Tag Archives: George Polley
Does Israel have a future?
Israel is a settler nation, a nation created from cleansing the natives from the territory they sought to occupy. Israel became a nation in 1948, a homeland for Jews in the ancient land of Israel, a land where they could … Continue reading
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States — Taking a look at our real history
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz is, as its subtitle says, a “revisioning (of) American history,” revealing as it does the ugly truth of U.S. expansion as it swept across the continent (“from sea … Continue reading
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Tagged American Indians, Book review, George Polley, US history
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How Not to Win Friends and Influence People: ignore them and talk about yourself
In April of this year, Rabbi Alissa Wise of Jewish Voice for Peace gave a talk at a Christian pro-Palestine conference, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), held in Vancouver, BC. FOSNA’s goals are (1) to promote awareness and understanding of … Continue reading
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Tagged FOSNA, Gaza, George Polley, Israel, justice, Palestine, Palestinian people, peace
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Denial and the inconvenience of reality
Denial is the refusal to acknowledge an unacceptable truth or emotion or to admit it into consciousness. We use it to defend ourselves from knowing what we do not want to know. If pushed, we may respond with anger, until … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Current Events, George Polley, Israel, Peace, US history, War
Tagged commentary, denial, George Polley, Israel, peace, reality, United States
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Creating peace
For a viable future to be possible we must, as Martin Luther King, Jr. said many years ago, learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools. The reason why is clear: the destructive power of … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Commentary, Current Events, George Polley, Golden Rule, humanity, Peace, War
Tagged addiction, Ben Jansson, building peace, children, chilren, commentary, George Polley, Golden Rule, military industrial complex, peace, war, war industry
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Making Peace
“True peace,” the founder of Panasonic wrote in one of his books, “is not a state of non-war. Peace is a state in which people understand each other, help each other, and share wisdom and power with each other;” (Konosuke … Continue reading
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Tagged building peace, commentary, George Polley, peace, peaceful actions, war
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The Ugly American
In 1958, Eugene Burdick and William J. Lederer wrote a book that became a multi-million copy bestseller for its exposé of American arrogance, incompetence, and corruption in Southeast Asia. The book’s title, “The Ugly American” became iconic for the way … Continue reading
Posted in Settler colonialism, US history, War
Tagged American Indians, Ethnic cleansing, George Polley, US history
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Using wars to find peace.
World War One began a hundred years ago. Billed as “The war to end all wars,” it was but the beginning of more than one hundred years of continuous war fought somewhere, wars that have cost trillions of dollars and killed … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, humanism, humanity, Militarism, Peace, War
Tagged addiction, commentary, George Polley, Living, peace process, Successful Living
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The Butcher of Tel Aviv
Photo on the right of bombed out home in Rafa, Gaza, dated Aug. 21, 2014, is by Wissam Nassar / The New York Times. The other day on Facebook I ran across a post calling Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Current Events, Gaza, Gaza Strip, humanity, Israel, Palestinian people, Peace, Zionism
Tagged children, commentary, Gaza, George Polley, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian people
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Musings by George Polley 
When reality stares us in the face, face it
On March 14, 2014 journalist Alison Weir published a book “Against Our Better Judgment: The hidden history of how the US was used to create Israel.” To date it has received 289 reviews, 79% of them 5-star reviews. One reader … Continue reading →