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Marathon diplomatic negotiation at 16th Assembly of States Parties in New York achieves consensus on activating ICC jurisdiction over leaders who wage aggressive war—with conditions.

By Art Laffin, December 15, 2019, National Catholic Reporter. On Nov. 10, at a special Vatican conference on “Prospects for a World Free of Nuclear

by Brian Terrell, December 15, 2017 On December 11, in response to the growing humanitarian crisis in Yemen, more than 50 concerned people including representatives

By David Swanson, December 14, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. Evian is not just a bottled water company. And the town of Évian-les-Baines in France on

The Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand/Aotearoa, chapter of World Beyond War is being organized by Liz Remmerswaal Hughes, who wants your help. Contact her below. Liz

Even a limited war with North Korea would kill millions, devastate the environment, and bankrupt the U.S. Preventing it should be the peace movement’s highest

By Robert C. Koehler, December 13, 2017, Common Wonders. “. . . real security can only be shared . . .” I call it news

By JP Sottile, December 10, 2017, Truthout. The US economy is caught in a trap. That trap is the Department of Defense: an increasingly sticky

From Burning Issue, December 12, 2017 Audio Link Over the past few days, we have been closely watching developments in the Middle East following US

by David Felton, December 12, 2017 This Monday, the New York City Police Department arrested 15 people for blocking entry to the US Mission to

By David Swanson, December 13, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. According to the Washington Post, “Preemptive war could risk millions of casualties. But . . .

By Julian Borger, December 12, 2017, The Guardian. Secretary of state’s remarks appear to mark shift in state department policy, which had previously required proof

Jonathan R. Latham, PhD is co-founder and Executive Director of the Bioscience Resource Project and the Editor of Independent Science News. Dr. Latham holds a

Video by Ford Fischer, Photos and Article by Alejandro Alvarez, December 11, 2017, News2Share. It’s the holiday season in Washington, and Christmas carolers with bells

by David Swanson, December 11, 2017 Well, we tried a petition, and I tried a TED talk (in fact two of em), and the Daily Progress daily newspaper, and Channel 19 four

Here is the Nobel Lecture given by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2017, ICAN, delivered by Beatrice Fihn and Setsuko Thurlow, Oslo, 10 December 2017.

by David Swanson, December 10, 2017 From DavidSwanson.org Sun Tzu, whose book, The Art of War, was written some 2,500 years ago during a period of

by Jeffrey St. Clair – Alexander Cockburn, December 8, 2017, CounterPunch. The bleak truth is that a careful review of the activities of the CIA

From The Peace Report, December 7, 2017 Veterans For Peace is going on their third delegation to Okinawa in December 2017. Two new U.S. military

By David Swanson, December 7, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. Donald Trump is tweeting about a particular spot in Hawaii. He visited it recently on his

By David Swanson, December 7, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. If you haven’t seen Charlottesville on the news lately, you should know that the Lee Statue

From PANA, December 7, 2017 This Friday a decision will be made in Dail Eireann to join a new EU military structure called Pesco, that will dramatically increase

by David Swanson, December 4, 2017 From Notizie Senza Frontiere When I was teaching myself how to write, when I was about 20 to 25,

by John LaForge, December 6, 2017 US general says order to launch nuclear weapons can be refused if illegal —Chicago Tribune, Nov. 18 US nuclear