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That little smoke-filled room where our despair and paranoia incline us to imagine a small number of evil people run the world clearly forgot to

https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-an-actually-great-candidate  Mike Ferner is a candidate for mayor of Toledo, Ohio. See http://www.mikeferner.com Mike Ferner grew up in rural Ohio, working on farms much of

Via Stop The War Coalition Explosion from Saudi airstrike on Sanaa, Yemen. Letter to The Guardian signed by Mark Rylance, Charlotte Church, Len McCluskey, Caroline

By David Swanson The United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals don’t just ignore the fact that development isn’t sustainable; they revel in it. One of

By Joy First The voices of the people are not being heard as we are increasingly denied access to our government officials.  For many, we

After 25,000 people asked, Senator Bernie Sanders added a few words to his presidential campaign website about the 96% of humanity he’d been ignoring. He

By Alice Slater The stirring condemnation of nuclear weapons by Pope Francis today at the United Nations and his call for their prohibition and complete

 During this year’s competition for Miss Italy, contestants were asked what historical epoch they might like to have lived in and why. The first young

By David Rothauser Sixty –eight years ago they gave peace and nobody listened. In 1947 a peace constitution was born, but nobody noticed. Sixty-eight years

I lack patience. I admit it. There’s my confession. I couldn’t sit through the Pope’s slow and plodding and polite speech to Congress, waiting for

Q. AND A. WITH FRANCIS A. BOYLE ON BIOWARFARE By Sherwood Ross Francis A. Boyle is a leading American professor, practitioner and advocate of international

As documented in Douglas Blackmon’s book, Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, the institution

The Pope will speak to Congress on Thursday. No other institution on earth does more to destroy the habitability of the planet for future generations.

As the world celebrates the International Day of Peace and marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Peace Boat and the

https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-khury-petersen-smith-on-black-solidarity-with-palestine  Khury Petersen-Smith is an activist who lives in Boston. He traveled to Gaza in 2009 as part of the Viva Palestina medical relief delegation.

DRONES KILL CHILDREN — DRONES FLY, CHILDREN DIE Update 10:30 a.m. — Five have been arrested.  This morning, Monday, September 21, members of the grassroots

By Kathy Kelly #Enough! Fatima needs food and proper medical care, not war! Kabul—Some days ago, at the Afghan Peace Volunteers’ Borderfree Center, I met

By Dr Hakim Hadisa, a bright 18 year old Afghan girl, ranks as the top student in her 12th grade class. “The question is,” she

SOWING THE SEEDS OF HOPE: FROM CONGRESS TO THE WHITE HOUSE Join us at an event organized by the National Campaign of Nonviolent Resistance in

Today, every day, we wake up, and we want to live differently, because the status quo stinks! 🙂 Join the Afghan Peace Volunteers and street

This article was first published by the Albany Times Union. Politicians should work toward nurturing the ability to comfortably shift our understanding of others by

 In the United States it’s hard to imagine admiring an attorney general. The words call to mind people like Eric Holder, Michael Mukasey, Alberto Gonzales,

In the United States it is considered fashionable to maintain a steadfast ignorance of rejected peace offers, and to believe that all the wars launched

Say it everywhere you go on hoodies, t-shirts, women’s t-shirts, and tote bags. When you buy them you support building a World Beyond War. CLICK