December 2011 Newsletter

Greetings!

Across the country people are standing up for justice. We especially applaud the University of California Davis students for their commitment to nonviolence. Please make time to see the video below of students being pepper sprayed.

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Audio

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was criticized for combining calls to end illegal wars with his work to advance civil rights. In the years since his brave decision to mix peace and civil rights, the wisdom of his decision is crystal clear. He taught then and we teach now that our acts of kindness and education to end illegal wars should be combined.

If you would like to learn what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had to say about people who in a period of moral crisis argued against becoming political, click here.

 

We teach peace, as did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., against militarism and imperialism because we love our country.

 

The "Are You Silent" Test

As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said in the above audio, silence is betrayal." We need to ask ourselves are we silent.

 

Jesus said as recorded in Matthew 25:35-40: For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?  Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

 

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Are you silent as:

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Put a check in the below column if you donated a single hour of your time or dollar to an organization addressing an injustice in column A.

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Have you been silent, paid taxes or via your buying habits done anything that helps make an injustice in column A possible?

 

illegal wars are fought?

 

 

across the country non-violent people are pepper sprayed and beaten when seeking justice?    
over 1 billion people do not have clean drinking water?    

soldier suicides soar?

 

 

people in jail go unvisited?    
over 16,000 African children die each day from hunger-related causes?    

thousands of innocent children are slaughtered  as collateral damage because they happen to live in oil rich countries?

 

 

humanitarian volunteers risk being murdered when attempting to deliver medicine to children in Gaza?    

we are drawn with lies into war with Iran?

 

 

no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and what really happened on 9/11 were revealed?

 

 

Libya was attacked for introducing a monetary system that threatened a one-world currency?

 

 

the privately owned Federal Reserve loots the U.S. treasury?

 

 

our world is polluted by nuclear disasters?

 

 

the Supreme Court gives corporations the same rights as humans?

 

 

leaders publically call for a New World Order?

 

 

 

Mother Teresa observed: "If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one." If you have not been involved in a single one of the above opportunities to correct injustice, accept this invitation and call 530-554-7061.

 

Financial Freedom

Positive voices in the Occupy Wall Street movement are reaching Americans with their message.

 

 

 

The We Are The Many song by Makana is an excellent example of using music to educate people. An international financial elite want the class warfare focus on Wall Street and banks. Conflict and distractions are needed to help usher in a one world currency. In addition, a focus on the top 1% serves to divide and conquer keeping people's focus away from the dangers of new war with Iran. A November 18, 2011 senseless police pepper spraying of UC Davis students is below. As you watch this video ask yourself why we are attacking our children when they are nonviolently expressing a desire for economic justice?

 



The economic problem is a global problem and the top 1% in wealth is 60 million people. The message for a better future is not class warfare with the top 1% but raising awareness for robber barons with majority ownership positions in the monetary system. It is helpful to remember that in 1911 Senator LaFollete said the Money Trust that controlled the US consisted of 50 men, but he was corrected by J.P. Morgan's George F. Baker that not more than 8 men ran the country. If 8, 50 or even 500 is divided into the population of the US or 312,650,000, the signs would read 99.999%.

 

The Occupy Wall Street movement should reframe the discussion, giving to the American people instead of taking away from the American people. For example, instead of "Occupy" signs, signs should state "Return Money Issuance to the People" or "Predatory Federal Reserve System is enslaving US in debt." If the Occupy Wall Street movement continues with the focus that the top 1% needs to pay more taxes, the top 1% will probably pay more taxes and the less than .0001% in this group will remain unaffected. The new high tax rates for the top 1% will be used for the false propaganda on why Americans are responsible for losing their jobs to other countries with lower tax rates.

 

If the Occupy Wall Street movement adopts the primary central message that the issuance of money must be taken from private banks and returned to the people, then great things can happen. Two Constitutional amendments are needed to secure financial freedom: the first amendment would forbid the government acquiring debt and the second amendment would prevent secret society members from participating as elected officials (which would have little impact on most Americans but require replacing almost the entire Congress).

