Swords to Plowshares: The Belltower
This touring Belltower, dedicated by Veterans For Peace on Memorial Day 2014 in Raleigh, North Carolina, is covered with windblown plaques with personal inscriptions in
First-person Shooter Games, the US Military, and Serial Killers
By Pat Elder, May 23, 2018. Both Nik Cruz, the Parkland shooter, and Dimitri Dimitrios Pagourtzis, the Santa Fe shooter, were emotionally distraught because of
Talk Nation Radio: Gail Davidson on Lawlessness of U.S. Sanctioning of Torture
by David Swanson, May 22, 2018. Gail Davidson is a legal activist working for a better world through advocacy and education to enhance understanding of
Divest From BlackRock! May 23 In New York City
By Marc Eliot Stein, May 22, 2018 On Wednesday morning, May 23 2018 in New York City, the annual shareholder’s meeting of BlackRock, the shadowy
An Open Letter To Those Who Meet With Mohamed Bin Salman
May 22, 2018 An Open Letter to Business Leaders and Actors, Directors, and Producers Who Met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, including Adam
New War Opponents
By David Swanson, May 20, 2018. For those of us who fully expected most U.S. peace activists to vanish once Barack Obama became president but
Tim Kaine’s War Scam Hits a Speed Bump
By David Swanson, May 18, 2018 Virginia ought to be in the running for worst U.S. senators in the country, a couple of walking catastrophes
War Is Love
By David Swanson, May 17, 2018 Photo by Truthdig. On Monday I was arrested along with many other people in the street in front of
The Pentagon Can’t Account for $21 Trillion (That’s Not a Typo)
By Lee Camp, May 14, 2018, TruthDig. Twenty-one trillion dollars. The Pentagon’s own numbers show that it can’t account for $21 trillion. Yes, I mean
Children Are Being Exposed to Lead Through Military Shooting Programs
by Pat Elder for BUZZFLASH at Truthout. New York Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal has introduced Assembly Bill A10428 to prohibit marksmanship programs in New York state
World Gets a Two-Minute Warning on the Risk of Nuclear War
by Roger Kimmel Smith, May 14, 2018, The Progressive. Leaders of the international peace movement met in New York City over the weekend to grapple
Talk Nation Radio: The Movement Music of Tom Neilson
By David Swanson, May 15, 2018 This week on Talk Nation Radio we will be speaking with and listening to the music of Tom Neilson.
Mobile freelancing: Reporter goes rocking and rolling for peace
By Jenny Knizner, Moonlighting, May 15, 2018, USA TODAY. “By creating an ideal in your mind, you can identify yourself with it until you become
Militarism Mapped 2018
By David Swanson World BEYOND War has just released an updated 2018 mapping of militarism in the world. The map system can be explored and
Enough is Enough. The Time Has Come to BDS the US.
People, organizations, and governments around the world, and people and organizations in the United States, need to stand up at long last and nonviolently resist
How ‘American Exceptionalism’ Is Exploited to Justify War and Exploitation
Curing Exceptionalism. BEN NORTON: It’s The Real News. I’m Ben Norton. This is part two of my interview with the activist and journalist David Swanson. We’re
Kings Bay Plowshares Indicted in Southern District of Georgia Federal Court
Press Release May 4, 2018 On April 4, 2018, the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Liz McAlister,
If Bobby Kennedy Had Lived
by David Swanson, May 4, 2018. Fifty years ago, Bobby Kennedy was about to win the Democratic presidential primary in Indiana. He would soon lose
Call for the Baltic Sea: A Sea of Peace
To all governments, Members of Parliament and Members of the European Parliament in the Baltic Sea region. To all environmental and peace institutions in the
The Latest Act in Israel’s Iran Nuclear Disinformation Campaign
By Gareth Porter, May 3, 2018 From Consortium News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim in his theatrical 20-minute presentation of an Israeli physical seizure of Iran’s
Two Billboards Outside Albany, New York
Just like the movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri challenged public officials to solve a murder, two new billboards outside Albany are challenging Washington to
“Cut your ties”: Student disrupts graduation ceremony to expose weapons links
University of Sydney, May 1, 2018. A University Medal recipient has disrupted their graduation ceremony today by dropping a banner calling on the University of
Top 100 Reasons Not to Bomb Iran
By David Swanson, May 2, 2018. There are over 80 million men, women, and children in Iran. Bombing them would be mass-murder. If the U.S.
US judge: Iran must pay $6bn to victims of 9/11 attacks
Lawsuit alleges Iran trained September 11 hijackers but official investigation found no evidence of Iranian involvement. Aljazeera News, May 1, 2018. A judge in the
David Swanson Discusses Curing American Exceptionalism
Opednews.com Progressive News and Opinion”: David Swanson is the director of worldbeyondwar and campaign coordinator of RootsAction.org He blogs at davidSwanson.com and warIsACrime.com. His books
Daniel Berrigan’s Ethic of Resurrection and the Kings Bay Plowshares
by Art Laffin, April 30, 2018, Pax Christi USA. “The No to state uttered by the unarmed Christ is vindicated in His resurrection. Of this,
Peace Comes to Korea: Let’s Understand Why
By David Swanson, April 30, 2018. When peace shows its face, and weapons companies’ stocks plummet, we have to do more than just cheer. We
How Suzy Hansen Lost Her U.S. Exceptionalism
By David Swanson, April 29, 2018. Suzy Hansen’s book Notes on a Foreign Country is the diary of someone going through the process of gaining
Nevada City Council Passes Peace Budget Resolution
By Paula Orloff The Nevada City City Council unanimously approved a Local Peace Budget Resolution (see below) on April 25, 2018 after about 20 people
Incredible Agreement Between Leaders of North Korea and South Korea
By Ann Wright, April 27, 2018 Holy Smoke! Who could have written a better agreement for the first meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-In