I taught a young man from Israel decades ago--he had just finished his mandatory military experience. This wonderful young man was now in university in US. He assured me that those of his generation wanted peace, and they would have preferred to share the land on Gaza than have war. Netanyahu was in power then. Time for him to go.
Thank you Maryann for your incredibly powerful message. The protests are eerily similar to what I experienced at Kent State during the Vietnam war. Our democracy depends on the right to have peaceful protest. It is the only way our voices can be heard. My 35 year old daughter says she will not vote for President this year because of the genocide in Gaza. It’s disturbing to me.
Your description of the protests reminded me of the photos of the students protesting the Vietnam War as the energy is similar. I'm trying to protect my heart. Such a heavy time we are living. Please stay safe and thank you for your voice, your time and your compassion. 🕊
Thank you MaryAnn for this reflection.. AND.. the full eclipse passed over a huge swath of the deeply populated US, revealing hidden truths and beginnings, coinciding with the Uranus Jupiter exact conjunction the 20th, initiating huge altruistic revolution….the 1968/69 Uranus Jupiter cj was when we saw the protests about Vietnam and all those social injustices..totally cyclical and inevitable! FINALLY.. the US is seeing what the world has been protesting for six months, at least in Europe where I live. And YES absolutely everyone would be on board if it were Iz Railies were being eliminated.. Anti genocide is not anti Semitic.. The difference between the Holocaust and now is it’s unfolding in real time in our hands! . ‘When the Power of Love overrides the love of power, the world will know Peace’ Jimi Hendrix in the last Uranus Jupiter cj cycle. Peace will reign. Thank you my favorite random Sage!! ✌🏼🕊️❤️✨
And we ended up with Richard Nixon as a result of it. What these kids are doing will put Trump back in office. With a Supreme Court who is poised to give Trump full immunity.
Thank you, Maryann. In 1970 I was in the anti-Viet Nam war march in East Los Angeles. I was a Mexican American college student and I marched in the Chicano Moratorium. We were students, families with small children, and workers. It devolved into extreme violence through the aggression of the LAPD. It became a terrifying riot perpetuated by the violence of the police. A Chicano journalist was murdered. And all because our brown brothers and sons were being drafted at a huge rate to fight in Vietnam Nam and we demanded a stop to it. I have NEVER lost my ideals and fought injustice throughout my life. I cannot march now. I suffer with moderate Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. But I can pray (actually, chant) for the protection of all the youth who have stood up as I once did. And I can send money to support the Palestinians. Evil can be vanquished. But to do so, millions must wake up and shout NO!!! I am filled with overwhelming gratitude for these young ones who will not tolerate the evil of this genocide. 🙏🏻from Whittier, California
It’s man’s inhumanity to humanity isn’t it Maryann……their aren’t any words in my vocabulary to say how horrified I feel about these evil, evil MEN, I’m so,so sorry for our world! 😢😢😢😢
I am 77 and I support those protesting peacefully! I am horrified that those supporting the humane treatment of the Palestinians are being called antisemitic. Whether it is Hitler trying to erase a Jewish people or Netanyahu trying to wipe out the Palestinians we as humans need to stand up to these efforts. Trump is in this class as well as Putin. May the universal energy of love of all bring peace and justice to our world. May we love as one not fearing those unlike us as the Native Americans say - when we unzip our earth suit we are all alike! 🙏🌍☮️
From what I’ve seen on the news, many of the protesters are threatening the Jewish students. The Jews have said they are afraid for their lives. No, Israel shouldn’t be slaughtering the Palestinians who are innocent, but students shouldn’t be threatening innocent Jews, either. During the Vietnam War we protested on my college campus. There were no threats made against Asian students. I agree with their right to protest, but not violence of any kind.
Indiana here. There are protests here. No violence. No flames. Not even foul language. I am so proud of these young people. I do not have to share the political or religious beliefs of another to be comfortable or proud of their voices. Blessings to each viewer!
This is what they are afraid of: voices and freedoms given to a wider more inclusive society, a greater efficacy for women, minorities, religions, flexible genders, children and students. The attack is lead leading men in our businesses, courts, congress and religious voters, and voters from our back country, mostly the poor south. This indignant class, seeing their power diminish, do not want to listen, or share, or change. I am so proud of our minorities, women, and students who are leading the struggle against the more negative forces in our society. They are the civilizing energy saving us in these dark times.
Thank you Maryann for your calm and wise demeanor. Your steadfast presence provides us with a sanctuary we all need more than ever right now. Joining hands and hearts with all who envision peace, we will see ourselves through this incredibly challenging time.
My hope is that we (US) would have learned our lessons from the 60's.The innocent in these conflicts are the ones that suffer under these addled old men. It their greed for money and power that is at the root of all of this. I support our future generations right to express their thoughts and feelings. They have lived through to much already.
