Illinois State Capitol Hit by War Disease Epidemic
by David Swanson, November 1, 2017 The state capitol of Illinois is ground zero of a contagious outbreak of war fever. The origins, I’m afraid,
Researchers Against the War Machine – The Story of NARMIC
NARMIC wanted to research the power and money behind the defense industry and get this research into the hands of peace activists who were resisting
UN to consider banning the arms race in space
October 31, 2017, Pressenza. On the 30th of October, the First Committee of the UN General Assembly (Disarmament and International Security) approved six draft resolutions,
Statement by Ms. Charo Mina-Rojas at UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security
October 27, 2017, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security. Mr. President, Excellencies, my Civil Society colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning. I bring
America’s “Open Door Policy” May Have Led Us to the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation
It is time to step back and consider who the bully is on the Korean Peninsula, who poses a dire threat to international peace and even to the survival of the human species …
Trump Admin Continues Threats & Provocations Against North Korea, Laying Groundwork for Nuclear War
democracynow.org, October 30 2017. Tensions continue to mount between the United States and North Korea, after U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis’s week-long visit to Asia
U.S. Empire: Not Fade Away
By David Swanson, October 29, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. I wanna tell you how it’s gonna be. But I really cannot. Prediction is just vastly
Mothers I’ve Met
by Pat Elder, October 28, 2017 More than a hundred mothers have contacted me over the years, alarmed at the relationships their teenaged children were
How Peace Studies Can Help End Wars
By David Swanson Remarks at Peace and Justice Studies Association Conference in Birmingham, Alabama, October 28, 2017. Thank you for inviting me. Can everyone who
Soviet submarine officer who averted nuclear war honoured with prize
Vasili Arkhipov, who prevented escalation of the cold war by refusing to launch a nuclear torpedo against US forces, is to be awarded new ‘Future
By Killing ISIS Fighters Instead of Bringing Them to Justice, We Become as Guilty as Our Enemies
by Robert Fisk, October 27, 2017 from The Independent A profoundly important, unprecedented and dangerous decision has been taken by European leaders in the past few
A Peace Treaty with North Korea — and you can sign it!
Alarmed by the threat of a nuclear war between the U.S. and North Korea, concerned U.S. peace groups have come together to send an open
CIA in Afghanistan: Operation Phoenix Redux?
by Matthew Hoh, October 24, 2017, CounterPunch. These CIA teams in Afghanistan are not just reminiscent of the Operation Phoenix program in Vietnam, the death
Vocabulary of “Veterans’ Day”
by Robert Fantina, October 25, 2017 from WarIsACrime.org As the United States gears up for its annual mourning orgy for dead U.S. soldiers, there are
A New Poor People’s Campaign for Moral Revival
The has emerged from more than a decade of work by grassroots community and religious leaders, organizations and movements fighting to end systemic racism, poverty,
U.S. Troops Think White Nationalism Is A Larger National Security Threat Than Syria, Iraq, & Afghanistan
by Sarah Friedmann, October 24, 2017 from Bustle A new poll conducted by the Military Times revealed that U.S. military troops rate white nationalism a bigger national security threat than
U.S. Troop Deaths in Niger: AFRICOM’s Chickens Come Home to Roost
by Mark B. Fancher from Black Agenda Report, October 18, 2017 “The Trump administration is talking about a potential imminent U.S. military action to hit
Divest From the War Machine: CODEPINK #DivestFromWar Summit in DC
by Annie Windholz, October 26 2017 from Popular Resistance On October 21st CODEPINK launched a #DivestFromWar campaign in Washington D.C. at the Divest from the War
La David Johnson knew what he signed up for
By Pat Elder, October 25, 2017. By all accounts, La David was a good man. His friends remember him as a “reliable dad and husband.”
Associated Press Associates Itself With War
By David Swanson, October 25, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. Robert Burns and Matthew Pennington of the Associated Press tell us: “U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Abolitionists While US Conducts Nuclear War Games
By John LaForge, October 25, 2017. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for its successful
Resolution 50: War Is Not the Answer
October 25, 2017 WHEREAS, in 2005, the AFL-CIO Convention passed a historic resolution calling for the rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, and an
US Military Breeds Violence in Africa
TheRealNews Published on Oct 24, 2017 After the killings of U.S. soldiers in Niger and a potential U.S. link to the Mogadishu attack, author Bill
UVA’s Miller Center Plans Three Days of Russophobia
By David Swanson, October 24, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. Even as some Democrats are at long last growing frustrated with the lack of actual evidence
Where the New York Times Fails to Understand War
By David Swanson, October 23, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. Let’s read a New York Times editorial from Monday: “The United States has been at war
John Kelly and the Language of the Military Coup
When he talks about “the best” Americans, John Kelly means dead Americans—specifically, fallen soldiers.
US Admitting Syrian Militants Use Chemical Weapons ‘Welcome’ Overdue Corrective
October 21, 2017 From Sputnik News On Wednesday, the US State Department issued a Syria Travel Warning, where it wrote that the Islamic State (commonly
University of Alabama at Birmingham to host 2017 peace and justice studies conference
by Tiffany Westry Womack From UAB News Peace scholars, educators and activists from around the world will gather that the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Oct.
