<\/title><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image\"><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">John & Yoko’s message in Times Square on December 15, 1969 (Bettman via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p class=\"button-wrapper\" data-attrs=\"{"url":"https:\/\/www.michaelmoore.com\/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe now","action":null,"class":null}\" data-component-name=\"ButtonCreateButton\"><a class=\"button primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelmoore.com\/subscribe?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Subscribe now<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>Sean Ono Lennon won an Oscar last year for Best Animated Short Film. A few days ago he asked me if I’d like to share it with all of you and of course I said yes. The anti-war short is about two soldiers playing chess on opposite sides of a battle, and the pigeon who carries their messages across the battlefield.<\/p><p>Check it out below on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W68-XaFepOg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>. It’s a very moving film, and beautifully animated. It’s only 11 minutes. Share it with friends and family over this holiday season.<\/p><div id=\"youtube2-W68-XaFepOg\" class=\"youtube-wrap\" data-attrs=\"{"videoId":"W68-XaFepOg","startTime":null,"endTime":null}\" data-component-name=\"Youtube2ToDOM\"><div class=\"youtube-inner\"><\/div><\/div><p class=\"button-wrapper\" data-attrs=\"{"url":"https:\/\/www.michaelmoore.com\/p\/war-is-over?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share","text":"Share","action":null,"class":null}\" data-component-name=\"ButtonCreateButton\"><a class=\"button primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelmoore.com\/p\/war-is-over?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>Sean is also using the film to raise money to help kids in conflict zones this holiday season. This has been one of the deadliest times to be a child in this century. Please join me in donating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warchild.org.uk\/donate-war-is-over-film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to War Child to get these kids (in places like Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan) life-saving medical and mental health aid.<\/p><p><strong>It’s now been 3 Christmas seasons since Israel started its campaign of genocide. Over 70,000 Palestinians killed, including at least 20,000 children. That’s literally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/7\/two-years-of-israels-genocide-in-gaza-by-the-numbers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one child killed every hour<\/a>. The murder is paid for with our tax dollars.<\/strong><\/p><p>This Christmas week let’s keep up the pressure to end this genocide waged first by Biden and now Trump and the U.S. Congress. Call your reps at 202-224-3121<strong> <\/strong>and tell them to support the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blockthebombs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Block The Bombs Act<\/a>. And remember John & Yoko’s message, and the message of this film: Wars don’t end themselves. Only people can end them. That means you and me.<\/p><p>I’ve included the poster below that we created in November of last year of the war crimes committed by our own elected officials. They include 100% of elected Republican Senators, and far, far too many disgustingly pro-genocide Democrats. (Eight months later, public outrage forced three of them to switch their votes for a new resolution blocking arms to Israel: Tammy Baldwin, Tammy Duckworth, and Patty Murray.) The poster also includes the brave Dems who have voted to end this “aid” to Netanyahu and his apartheid state.<\/p><div class=\"captioned-image-container\"><figure><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!N-Mk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3a13a34-ec0b-4591-809a-a3c4161c3d98_4050x6000.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"noopener\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!N-Mk!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3a13a34-ec0b-4591-809a-a3c4161c3d98_4050x6000.jpeg\" width=\"1456\" height=\"2157\" data-attrs=\"{"src":"https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/e3a13a34-ec0b-4591-809a-a3c4161c3d98_4050x6000.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":2157,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":5351238,"alt":"1. GENOCIDE ARMS DEALERS - These Democratic Senators voted to send weapons to Israel to kill civilians in Gaza. Barrasso (R-WY) Bennet (D-CO) Blackburn (R-TN) Blumenthal (D-CT) Booker (D-NJ) Boozman (R-AR) Britt (R-AL) Brown (D-OH) Budd (R-NC) Butler (D-CA) Cantwell (D-WA) Capito (R-WV) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Cassidy (R-LA) Collins (R-ME) Coons (D-DE) Cornyn (R-TX) Cortez Masto (D-NV) Cotton (R-AR) Cramer (R-ND) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) Daines (R-MT) Duckworth (D-IL) Ernst (R-IA) Fetterman (D-PA) Fischer (R-NE) Gillibrand (D-NY) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hagerty (R-TN) Hassan (D-NH) Hawley (R-MO) Helmy (D-NJ) Hickenlooper (D-CO) Hoeven (R-ND) Hyde-Smith (R-MS) Johnson (R-WI) Kelly (D-AZ) Kennedy (R-LA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Lankford (R-OK) Lee (R-UT) Lummis (R-WY) Manchin (I-WV) Marshall (R-KS) McConnell (R-KY) Moran (R-KS) Mullin (R-OK) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Padilla (D-CA) 2. THESE DEMOCRATS HAD THE COURAGE TO SAY NO. Durbin (D-IL), Heinrich (D-NM), Hirono (D-HI), Kaine (D-VA), King (I-ME), Lujan (D-NM), Markey (D-MA), Merkley (D-OR), Murphy (D-CT), Ossoff (D-GA), Sanders (I-VT), Schatz (D-HI), Shaheen (D-NH), Smith (D-MN), Van Hollen (D-MD), Warnock (D-GA), Warren (D-MA), Welch (D-VT)","title":null,"type":"image\/jpeg","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https:\/\/www.michaelmoore.com\/i\/182337043?