Agreed. And the younger generation has not experienced the opportunities and freedoms of the 60s 70s 80s and 90s✌️… the concerts the mingling the adventure the unknown and the horizon without economic doom. Those in their 20s and 39s have had to be so serious❣️
Humanitarian aid only ❤ We have to make decisions for the process of peacefulness and understanding to be realized by the world. President Biden is in a very difficult situation with the despots in our Congress and the disregard for any peace or rational actions going forward. Yes, monsters are seeking power over others and they are very intent on The destruction of all Democracies in the world.
Thanks for this … my main concern is that, unfortunately, some unhealthy people are drawn to these protests and their intent is not aligned with peace. They are the ones that cause problems for everyone else.
Thank you, Maryann, for this incredibly heartfelt update about the horrors of Gaza. I respect your insights and observations so much. Sending love and light to you. 🌟💞🕊️
Thank you Maryann. I support the courageous and peaceful student protestors, faculty, staff, and workers. And, I am reminded of anti-war protestors at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968, who chanted "the whole world is watching." Indeed.
Thank YOU, Maryann .. asking for Prayers, & Blessings, on all effected by tragedy, violence, war.. & those BeautiFULL Young Ones PROTESTING.. Watching them on UT AUSTIN campus for days.. Prayers UP.. 🌎🕊🤲🏼
Thank you for your message. ♥️ Everyone deserves peace and goodness in their lives. I wish people would put down the wounds of the past and realize we're all human.
I cannot thank you enough for this post. I have long felt powerless to stop what’s going on in Gaza, and have written President Biden letters every day to no avail. I’m also deeply grateful to the protesters. Many people who are not so young like myself, are outraged at the massive destruction and murder of innocence. Thank you so much for your wisdom, and for sharing it with us.❤
@user-rz5vl5ft3k If you go to WH.gov and use the email form, you will hear back. I warn you, it starts with "On October 7th..." I wrote back and told the President do not condescend to Netanyahu's talking points. Netanyahu and Likkud will not stop as long as they have weapons. I'm telling you *stop* using my tax dollars for all weapons and financial support to Israel. I am aware of the circumstances and the politics. I do not support Israel in its genocide and I hope this country does the right thing. Waiting to hear.
Amen, Maryann! It infuriates me when these protests are characterized as being "anti-Semitic". Sensationalism in place of objective reporting. I'm 76 and an old hippie at heart. I marched in the '60's. I protested with my brothers and sisters who were appalled by the Vietnam War, which the government continued to refer to as a "conflict". We influenced the divestiture in companies supporting apartheid. We believed! We spoke! And then we forgot that the fight never ends. Thank god for these student protesters!
@@zvw444x3zefa It's the same tactic Clarence Thomas used during his Nomination hearings. When the fire of recounting his actions got too hot, he turned to the powerful white men of Congress and accused them of carrying out a verbal lynching. Every man recoiled. Lynching, like antisemitism is *the buzzword* meant to stop justice in its tracks. See how well that turned out for SCOTUS and America? Israel must face its karma.
I get it, I was telling my 51year old son, that student protest resulted in so many changes that we take for granted today. civil rights legislation, the end of the war in Vietnam , abortion rights, as well as the end of apartheid. To name a few. To all of those who say the “boomers”, left us a mess, we left a history of “ protesting” . ( sometimes peacefully and not peacefully when the police got involved.” We spoke up and stepped out ! I could go on about how we raised our children and for many of us raised our grandchildren. History has a way of repeating itself.
Please read up on the shouts of Death to Jews and Bomb Tel Aviv at the Columbia protests. There are videos of protestors using a human chain to push Jewish students off of campus. Most of the protests are peaceful and I support those whole heartedly. But don't tell Jewish people that there is no antisemitism happening at some of these protests. We know what antisemitism looks like. Dismissing all claims of antisemitism as unfounded shows a shocking lack of compassion for American Jews. We are not Israel. We are not Netanyahu any more than you are Trump. Yet Jewish students ARE being harassed and threatened in some places. We have stood up and fought for black and brown people for years, just look back to the civil rights movement. That those who stood with us fighting for rights of other could dehumanize us so quickly is horrifying. If you've never lost a friend or been threatened because you wear a chai or star around your neck, never had a mezzuzah torn off the door frame of your home, never been told you are unwelcome by people you fought for and still have compassion for in spite of everything, you really have no idea what you are talking about.
@YuniX2 There were Israeli Jews at the university. Perhaps they vs. American Jews were the target of the anti Israeli /Jew remarks. The students I saw being interviewed identified as Israeli. Your point is valid - and bombing Tel Aviv should not be off the table. As Netanyahu says: this is war. Bad things happen in war. Netanyahu and the Likkud need to be stopped - they have gone past the point of reason, and the world is turning its back on Israel. I do not want Israel to receive *any* weapons or financial support.
