We Should Be More Viking
By David Swanson A birth lottery winner, or a chooser behind a Rawlsian veil of ignorance, today would likely end up not as a U.S.
War Is a Lie: Peace Activist David Swanson Tells the Truth
By Gar Smith / Environmentalists Against War At a Memorial Day book signing at Diesel Books, David Swanson, the founder of World Beyond War and author
Global Days of Listening
Listen to the conversation live: GlobalDaysofListening.org 5 – 8 pm : Kabul, Afghanistan 3:30 – 6:30 pm : Gaza, Palestine; Israel, Iraq 1:30 – 4:30 pm : UK
Building Bridges of Peace instead of Fear-Citizen Diplomacy with Russia
By Ann Wright I just flew across 11 times zones–from Tokyo, Japan to Moscow, Russia. Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than
Why I am Going to Russia
By David Hartsough The US and Russian governments are pursuing dangerous policies of nuclear brinkmanship. Many people believe we are closer to nuclear war than
ISIS and U.S. Weaponry: At Home and Abroad
By David Swanson When someone commits mass murder in the United States and is tied, however significantly, to a foreign terrorist group, there remains a
Talking About Forgiveness
By David Swanson An atheist’s sermon on Luke 7: 36-50 delivered at Saint Joan of Arc in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 12, 2016. Forgiveness is
Thousands Protest at U.S. Air Force Base in Germany Against Drones
Several thousand demonstrators formed a human chain along the perimeter of a U.S. Air Force Base in southwest Germany in protest against drones. #WorldBEYONDWar
“Modern Warfare Destroys Your Brain” in More Ways Than One
By David Swanson The most likely way to die in a U.S. war, by far, is to live in the country that the United States
Latest Trip to Russia: During a Challenging Time
By Sharon Tennison, Center for Citizen Initiatives Hi Friends, (Click map to see larger version) Within the week we leave for Russia during an extremely
No War 2016 Speakers
Friday and Saturday events will be livestreamed at TheRealNews.com and videos posted there within three days after. There is no more room to register to
Enormous, ‘Seriously Destabilizing’ NATO War Games Begin In Poland
By Deirdre Fulton, Popular Resistance The United States is providing around 14,000 troops for the exercise, more than any other participating nation Drawing Russian rebuke,
World Social Forum 2016 in Montreal
World Social Forum 2016 in Montreal (Canada): Call for mobilization to social and citizens’ movements https://fsm2016.org/en/ We invite social movements from around the world to
“Flag Day Has Been Canceled!”
If that headline sounds a bit like “God Is Dead” to you, you just might be from the United States. Only what the people who
School Days and Grenade Launchers
By Robert C. Koehler, Common Wonders Come on, they aren’t tanks, they’re armored rescue vehicles. And the, uh, grenade launchers would only be used to
Thousands expected to protest alleged drone operations at Ramstein
By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Thousands of peace activists from across Germany and abroad are expected on Saturday to demonstrate
Alternatives to War from the Bottom Up
By Stephen Zunes, Films For Action MORE THAN AT ANY OTHER time in history, a strong case can be made on pragmatic, utilitarian grounds that war
No War 2016 Agenda
Friday and Saturday events will be livestreamed at TheRealNews.com and videos posted there within three days after. There is no more room to register to
The Finger on the Button
By Winslow Myers If we had a nickel for everyone who has muttered some variation on “I worry about Donald Trump’s finger on the nuclear
After Eight Years of Protest of Construction of Naval Base, Gangjeong Villagers Sued by South Korean Navy
By Ann Wright The South Korean Navy filed a civil lawsuit against 116 individual anti-base protesters and 5 groups including the Gangjeong Village Association demanding
US Military Bases on Okinawa are Dangerous Places
By Ann Wright, Remarks at Women Against Military Violence Symposium, Naha, Okinawa As a 29 year veteran of the US Army, I first want to
Next Time Someone Says Nothing Is Made in the USA Anymore, Show Them This
By JP Sottile, AntiMedia Who says nothing is made in the USA anymore? Certainly not the well-heeled denizens of the State Department’s diplomatic corps. And
2016 Keep Space for Peace Week
We are taking orders for our 2016 Keep Space for Peace Week (October 1-8) poster now just before we go to print. We feel this
Beauty Contestants Now for World War, not World Peace
By David Swanson Even within what Dr. King called the greatest purveyor of violence in the world, there used to be one constituency you could
International Fast to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Call of the international groups of fasters We demand nuclear disarmament! We are groups of fasters who have decided to forego nourishment for at