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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?
Inside the Amnesty Movement for Vietnam War Deserters
The Vietnam antiwar movement was a qualified success in helping end the land war, but the movement’s influence was not socially transformative.
A Veteran for Peace
When was the last time a foreign army invaded the United States? When was the last time our “national security’ was really at stake?
Abandon Industrial Farming
Many will argue that chemicals are needed to feed the population, but this is a false dilemma. [su_dropcap...
Cancelling Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Republican lawmakers in New Hampshire had a marker at Elizabeth Gurley Flynn’s childhood home removed just two weeks after it was unveiled.
We Need a Treaty Against the Use of Weaponized Drones
itizen activism to bring about changes in how brutal wars are conducted is extremely...
Kathy Boudin: A Woman to Remember
Kathy Boudin was a significant figure in the fight against mass incarceration in the country the most prisoners per capita in the world.
Bolivia’s Ten Commandments to Save the Planet
In order to save the planet, the capitalist model must be eradicated and the North must pay its ecological debt.
The Impossible Greatness of Joe Louis: Boxing’s Most Dominant Champion
Not only did Louis dominate his sport during boxing’s Golden Age, he transcended the color barrier and was cheered by Americans of all races.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture| Spring 2023 Edition
What Do We Have To Lose? Everything
All that is gained can be lost, just as the liberation that the Civil War and Emancipation brought was squandered after Reconstruction.
The Official Story of the Ukraine War Is Grossly Misleading
Russia and Putin are the only perpetrators; everyone else is either an innocent bystander or an unfortunate victim—so goes the official story.
Reverse the Accelerating Warfare State Before It’s Too Late!
When the government talks war, organizes for war, has military bases in 100 countries and provokes belligerence, wars are likely to happen.
A Few Good Men
One of the best descriptions of the commonalities between foreign and domestic violence, war abroad and war at home and the role of racism in both.
A Few Words About Memorial Day
A future without war and all its awfulness is the best way to honor our troops, even as we cherish the memory of the heroes who died.
Antiwar Protest in Belfast, Maine
Young and old alike affirmed our belief that the U.S. people are are eager to see this Biden administration war aimed at Russia shut down.
How a Small Activist Sailing Ship Successfully Challenged the Nuclear Arms Race
The 1958 voyage of the Golden Rule offers important strategic lessons on how to confront an overwhelming evil and win.
Israeli Youth Are Burning Their Draft Orders
Anti-government protests have helped mainstream views long deemed illegitimate. Young people are more willing to hear about the occupation.
Eyewitness Crimea
We found a people who seem quite content to remain a part of Russia just as Crimea has been, except for a brief interval, since 1783.
The War in Ukraine Was Provoked—and Why That Matters to Achieve Peace
The question of NATO enlargement is at the center of this war, and U.S. weaponry will not end it. Only diplomatic efforts can do that.
“No Safe Place in Gaza”: Palestinians Speak Out During Israeli Assault
On May 18. tens of thousands of ultra-rightwing Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and journalists, chanting “Death to Arabs.”
From Beyond the Death of Beyond Vietnam
Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to humankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies.
Did Russia Have ‘Other Options’ on Ukraine?
The assumption that Russia had other options to invasion bespeaks the poverty of the discussion on Ukraine.
Why We Should Abolish the Super-Rich
In the United States, the top 0.1 percent now control about the same amount of wealth as the bottom 90 percent of the entire population.
Nakba 75: Existence is Resistance
This animated short tells a story of exile and denial from homeland that is shared by millions of Palestinian refugees.
Jerry Mander – A Love Letter to Life
Author, bon vivant, and impresario of activism whose career of sensational campaigns reads like a history of the modern progressive movement.
A Force for Peace in The New York Times
Going against the dominant narrative, an ad in the New York Times urges diplomacy and not more war in Ukraine.