Thank you for this post! We often forget that weeks before Oct 7 2023, students and others in Israel were protesting en mass, BB’s right-wing and corrupt government. I live less than a mile from Columbia in NYC and am a professor. They locked down the entire neighborhood yesterday with literally 100s of cops in terrible display of police over-reach. The most violent language I have heard has been from police who have talked eagerly of sending in dogs, etc. I am full of love for these courageous students and know that we will, all of us, have to follow their example to speak out against genocide and violence and corruption everywhere.
Thank you for bringing the truth home to us with this podcast. Excellent reporting , insightful, but oh so sad. May the young people, like in the 60's , be the voice of sanity ! p.xox
It's a horrible time we live in. So much hate. Leaders using hate and lies it to divide the citizens against each other. We need to put all of these things behind us and find a way to unite against those that want to seize power and turn us into their servants. Thank you Maryann. Continue to stay strong. 🙏🕊
And THIS, is the absolute truth, Ms. Maryann! It makes me so sad. Im in America and feel how the world, mainly us, have let the Palestinians down. I can not believe how people are trying to convince us that what is happening is justifiable.
@@sudhirchopde3334 And it is time to let Israel reap what it has sown. If Jews want to support Israel they can open their personal wallets. The US must walk away from Israel if we are to hold our heads high in this world.
What about the Palestinians letting terrorists dig tunnels under their cities and under schools, hospitals, police stations. Do they not have some responsibility with the war going on in their country.
@@edwardsmith436 Israel is not innocent in these matters. There's all sorts of reporting about Netanyahu playing both ends against the middle. It isn't about forgiving Israel - it's about telling the truth and not allowing Israel to continually pull the victim card. Who are the victims now? How many Palestinian children throwing rocks were met with IDF bullets? How many times did Israel shut off water and electricity to Gaza for days, weeks in the hottest part of the year? Israel is in the find out stage. Bad actors playing victims. Enough.
We're at the most pivotal time in human history. I pray for the enlightenment of all people and that humans return to sanity. I've seen much hatred of one "tribe" against another, including apartheid in South Africa and here in the US. At 84, I've seen much. ❤
Hello Maryann! I saw that brutal takedown of the professor as well. I was shocked to see the force they used. I felt so bad for her, she must've been so scared and in pain. Horrible. This is why I'd rather read the news than watch it. Hard to get those images out of my head. It's bad enough just reading about it. Love and light to you. ❤
Thank you Maryann! Also, thank you for the lively walk with your husband at the Light Tower! It was so beautiful and peaceful. How lovely to go back to where you honeymooned and celebrate that live in the fullness of life together! Thank you for all the many blessings and gifts you brings us!✨🙏🦋💝
Dear Maryann, I have been watching and listening to you for many months and firstly I want to Thank you for sharing your extraordinary gifts with the world. You have brought wisdom, clarity and sanity to many domestic and global situations. I loved sharing in your adventure at the coast of Australia and the light tower. I am 77 also and I live in the Bay Area in California. I am horrified by the daily escalation of cruelty and injustice in our world. You are definitely a helper and BRINGER of light to a struggling world trying to birth the next Age of Aquarius. I whole heartedly agree with the post before mine.
Maryanne thank you again for the videos. You look great. You deserved that time for yourself and family. God bless you and your family. Stay healthy and safe.🇺🇸❤🙏
I agree with you. We have yo be ready to rip off the bandage endure a little pain and change the w as y we look and deal with a great many things. Painful. But extremely necessary for our very survival .
Yes! Super support our student's protests. Ashamed of University's for not supporting them and protecting the students as they should. Just shows that 'business' can not rise to the needs of our time, we need people for that
Thank you, Maryann... keeping spreading your enlightenment on hope for a better future. .❤ America needs to be a shining light to all countries....Vote Democracy Never Autocracy in America 🇺🇸 😉!!!! We should be a major example of freedom.
To end an innocent person’s life is a horrendous act. Our veterans suffer from PTSD from the trauma of the actions of war. I pray we are on the cusp of Spirituality 🙏
I look forward to your talks so much! I love your personality and no nonsense approach. I would include with the current trial that Trump is in that the “paying off” the pornstar and affair with playboy bunny are not crimes. The crime he committed was trying to sweep this information under the rug will he was running for president. He did not give a hoot about how Melania felt at the time. Thank you for all that you do. ❤
Very wise. The protesters aren’t taking sides in anything religious. They want people to be safe no matter who they are. They are tired of hypocrisy. They are tired of being told that evil is the new morality. Thank you for your work on your channels. You are helping.
So true. I must add: if Israel wants to be a religious state then Israel will have to suffer the unintended collateral attacks on their "religion and etnicity" as well. If Israel does not separate religion from the state, how can the world?