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3a13a34-ec0b-4591-809a-a3c4161c3d98_4050x6000.jpeg","isProcessing":false,"align":null,"offset":false}\" class=\"sizing-normal\" alt=\"1. GENOCIDE ARMS DEALERS - These Democratic Senators voted to send weapons to Israel to kill civilians in Gaza. Barrasso (R-WY) Bennet (D-CO) Blackburn (R-TN) Blumenthal (D-CT) Booker (D-NJ) Boozman (R-AR) Britt (R-AL) Brown (D-OH) Budd (R-NC) Butler (D-CA) Cantwell (D-WA) Capito (R-WV) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Cassidy (R-LA) Collins (R-ME) Coons (D-DE) Cornyn (R-TX) Cortez Masto (D-NV) Cotton (R-AR) Cramer (R-ND) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) Daines (R-MT) Duckworth (D-IL) Ernst (R-IA) Fetterman (D-PA) Fischer (R-NE) Gillibrand (D-NY) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hagerty (R-TN) Hassan (D-NH) Hawley (R-MO) Helmy (D-NJ) Hickenlooper (D-CO) Hoeven (R-ND) Hyde-Smith (R-MS) Johnson (R-WI) Kelly (D-AZ) Kennedy (R-LA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Lankford (R-OK) Lee (R-UT) Lummis (R-WY) Manchin (I-WV) Marshall (R-KS) McConnell (R-KY) Moran (R-KS) Mullin (R-OK) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Padilla (D-CA) 2. THESE DEMOCRATS HAD THE COURAGE TO SAY NO. Durbin (D-IL), Heinrich (D-NM), Hirono (D-HI), Kaine (D-VA), King (I-ME), Lujan (D-NM), Markey (D-MA), Merkley (D-OR), Murphy (D-CT), Ossoff (D-GA), Sanders (I-VT), Schatz (D-HI), Shaheen (D-NH), Smith (D-MN), Van Hollen (D-MD), Warnock (D-GA), Warren (D-MA), Welch (D-VT)\" title=\"1. GENOCIDE ARMS DEALERS - These Democratic Senators voted to send weapons to Israel to kill civilians in Gaza. Barrasso (R-WY) Bennet (D-CO) Blackburn (R-TN) Blumenthal (D-CT) Booker (D-NJ) Boozman (R-AR) Britt (R-AL) Brown (D-OH) Budd (R-NC) Butler (D-CA) Cantwell (D-WA) Capito (R-WV) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Cassidy (R-LA) Collins (R-ME) Coons (D-DE) Cornyn (R-TX) Cortez Masto (D-NV) Cotton (R-AR) Cramer (R-ND) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) Daines (R-MT) Duckworth (D-IL) Ernst (R-IA) Fetterman (D-PA) Fischer (R-NE) Gillibrand (D-NY) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hagerty (R-TN) Hassan (D-NH) Hawley (R-MO) Helmy (D-NJ) Hickenlooper (D-CO) Hoeven (R-ND) Hyde-Smith (R-MS) Johnson (R-WI) Kelly (D-AZ) Kennedy (R-LA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Lankford (R-OK) Lee (R-UT) Lummis (R-WY) Manchin (I-WV) Marshall (R-KS) McConnell (R-KY) Moran (R-KS) Mullin (R-OK) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Padilla (D-CA) 2. THESE DEMOCRATS HAD THE COURAGE TO SAY NO. Durbin (D-IL), Heinrich (D-NM), Hirono (D-HI), Kaine (D-VA), King (I-ME), Lujan (D-NM), Markey (D-MA), Merkley (D-OR), Murphy (D-CT), Ossoff (D-GA), Sanders (I-VT), Schatz (D-HI), Shaheen (D-NH), Smith (D-MN), Van Hollen (D-MD), Warnock (D-GA), Warren (D-MA), Welch (D-VT)\" loading=\"lazy\"><div class=\"image-link-expand\"><div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image\"><title><\/title><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image\"><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div><hr><\/div><p class=\"button-wrapper\" data-attrs=\"{"url":"https:\/\/www.michaelmoore.com\/p\/war-is-over\/comments","text":"Leave a comment","action":null,"class":null}\" data-component-name=\"ButtonCreateButton\"><a class=\"button primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelmoore.com\/p\/war-is-over\/comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Leave a comment<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><em>** In order to have a troll-free, hate-free comments section — and because if there’s one thing I know about my crazy haters, they would rather spend an eternity in hell with Elon Musk than send me $5 if forced to become a paid subscriber — my Comments section here on my Substack is limited to paid subscribers. <strong>But<\/strong>, not to worry — anyone can send me their comments, opinions and thoughts by writing to me at <a href=\"mailto:mike@michaelmoore.com\">mike@michaelmoore.com<\/a>. I read every one of them, though obviously I can’t respond to all. The solution here is not optimal but it has worked and my Comments section has become a great meeting place for people wanting to discuss the ideas and issues I raise here. There is debate and disagreement, but it is refreshing to have it done with respect and civility, unfettered by the stench of bigotry and Q-anon insanity.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<br>\r\n<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelmoore.com\/p\/war-is-over\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friends,There is one song that stands out as a plea for peace, as relevant this year as it was during the height of the Vietnam War: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. 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