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
Film: Costa Rica Abolished its Military, Never Regretted it
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, June 4, 2015 The forthcoming film, A Bold Peace: Costa Rica’s Path of Demilitarization, should be given every possible
The anti-war report from Left Forum 2015 in New York
By Carrie Giunta, Stop The War Coalition A strong contingent of anti-war groups gathered in New York at the annual Left Forum conference. Hundreds of
Videos: Andreas Schüller and Kat Craig on Drone Victim’s German Lawsuit
Originally published at Truthout.org This open letter, addressed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and signed by 21 leading US peace activists and 21 US peace organizations, was
Headlines Notwithstanding, Support for Drones Drops Slightly
By Buddy Bell, Voices For Creative Nonviolence A new survey just released by the Pew Research Center (www.pewresearch.org) found that respondents have become much more
Talk Nation Radio: James Bradley on pre-WWII China Lobby that fooled U.S. public
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-james-bradley-on-pre-wwii-china-lobby-that-fooled-us-public/ James Bradley’s new book is The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia. He describes the China Lobby that convinced the
Nuclear Realism
By Robert C. Koehler There’s a category of political intellectuals who proudly proclaim themselves “realists,” then proceed to defend and advance a deeply faith-based agenda
Catch 22 at the German Embassy
by ALYSSA ROHRICT A terrifying group of four miscreants descended upon the German Embassy on Tuesday, demanding all number of ludicrous things and terrorizing embassy
Nonviolent action against new fighter jets
By Roel Stynen Yesterday, May 26th, Vredesactie and Agir pour la Paix activists occupied the offices of the four government coalition parties to resist the
Jeffrey Sterling vs. the CIA: An Untold Story of Race and Retribution
By Norman Solomon, ExposeFacts A dozen years before his recent sentencing to a 42-month prison term based on a jury’s conclusion that he gave classified
Resist, Don’t Enlist
by Lo, Editor, Dandelion Salad originally posted July 12, 2012 May 25, 2015 https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2015/05/25/dont-enlist-but-dont-just-take-my-word-for-it/comment-page-1/#comment-230585 Image by Kate Tomlinson via Flickr This is the most important
Our Chance to Aid and Encourage Whistleblowers
We would know much less about what our governments do were it not for those who are part of our governments until something becomes too
A Civilian Is A Combatant Is A Civilian Is A Combatant
What happens when a bunch of lawyers intent on distinguishing combatants from civilians discover, by interviewing hundreds of civilians, that it cannot be done? Does
Nuclear Weapons Proliferation – Made in the USA
By John LaForge The United States is perhaps the principal nuclear weapons proliferator in the world today, openly flouting binding provisions of the Treaty on
Taking Responsibility for Drone Killings- President Obama and the Fog of War
By Brian Terrell When President Barack Obama apologized on April 23 to the families of Warren Weinstein and Giovanni Lo Porto, an American and an
A Nuclear Weapons Ban Emerging
By Robert F. Dodge Every moment of every day, all of humanity is held hostage by the nuclear nine. The nine nuclear nations are made