@YuniX2 No one here is attacking the diaspora. The remarks are about Israel's genocide of 39,000 + innocent Palestinian women and children . Netanyahu and Israel are the ones who need to separate church from the state. Israelis are the perpetrators of genocide, not the diaspora. No one here is saying "Jews" .
Good Morning MaryAnn, Just listening to you as I have my morning coffee😊 Thank you for the updates. I applaud our younger generations protesting to get their voices heard❤
When our law enforcement goes bad or shows all these signs of unfairness on a peaceful protest of our young people, well that’s not going to fly! You’re correct in all you are saying! It hurts my heart like it’s breaking in half💔💔💔 All this hurt needs to stop!!
Justice Amy Barrett Coney, cited during a case of police brutality involving a teen being choked by a cop that being able to breathe was not a protected human right. It was before she was picked for Supreme Court. That is why I don't trust any of their decisions to be fair.
I was very active in the 2011/2012 Occupy Wall Street protests. People don’t know that movement included networks for learning, “teach-ins” and many seminars at local universities discussing the 99% disproportionate distribution of wealth in our country. I learned a lot. I also learned that the military had excess stockpiles of armored tanks and other weapons which they sold to police departments across the country. That never happened before. You ask, since when is peaceful protest unlawful in the US? The cities now have these stockpiles of military tanks and weapons they never had before. The profits made by the government in those sales incentivizes local police to use them. They never used “riot police” in NYC before 2011.
I support peaceful protests too. Some if the protesters became violent. Some iccuoied and vandalized buildings. There were also a lot of “ outside” extreme elements that sabotaged some of the peaceful protests and they turned destructive to campus property. That, has to be addressed as well. It seems the NYPD did a good job in their response to the occupation of the Hamilton building on campus- no violence or injury on either side, I was grateful for that,
Cal Berkeley police broke the ribs of the poet laureate for peacefully protesting several hears ago. We really need some change. Thank you for your efforts to teach us.
I had you on as background noise and my husband told me to turn it off. I told him "I like the sound of her voice... she's my mommy." (I'm 67) Thank you for being here for me.😉
Thank you Maryann, young people don't want wars fought for greedy men who want power at any cost.
I taught a young man from Israel decades ago--he had just finished his mandatory military experience. This wonderful young man was now in university in US. He assured me that those of his generation wanted peace, and they would have preferred to share the land on Gaza than have war. Netanyahu was in power then. Time for him to go.
Thank you Maryann for your incredibly powerful message. The protests are eerily similar to what I experienced at Kent State during the Vietnam war. Our democracy depends on the right to have peaceful protest. It is the only way our voices can be heard. My 35 year old daughter says she will not vote for President this year because of the genocide in Gaza. It’s disturbing to me.
She must be made to understand that a no vote is actually for trump. Not okay.
The polls are deceptive. I really feel there are more intelligent people than not and Biden will prevail! Thankyou M for your awesome podcasts. 🎉
Your description of the protests reminded me of the photos of the students protesting the Vietnam War as the energy is similar. I'm trying to protect my heart. Such a heavy time we are living. Please stay safe and thank you for your voice, your time and your compassion. 🕊
Yes, I’m with you….
Thank you MaryAnn for this reflection.. AND.. the full eclipse passed over a huge swath of the deeply populated US, revealing hidden truths and beginnings, coinciding with the Uranus Jupiter exact conjunction the 20th, initiating huge altruistic revolution….the 1968/69 Uranus Jupiter cj was when we saw the protests about Vietnam and all those social injustices..totally cyclical and inevitable! FINALLY.. the US is seeing what the world has been protesting for six months, at least in Europe where I live. And YES absolutely everyone would be on board if it were Iz Railies were being eliminated.. Anti genocide is not anti Semitic.. The difference between the Holocaust and now is it’s unfolding in real time in our hands! . ‘When the Power of Love overrides the love of power, the world will know Peace’ Jimi Hendrix in the last Uranus Jupiter cj cycle. Peace will reign. Thank you my favorite random Sage!! ✌🏼🕊️❤️✨
I did protest in the ‘60s against the VietnNam War so understand this
I am also reminded of Vietnam protests and it is now like watching history repeat itself
And we ended up with Richard Nixon as a result of it. What these kids are doing will put Trump back in office. With a Supreme Court who is poised to give Trump full immunity.
