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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.
The Cascading Effects of Bringing Back Sea Otters
In Oregon and California, efforts to repopulate these furry engineers could revive struggling ocean ecosystems.
Karma for Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam
“I was 15 (when) I was run over by the spiked wheels of justice; those who’ve been close to the pain should have a seat at the table.”
Assange’s 52nd Birthday: Free Julian!
On July 3 Assange’s supporters around the world marked his birthday with banner drops, light projections, and videos demanding his freedom.
Palestinians Are in Israel’s Crosshairs Because They Are Not Jews
Zionism’s goal of a “Jewish” state in all of historic Palestine has always required expelling the land’s native people, except for Palestine’s native Jews.
The Most Influential Musician You Never Heard Of
What others had considered noise Roger Payne described as a musical chorus of “exuberant, uninterrupted rivers of sound.”
Atlanta’s Attack on Cop City Protesters Should Be a Warning to Us All
The fight against the militarized police training center dubbed “Cop City” is one of the great struggles of our time.
State Terror in the Age of Counterterrorism
We see the makings of a future American inquisition in which the machinery of state is weaponized against the body politic itself.
Racism and U.S. Empire
Hidden in plain sight is the fact that virtually all the people killed by U.S. firepower in the “war on terror” for more than two decades have been people of color.
A Force For Good? Reflections on Irish Neutrality
A vital contribution to the discussion on the importance of Irish neutrality and its role as the bedrock of Irish foreign and defense policy.
They Lied About Afghanistan. They Lied About Iraq. And They Are Lying About Ukraine.
The U.S. public has been conned, once again, into pouring billions into another endless war. [su_dropcap...
Destroying Eastern Ukraine to Save It
Regardless of which side we support, war is a force outside human control and makes our righteousness and morality an agent of its destruction.
How America Controls Europe
The realist school of international relations is based on the idea that great powers act in a way they believe will advance their interests.
Fifteen Useful and Truthful Facts
Reality is nondual. There’s no separation between the perceiver and that which is perceived, or between the objects in sense perception.
Ukraine Timeline Tells the Story
Without historical context, buried by corporate media, it’s impossible to understand Ukraine. Historians will tell the story.
Daniel Ellsberg’s Legacy: Making the Enemy Human
Ellsberg’s awareness that the harm the war was doing, the innocent people it was killing, the unending hell it was creating, mattered.
Negotiate for Peace in Ukraine
What does an “eye for an eye” strategy achieve other than making “the whole world blind,” as Gandhi observed?
The Godfather of Whistleblowers
When the author blew the whistle on the CIA’s torture program in 2007, Ellsberg congratulated him and said he had friends at his side.
The Right to Seek Safety
Unimaginable terror afflicts refugees on dilapidated boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Humane alternatives should guide policies.
Neutrality or NATO?
We hope that the global community will say to the war machine that is literally destroying our planet – “Enough! Silence the Drums of War!”
Make the ‘One Democratic State’ Solution Mainstream Again
Israel is facing pressure on three fronts: its own internal contradictions, Palestinian resistance, and awareness efforts in the West.
Thousands Protest in Ramstein Against U.S. Military Hegemony
The U.S. and NATO air base in southwestern Germany has been a focus of antimilitarism protests for decades.
Oppose the U.S.-Japan Military Buildup in Okinawa and the Philippines
The Okinawan and Filipino people categorically refuse to be victims of war again; they are voicing their opposition to military buildup.
Golden Rule Makes a Splash at the United Nations
Veterans For Peace brings the peace boat’s message of nuclear disarmament and environmental justice to multiple U.N. missions,
The Banned Video Israel Doesn’t Want You To See
A powerful personal account of life under Israeli rule from a Palestinian poet and filmmaker whose house was invaded by settlers.
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
As wildfire smoke wafts over North America, artist Isaac Cordal’s critique of neoliberal capitalism is urgent and apt.
Thank You for Your Service
I say this to the peacemakers. … To those who’ve shone the light of truth upon the blood-spattered face of the empire.
The Song of the Free
All nature wear one angry frown/To crush you out – still know, my soul/You are Divine. March on and on/Nor right nor left but to the goal.
Dan Ellsberg’s Parting Plea: Don’t Wait
Right up to the end of his life, Daniel Ellsberg was a force for truth and peace, and urged the rest of us to be our best selves as well.
Requiem for Our Species
The effects of the climate crisis intrude with increasing regularity into our lives and yet we do not act. We are as paralyzed...
Austrian Censorship of Peace Conference Is An Outrage
Forty-eight hours before a global peace conference in Vienna was to begin, the venue host cancelled. Peace, it seems, cannot be discussed.
David Swanson, Kathy Kelly, John Reuwer and Brad Wolf| Spring 2023 Edition
A War Long Wanted: Diplomatic Malpractice in Ukraine
Author’s Note: This is the original draft of the letter to President Biden and the US Congress published in The New York...
Living with War, Struggling for Peace
The right to refuse to kill is a cornerstone of hope for a better world ruled not by cruel great powers of geopolitics, but truth and love.
Dr. Cornel West Announces He Is Running for President
A voice for serious social and political change in an electoral system saturated with corporate money and rigged to crush third parties.
The First Boat to Protest Nuclear Weapons is Back to Inspire a New Generation
Sixty-five years ago, the Golden Rule ignited protests that led to a partial ban on nuclear arms testing. Now she’s back to fight for abolition.
Clinging Bitterly to Guns and Religion
Americans are experiencing national and imperial decline. Can America save itself? Is this country, even worth saving?