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by Denise Oliver Velez, January 21, 2018, Daily Kos. It is hard to believe that an inhabited part of the United States of America was

By Gar Smith, January 19, 2018, Truthout. A recently released “pre-decisional draft” of the Pentagon’s 2018 Nuclear Posture Review calls for the development of a new generation

David Swanson, January 23, 2018, Let’s Try Democracy. Colman McCarthy is a former Washington Post columnist, from 1969 to 1997, and the director of The

Pentagon unveils strategy for military confrontation with Russia and China by Bill Van Auken, January 20, 2018, Gorilla Radio Blog. The Trump administration’s defense secretary,

By David Swanson, January 23, 2018, Let’s Try Democracy. Having spent years going to events organized by peace groups, at which people tell each other

Saddam Hussein and his senior lieutenants were rightly executed for their crimes, but the foreign politicians and officials who were responsible for the sanctions regime

By Cindy Sheehan and Rick Sterling, January 18, 2018, Resumen. The large women’s marches that took place in the U.S. to mark a year of

Yemen is at the center of the world’s worst, man made humanitarian disaster. Over 10,000 people have died from the conflict, 1 million people are

22 January 2018 Shannonwatch strongly condemns the facilitation of a meeting between US Vice President Mike Pence and US troops at Shannon Airport on Saturdaylast. The

By Ann Garrison, January 19, 2018 From Counterpunch Late last year, a divided Congress approved a military spending bill of 700 billion dollars, more than either

As sixteen delegates representing peace movements from all over the world, we have traveled from Asia, Pacific, Europe, and North America to convene the Vancouver

By Winslow Myers, January 15, 2018. In my judgment as an interested citizen, there is a breathtaking degree of denial and illusion in the world

By Jesse Johnson, January 16, 2018 From Japan Times  The U.S. Air Force announced Tuesday that it has deployed six of its powerful B-52 strategic

By Anita Hofschneider, January 17, 2018 From CivilBeat When Esme Yokooji saw the alert Saturday that a missile was heading to Hawaii — complete with huge

by Bruce Gagnon, January 16, 2018, Organizing Notes. We are on the train from Baltimore heading back to Boston.  Then we hop on a bus

by Mike Byrne, January 15, 2018, Medium. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. day, and on a day where people often discuss his dreams, they

By Will Griffin, January 16, 2018, The Peace Report. This past weekend I attended a historic groundbreaking conference in Baltimore, organized by the Coalition Against

Emanuel Pastreich (Director The Asia Institute) Nov 8th, 2017, The Peace Report. Watching the speeches of President Donald Trump and President Moon Jae-in in Seoul

Coming up on Valentine’s Day we’ll have a special treat for those who love our planet.   The makers of the film “The World Is My

World Beyond War joins with Just World Educational in promoting Earth Day events for on or about April 22, 2018, that will challenge the greatest

By David Swanson The new poor people’s campaign should get every ounce of support we can find and generate. I say that without the qualifications

Jackson Lears is the Board of Governors Professor of History at Rutgers University. Lears is the editor of the journal Raritan: A Quarterly Review. His

By Joy First, January 15, 2018 As I entered my jail cell at Capitol Police Headquarters in Washington, DC, I sat down on the cold