Thank you, Maryann. In 1970 I was in the anti-Viet Nam war march in East Los Angeles. I was a Mexican American college student and I marched in the Chicano Moratorium. We were students, families with small children, and workers. It devolved into extreme violence through the aggression of the LAPD. It became a terrifying riot perpetuated by the violence of the police. A Chicano journalist was murdered. And all because our brown brothers and sons were being drafted at a huge rate to fight in Vietnam Nam and we demanded a stop to it. I have NEVER lost my ideals and fought injustice throughout my life. I cannot march now. I suffer with moderate Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. But I can pray (actually, chant) for the protection of all the youth who have stood up as I once did. And I can send money to support the Palestinians. Evil can be vanquished. But to do so, millions must wake up and shout NO!!! I am filled with overwhelming gratitude for these young ones who will not tolerate the evil of this genocide. 🙏🏻from Whittier, California
It’s man’s inhumanity to humanity isn’t it Maryann……their aren’t any words in my vocabulary to say how horrified I feel about these evil, evil MEN, I’m so,so sorry for our world! 😢😢😢😢
I am 77 and I support those protesting peacefully! I am horrified that those supporting the humane treatment of the Palestinians are being called antisemitic. Whether it is Hitler trying to erase a Jewish people or Netanyahu trying to wipe out the Palestinians we as humans need to stand up to these efforts. Trump is in this class as well as Putin. May the universal energy of love of all bring peace and justice to our world. May we love as one not fearing those unlike us as the Native Americans say - when we unzip our earth suit we are all alike! 🙏🌍☮️
Palestinians and Arabs as well as Jews are all Semitic tribes.
Joe Biden himself called the protesters antisemites
❤Thanks for your comment and for your wisdom ❤
From what I’ve seen on the news, many of the protesters are threatening the Jewish students. The Jews have said they are afraid for their lives. No, Israel shouldn’t be slaughtering the Palestinians who are innocent, but students shouldn’t be threatening innocent Jews, either. During the Vietnam War we protested on my college campus. There were no threats made against Asian students. I agree with their right to protest, but not violence of any kind.
Both Arabs and ethnic Jews are Semites and share DNA. Both Hebrew and Arabic are Semitic languages.
Indiana here.
There are protests here.
No violence.
No flames.
Not even foul language.
I am so proud of these young people.
I do not have to share the political or religious beliefs of another to be comfortable or proud of their voices.
Blessings to each viewer!
BeautiFULL 🌎🕊🤲🏼
Amen
This is what they are afraid of: voices and freedoms given to a wider more inclusive society, a greater efficacy for women, minorities, religions, flexible genders, children and students. The attack is lead leading men in our businesses, courts, congress and religious voters, and voters from our back country, mostly the poor south. This indignant class, seeing their power diminish, do not want to listen, or share, or change. I am so proud of our minorities, women, and students who are leading the struggle against the more negative forces in our society. They are the civilizing energy saving us in these dark times.
Thank you Maryann for your calm and wise demeanor. Your steadfast presence provides us with a sanctuary we all need more than ever right now. Joining hands and hearts with all who envision peace, we will see ourselves through this incredibly challenging time.
They are Protesting FOR humanity..
My hope is that we (US) would have learned our lessons from the 60's.The innocent in these conflicts are the ones that suffer under these addled old men. It their greed for money and power that is at the root of all of this. I support our future generations right to express their thoughts and feelings. They have lived through to much already.
Agreed. And the younger generation has not experienced the opportunities and freedoms of the 60s 70s 80s and 90s✌️… the concerts the mingling the adventure the unknown and the horizon without economic doom. Those in their 20s and 39s have had to be so serious❣️
I am sick - so spiritually sick - from all of this...
♥ Maryann - sending you peace 🙏
We must break deals with Israel due to Netanyahu, as much as we have no bad feelings with the people. Netanyahu is a monster.
I agree something needs done about bibi, but breaking treaties could irreparably damage our credibility to the world. There are no easy answers.
Humanitarian aid only ❤
We have to make decisions for the process of peacefulness and understanding to be realized by the world.
President Biden is in a very difficult situation with the despots in our Congress and the disregard for any peace or rational actions going forward.
Yes, monsters are seeking power over others and they are very intent on The destruction of all Democracies in the world.
@@bonnierussell9798USA broke every treaty w/Native Americans
Many israelis are against him which is one of the reasons for the current situation...
Thanks for this … my main concern is that, unfortunately, some unhealthy people are drawn to these protests and their intent is not aligned with peace. They are the ones that cause problems for everyone else.
Thank you, Maryann, for this incredibly heartfelt update about the horrors of Gaza. I respect your insights and observations so much. Sending love and light to you. 🌟💞🕊️
Thank you Maryann. I support the courageous and peaceful student protestors, faculty, staff, and workers. And, I am reminded of anti-war protestors at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968, who chanted "the whole world is watching." Indeed.
Thank YOU, Maryann .. asking for Prayers, & Blessings, on all effected by tragedy, violence, war..
& those BeautiFULL Young Ones PROTESTING..
Watching them on UT AUSTIN campus for days.. Prayers UP.. 🌎🕊🤲🏼
Yes..Abbott gets on media blabs away about allowing folks their Right of FreeSpeech...and sends in the Sherrifs teams to break it up
Thank you for your message. ♥️ Everyone deserves peace and goodness in their lives. I wish people would put down the wounds of the past and realize we're all human.
