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Oscar-Nominated Director on Why Liberating Palestinians Is No Cinematic Dream
I watched in horror as Israeli soldiers [shot] one of my young relatives in the head, fatally wounding him. Islam Burnat was 16
Everything Invented Isn’t Progress
Considering what we think “everyone has,” it’s hard to believe 60% of the world population does not have a toilet in their home.
To End Fossil Fuels, End Settler Colonialism
Why don’t we just overturn the system that makes development a threat? The Red Deal proposes a full-scale assault on capitalism.
A Hiroshima Grandmother’s Plea to Americans
“Please tell the Americans,” says atomic bomb survivor, “they shouldn’t keep building bombs and preparing to do this to more people.”
Daniel Hale Explains Why He Leaked U.S. Drone Secrets
Drone whistleblower Daniel Hale writes a deeply personal letter to his sentencing judge explaining why he took the actions he did.
Take Me ‘Home’ to Jerusalem
It’s 3:40 a.m. in Palestine and I’m crying at the sight of the dead bodies of my beloved sisters and brothers in Jerusalem.
Barbara Lee Introduces Bill to Help Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange
The Vietnamese people continue to suffer effects of Agent Orange, which the U.S. sprayed over South Vietnam, poisoning both people and land.
What Is/Isn’t Transformative Justice?
We call it transformative justice when we’re throwing knives and insults, reducing each other to moments of failure.
War on the World
One of the earliest warnings about the precarity of a world sustained on the twin pillars of industrial consumption and industrial warfare.
The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World
Lesley Blume’s new book tells the story of John Hersey’s pathbreaking article “Hiroshima,” on the aftermath of the atomic bombings.
Reckoning and Reparations in Afghanistan
Besides financial recompense for 20 years of war, we should consider a commitment to dismantle the warfare systems that brought such havoc.
Palestinian Rapper MC Abdul, 12, Releases Debut: ‘Shouting at the Wall’
Palestinian hip-hop sensation MC Abdul, 12, has released his debut single, “Shouting at the Wall,” an homage to Palestinian resistance.
Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam Revisited
Revisiting Nick Turse’s singular contribution to world knowledge about what the United States did in and to Vietnam and its people.
Mumia Abu-Jamal Tests the Limits of What the State Can Do to Any of Us
Dr. Johanna Fernandez discusses the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal and the barbarism of the U.S. criminal justice system.
Why We Must Speak Up to Prevent More Genocides
Genocides will continue to occur unless actions are taken to prevent or stop genocide, and perpetrators are exposed and held to account.
Nature Bats Last
“I’m two with nature”—Woody Allen We fled Woody and the cities in the tie-dyed seventies headed back to the land, man, and fed...
Blind Boone’s Pianola Blues
They said I wasn’t smooth enough to beat their sharp machine. That my style was obsolete, that old rags had lost their gleam...
Rhodessa Jones: ‘If You Don’t See Color, You Don’t See Me’
Exclusive interview with Rhodessa Jones by Denny Riley for Peace & Planet News hodessa...
Pity the Nation
(After Khalil Gibran) 2007 Pity the nation whose people are sheepAnd whose shepherds mislead them Pity the nation whose...
Diablo Canyon
Native American poet John Trudell describes a 1981 protest against nuclear power plant construction in which 1,900 activists were arrested.
Eagle Poem
The eagle, rather than an imperious symbol of American exceptionalism, is actually a cleansing force that can lead us into peace and beauty.
The Colonel
Poet Carolyn Forche provides a scintillating portrait of one of the many tin-hat despots, products of U.S. militarism and weapons exports.
Letter from the Amazon
A Waorani woman to world leaders: “The earth does not expect you to save her, she expects you to respect her.”
Thank You for Your Service
2017 Heroes’ Voices National Veterans Poetry Contest prize-winning poem about veteran suicide by World War II veteran Jay Wenk.
Quan Âm on a Dragon
In this poem, Vietnamese poet Teresa Mei Chuc brings us a voice often muted in America—the young refugee’s.
Song for Leela, Bobby and Me
Poem by Vietnam War veteran W. D. Ehrhart, reprinted from his book Thank You For Your Service: Collected Poems.
Shrimp Boat Captain Starts Hunger Strike to Protect Gulf
Diane Wilson, shrimper, mother and veteran Texas activist opposes port dredging to build export terminal for fracked crude oil.
Congress: Hold On To That Fear
Veterans For Peace activist urges congressmembers to use Jan. 6 to learn to empathize with victims of U.S. military attacks around the globe.
Michelle Alexander on King’s ‘Beyond Vietnam’ Speech
The author of The New Jim Crow looks at Martin Luther King’s groundbreaking April 4, 1967, speech condemning U.S. militarism.
Marine Corps Legend Who Tried to Stop the Vietnam War
A career Marine Corps commandant who spoke the truth about the Vietnam War only to be accused of giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
One Night in Miami
History was made in more ways than one on the night Mohammed Ali became the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion.
An Interview with Korean Anti-base Activist Choi Sung-hee
A Korean activist talks about one village’s struggle to stop the encroachment of U.S. military bases and save their land.
Rocky the Owl
The story of Rocky, the owl found in the Rockefeller Christmas tree, and her journey back to the wild, told by the wildlife rehabilitator.
Cuba Libre to Be COVID-Libre: Five Vaccines and Counting …
Cuba puts the lie to the idea that only free-market capitalism could have led to the development of COVID vaccines.
Through the Years, GI and Veteran Resistance
The Vietnam GI antiwar movement can be traced back to 1945, when US Merchant Marines were used to transport French troops to Vietnam.
Villagers & Pillagers: Who Will Survive the Collapse?
Will democratic eco-settlements rise from the ruins, gain a foothold, and begin healing the planet? Or will tribal warlords rule the rubble?
Anti-Asian Violence in America Is Rooted in U.S. Empire
If we are to stop anti-Asian hatred in the United States, we must recognize how U.S. foreign policy perpetuates it.
We Need an International Treaty to Ban Weaponized Drones
A young Lebanese mother mourning the death of her daughter helped me understand how monitoring by drones terrified her and her neighbors.
Blood for Oil
Amid the ongoing horror, it’s important to find ways to atone for war crimes—including reparations.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: A Veteran For Peace
World-renowned poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a true Renaissance man and the original Veteran For Peace, dies at age 101.
Monsanto, Bayer and Two Wars
Recent exposés of Monsanto products causing cancer have caused stocks to plunge, and new owner Bayer no longer wants to use the brand name.
He Had a Hammer: Henry Aaron Presente
As an icon passes away at 86, let’s remember more than his home runs. He wore scars borne of racism with defiance and pride.
The Rubble of Empire
How can you tell when your empire is crumbling? Some signs are actually visible from my own front window here in San Francisco.
Reflections on the American War in Southeast Asia in the Middle of a Pandemic
Sometime ago, the official death toll for Americans due to COVID-19 surpassed the number of Americans killed in Southeast...
Where the Antelope Bird Is Found
We bought Charlie almost 15 years ago. We hadn’t intended to buy a bird. It was supposed to be a zoo visit.
From Mississippi to Gaza — Dorothy Zellner Reflects on 50 Years of Struggle
A Jewish activists describes her journey from SNCC and the Freedom Summer in 1964 to Palestinian solidarity today.