Rhode Island Anti-War Committee

10/31/2026

Vote YES on ballot initiative #7 in Providence- divest from genocide, human rights abuses, and war.

10/29/2026

NO TO A U.S. ATTACK ON IRAN.
Stand with the RI Anti-War Committee to demand that the U.S. end its war on Iran. Stop the genocidal blockade of Cuba. Let Cuba live. Call for a halt to U.S. aid to Israel and instead, provide sufficient humanitarian aid for the Palestinians. Stop all U.S. military incursions around the world. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 4 PM at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/3733581220138826/3741455612684720.
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Corruption and War for Two More Years? We shouldn’t be surprised, but it does seem a bit unbelievable. In the eyes of too many Americans, Trump can do no wrong. Higher food and fuel prices? Hey, it’s just temporary. Lack of support for U.S. sailors? Swept under the rug. (One sailor we know on the Abraham Lincoln lost 30 pounds during his 9-month deployment.) Another military assault on Iran after the Pentagon said that $47.1 billion has already been spent on the war? Why worry Trump says, we’re all getting rich. (“We” being the billionaire class, btw.) And the revelation in “Princes and Thieves” that Jared Kushner has access to a $2 billion slush fund provided by the U.A.E.’s president in order to influence U.S. policy? It’s just par for the course. The criminal gang in the White House knows no bounds and they aren’t worried about pushback from the American people. As long as the Trump administration keeps their critical focus on transpeople, immigrants and scary socialism, they sleep easy at night.
What a country!

10/26/2026

RIAC is with the July26 Coalition of New England @ the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain. Solidarity with the people of CUBA who are under the boot of US imperialism.

10/26/2026

PROTEST ANOTHER ATTACK ON IRAN. Tuesday, October 27, 4 PM in Providence.
Stand with the RI Anti-War Committee to demand that the U.S. end its war on Iran. Stop the genocidal blockade of Cuba. Let Cuba live. Call for a halt to U.S. aid to Israel and instead, provide sufficient humanitarian aid for the Palestinians. Stop all U.S. military incursions around the world. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 4 PM at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1353429870194027/1353429900194024.
Help spread the word.
War and Financial Peril Ahead? Trump seems to have made up his mind to attack Iran after the elections. At least, he is talking like it. When Israel and the U.S. attacked Iran in February, the rise in oil prices and reduced supply caused widespread harm throughout the world. Many nations dependent on imported oil still haven’t recovered. Add in the potential harm that A.I. might cause to the economy and we have reason to worry about what’s coming. The incompetents in Washington don’t offer much to hope for.
The strength in the American stock market is heavily supported by the investments in the tech sector. The IMF reported recently that the rapid growth in borrowing to support A.I. investment could imperil the world economy if there was ever a stall in A.I. development. Investment in the tech industry is now historically greater than in any other technological innovation we have witnessed. Greater than the build out of electrification, the railroads and highways. The greed of the billionaires blinds them to the consequences that may cause great suffering. Over the long run, the success of A.I. could lead to job losses and lower wages. The result would be defaults on mortgages, loans and other forms of debt. A financial crisis is not out of the realm of possibility.
We need political leaders to think and act on what will benefit the vast majority of people. Things like education, health care and affordability. Justice for oppressed people should be a priority as well.

10/24/2026

10/24/2026

RIAC is here at Palestine Day in Providence supporting VOTE YES ON 7 - Divest from genocide!!!