Thanks Maryann! Squashing protests shows that those in power are fearful of the truth.
The slaughter has to stop
Profoundly well said... I'd thought I was up to date on this situation, but you shared horrors I'd not yet heard.... Thank you for your service....😢
I cannot thank you enough for this post. I have long felt powerless to stop what’s going on in Gaza, and have written President Biden letters every day to no avail. I’m also deeply grateful to the protesters. Many people who are not so young like myself, are outraged at the massive destruction and murder of innocence. Thank you so much for your wisdom, and for sharing it with us.❤
I too have written him at WH gov CALL your Representatives as well. Phone logs are reviewed daily.
@user-rz5vl5ft3k Yes. The students aren't the only ones protesting !
@@zvw444x3zefa Yes! And it's not over by a long shot.
@user-rz5vl5ft3k If you go to WH.gov and use the email form, you will hear back. I warn you, it starts with "On October 7th..." I wrote back and told the President do not condescend to Netanyahu's talking points. Netanyahu and Likkud will not stop as long as they have weapons. I'm telling you *stop* using my tax dollars for all weapons and financial support to Israel. I am aware of the circumstances and the politics. I do not support Israel in its genocide and I hope this country does the right thing. Waiting to hear.
Bravo Maryann 👏👏 for articulating in such a coherent way what many of us are grappling with in just wanting peace and justice for all.
Thank you Maryann for your insight 💜
Amen, Maryann! It infuriates me when these protests are characterized as being "anti-Semitic". Sensationalism in place of objective reporting. I'm 76 and an old hippie at heart. I marched in the '60's. I protested with my brothers and sisters who were appalled by the Vietnam War, which the government continued to refer to as a "conflict". We influenced the divestiture in companies supporting apartheid. We believed! We spoke! And then we forgot that the fight never ends. Thank god for these student protesters!
@@zvw444x3zefa It's the same tactic Clarence Thomas used during his Nomination hearings. When the fire of recounting his actions got too hot, he turned to the powerful white men of Congress and accused them of carrying out a verbal lynching. Every man recoiled. Lynching, like antisemitism is *the buzzword* meant to stop justice in its tracks. See how well that turned out for SCOTUS and America? Israel must face its karma.
I get it, I was telling my 51year old son, that student protest resulted in so many changes that we take for granted today.
civil rights legislation, the end of the war in Vietnam , abortion rights, as well as the end of apartheid. To name a few.
To all of those who say the “boomers”, left us a mess, we left a history of “ protesting” . ( sometimes peacefully and not peacefully when the police got involved.” We spoke up and stepped out ! I could go on about how we raised our children and for many of us raised our grandchildren. History has a way of repeating itself.
Please read up on the shouts of Death to Jews and Bomb Tel Aviv at the Columbia protests. There are videos of protestors using a human chain to push Jewish students off of campus. Most of the protests are peaceful and I support those whole heartedly. But don't tell Jewish people that there is no antisemitism happening at some of these protests. We know what antisemitism looks like. Dismissing all claims of antisemitism as unfounded shows a shocking lack of compassion for American Jews. We are not Israel. We are not Netanyahu any more than you are Trump. Yet Jewish students ARE being harassed and threatened in some places. We have stood up and fought for black and brown people for years, just look back to the civil rights movement. That those who stood with us fighting for rights of other could dehumanize us so quickly is horrifying. If you've never lost a friend or been threatened because you wear a chai or star around your neck, never had a mezzuzah torn off the door frame of your home, never been told you are unwelcome by people you fought for and still have compassion for in spite of everything, you really have no idea what you are talking about.
@YuniX2 There were Israeli Jews at the university. Perhaps they vs. American Jews were the target of the anti Israeli /Jew remarks. The students I saw being interviewed identified as Israeli. Your point is valid - and bombing Tel Aviv should not be off the table. As Netanyahu says: this is war. Bad things happen in war. Netanyahu and the Likkud need to be stopped - they have gone past the point of reason, and the world is turning its back on Israel. I do not want Israel to receive *any* weapons or financial support.
So grateful for you. Thank you for the positive energy and love you clearly have for the world.
Thank you to our protestor’s, they are in my prayers!
Much like Trump the whole world is coming to terms with the unblemished mirror of reality. We cannot escape the choice before us.
Amen to that❤
Thank you Maryann.
Thank you for this post! We often forget that weeks before Oct 7 2023, students and others in Israel were protesting en mass, BB’s right-wing and corrupt government. I live less than a mile from Columbia in NYC and am a professor. They locked down the entire neighborhood yesterday with literally 100s of cops in terrible display of police over-reach. The most violent language I have heard has been from police who have talked eagerly of sending in dogs, etc. I am full of love for these courageous students and know that we will, all of us, have to follow their example to speak out against genocide and violence and corruption everywhere.
You look like you are feeling better. That’s good news.
Blessings
Amen, Maryann.
