Emails were leaked, not hacked
By William Binney, Ray McGovern, Baltimore Sun It has been several weeks since the New York Times reported that “overwhelming circumstantial evidence” led the
A brief history of war and drugs: From Vikings to Nazis
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Why Release the Torture Report Now
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Nobel Laureates Urge President Obama to Bring Justice to the Exiled Chagossian People before Leaving Office
Washington, DC, January 5, 2017 — Seven Nobel Laureates, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, are urging fellow Nobel Laureate President Barack Obama to use his last
The Democratic Party Line That Could Torch Civil Liberties… and Maybe Help Blow Up the World
By Norman Solomon, Roots Action Many top Democrats are stoking a political firestorm. We keep hearing that Russia attacked democracy by hacking into Democratic
US Army, German Bundeswehr dispatch thousands of troops to Eastern Europe
By Johannes Stern, World Socialist Web Site A massive deployment of US and NATO troops to Poland and the Baltic states is underway. According to
Minister for Transport Must Explain Flight from Shannon to NATO Air Base in Southern Turkey
Press Release Shannonwatch calls on the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross to explain why a plane operating on behalf of the US
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Bremerhaven Appeal – No to saber rattling – Stop the movement of troops!
By several groups and organizations in Germany Starting on January 6, 2017, the U.S. Army will move a complete tank brigade with 4000 soldiers and
Talk Nation Radio: Dave Webb on Keeping Weapons and Nuclear Power Out of Space
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Tony Jenkins, Advisory Board Member
Tony Jenkins is a Member of the Advisory Board of World BEYOND War and a former Education Director of World BEYOND War. Tony Jenkins, PhD,
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By David Swanson To many Democrats for whom killing a million people in Iraq just didn’t rise to the level of an impeachable offense, and
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Tweeting while the world comes to its senses
By John LaForge, PeaceVoice When Donald Trump Tweeted something about nuclear weapons Dec. 23, I thought he must be deliberately trivializing the Bomb to make
Hundreds Launch ‘Civil March For Aleppo’ To Demand Help For Refugee
Hundreds of peace activists on Monday launched an on-foot march from Berlin, Germany to Aleppo, Syria in hopes of building political pressure to end the fighting and help refugees there.
Arms Trade Treaty Falling Down in Yemen
By Lyndal Rowlands, Inter Press Service News Agency Two years after the UN Arms Trade Treaty entered into force many of the governments which championed
Challenge to Prime Minister Abe’s Militarism Makes Big News Outside the U.S. Media
An open letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from 53 scholars and activists on the occasion of his visit to Hawaii has received no
To Weapons Dealers, Laws Are Decorative Holiday Ornaments
You might be forgiven for imagining that laws are serious things. When you violate them, you can be locked in a cage for decades. That’s not true for big-time weapons dealers like the U.S. government.
New Signers of Peace Pledge — December 2016
Basel Khalifeh AE Max Preglau Austin Oregon AT Traudlinde Aigner hohenau AT Flo Polster Vienna Wien AT Heinrich Waller Bregenz Vorarlberg AT
Resolved: To Find Peace Advocates in Every Nation
From all around the globe, nearly 50,000 people have signed this statement: I understand that wars and militarism make us less safe rather than protect
German evacuation for WW2 bomb disposal in Augsburg
By BBC News More than 50,000 residents from the German city of Augsburg were evacuated from their homes so that a huge World War
Yes, Dubya, Now I Miss You
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