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Silencing the Lambs: How Propaganda Works
Today, the most profitable wars have their own brand. They are called “forever wars.” All are based on a pack of lies.
Saving an Endangered Route 66 Gas Station: Once a “Safe Haven” for Black Travelers
The Threatt Filling Station in Luther, Oklahoma, was once the only Black-owned gas station along the route.
U.S.-Backed Roll of the Dice Leaves Ukraine in Worse Crisis
Based on Biden’s own definition of U.S. war aims, his policy is failing, and hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are paying the price
Time to Dance the Salmon Home
This summer a Tribal ceremony celebrated the return of sacred fish, lost for generations.
Summer of the Hawks
Wishful thinking is still the rule among Biden’s foreign policy team, as the slaughter in Ukraine continues
The Forever Dangers of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
Small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) are promoted as a solution to climate change – despite their huge carbon footprint and safety issues.
Develop an Exit Strategy for the Endless War in Ukraine
Biden has no diplomatic strategies, no demand for an immediate unconditional ceasefire followed by top-level peace negotiations.
The Russell-Einstein Manifesto
Philosopher Bertrand Russell and physicist Albert Einstein urged peaceful resolution to international conflict to avoid “universal death.”
The Most Important Election of All Time
People on one side of the partisan divide are being trained to fear a future fascist takeover that has already occurred.
Sixto Rodriguez Gone at 81: Rest In Peace
The documentary Searching for Sugar Man finally brought some well-deserved recognition to this talented singer/songwriter.
Snares: Low-Tech, Low-Profile Killers of Rare Wildlife the World Over
While hunters mostly target antelope and other smaller game to eat or sell as bushmeat, the snares don’t care. They’re indiscriminate.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – The Israel Lobby’s Useful Idiot
Kennedy, bereft of a moral compass and a belief system rooted in verifiable fact, has not only failed the Palestinians, he has failed us.
An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Mr. Kennedy, you have insulted not only the city of Jenin and the Palestinian people but also the people who believed in you.
Strikes Are a Tool to Claw Back Control Over Our Lives
This summer, Hollywood writers and actors are on strike, challenging bosses’ authority to unilaterally decide what work looks like.
Illegal Search and Seizure at Apartment of Yurii Sheliazhenko in Kyiv
The Ukrainian Pacifist Movement opposes both sides of the current war. They are now apparently being accused of supporting the Russian side.
Sailing the Seas of Conscience
The Golden Rule, once derelict with no masts or engine and at anchor, is again braving the winds and waves.
The Profiteers of Armageddon
The institutions and companies that build nuclear weapons have played a disproportionate role in shaping U.S. nuclear policy and spending.
How Jack Ryan Captured Hollywood
American democracy is seen as weak and broken in drama after drama. Only the lawless Jack Ryans can save it.
Leading Medical Journals Publish Joint Call for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
“The nuclear-armed states must eliminate their nuclear arsenals before they eliminate us,” states the joint editorial.
The Forgotten Victims of America’s Class War
The author’s hometown, Mechanic Falls, Maine, a former mill town of 3,107 people, struggles to survive, like rural towns all across America.
How Is This Possible?
How in the name of Abraham Lincoln can Donald J. Trump still be a viable candidate for another term as president of the United States?
Searching for Bigfoot
The better humanity gets at sharing information about our world the fewer miracles and magic beasts there are in it.
Thank You For Your Service: A Tribute to the Life of Daniel Ellsberg
A message not to those who serve the war machine, but to the peacemakers, the truth tellers, to the defiant ones.
What ‘Oppenheimer’ Doesn’t Tell You About the Trinity Test
The events of July 1945 changed everything. The people of New Mexico were the first human test subjects of the world’s most powerful weapon.
New Study: Gulf Stream Could Collapse
A crucial Atlantic Ocean circulation system, a cornerstone of the global climate, may collapse as quickly as two years from now.
Aboriginal Australians Defeat Nuclear Dump
Federal court decides in favor of South Australian Aboriginal traditional owners, defeating nuclear dump plan.
70 Years Later, the Korean War Must End
For 70 years the divided peninsula has been locked in a perpetual state of war that grows ever more dangerous.
Tell Congress More Work, Less Vacation
On July 27, Ralph Nader sent an open letter to Congress about reducing their vacation to address crucial long-delayed tasks.
Friar Tuck – A Ladies Man
This is the story of Tuck (or Friar Tuck formally), an African pied crow, who likes to be the star of everything.
Remember the Atrocities of the Korean War, Not the Propaganda
If politicians and policymakers were prudent, the Korean War would have vaccinated America against the evil of foreign intervention.
‘Why are we tempting nuclear annihilation?’
Max Blumenthal addressed the UN Security Council on the role of US military aid to Ukraine in escalating the conflict with Russia.
Knives Are Out Again for Those Advocating For Peace on the Korean Peninsula
It’s time to call on again on another U.S. President and another U.S. Congress to support a formal peace agreement with North Korea.
