Dr.Ahmed A.,MD,ABPsych

The consensus today is that a strong majority of voters in the US have voted to reject war, and to reject the brutal squeeze out of the 99% to fill the coffers of the super-wealthy. Recent history suggests that this clear message will be ignored, and they’ll get the same thing all over again, just this time with slicker marketing. But it’s not clear that the 1% and their loyal retinue in politics, in finance, in media will be able to shove the toothpaste back in the tube this time. From France to the US to Ireland to Italy, from Belgium to Spain, Albania, Serbia - people have had enough. Now, as always, the game is on to co-opt them, their movements and their anger, and to turn them to the benefit of a class of people who thrive on war and inequality, and on the divisions they sow between us. They are wealthy, and they are powerful, and they will defend their interests. They always do. But if we can unite, against ALL wars, against a system that relentlessly channels the planet's wealth into an ever-smaller number of hands - we can win. If we can't - then everything that's bad now will get much worse.