Hello Maryann. Wonderful to see you. Thank you for coming on and sharing your thoughts with us.
Thank you for bringing the truth home to us with this podcast. Excellent reporting , insightful, but oh so sad. May the young people, like in the 60's , be the voice of sanity ! p.xox
It's a horrible time we live in. So much hate. Leaders using hate and lies it to divide the citizens against each other. We need to put all of these things behind us and find a way to unite against those that want to seize power and turn us into their servants. Thank you Maryann. Continue to stay strong. 🙏🕊
Thank you MaryAnn. I agree. A peaceful protest should be respected for what it is.
love n light❤. prayers for both sides to stop the war
Thank you Maryann. Always so profound. Sending love❤️
Thank you Maryann, your podcasts are excellent! Bless you 🙏
And THIS, is the absolute truth, Ms. Maryann! It makes me so sad. Im in America and feel how the world, mainly us, have let the Palestinians down. I can not believe how people are trying to convince us that what is happening is justifiable.
UK and the US has a strong Jewish lobby.especially after WW -2
@@sudhirchopde3334 There's a growing distinction between being Jewish and being for the Likud policies.
@@sudhirchopde3334 And it is time to let Israel reap what it has sown. If Jews want to support Israel they can open their personal wallets. The US must walk away from Israel if we are to hold our heads high in this world.
What about the Palestinians letting terrorists dig tunnels under their cities and under schools, hospitals, police stations. Do they not have some responsibility with the war going on in their country.
@@edwardsmith436 Israel is not innocent in these matters. There's all sorts of reporting about Netanyahu playing both ends against the middle. It isn't about forgiving Israel - it's about telling the truth and not allowing Israel to continually pull the victim card. Who are the victims now? How many Palestinian children throwing rocks were met with IDF bullets? How many times did Israel shut off water and electricity to Gaza for days, weeks in the hottest part of the year? Israel is in the find out stage. Bad actors playing victims. Enough.
Thank you 1000 times Marryann. Lord help us.
Thank you. I am old and hopeless concerning tech. I feel like you are my voice. Hot tears and solid gratitude as I sign off.
If only those who really need to listen to this pod cast would do so ,so well said and felt , refreshing to listen to someone that is serious. 🙏🌹
Good talk
You are so right, ♥️🐞
We're at the most pivotal time in human history. I pray for the enlightenment of all people and that humans return to sanity. I've seen much hatred of one "tribe" against another, including apartheid in South Africa and here in the US. At 84, I've seen much. ❤
Thank you Maryann... YOU are REMARKABLE....♥
Thank you, Maryann. Thank you for your voice.
Thank you Maryann. Brilliantly laid out ❤️🌻🧚🏻♀️🌸🌼
I see the Journalist, Bravo. Wonderful to be informed and educated by someone who is articulate and intelligent.
Thank you Maryann! I totally agree with everything you said today ❤
Hello Maryann! I saw that brutal takedown of the professor as well. I was shocked to see the force they used. I felt so bad for her, she must've been so scared and in pain. Horrible. This is why I'd rather read the news than watch it. Hard to get those images out of my head. It's bad enough just reading about it. Love and light to you. ❤
I hope she sues the University for calling the police, and the police force for their brutal tactics. Did police learn nothing from George Floyd?
Thank you Mary Ann❤️
Hello Maryanne!! You are the best!!
Thank you Maryann! Also, thank you for the lively walk with your husband at the Light Tower! It was so beautiful and peaceful. How lovely to go back to where you honeymooned and celebrate that live in the fullness of life together! Thank you for all the many blessings and gifts you brings us!✨🙏🦋💝
Dear Maryann, I have been watching and listening to you for many months and firstly I want to Thank you for sharing your extraordinary gifts with the world. You have brought wisdom, clarity and sanity to many domestic and global situations. I loved sharing in your adventure at the coast of Australia and the light tower. I am 77 also and I live in the Bay Area in California. I am horrified by the daily escalation of cruelty and injustice in our world. You are definitely a helper and BRINGER of light to a struggling world trying to birth the next Age of Aquarius. I whole heartedly agree with the post before mine.
Thank you for speaking out Truth!!! Thank you for being you!!! ❤❤
Thanks Maryann for taking the side of peace ❤
Thank you for your wise words. I honour you.
Maryanne thank you again for the videos. You look great. You deserved that time for yourself and family. God bless you and your family. Stay healthy and safe.🇺🇸❤🙏
Well said, MaryAnne.
Thank you! 💜☮️
Thank you! Really thank you! I needed to hear that shame on you ! I needed to replicate that shame on you! Thank you for saying it!!❤❤❤❤❤
Hugely powerful message Maryann! Thank you!
I agree with you. We have yo be ready to rip off the bandage endure a little pain and change the w as y we look and deal with a great many things. Painful. But extremely necessary for our very survival .
