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World on Fire Dept.
As the world condemns Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s easy to forget who is the biggest purveyor of violence in the world today.
The Greatest Evil Is War
Preemptive war, whether in Iraq or Ukraine, is a war crime. It does not matter if the war is launched on the basis of lies and fabrications.
Black Alliance for Peace Statement on the Situation in the Ukraine
The conflict in the Ukraine emerges from the ceaseless and single-minded drive of the US, NATO, and the EU for global dominance.
Oliver Stone & Abby Martin: Down the JFK Rabbit Hole
Oliver Stone talks about his new film “JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass” and his journey into the case.
Book Review: ‘The Other Side of the Story: A Secret War in Hong Kong’
A journalist explains in great detail how the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests were manipulated by U.S. money and Western agents behind the scenes.
My Day in Palestine: The Stunning Beauty and Cruel Reality of an Occupied Land
An Israeli activist imagines what Palestine was like before it was torn apart by Zionists and what can still be saved if we act fast.
Don’t Give Up On Irish Neutrality
Irish neutrality has a long and honorable history, dating back to Wolfe Tone, who advocated Irish independence and neutrality in the 1790s.
Guantanamera: Playing For Change
The song’s refrain refers to Guantánamo, which since 1898 has been occupied by the US, which established a military base and a prison there.
Veterans Target U.S. Military’s Outsized Impact on the Climate Crisis
The U.S. military is the world’s largest institutional user of fossil fuels and the largest institutional producer of greenhouse gases.
Western Democracies Have Mutated Into Propagandists for War
War hysteria that has rolled in like a tidal wave in recent weeks and months. Media xenophobia is triggered at the mention of “Russia.”
Call to Action: No More Wars! Not Now, Not Ever Again!
We the people, the activists, those that care, no longer have time to wait for those in power to come to their senses. We all must act now!
Independent American and Russian Women Call for Peace
We stand together and we call for peace and diplomacy, with respect for all. These are times of fear but also of hope and possibility.
We Cannot Truly Die
“I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as a derivative of consciousness.” -Max Planck, Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
The Crisis in Ukraine Is Not About Ukraine. It’s About Germany
In a world where Germany and Russia are friends, there is no need for US military bases, expensive US-made weapons, and NATO.
Time for a Neutral and Demilitarized Eastern Europe
One proposal that is receiving renewed interest is the potential for a neutral, and perhaps even demilitarized, Eastern and Central Europe.
America: Recognize the Pain You Are Causing Afghan People
23 million in extreme hunger. A million children in immediate danger of starvation. The US should unfreeze Afghanistan’s Central Bank assets.
The Mystery Chord and the James Webb Space Telescope
A telescope that will unveil new realities about the origin of the universe, the moment when a single note sang everything into existence.
Stark Contradiction at Root of US-China Conflict
Which has the greater claim on the support of decent humans everywhere? The 1.4 billion Chinese dreamers or a tiny US governing elite?
Whales Could Save the World’s Climate, Unless the Military Destroys Them First
The U.S. military is the single largest consumer of petroleum products in the world and the largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
Evidence Implicates British State in Northern Ireland Murders
New report shows that throughout the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland the British military and police, waged a “dirty war.”
Bury My Heart with Leonard Peltier
An innocent man, locked up behind bars for 44 years, Peltier is now America’s longest-held political prisoner. Take these actions today…
America Is Reaping What It Sowed in Ukraine
After decades of U.S. military disasters based on such one-sided narratives, Americans should know better by now.
Navy Unwilling to Release Report on Red Hill Water Contamination
Hawaii’s Governor gets wishy-washy about permanent shut down of jet fuel tanks contaminating Oahu’s drinking water.
Pundits Claim Criticizing US-Russia Policy Makes You An Agent
What is going on with the outright asserters that Fox News host Tucker Carlson is literally an agent of the Russian government?
North Korea: Victim of the US Military-Industrial Complex
The media’s portrayal ignores the long, sorry history of failed negotiations between the US and North Korea.
Message from Mazin Qumsiyeh and the Dalai Lama
I am proud to count among my friends so many who had shed zionism, white supremacy, selfishness/greed, or other self-destructive habits.
Who Is Really Causing the Crisis at the Russia/Ukraine Border?
Lifelong peace and justice activist Bruce Gagnon lays out the truth behind who is causing the crisis at the Russia/Ukraine border.
Failing Tonkin Gulf Test on Ukraine
Deja vu all over again, as everyone in Official Washington is pounding their chests and talking tough, as they are now on Russia and Ukraine.
For God’s Sake Boys, STOP THIS WAR SHIT!!!
We’ve seen this before. The U.S. creates a situation, digs in its heels and makes ultimatums—and tens of thousands die.
