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Biden’s Convention Speech Made Absurd Claims About His Gaza Policy
A political reflex has been in motion from top U.S. leaders, claiming to be peace seekers while aiding and abetting the slaughter.
Update on Amgad Al-Mahalawi
“The bombing is very close. Some shrapnel reached us. The sounds are terrifying, the children are screaming.”
Truth Tellers: Documentary Features Rob Shetterly’s Remarkable Portraits
The filmmakers focus on the activist-artist’s series of portraits of Americans Who Tell the Truth and his work in the classroom.
County Jail
We were there for hours before any of us were called to a station, then hours more before we were called to another. It went on that way.
Phil Donahue Changed My Life—and Millions of Others
Phil Donahue passed away Sunday night, after a long illness. He was beloved by those who knew him and by many who didn’t.
Communal Kitchens Fighting Famine in Sudan
“In my childhood, I used to pray to have enough money to help others, [but] I found out that it is not important to have money.”
Nurturing Seeds of Freedom in Palestine
“Every day we come and we work the land because we have hope,” adds Kamal. “Because we believe that we will be free.”
In the Footsteps of Tigers
“Conservation is only necessary as a result of colonialism and the forced displacement of Indigenous people.” -Nayla Azmi
The Murder of Ismail Haniyeh
I have for decades considered Palestine the suppurating sore on humanity’s flesh. The cause and the remedy just became more obvious.
Netanyahu’s Willing Executioners
It is impossible to avoid the conclusion that both the Israeli state and society are partners in the genocide.
‘Israel always sold the occupation as legal. The ICJ now terrifies them’
Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu unpacks the ICJ opinion on Israel’s military regime, and the lessons of turning international law into action.
Open Letter from Veterans For Peace to Vice President Kamala Harris
It is time to usher in a New Era of Peace, International Cooperation and Human Rights for All People. Let it begin with Gaza.
The Elders Call For Bold Action
The Elders call on global leaders to enforce the ICJ’s ruling that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal.
Put a Woman in Charge
The time has come/We’ve got to turn this world around/Call the mothers/Call the daughters/We need the sisters of mercy now
Germany Is Threatening Me With Prison For This Talk About Palestine
My 20-minute talk covers Germany’s role in the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, and Germany’s historical complicity with Zionism.
Rewilding Awakens Local Businesses as Wildlife Tourism Booms Near One of Argentina’s Largest Protected Areas
Rewilding Argentina and partners are working to make Iberá a tourist destination that rivals Patagonia as a draw for international travelers.
Rare Twin Anteaters Born In Iberá
Camera trap footage has captured two baby giant anteaters clinging to their mother’s back at Iberá Wetlands in Argentina
The Hum of a Boy’s Dream
We’re not going to be able/to live in this world/if we’re not willing to do what he’s doing/with one another.
Washington DC Security for War Criminal Netanyahu
Over 39,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 7, 2023 with tens of thousands still buried under the rubble of their homes.
What the DNC Can Expect in Chicago
Pro-Palestine protesters have plans for the Democratic Convention—but they’re not what leading Democrats reportedly fear.
For Israel, the War Itself Is the End, Not the Means
Now we may begin to tell the truth: Israel has not been a state for some time. It is an army base. Nothing but an army base.
‘I Have the Prison Inside Me’
After nine months in Israeli prisons, the Palestinian body builder has lost more than half his body weight.
NATO/US Complicity in The Relentless Israeli Genocide of Gaza
Some of the NATO members and partners are the same countries that are aiding and abetting the Israeli genocide of Gaza.
Warning From the Edge of the Abyss
A famous US politician shot. Nuclear missiles positioned close to an enemy superpower. A nervous world wonders, ‘What next?”
On the Record with Hamas
“If we have to choose, why choose to be the good victims, the peaceful victims? If we have to die, we have to die in dignity.”
Update on Amgad Al-Mahalwi
“This war has gone on now for almost 9 months. I am now really tried. My health is weak. If me and family die now, it’s ok.”
Will Putin Attack Poland & the Baltics?
Given their lack of information about the Ukraine-Russia deal scuttled by Boris Johnson early in the war, many Americans will be inclined to believe Biden’s evidence-free claims in last week’s CNN debate.
June 8, 1967 Israel Attacks the USS Liberty
I take up this pen to tell the tale of the USS Liberty, that they may at least have that, these shipmates, the crew deserve better.
Oh No, Now The US Has To Stop Imprisoning Ex-Presidents For Their Crimes!
Gaza is asking us a very important question about ourselves. Our answer will set the course for the future of our entire world.
