By James Thompson

Although the peace and justice movement in the United States has done a lot of good for many years and this country would be in much worse shape if there had not been such a movement, we must ask “Where is the peace and justice movement now when the United States is engaged in constant provocative military action around the globe?”

Any rational person can see that the US constantly seeks to provoke and destabilize any country that does not carry out the wishes of the US bourgeoisie. The US military is stretched thin, but provokes both Russia and China on their own borders. It should be pointed out that Russia and China are not engaged in provocative action on US borders.

The US is engaged in military exercises in Europe, Ukraine, the Baltic states, the South China Sea, to name but a few. The U.S. Senate just voted today to send more money to the US imposed fascist government in the Ukraine. Sen. Bernie Sanders was one of three people who voted against the reactionary stupidity of the deranged maggots in the US Senate. The US continues both direct and proxy military action in the Middle East and around the world. One way of thinking about it is that it is like a colony of ants surrounding an Exterminator. When the ants irritate the Exterminator enough, the Exterminator is likely to take action which could prove extremely harmful to the ants.

So, the question remains, “Where is the mass movement to oppose catastrophic war with Russia and China?”