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By David Swanson If the recent spate of anti-drone movies and plays was making you feel warm thoughts about U.S. culture, you’ll want to avoid

By Jackie Cabasso, Den Hague From 1948 – 1956 the United States detonated 67 nuclear weapons test explosions over the Marshall Islands, a tiny nation

Dear Mr. President, Forty-five years ago I was convicted of violating the Selective Service Act. Some time later, after completing my parole and graduating from

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday he has decided to temporarily suspend preliminary work on moving a

  What happens when there are endless wars accompanied by militarized policing, spreading racism, erosion of civil rights, and concentration of wealth, but the only

Premiering around the end of March will be one of the best films I’ve ever seen on peace activism: Paying the Price for Peace produced

Each year the Congressional Progressive Caucus releases a weaker and weaker budget proposal. This year they asked for input first. I sent them this and

By David Swanson “Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” –Orwell The U.S. government has reached the bottom

By David Swanson Bring spray bottles of pink liquid to military recruitment offices and displays. Spray them. Tell potential recruits: Be all that you can

By Sam Husseini There were some lovely, moving moments in the memorial service of Concepcion Picciotto at Luther’s Place Church on Saturday. Concepcion is known

  https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/one-hour-special-mary-anne-grady-flores-from-jail-on-why-she-protested-killer-drones Mary Anne Grady Flores speaks in this 1-hour special from inside the jail near Syracuse, N.Y., where she has been imprisoned for 6

By Karl Meyer The possibility of war between nuclear armed powers is returning as a real threat to the security of people all over the

By David Swanson A cease-fire, even a partial one by only some of the parties to the war in Syria, is the perfect first step

By David Swanson, American Herald Tribune The U.S. government, from Dick Cheney to Hillary Clinton, told blatant lies about the Iraqi government creating chemical, biological,

By Bill Galvin and Maria Santelli, Center on Conscience & War[1] With the combat restriction for women in the US Armed Forces now lifted, discussion

By Harvey Wasserman, David Swanson, Bob Fitrakis Bernie Sanders’ common sense proposals for dealing with universal health care, college tuition, restoring the infrastructure, confronting poverty

By Joy First On Friday February 19 Phil Runkel was found guilty of trespassing in Juneau County, WI by Judge Paul Curran after a 22

By Edward Hasbrouck On Friday the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles that had dismissed

The United States has launched over 100,000 air strikes during its war on (or is it of) terror. It’s blown up houses, apartments, weddings, dinners,

By David Swanson The military draft has not been used in the United States since 1973, but the machinery has remained in place (costing the

If you’ve just seen Michael Moore’s movie and are wondering how in the world the United States got diverted into the slow lane to hell,

By Wolfgang Lieberknecht Let us create an international “Network for a UN Special Conference to overcome causes for flight and to protect refugees!” The immigration

Winnipeg Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 60 Maryland St. Winnipeg R3G 1K7   14 February 2016   Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

  https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-dahlia-wasfi-on-the-past-quarter-century-of-us-bombing-of-iraq Dahlia Wasfi is an Iraqi-American justice activist who has written and spoken extensively on U.S. policy in the region of Iraq. She is

By David Swanson I’m afraid that one of the best books I’ve read on war abolition may be overlooked by non-Catholics, because its title is

Your new movie, Where to Invade Next, is very powerful, your best so far for certain. Get well. Fast. We need you. You’ve packed a

The new book This Is An Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century by Mark Engler and Paul Engler is a terrific survey

Pass the popcorn! Wait till I tweet this! Did you see the look on his face? Ain’t elections exciting? We just can’t get enough of

By Joy First On February 9, 2016 Judge Paul Curran found me guilty of trespass for walking onto the Air National Guard Base at Volk