Playground
“Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Eternity in Gaza
When the canisters fell, they were ready,/thinking, “More tear gas”, but a white cloud/flowered above, then changed colors
No Such Thing as a Small Nuclear War
The NATO escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war as well as the growing conflict around China are more dangerous than the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Hell, Maybe ANYTHING Is Possible
Maybe what just happened with Assange can happen with any of the other injustices and abuses we see in our world today.
You Saved Julian Assange
Let us take a lesson from the courageous men and women who took to the streets for 14 years to save Julian. They showed us how it is done.
We Are Not Numbers
Our mentors and a group of volunteers are also working as a collective to help our writers and their families
Divide and Rule
Ever feel like a marionette whose strings are being pulled by billionaires who like to watch their puppets form circular firing squads?
Veterans and Active-Duty US Service Members Issue Appeal to Congress to Stop Funding Genocide
As Israel continues its genocide against the Palestinians, the number of US conscientious objectors is increasing.
Phyllis Bennis at the United Nations
Political commentator Phyllis Bennis gives a brilliant, factual and passionate expose of the ongoing Nakba and the genocide in Gaza.
When The Powerful Control Public Opinion
You could fix all the problems in the American voting system, and U.S. presidential elections would still be rigged.
Grandfather’s Immigrant Eyes
Oh Ellis Island was swarming/Like a scene from a costume hall/Decked out in the colors in Europe/And on fire with the hope of it all
Willie Nelson| Poets' Corner, Sounds of Resistance, Spring 2024 Edition
Giving Silence
If ‘namvets were ancient shamans/now would be the moment/we’d choose/to give you shelter/from the coming storm
‘Mindfully Bring the Sacred Back into Your Journey’
Remarks by Sherri Mitchell of the Penobscot Nation set the tone for the start of PeaceWalk 2024 on May 7 in Ogunquit, Maine.
Sherri L. Mitchell Weh'na Ha'mu Kwasset| Spring 2024 Edition
Veterans Support Students Protesting Genocide In Palestine
“The students are absolutely right, and they may actually be saving our humanity,” said Veterans For Peace president Susan Schnall.
The Little Flotilla that Almost Could
Two gutsy activists flew to Istanbul, Turkey April 17 to join over three-hundred others to raise awareness and bring lifesaving aid to Gaza.
Unfurling Love from the Window
Hind Rajab committed no crime, but she was made to watch her family die and wait for death surrounded by their corpses.
We Need An Exodus From Zionism
We don’t need or want the false idol of Zionism. We want freedom from the project that commits genocide in our name.
“No Palestinian Is Safe”
Israeli police arrested the internationally renowned feminist Palestinian academic Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian at her home in Jerusalem
Veterans to Biden: U.S. Law Says No Weapons To Nations with A-Bombs if They’ve Not Signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty
Veterans For Peace members across the U.S. are telling their members of Congress to vote NO on any more weapons for Israel
What Does NATO Have to Do with the Genocide in GAZA?
NATO and NATO members have been supporting Israel since its creation by funding, arming, and training the Israeli military.
Sailing to Gaza
Ann Wright is a Member of the Advisory Board of World BEYOND War. She is the co-author of Dissent: Voices of Conscience.
The Mutually Reinforcing American and Israeli Empires
Israel and the U.S. have overlapping Empires – one in the Middle East and the other globally – with deep common purposes.
Israeli Teen Jailed for Refusing Draft: ‘I’m Willing to Pay a Price for My Principles’
Ben Arad, 18, is the third conscientious objector imprisoned since October 7, tells why Israel’s assault on Gaza propelled him into action
War is Not Green! Genocide is Ecocide!
Open letter to The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee & House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition
Tennessee Rise
Inspired by the Tennessee Three, Tennessee Rise was formed from GRAMMY-winning artist Allison Russell’s deep love for the state.
Active Duty Airman on White House Hunger Strike against Starvation of Children in Gaza
Hebert plans to continue the hunger strike — limiting himself to water and a juice supplement — for as long as he physically can.
Biden Is Quietly Funding Nuclear Weapons Upgrades That Could Imperil the Planet
His administration appears to be following a stealth strategy of keeping Americans from learning how their tax dollars are being misspent.
Dead and Divine and Brother of All
If in their torment and terror, I see divinity, am haunted by it, then what is in those who murder, defile and desolate?
The Ghosts of Gaza Are Whispering Every Night
Israeli military young men and women are not the first to have recurring nightmares of what they have seen and done.
An Escalatory Game for Fools and Madmen
This Security Council must accept the responsibility of this moment and act to end this existential peril we face.
When Starvation Is a Weapon, the Harvest Is Shame
As Palestinians die of starvation under occupation, it brings grim echoes of another famine nearly two centuries ago in Ireland.