Veterans Urge Drone Operators to Refuse Orders to Fly
Letter Reinforces Call Made in National TV Ad Campaign Hastings on Hudson, NY – An increasing number of United States military veterans are counseling United
Talk Nation Radio: Waging Peace With David Hartsough
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-waging-peace-with-david-hartsough David Hartsough is the author, with Joyce Hollyday, of Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist. Hartsough is executive director of Peaceworkers, based
Militarism is a bad deal
By Tom H. Hastings When Benjamin Netanyahu courted, received, and responded to an invitation to address a far rightwing Republican Congress in order to publicly,
Ukraine and the Apocalyptic Risk of Propagandized Ignorance
By David Swanson I’m not sure if there’s been a better written book published yet this year than Ukraine: Zbig’s Grand Chessboard and How the
Human Experimentation: a CIA Habit
The Guardian on Monday made public a CIA document allowing the agency’s director to “approve, modify, or disapprove all proposals pertaining to human subject research.”
German MPs from the Left Party will protest at Ramstein Air Force Base on June 15th
On Monday, June 15th 2015, a group of Left MP´s from the Deutscher Bundestag (German Parliament), supported by local peace activists, will try to gain
Call of the international groups of fasters: 70 years after Hiroshima, we demand nuclear disarmament!
We are groups of fasters who have decided to deny ourselves nourishment for 4 days, from August 6th, the anniversary of Hiroshima, till August 9th,
Pentagon Admits War Is Illegal
The Pentagon has just published 1,204 pages on how it thinks you can behave legally during a war. Looking through this “Law of War Manual”
Senator Pushes Edge of Skin-Tight Envelope
By David Swanson Democratic-Party-based activist groups are urging each other to praise and support Senator Chris Murphy (Democrat, Connecticut) for laying out a better-than-average foreign
Syria Appeal to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the German Bundestag and the European Parliament
Appeal to Chancellor Angela Merkel and the members and parliamentary groups of the German Bundestag and the European Parliament Stop starving out the people of
Do People in the Philippines Appreciate What the U.S. Does for (to) Them?
Speech delivered as a part of Women Cross the DMZ events at the Women’s Peace Symposium on May 26, 2015, in Seoul, Korea.
The Bravery of Vince Bugliosi
Vincent Bugliosi, generally noted as the prosecutor of Charles Manson and author of Helter Skelter, is dead. Vince had a remarkable skill as a prosecutor
Fear and Learning in Kabul
By Kathy Kelly “Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world… Shall
A View From the Other 96%
Exposing Lies of Empire by Andre Vltchek is an 800-page tour of the world between 2012 and 2015 without a Western tour guide. It ought
World Beyond War June 2015 Social Media Campaign
Thank you for helping World Beyond War expand our message using social media! You can help by: (1) Retweeting our June campaign tweet: https://twitter.com/WorldBeyondWar/status/607911264350662656 (2)
Drone victim sues US government over family deaths in Yemen
From REPRIEVE A Yemeni man, whose innocent nephew and brother-in-law were killed in an August 2012 U.S. drone strike, has today filed a lawsuit in
Obituary: Tariq Aziz, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
Tariq Aziz, former Prime Minister of Iraq has passed away. Twelve years of suffering in Iraqi jails have ended and he can finally rest in
Harrowing Account of Attempting to Get Into Gaza from Egypt
Crossing Rafah by JOHNNY BARBER The Rafah Crossing from Egypt to Gaza was opened on May 26th for 2 days after being closed for the
Why do Afghan children have to polish boots and sell ‘bolonis’?
By Dr Hakim Inam polishes leather shoes and Adilah sells flour pancakes. They make a living on the dangerous streets of fortified Kabul, two of
Congressman McGovern Acts to Force House Debate on U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq and Syria
McGovern Leads Bipartisan Resolution Setting Stage for AUMF Vote; Condemns House Republican Leadership for Failure to Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA),
Daniel Ellsberg on national TV in Norway
— in Oslo on Stand Up For Truth tour June 3, 2015 http://tv.nrk.no/serie/aktuelt-tv/NNFA50060315/03-06-2015
Rep. McGovern Forces House to Vote Yes or No on War
Congressman Jim McGovern has introduced this privileged resolution: PDF with the remarks that follow. This will force the U.S. House of Representatives to vote yes