 

Military Suicides Soar

Returning soldiers need help. Government measures to downplay the mental health needs of soldiers are limiting their access to needed care. You may find it interesting that the people I encounter helping returning soldiers are often the same people volunteering to prevent wars.

A lesson from the Vietnam War is illegal wars mean more soldiers will commit suicide after the war than will die fighting the war. The harsh truth is more Iraq and Afghanistan War soldiers have already died from suicide than have died fighting!

I recently spoke with a soldier who had tried to commit suicide. He explained that he could not get the horrible thoughts of what was being done to steal oil out of his mind. This Iraq War veteran is not alone.

An extremely conservative estimate is every 36 hours a soldier commits suicide. Another study puts the number at 120 per week. The most accurate estimate is likely 540 per month which means every 72 minutes a soldier commits suicide. News services including ABC are reporting the military is losing the battle against suicide but rarely reveal the children of people who fight illegal wars are three times more likely to commit suicide.

You should ask why are estimates provided and not the exact number of suicides? The answer is the government refuses to reveal the information because the truth makes recruiting soldiers difficult and simultaneously reminds people the wars being fought are unjust.

 

Beating War Drums

We have tracked one-world advocates' attempts to draw the U.S. into a third major war in the Middle East. A spike in the price of oil and gold will be a strong indicator that we are approaching another major war. Insider trading and increased calls from Israel's leaders for the U.S. to attack Iran are also strong indicators that a new major conflict may initiate in 2012. CIA assassinations and attacks in Iran as part of the preparation of the battlefield have already been announced.

To save today's teenagers from becoming tomorrow's casualties in another U.S. taxpayer funded illegal mass murder, we must be voices for peace. If people wait for the news that Israeli fighters have attacked Iran, the U.S. will already be fully sucked into the war. We should also remember the standard false flag formula, as happened on September 11, 2011, to scare people to support starting wars so any opposition will appear as disloyal crackpots. The truth is opposition to attacking Iran is often from former soldiers, myself included, who love our country.

Iran has not initiated an attack against another country in more than 200 years. The claims the U.S. must attack Iran to prevent another 9/11 are based on the lie that Muslims are responsible for 9/11.

 

Annual Report & 2012 Success Plan

We are an extremely efficient and transparent 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Our annual report is now available online.

 

2011 Donations = $508,394*

You may wonder how it is possible that year after year we deliver so much with so little. The above pie chart tells the story and is supplemented with three bullet points.

  • Our secret is not a secret, volunteer time. Salaries and benefits paid to the top two staff members are $0 (e.g., Dave Dionisi, President and Eileen Rockensies, Treasurer)

  • We hire consultants in Liberia to deliver services at $100 a month which may seem unusually low but the people that work with us do so for their love of the children.

  • Percent of funding from individual members = 100%

We are all called to accept our share of responsibility for making our world a better place. If you are not a regular donor, know that a recurring donation of $25 a month can send three children to school for a year. Donating takes only a few minutes of your time when you call 530-554-7061 and can literally change or even save a life.

*This number was updated after the newsletter was published and reflects the full year amount. Click here to access the 2011 Annual Report and 2012 Success Plan.

 

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Accurate Nuclear Disaster Information

Since the March 11, 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan, we carefully documented the truth of what happened. The below newsletters provide multiple examples that the public was repeatedly lied to as part of the strategy to maintain the deception that nuclear power is safe and clean. Researchers have concluded Fukushima radiation made its first around-the-globe trip in just 13 days. As we approach the end of 2011, nuclear and government officials in Japan cannot provide a possible date in the future when the disaster will stop being a disaster.

April newsletter            May newsletter              June newsletter

July newsletter            August newsletter           September newsletter

October newsletter      November newsletter       Radiation case study

 

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Trip Leader Training Opportunity

A key focus of 2012 trips is to offer people who wish to be a trip leader an opportunity to develop needed skills. If you are interested in being trained as a trip leader for the June 2012 Africa trip or the 2012 Washington, DC trip, please call. Trip participant endorsements from prior trips are online.

 

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Peace be with you,

Dave Dionisi

Dave Dionisi, President
Teach Peace Foundation

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