Ukraine: Stripping Away the Bullshit
Threats and counterthreats fly between Washington and Moscow: Is the world on the brink of war? Who is the aggressor and who is to blame?
World to United States: Join the Treaty!
Activists marked the coming into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by demanding that the U.S. join the pact.
Guantánamo: Shut It Down!
Vietnam War veteran looks back at the history of American exceptionalism on the anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo.
Veterans For Peace Issues Its Own Nuclear Posture Review
Veterans For Peace has released its own assessment of the current global threat of nuclear war, ahead of the Biden Admin’s review.
‘Somehow This Madness Must Cease’
t was appropriate today, as we mark the national holiday for Martin Luther King Jr.'s...
There’s More to Martin Luther King Jr. Than ‘I Have a Dream’
From GOOD Magazine (2013) based on a lesson by Craig Gordon on the Oakland Unified School District Urban Dreams website and...
Show Me an Old Rebel
Do not show me a young rebel, whose eyes are bright and whose tail is bushy. Young rebels are fine and good, but they are...
Poem (I lived in the first century of world wars)
I lived in the first century of world wars. Most mornings I would be more or less insane, The newspapers would arrive with...
Portrait of a Young G.I. as an Artist
Emerging from their war -- a time and a place where strangers wanted him dead and his elders preferred him dancing on a string...
The Ministry of Fear
Well, as Kavanagh said, we have lived In important places. The lonely scarp Of St Columb’s College, where I billeted For six...
Mother Earth: Her Whales
An owl winks in the shadows A lizard lifts on tiptoe, breathing hard Young male sparrow stretches up his neck, big head,...
Veterans’ Healthcare for Mental and Environmental Illnesses Under Attack
Not content with gutting welfare programs, conservatives are now targeting former soldiers, who are often poor or working class.
Japanese Antiwar Resistance During WWII
The resistance against the increasing militarism, exacerbated by deprivation and misery, has been underreported.
What War With Russia Would Look Like
Wendy Sherman aims to lecture the Russians on the cost of hubris. Instead she may be set to lead all down a path of ruin.
Why Russia Is Crazy
Russia’s December 2021 demands are described by numerous news articles, but the list of demands itself is found in very few places.
The U.S. Makes a Mockery of Treaties and International Law
The U.S. claims it operates under a “rules-based order”—but the term is not the same international law recognized by the rest of the world.
Editorial: Recognizing the Terrorists, States That Lie and Deceive
Truth is the only weapon we have that can directly counter the lies that are driving us to war and environmental destruction.
Native American Bear (Mato): Gift to Mother Earth and Her People
Like a mother bear protects her young, leaders who possess bear medicine stand up for what is right and fight for what is good and true.
Covid Colonizes the Future
The future does not look bright, regarding the health of the human species. What it looks like is, well, lots of people dying from covid.
Chuck Kaufman: A Great Man Has Left Us
He had one goal in life: to dismantle the US war machine before it dismantled more of us. His example lives on in many of us.
The Dead and the Living: Britain’s Dirty War in Northern Ireland
“It’s always there in minute detail. I can see that night in my head as clearly as I can see you now. I can see the ditch on fire.”
Give Nature a Seat at the Governing Table
An oak tree that “owns itself” has become emblematic of a newly energized, transformative legal concept: Rights of Nature.
The January 6 Anniversary, Julian Assange and the Erosion of Democracy
The invasion of the Capitol was an assault on democracy. So too is Biden’s continued persecution of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange.
Teaching, Learning While Creating Theater in the U.S. Prisons
Chris Hedges discusses his book “Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison.” “God ‘Caged’ in Jersey,” he declares.
Climate Crisis at the Top of the World
By 2050, the key drivers of major climate change will be feedback loops at both ends of the temperature spectrum.
The Struggles of Ofer Cassif, an Anti-Zionist in Israel’s Knesset
“The fact that I am a Jew myself drove them crazy… If you are an Israeli Jew you must support Israel and the crimes it commits.” – Ofer Cassif
The Italian Communist Whose Radical Children’s Books Shaped a Generation
Cherished by generations of readers, his irreverent fairy tales encouraged children to question authority and think for themselves.
New Year’s Prediction: U.S. Cold War on China Will End in Ten Years
The RAND Corp. has fallen victim to their own propaganda, that the Chinese government is oppressive and people yearn to be free from it.
America’s Foreign Policy Death Spiral
Never has a new “national security” policy paradigm of cooperative internationalism been more desperately needed.
Dissenting POWs: The Forgotten Story
POW Gene Wilber called for an immediate U.S. troop withdrawal “so that the Vietnamese can solve their own problems.”