Hello from California! SF bay area
Maryann, you are looking beautiful and healthy. May it ever be so.
Maryann, this brought me to tears. I wait for our Evolution---Kind blessings to you and all..!💫
Thank you 🙏
Thank you 🙏 love and blessings to you always
Thank you!
🙏we need all what we can receive at this this time, no matter the faith
Thank you Maryann, you tell it like it is. ❤️🙏🪽🪽💕💕✌️🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
There is a glow about you today! Thanks for all you do.
Yes! Super support our student's protests. Ashamed of University's for not supporting them and protecting the students as they should. Just shows that 'business' can not rise to the needs of our time, we need people for that
Happy Saturday! Great video to have my coffee with. Thank you🌹❤️
Thank you, Maryann... keeping spreading your enlightenment
on hope for a better future. .❤ America needs to be a shining light to all countries....Vote Democracy Never Autocracy in America 🇺🇸 😉!!!! We should be a major example of freedom.
I am always amazed at your knowledge! Thank you for sharing! Ontario Canada
Thank you Maryann ❤
Maryann, you are quite simply *the best* MWAH 💋
To end an innocent person’s life is a horrendous act. Our veterans suffer from PTSD from the trauma of the actions of war. I pray we are on the cusp of Spirituality 🙏
I live in San Francisco and LOVE your video!!!! Thank you!
TY for your verbalizing what is right.
I look forward to your talks so much! I love your personality and no nonsense approach.
I would include with the current trial that Trump is in that the “paying off” the pornstar and affair with playboy bunny are not crimes. The crime he committed was trying to sweep this information under the rug will he was running for president. He did not give a hoot about how Melania felt at the time.
Thank you for all that you do. ❤
Thank you for always speaking truth to power! No human life is worth more than another, whether they be Jewish or not.
"Thank you Maryann"
Hello MaryAnn I love this series and you are right, the Palestinians have suffered enough and Ben needs to go we need peace ❤ thank you
Thank you. I always appreciate your insight.
Very wise. The protesters aren’t taking sides in anything religious. They want people to be safe no matter who they are. They are tired of hypocrisy. They are tired of being told that evil is the new morality. Thank you for your work on your channels. You are helping.
So true. I must add: if Israel wants to be a religious state then Israel will have to suffer the unintended collateral attacks on their "religion and etnicity" as well. If Israel does not separate religion from the state, how can the world?
It's very easy how the world can separate religion and state. Don't attack the Jewish diaspora for the actions of Israel. That simple.
@YuniX2 No one here is attacking the diaspora. The remarks are about Israel's genocide of 39,000 + innocent Palestinian women and children . Netanyahu and Israel are the ones who need to separate church from the state. Israelis are the perpetrators of genocide, not the diaspora. No one here is saying "Jews" .
Good Morning MaryAnn,
Just listening to you as I have my morning coffee😊 Thank you for the updates. I applaud our younger generations protesting to get their voices heard❤
When our law enforcement goes bad or shows all these signs of unfairness on a peaceful protest of our young people, well that’s not going to fly! You’re correct in all you are saying! It hurts my heart like it’s breaking in half💔💔💔 All this hurt needs to stop!!
Justice Amy Barrett Coney, cited during a case of police brutality involving a teen being choked by a cop that being able to breathe was not a protected human right. It was before she was picked for Supreme Court. That is why I don't trust any of their decisions to be fair.
I was very active in the 2011/2012 Occupy Wall Street protests. People don’t know that movement included networks for learning, “teach-ins” and many seminars at local universities discussing the 99% disproportionate distribution of wealth in our country. I learned a lot. I also learned that the military had excess stockpiles of armored tanks and other weapons which they sold to police departments across the country. That never happened before. You ask, since when is peaceful protest unlawful in the US? The cities now have these stockpiles of military tanks and weapons they never had before. The profits made by the government in those sales incentivizes local police to use them. They never used “riot police” in NYC before 2011.
I support peaceful protests too. Some if the protesters became violent. Some iccuoied and vandalized buildings. There were also a lot of “ outside” extreme elements that sabotaged some of the peaceful protests and they turned destructive to campus property. That, has to be addressed as well. It seems the NYPD did a good job in their response to the occupation of the Hamilton building on campus- no violence or injury on either side, I was grateful for that,
Thank you, Maryann! 👏🏻💕🙏🏻💙
Thank you for your readings ❤
Thank you so much Maryann!!!! you have spoken everything that I have been thinking .💗
Thank You!
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Dignified coverage thank you.
Cal Berkeley police broke the ribs of the poet laureate for peacefully protesting several hears ago. We really need some change. Thank you for your efforts to teach us.
I had you on as background noise and my husband told me to turn it off. I told him "I like the sound of her voice... she's my mommy." (I'm 67)
Thank you for being here for me.😉
Justice is the only way!!