10/22/2026

PROTEST ANOTHER ATTACK ON IRAN. Friday, October 23, 4 PM in Providence.
Stand with the RI Anti-War Committee to demand that the U.S. end its war on Iran. Stop the genocidal blockade of Cuba. Let Cuba live. Call for a halt to U.S. aid to Israel and instead, provide sufficient humanitarian aid for the Palestinians. Stop all U.S. military incursions around the world. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 4 PM at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/3733581220138826/3741455609351387.
Help spread the word.
No to War on Iran. Reports indicate that the U.S. and Israel have laid out their plans for another round of bombing Iranian targets. The attack is set to begin after the U.S. elections (Nov. 3). That’s because Americans are sick of this war and after the election will no longer be able to take their frustrations out on the Republican candidates. Hegseth met with Netanyahu this month to flesh out the final details of the attack. The targets are anticipated to be Iran’s energy infrastructure, nuclear enrichment facilities, and missile and drone stockpiles. Oil refineries are not on the target list because Trump doesn’t want gas prices in the U.S. to rise any further. Iranian officials are well aware of these plans and intend to retaliate against U.S. allies in the region and their export of energy supplies.
Never mentioned in American news reports is that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon, while the U.S. and Israel do. The Iranian government has been on the defensive against U.S. and Israeli attacks since its inception. Iran’s support of its allies has been used as a justification by Trump and his supporters for casting Iran as an enemy. Somehow, forgotten is the fact that it is Israel and the U.S. who are the malignant actors in the region engaging in one war after another.
Iran has every right to defend itself and do whatever is necessary to fight back.

10/19/2026

PROTEST U.S. WARS. Tuesday, October 20, 4 PM in Providence.
Stand with the RI Anti-War Committee to demand that the U.S. end its war on Iran. Stop the genocidal blockade of Cuba. Let Cuba live. Call for a halt to U.S. aid to Israel and instead, provide sufficient humanitarian aid for the Palestinians. Stop all U.S. military incursions around the world. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 4 PM at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1353429870194027/1353429896860691.
Help spread the word.
Something Else to Worry About. In 1962, the U.S. military detonated a hydrogen bomb high above the Pacific Ocean. In Honolulu, the blast shut down some of the city’s streetlights and power lines. The bomb had created an electromagnetic pulse (EMP). Setting off a hydrogen bomb a couple of hundred miles above the earth wouldn’t kill anyone, but it would create a surge of energy that could disable anything electrical on the ground; computers, telecommunications and the electrical grid. It would disable the food and water supplies and the banking system. Modern life would grind to a halt.
Since the U.S. is hell-bent on being first to create Artificial Superintelligence and then turn it on its adversaries, nations that are lagging in the ASI race might be tempted to use an EMP device to ward off such an attack. Or visa-versa.
The bottom line is that the world is getting to be a more dangerous place. Negotiations and compromises are needed more than ever. The precedent that the Trump administration has set of knocking off countries before they can even pose a threat is setting the stage for a disastrous use of newly developed weapons, either nuclear or AI. Humanity can’t sit back and expect the billionaires to work this out for our benefit.

10/19/2026

Support humanity - end the genocide on Palestine.
A Free Palestine will free us all

10/15/2026

PROTEST U.S. WARMONGERING. Friday, October 16, 4 PM in Providence
Stand with the RI Anti-War Committee to demand that the U.S. end its war on Iran. Stop the genocidal blockade of Cuba. Let Cuba live. Call for a halt to U.S. aid to Israel and instead, provide sufficient humanitarian aid for the Palestinians. Stop all U.S. military incursions around the world. We meet every Tuesday and Friday at 4 PM at the intersection of Francis and Gaspee Streets across from the Providence Place Mall. Bring friends, signs and banners. Share our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/3733581220138826/3741455606018054.
Help spread the word.
What Does “Winning” the AI Race Mean? For the U.S. government, it means achieving total dominance and maintaining it over its rivals. It would begin with using Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) to power economic growth and achieve superiority over the world’s nations. It would use AI’s Recursive Self-Improvement (AI’s ability to write its own codes faster and better than humans can) to leave other nations’ AI efforts lagging further and further behind. It would leave the U.S. to write the rules for AI use for the rest of the world. It would give the U.S. a decisive advantage in cyber operations and autonomous weapons systems, and allow it to suppress other nations’ ability to develop their own AI systems. The U.S. would be able to pe*****te and disable foreign data centers and power grids. Achieving AI Superintelligence (ASI) first would enable the U.S. to force other nations into compliance under American dominance.
Seeing how the U.S. has used its military and economic dominance over the last 35 years (since the breakup of the USSR) to start wars, invade other countries, exploit their resources and interfere in foreign nations’ affairs foreshadows how America will use its superiority in ASI. There is only a very short window of opportunity to work out international agreements and cooperation on the development of ASI and AGI that will benefit all people and nations, and not just the United States.