A Realistic Path to Peace
Dee Charles Knight
(Author)
Description
"A Realistic Path To Peace" delves into the causes of Israel's genocide against Palestinians, describes the crisis of war in eastern Europe (Ukraine and Russia), West Asia and East Asia, sorting truth from propaganda. It examines the role of the Big Lie in developing public consent and blunting popular opposition, and describes ways countries around the world as well as the general public are pressing for peace.
It includes key arguments from experts on all sides, and compelling, fully documented evidence to support its conclusions.
A core message is that the world is in a crisis now. As its empire declines toward collapse, the U.S. leadership is making a series of disastrous
errors. The "neocons" in Washington, DC, are determined to maintain U.S. global domination regardless of what it might take. The stakes
are high for them. They seem to believe that if they "allow" any other country to challenge their global leadership, their whole system could
fall apart. So they are prepared to do whatever it takes. Supporting genocide in Israel-by providing weapons, money, and a bizarre "moral justification" for horrific genocidal bombing-is a sign of what it takes. Blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline was another sign of what it
can take.
Western European leaders have been rounded up and bludgeoned into a unified NATO alliance against Russia, and in support of Israeli
genocide against Palestinians. This alliance-originally composed of "north Atlantic" countries under U.S. leadership at the end of World
War II-is now also being extended to Asia. It's a quest to curb China's historic economic success, which threatens Western domination
of global trade.
Whether efforts to achieve peace can overwhelm the power of the U.S. and NATO war machine is an open question. The alternative is
too horrific to imagine. That in itself can be a driving force to build the peace movement we need. And we can be confident that the neocons
have made a bad gamble. They are unlikely to win. Their loss could bring about a world free of imperialist war. It's early to know if
that can happen, but it's a possibility worth striving for.
Product Details
| Publisher | Solidarity Publications |
| Publish Date | March 04, 2024 |
| Pages | 392 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9798988349167 |
| Dimensions | 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.8 inches | 1.1 pounds |
About the Author
Reviews
"This book of excellent essays, many written in the heat of events
and conveying their urgency, analyzes the current U.S. drive for war,
against Russia, China and the Middle East. Distilling long years in the peace movement,
Knight exposes its roots and points to the only path to peace:
opposition to the U.S. war machine."
- Radhika Desai, Director, Geopolitical Economy Research Group
and Convenor, International Manifesto Group
"Dee Knight has put together a critical analysis of U.S. foreign policy
informed by years of experience in the peace movement and rigorous
research into the inner workings of the empire. This book is a must
read for anyone wanting to understand how the U.S. is pursuing war
with Russia and China, and why it must be stopped."
- Danny Haiphong, Co-author of American Exceptionalism
and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News .
"Drawing on his lifetime of experience at the front lines of resistance
to empire, Dee Knight details the multitude of struggles at home and
abroad against the empire, and for building a new, multipolar world
in which no single nation dominates, and all nations can live and
thrive together. He shows we are now at a tipping point, when the old
world of war and exploitation is ending, and a new world is coming
into being. Read his book and see the pieces of the new world coming
together, piece by struggling piece."
- Michael Wong, National Vice President of Veterans for Peace;
Co-founder of Pivot To Peace
"With the escalating New Cold War on China, and NATO's proxy war
against Russia, it's difficult to shake the feeling that the U.S. ruling
class has lost any semblance of sanity. Motivated by their mission of
hegemony - of creating a 'favorable business environment' around the
world - these people are pushing humanity towards World War 3.
This volume by veteran campaigner Dee Knight provides a timely and
much-needed voice of sanity; a passionate plea for peace, and a call for
unity and bold action against imperialism. As Huey P. Newton warned
us, 'There can be no real freedom until the imperialist - world enemy
number one - has been stripped of his power.' Essential reading."
- Carlos Martinez, Editor, Invent the Future, Co-founder, Friends of Socialist China
"Dee Knight's incisive chronicling of Ukraine war developments and
debates hones closely to one essential truth: the greatest threat to
humankind today is the aggressive war-making of the United States,
as it desperately seeks to stem the decline of its waning empire. Dee
Knight's own experience as a longtime antiwar activist leads us to one
inevitable conclusion: We Must Resist!"
- Gerry Condon, Vietnam era GI resister and former president of
Veterans for Peace, coordinator of VFP's Golden Rule project
"Dee Knight's book A Realistic Path to Peace offers keen insights into
the Biden administration's reckless provocations towards Russia and
China and morally bankrupt policy in the Middle East, amidst a larger
history of U.S. imperialism and war mongering.
Knight writes clearly and lucidly and shows the urgency of the need
to revitalize the peace movement in the US today."
- Jeremy Kuzmarov, Managing editor, CovertAction Magazine,
author of War Monger: How Clinton's Malign Foreign Policy
Shaped the U.S. Trajectory From Bush II to Biden
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