June 14, 2022

Reminder: talk and discussion in Santa Fe tomorrow, 6/15/22, 6:00 to 8:00 pm, "Propaganda, plutonium, and the proxy war in Ukraine"

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Previously (06/07/22): Taos meeting Friday 6/10: "Propaganda, plutonium, and the proxy war in Ukraine;" Santa Fe meeting Wednesday 6/15; meanwhile coffee, open house at LASG tomorrow, 8:30 am
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“Thus in the deepest sense the walk to the gas chamber was only the last consequence of a philosophy of business as usual,” wrote Bettelheim. It was “a last step in no longer defying the death instinct, which might also be called the principle of inertia.” ("Inflation, Scarcity and the Road to Survival," Andrew Nikiforuk, 6/10/22, The Tyee)

Dear friends --

As mentioned previously, the Study Group will convene a talk by me (Greg) and discussion in Santa Fe tomorrow evening, Wednesday 6/15/22, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 107 W Barcelona Road (map).

Our title and topics will be "Propaganda, plutonium, and the proxy war in Ukraine."

We will be happy to entertain and answer if we can, burning questions on related topics as well. Our state, country, and world are now in a far greater crisis than most people realize. The question of nuclear war is now more current than at any time in the last 40 years. Our "polycrisis" bears on LANL's massive expansion, and our "democratic" processes and values, far more than we can summarize in these letters and bulletins. We need to talk face to face. Our communities are asleep.

Please come tomorrow if you can.

Background (repeated from the 6/7 letter, so much could be added but we'll do that tomorrow)

As mentioned last time, some background for the Ukraine part of the discussion was provided in our May 10 letter. A lot has happened since then, obviously.

This May 10 letter to selected congressional staff is our most recent published update on plutonium warhead core ("pit") production. Follow the links for more.

Two of the most important articles on what is really in play "in Ukraine" this week:

• Some Other People's Thoughts On The U.S. Role In The Ukraine And Europe, "Bernhard," Moon of Alabama blog, 6/7/22, citing
• "The World Doesn’t Work That Way Anymore," Alistair Crooke, Strategic Culture, 6/6/22.

These analysts may or may not be right, but if what they say is shocking to you please accept our sympathies. We are all in for rude awakenings.

Also, today [i.e. 6/7/22] someone sent us an interesting Anatol Lieven piece, "Why Russian intellectuals are hardening support for war in Ukraine" (Responsible Statecraft, 6/6/22), citing the important essay by Dmitri Trenin, "How Russia must reinvent itself to defeat the West's 'hybrid war'" (RT, 5/23/22).

As to the escalating problem of censorship and propaganda, please see many of the recent articles at Consortium News, now under fire precisely because of its quality and veracity. Again, our democratic losses are greater than most people realize.

There will be no open house tomorrow at the Study Group

Last week's open house was quite successful, we thought. Despite that, there will be no open house tomorrow at the Study Group. We were delighted to learn late last week that our children and grandchildren would be visiting this week. We can't manage an open house at this time.

Greg and Trish, for the Study Group