America’s Training Ground for Global Torture
Across Latin America, the name Fort Benning is enough to strike terror into the hearts of millions, bringing back visions of massacres.
AI vs. AI: Flash Wars and Human Extinction
AI-governed systems are prone to critical errors and inexplicable “hallucinations,” resulting in potentially catastrophic outcomes.
What Does Irish Neutrality Really Mean?
What does Irish neutrality really mean now and in the future. Is the country able to defend itself in the modern era?
Punch The Empire
Speech is violence and cluster bombs are peace. Homelessness and war are normal and opposing nuclear armageddon is treason.
Hiroshima Day: A Time to Mourn, Not to Celebrate
Plans to protest the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum’s “Happy Birthday, Intrepid” party for children on August 6 , Hiroshima Day.
There Are Very Few Good Films About War. “20 Days in Mariupol” is an Exception
Most war films leave those who return from war and attempt to speak the awful truth alienated and ignored.
From Stalinism to the ‘Most Avoidable War in History’
Soviet and Russian specialist Geoffrey Roberts on Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, Europe’s role, Stalin and World War II.
Architect of Annihilation: Oppenheimer’s Deadly Legacy of Nuclear Terror
To glorify deadly as a depoliticized dramatic character study is to spit in the face of corpses and survivors of the so-called Atomic Age.
NATO Is a Warfare Alliance, Not a Force for Global Peace or Stability
NATO is not, as Biden suggests, an anchor in a turbulent sea of demons but rather a catalyst stirring the cauldron of war on behalf of U.S. empire.
Tribal Nations Must Honor, Not Destroy, Buffalo Nation
We can’t live as tribal people when all we think about is ourselves and not Mother Earth or the wildlife our ancestors loved and depended on.
Brussels: Global Women For Peace United Against NATO Meet With EU Parliament, NATO Representatives
Women get their message of NO to NATO and its war policies directly to NATO Headquarters and to the European Parliament in Brussels.
Who Is National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, the Man Running US Foreign Policy?
Sullivan is arguably the key person driving US foreign policy, mentored by Hillary Clinton with regime changes in Honduras, Libya and Syria.
Return the Black Hills!
Ben and Jerry’s has asked people to sign a Lakota Law petition and commit to returning the Black Hills — and Mt. Rushmore — to the Lakota.
The Potential Impact of Wireless Technology on Wildlife
Our cell phone addiction could be impacting brain functionality and causing stress, anxiety, insomnia, and a lack of attention and focus.
Don’t Let Your Pride Get in the Way of Our Arms Sales, Jack!
The US provides weapons and military assistance to 10 of the 12 countries that have set capital punishment for sexual and gender minorities.
Cornel West and the Campaign to End Political Apartheid
The two ruling parties have destroyed our democracy. Voting for one or the other will not bring it back.
Women Cross the DMZ Claps Back at Newsweek
Peace activists set the record straight after Newsweek publishes an opinion column entitled “North Korean Stooges Step Into the Light.”
Avoiding World War Three
Can artificial intelligence communicate wisdom that has been ignored when it comes from the peace movement?
Eyad al-Hallaq’s Caretaker Witnessed His Death Three Years Ago
There is so little protection for Palestinians in real-time, and then absolutely no justice when a murder occurs.
How Jeremy Corbyn Was Toppled by the Israel Lobby
Asa Winstanley’s new book shows how the Israel lobby weaponized antisemitism to bring down Jeremy Corbyn and those building a socialist Labour Party.
“Journalists Abandoned Julian Assange and Slit Their Own Throats”
The failure by journalists to mount a campaign to free Julian Assange is one more catastrophic and self-defeating blunder by the news media.
Sam Pollard: Documenting Black Baseball
A glorious look at the men and women who created baseball’s Negro League before Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers.
When in Rome, Do as the Americans Do?
Every bar and osteria caters to English-speaking tourists and their tastes. Via Veneto is a cartoon of itself, featuring a Hard Rock Cafe.
Israel Illegally Targeted Civilians and Hospitals and Denied Access to Ambulances
Israel could not mount its military operations against Palestinians without $3.8 billion in annual U.S. military aid.
How the West Brought War to Ukraine
U.S. and NATO actions show a lack of understanding about how easily NATO’s behavior could decrease Western security, rather than increase it.
Drop All Weapons: A Prayer from Comiso’s Peace Pagoda
Today this holy Peace Pagoda place is a haven for pilgrims from all over the world from many spiritual traditions, not only Buddhists.
Alessandra L’Abate, Anna Luisa Leonardi and Angela Ricciardi (Italy), Anna Jastrzab (Poland)| Spring 2023 Edition
Don’t Be the Boiling Frog
“We are moving into a catastrophic situation,” the UN secretary general warned as we have just seen the world’s hottest seven days in a row.
No Right to Self-Defense for Israel’s Occupation
International law says Israel cannot both occupy Palestinian land and attack it as a foreign threat, or treat resisters as enemy combatants.