to get to the polls?

This crisis affects every aspect of our lives.

10/08/2024

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗿. 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝘀 – 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹. 𝗪𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀.

Mass graves of students in Canada have been found through ground-penetrating radar. These students died through torture, disease, and starvation in the boarding-school system that was designed to erase their Native culture.

Now, as reported by The New York Times, a small group of conservative Catholic and right-wing activists, “have become increasingly vocal in questioning the existence of unmarked graves. They are also skeptical of the entire national reconsideration of how Canada treated Indigenous people.”

𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱?

These systems to “kill the Indian in him and save the man,” as Capt. Richard H. Pratt said, occurred in the , , , and . Today we see the same cultural being forced onto and children in .

10/07/2024

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s brutal attacks against Israelis.

We grieve with mourning families and communities throughout the region for loss of life, for those who have been forcibly displaced from their homes, and for all those who are living in fear.

𝗪𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗺, 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗮𝗺.

10/04/2024

In 1994, nearly a million Rwandans were murdered by other Rwandans in a 100-day .

In the final weeks of the genocide in summer 1994, French troops had been sent to in Operation Turquoise, a UN-mandated military intervention. The purpose was to establish ‘safe zones’ for Rwandans who were fleeing the killing.

A massacre occurred in , in western Rwanda, during the genocide in June 1994.

𝗜𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟱, 𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝘀. 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟰, 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲.

The French soldiers left. The soldiers are accused of returning three days later, by which time most of the Tutsis had been slaughtered by Hutu militia. The accusation is that the massacre would not have occurred had the soldiers been present.

A French court dismissed the case in 2018 but civil parties appealed to the Paris Court of Appeals.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁’𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻.

In addition, French President Emmanuel Macron commissioned an inquiry in 2021 that concluded that the records did not show France willingly joined a genocide.

The current Rwandan government maintains that France failed to stop the slaughter and also helped thousands of Hutus flee into neighboring Congo, which meant that many genocide perpetrators escaped justice.

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10/01/2024

and in can’t go to school.

They must wear a and cover their faces completely.

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰.

The U.S. presidential candidates haven’t said a word about this compile elimination of personhood. That’s because Afghanistan has valuable minerals that we need, and Afghanistan is a trading partner. We don’t want to rock that boat.

Money beats out human rights every time.

𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿. 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱.

09/30/2024

Billionaires must help fix the planet, says former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.

An article in Foreign Policy notes that people in the global south suffer the most – and the global north must help in the transition to clean energy and protection from devastation.

It will take trillions of dollars – and where will it come from?

One source is the mega-rich.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝟭%—𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗻—𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗼-𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗮𝗺.

Billionaires, through their investments, produce 1 million times more emissions than the average person. Yet they pay proportionately next to nothing.

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝘅𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵.

It’s not fair. It’s not sustainable. It’s not enough.

09/26/2024

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 ( ) 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝘆𝗴𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀, 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗺 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦.

Linda Sun, a former deputy chief of staff in the New York governor's office, was arrested earlier this month and charged with acting as an agent of the CCP.

She is accused of altering public statements about the persecution of the Uyghurs.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗿’𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗻'𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗲𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

09/24/2024

and glorifying war criminals were made crimes in Bosnia in 2021.

𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟯𝟬𝟱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 – 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆.

Denial spiked after the UN adopted a resolution in April to create an annual commemoration of the genocide.

It’s speculated that denial is surging because nobody is being prosecuted.

Denis Dzidic, co-author of a report on denialism, said that genocide denial had been weaponized in political discourse, particularly on Serb-controlled media.

𝗧𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 , , , 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗬𝘂𝗴𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝟱𝟰 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝟳𝟴𝟭 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗿𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟱.



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09/23/2024

Dr. Gregory Stanton, founder of Genocide Watch, has written a compelling and frightening analysis of where the world is today. “The New N***sm” calls out leaders in , , , , , – and the - for policies and practices that he asserts align with N***sm today.

𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:

Supporters of then-President Donald Trump stand inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Inset, Trump is pictured in Washington, D.C., on July 31, 2019. During a Friday interview, the former president called the January 6 rioters “great patriots.” credit SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images; Chip S...

09/19/2024

There is a new statue in the United Nations north garden at headquarters in New York.

The statue is called "Kwibuka Flame of Hope." It is a gift from , and according to UN information, “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝘄𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗸𝗮 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟰 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗛𝘂𝘁𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲, were systematically killed following years of misinformation, disinformation and hate speech exacerbating ethnic tensions.”

The inscription reads: "The 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda Remember – Unite – Renew."

Note that the inscription refers only to genocide being enacted against Tutsi people. The UN statement quoted above specifically refers as well to “Hutu and others who opposed the genocide.” In Rwanda today, anybody who suggests that victims were other than Tutsis will face severe consequences for ‘denying’ the genocide.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.

The statue "Kwibuka Flame of Hope", a gift from the Republic of Rwanda, was installed on 11 September 2024 in the north garden area at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Kwibuka flame symbolizes the resilience and courage of Rwandans since the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda,...