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How does war impact people who believe in it? What does it do to people who live through it? How does it feel to begin

By David Swanson I lead a sheltered life. Apart from visiting Afghanistan once during a war, the closest I come to danger is in sports,

Once again this year, the clear winner, in not just women’s soccer and incarceration, but also in militarism, is the United States of America, sweeping

Max Blumenthal’s latest book, The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza, tells a powerful story powerfully well. I can think of a few

From Veterans For Peace U.S. State Department Should Demand Immediate Release of all Passengers St. Louis, MO. — Veterans For Peace applauds the international Freedom

By Ann Wright I’ve just set foot on dry land after five days at sea on one of the four boats of Gaza Freedom Flotilla

Iraqis were attempting the nonviolent overthrow of their dictator prior to his violent overthrow by the United States in 2003. When U.S. troops began to

https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-andre-vltchek-on-exposing-lies-of-the-empire Andre Vltchek is a writer, reporter, playwright, photographer, and filmmaker. He has reported from around the world. His latest book, which he discusses, is

By Kathy Kelly Each year, throughout the Muslim world, believers participate in the month-long Ramadan fast. Here in Kabul, where I’m a guest of the Afghan

By upstatedroneaction.org FOUR HANCOCK ANTI-DRONE ACTIVISTS GUILTY OF TRESPASS, BUT ACQUITTED OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND OF OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION (OGA), A MISDEMEANOR. SENTENCING WILL BE

 June 28 will mark 6 years since the U.S.-backed military coup in Honduras took the people’s government away from them. Thousands of people are still

U.S. Conference of Mayors Unanimously Adopts Resolution “Calling for Effective Implementation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Disarmament Obligation and Redirection of Nuclear Weapons Spending to

By Arnold Oliver Along the rugged coast of northern California’s Humboldt County, maritime history is being made. June 20th marked the launch ceremony of the

https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-kevin-gosztola-on-harassing-prosecuting-imprisoning-the-wrong-people Kevin Gosztola is a journalist for Firedoglake.com and co-host of the weekly podcast radio show, “Unauthorized Disclosure.” He regularly covers whistleblowing, secrecy and WikiLeaks. He

Four Defendants Go On Trial 24 June at DeWitt, NY Town Court for Opposing Reaper Drone War Crimes at Hancock Air Base At 9am, Wednesday

Monday morning  at 7-8AM  tune in (KPFK 90.7 fm) or log on: http://archive.kpfk.org/index.php?shokey=ctd Lila Garrett’s  CONNECT THE DOTS.  Guests include: Commentary: Converting our war economy

By Harvey Wasserman The cries for the death of the Charleston murderer are already mounting. But we can do better. One would expect in this

By David Swanson Books about how World War I started, and to a lesser degree how World War II started, have tended in recent years

By Sharon Tennison The relations between the two nuclear superpowers, Russia and the U.S., deteriorated so rapidly during the Ukraine build-up to war in 2014

By Kathy Barker, ScientistsAsCitizens.org There are academics over the world who don’t believe that militarism and war serve humanity, and do not want their institutions