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Glaciers Lose ‘3 Olympic Swimming Pools Per Second’ Since 2000
One researcher said the findings support calls “for urgent and concrete actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and associated warming.”
Nine Things You Didn’t Know About Chickens
In the U.S., the vast majority of the birds raised for food spend their lives suffering inside factory farms.
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina/ Sinead O’Connor
Don’t cry for me, Argentina/The truth is, I never left you/All through my wild days, my mad existence/I kept my promse
Rebooting American Imperialism
Even the most deluded strong man shouldn’t wish his manifest destiny to be ruling over an empire of the dead.
The Purge of the Deep State and the Road to Dictatorship
I am as pessimistic as Roth. Censorship and state repression will expand. Those with a conscience will become an enemy of the state.
Former Guantánamo Prisoner’s Appeal for Help
Former Guantánamo detainees in Kazakhstan face imminent forced deportation and escalating threats.
Start a Lasting Peace in Ukraine Now
Peace negotiations in Ukraine would also be aided by negotiations to cut military spending in half and get rid of nuclear weapons.
Faye Wong: As You Wish
You are the path afar/the lamp amongst the mountain fog/And I’m a child, walking in your eyes [in your view].
How Did We Get Here?
We are dealing with the fruition of so many toxic decisions– so many steps along the way that could have been averted.
AIPAC’s War on Democracy
AIPAC, like so many other corporate-funded groups, will no doubt continue its assault on the election process in 2026.
Madmen Arsonists Strike Again: They as Much as Lit Aaron Bushnell’s Match for Him
He couldn’t bear to see any more people eviscerated and incinerated by American bombs dropped by Israelis on innocent Palestinians.
U.S. Citizen to Enter German Prison for Nuclear Weapons Protest
The German courts are not ready to hear a argument that the American nuclear bombs kept at Büchel are there in violation of numerous laws.
Gaza Ceasefire Being Sabotaged
The idea the public is meant to ingest from this type of messaging, of course, is that it would be good and right for the ceasefire to end
Taking the Message of Water Conservation to Remote Villages in India
These marches can be a very good way of taking the message of water conservation to many more people in remote villages
Veterans Oppose Mass Deportations and Domestic Military Deployments
You swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America. You have the legal right and obligation to do so.
Fascism’s Final Gamble
To fight this, we must first name it, unmask it, and, in doing so, strip it of the power it so eagerly wields.
U.S.-Backed War on Palestine Expands Authoritarianism at Home
Simply put, most people have no idea to what extent this genocide is being perpetrated not only by Israel but also by the United States.
Resisting Trump’s Riviera of the Middle East
“There is something sick and rotten about states and societies that not only support and enable mass killings but also make money off of them.”
Saudi Prince Gives Trump A History Lesson
Prince Turki Al Faisal reminds Trump that most people of Gaza are refugees from Israel’s genocidal assault on them in the 1948 and 1967 wars.
St. Patrick’s Battalion
From Dublin City to San Diego/We witnessed freedom denied/So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion/And we fought on the Mexican side
Guantanamo and Gaza—Who We Are
The place name alone stirs profound emotions. Distress and disgust. Deeply sincere empathy. What has been done there—unfathomable!
My Birthday Toast to My Palestinian Arabic Teacher Ruba Jafer
There is, amid it all, a strange kind of comfort I find in my weekly classes with Ruba, a wounded healer. As much therapy as pedagogy.
I’m Free
I was abducted by undercover agents while on my way to a Palestine teach-in. My “crime”? Being a journalist who speaks up for Palestine.
Not Words of Hope
The suffering is still ongoing. It will go on for generations. But the defiance is there. The Palestinians have not been beaten.
VFP Celebrates Gaza Ceasefire, Pledges to Defend It
Veterans For Peace has consistently called on the US government to stop sending US bombs and war materials to Israel.
Sir! No Sir! in 50-Minute Version
This is a shortened 50-minute version of Sir! No Sir!, one of the great antiwar films about GI resistance during the Viet Nam...
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Prophetic Warning: Denouncing the Merchants of Death
We all have a choice to hold ourselves accountable in the face of Dr. King's warning that we are approaching spiritual death....
Judgment Day for the Merchants of Death
Intervening in this surging, greed-driven, incredibly lethal mess, an international panel of 10 jurors offers 13 recommendations for action.
Change the Conversation from Doomsday to Peace Day
First published by World BEYOND War he Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, with the advice of Albert...
Vietnam: The Other Side
A 9-minute video with Vietnamese and American veterans from that war presents in a nutshell what we did in Viet Nam and how wrong it was.
