Winter on Fire. Free to all on You Tube. You have the right to choose what your children see, however, this film of hard truth is not for young children.
Welcome to a difficult conversation, the kind at home in the realm of artists, writers and all creatives, visionaries who continue at the forefront of great cultural shifts. A friend I admire told me this morning from the UK, I am an inconvenient woman in the world. There are legions of us. We are irrevocably bonded to a new way of being in our selves and the world. There is no longer a place to hide. Friends talk about moving to a better locale yet there is no place of peace to be found unless we look deep in our own souls. We will never find peace until we stand for the rights of all humans to have respect.
If you don’t think what rages in Ukraine matters, if you believe it won’t happen here ~ think back two years as you watch this film. Note each specific and terrifying similarity. We witnessed the same tactics here with Jackboots sent by a fascist wannabe dictator to prey in the same reprehensible way on defenseless protestors. Night after night. This is not remote. Note the formula of escalation by the terrorists when the demonstrations were peaceful with no weapons present. Shooting rubber bullets into an unarmed crowd. Destroying first aid stations. Beating persons who were helpless. Kidnapping people off the streets. Mercenaries went for the eyes in the protests here as well. In no way do I presume to diminish the sacrifices the people of Ukraine are making for us. I’m simply pointing out how easily this can occur in our country. Please don’t confuse the bully with the Russian people who are sick of him as well. His hurt pride and his grudge is the impetus for invasion.
Ukraine is a prototype for shifting the world from despotic violence to peace, while Ukrainian children pay the price for all of us. Stand with them for honor, respect for humanity. They model what living in peace and prosperity can be. The economic business model for most of the world is The Art of War. Were you aware? Sun Tzu in a suit. Conquer your enemy at all costs. Those who seek only power, meaning money, are threatened. Bullies are making a last stand, terrified they are becoming obsolete. Everything they stand for is obsolete.
Ukraine continues to lead the way into the new century, to a new way of being together in the world. A society born a mere 8 years ago offers compassion and humanity to a planet too long held captive and too long unchecked in the name of politics and economics. All bullies threaten, yet when they are challenged they are cowards at heart. I have a personal investment in Ukraine surviving and the Russian bully being brought to justice for war crimes. Alaska is one of the Russian territories mentioned in his take back plan. I would rather be destroyed than squirm under the boot of a tyrant. A dictator. A bully. I believe in peace and justice. The people of the Ukraine show us the way, personally and collectively.
Winter on Fire is now available to anyone to watch for free on YouTube.