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https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-james-marc-leas-on-canceling-the-f-35 James Marc Leas is a founding member of the Stop the F-35 Coalition in Burlington Vermont. He has published some two dozen articles on

By Ramesh Thakur ‘God created war so Americans could learn geography’ (1) On 3 October, taking another step on the road to a new cold

The left is profoundly divided over the conflict, but we should at least agree on a set of principles to end it. By Phyllis Bennis, The

By David Swanson Imagine if a local business in your town invented a brand new tool that was intended to have an almost magical effect

By David Swanson Picture, if you will, video footage of vintage (early 2016) Donald Trump buffoonery with the CEO of CBS Leslie Moonves commenting on

by Sabia Rigby, Voices for Creative Nonviolence   “I was in jail with a Libyan man, his friends came and broke into the jail and

By Anthony Lonetree, Star Tribune The choir sang beautifully and the cadets gave it their best “left, right, left” while marching in a Navy Junior Reserve

Personnel on military bases in the UK have been involved in choosing targets for a secret US drone campaign which has killed hundreds of civilians

BY HUNTER MCKEE, Fox Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCCU) — Protesters lined up outside the University of Illinois Law School Friday. An anti-war group who expressed

By Ann Wright Its like we are back to the 1800s when the U.S. Army rampaged against Native American tribes across the American West.  The

“As a 29 year veteran of the US Army/Army Reserves, retiring as a Colonel and having served as a U.S. diplomat for 16 years and

“I support this proposal and agree with this great and important initiative to abolish militarism and war.  I will continue to speak out for an

“What I appreciate most about World Beyond War is that it does not ruminate on the pluses and minuses of each military intervention but takes

“With a country that seems to be engaged in perpetual war, this conference was an important step towards reorienting a peace & justice movement.” —

“This year’s World Beyond War Conference was an extraordinary gathering of activists, writers, and community organizers — a critical step in building power and the

By David Swanson Back in the winter of 1982, Air Florida flight 90 took off from National Airport. The first officer noticed dangerous readings on

By International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) The United Nations today adopted a landmark resolution to launch negotiations in 2017 on a treaty outlawing

By David Swanson A new poll from an unlikely source suggests that the U.S. public and the U.S. media have very little in common when

Government leaders must leave behind these four failed counterterrorism strategies. By Michael German, US News and World Report   The counterterrorism debate is again playing

By David Swanson Officially, of course, the national bird of the United States is that half-a-peace-sign that Philadelphia sports fans like to hold up at

Five peace group have come together to oppose the awarding of the Tipperary International Peace Prize to US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday

By Sabia Rigby “I was in jail with a Libyan man, his friends came and broke into the jail and let us go, too. There

9 Anti-Drone Protesters Blocked Traffic Entering a U.S. Drone Base in Marysville, Calif. 4 Activists Arrested While Trying to Impede Beale Air Force Base’s participation in

Many in national security circles consider the risk of a confrontation with Russia to be severe: ‘I wouldn’t put it past them to shoot down

The International Criminal Court charges only Africans with human rights crimes while granting impunity to U.S. officials and their allies, undermining what had been a

By David Swanson, World Beyond War I recently debated a pro-war professor on the topic “Is war ever necessary?” (video). I argued for abolishing war.

War is first and foremost a profitable racket. By Dennis Kucinich, The Nation Washington, DC, may be the only place in the world where people

Data to be made public this week reveals the extent to which the weapons were used on “soft targets”  Records detailing as many as 181,000

A protest, led by the Women Wage Peace organization, included Liberian Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee, who spoke warmly of the initiative and working toward