Three Reasons to Vote Against the Nomination of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense
Why I will Protest the Nomination of Fox News commentator and Trump’s Buddy Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense
1987: The Great Workers’ Struggle in South Korea
Involving over a million workers, the strikes and militant tactics won significant gains in pay and conditions.
Why Jimmy Carter Pardoned Draft Resisters
To say “Jimmy Carter pardoned war resisters” is a bit like saying that “Abe Lincoln freed the slaves.” Grassroots movements laid the table.
Genocide in Gaza: Western Moral Collapse in the Age of Hyper-Imperialism
Author Vijay Prashad argues that the global North has heightened its reliance upon force to insist on obedience.
Intolerable Opinions in the Time of Genocide
John Lilburne was an unconquerable revolutionary and courageous radical for justice, the 17th-century equivalent of Julian Assange.
Spent 26 Christmases in Prison, and Not One Has Been Merry
I have endured 26 Christmases behind bars. This year is no different. No family gathering. No Christmas meal. No gifts from my loved ones. No visits.
GIs Talk About What VFP Means to Them
t’s not unusual to be somewhere representing Veterans For Peace and meet a veteran who didn’t know...
Don’t Deify Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter may have done good works out of office, but in power he fomented a series of domestic and foreign policy disasters.
Saving the Savior Tree
Like the Christmas tree, the olive tree is a savior tree—but one that doesn’t just light up for a season. It lights the way for generations.
Amazing Peace
Into this climate of fear and apprehension, Christmas enters/Streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope/And singing carols of forgiveness.
Is the Catholic Church Okay with Biden’s Genocide?
In a “Hail Mary Pass,”, Will the Pope Use the Threat of Excommunication to End the Biden Administration’s Complicity in Genocide in their meeting on January 10?
How Fascism Came
America’s democracy was destroyed by the two ruling parties who sold us out to corporations, militarists and billionaires. Now we pay the price.
Ireland hears the call of Palestine, but is it free to answer?
Today, Ireland is a country reckoning with the cost and consequences of abandoning its ideals for economic gain.
Veterans For Peace: Pete Hegseth Is a Terrible Choice
The national veterans organization is calling on senators to vote NO on Pete Hegseth for U.S. Defense Secretary.
Organized Oblivion
Gaza is destroyed. It will not, at least for the Palestinians, be rebuilt. Those who lived there will spend their lives, like...
Nina-Clara Schnall
The world lost someone special this past November. Nina Schnall left us all too soon at only 54 years of age.
The World Knows Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
Now, there can be no reset buttons. Rather, the global momentum of Palestine’s liberation will accelerate in the coming months and years.
Genuine Solidarity Is Not Conditional: Gaza and Unity around Palestine
While many solidarity groups, despite their differences, have always found margins for unity around Palestine, many did not.
The Trillion-Dollar Blob
America has a bellicose, bullying, immature leadership that thinks military might is the answer to everything
Israel Expands Invasion of Syria, Launching Massive Airstrikes After Assad’s Fall
What went unmentioned in Biden’s celebration of the fall of Assad was the role the U.S. played in the Syrian civil war.
What Now?
My only consolation, if one can call it that, is realizing that just about everyone I know and care about is feeling as distraught as I am.
Solutionary Rail’s Time Has Come
The promise of globalization, deregulation, and the financialization of everything has failed to make life better for most people.
Susan Abulhawa’s Powerful Address at the Oxford Union
We’re not here to debate whether Israel is an apartheid or genocidal state. This debate is ultimately about the worth of Palestinian lives.
Trump’s Cabinet Picks Are Agents of Contempt, Rage and Vengeance
With them, Trump will tear down any person or institution that tried to restrain his worst impulses or hold him accountable.
Out of the Footlocker
During that school year, I learned one pivotal fact: Racial discrimination against black people was considered normal in Wilmington.
Iraqi Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Win $42 Million in Lawsuit Against US Contractor
It is the first time that a U.S. defense contractor has ever been successfully sued for managing a torture program.
Biden Declares “National Emergency” because of the Threat posed by Nicaragua
What “unusual and extraordinary threat” does Nicaragua pose to a country with 50 times its population and the world’s biggest military budget?
‘What You Need To Know’: Impressions of an IDF Reservist in Gaza
The writer is a reserve Israeli soldier who took part in the ground manoeuvres in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip over the past year.
Democrats in A Collective State Of Panic
Joe Biden is escalating conflict in the Ukraine proxy war against Russia and endangering the whole world in the process.
The Entire History of Zionism’s Injustices, In One Bedouin Village
In Israeli-Jewish discourse, the destruction of a Bedouin community barely raises eyebrows, let alone makes headlines.