Veterans to Drone Operators: “We will help you if you decide you cannot kill.”
Veterans groups are offering support to Drone Operators and Support Personnel who decide they no longer want to participate in drone assassinations. Veterans For Peace
Are Pilots Deserting Washington’s Remote-Control War?
A New Form of War May Be Producing a New Form of Mental Disturbance By Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch The U.S. drone war across much of the
How Did Syria Get Here?
By David Swanson Wars may be how Americans learn geography, but do they always learn the history of how the geography was shaped by wars?
TV ad airing in Las Vegas asks drone pilots to refuse to fly
This advertisement does a number of things in 15 seconds that U.S. television has not done before. It presents a moral case against drone murders
VIETNAM: THE POWER OF PROTEST
Flyer PDF. SAVE THE DATES: Friday evening, May 1 and all-day Saturday, May 2 Telling the Truth, Learning the Lessons More info: http://lessonsofvietnam.com The Pentagon
Dear Drone Commander, We Know You’re Human
To: James Cluff, Commander, Creech AFB Dear Commander Cluff, It is our intention to reach out to you and appeal to your humanity to stop
Talk Nation Radio: Spring Rising – An Antiwar Intervention March 21 in DC
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-spring-rising-an-antiwar-intervention-march-21-in-dc This show is a call to action to become part of Spring Rising: An Antiwar Intervention in Washington, D.C., March 18-21, 2015, with the
What would happen if an 800-kiloton nuclear warhead detonated above midtown Manhattan?
Via fromwartopeace.com In light of the fact that President Obama is calling for funding and creating a new generation of U.S. Nuclear Weapons, it is
Introduction : A Blueprint for Ending War
(This is section 1 of the World Beyond War white paper A Global Security System: An Alternative to War. Continue to preceding | next section.)
ISIS Derangement Syndrome
Here’s Time Magazine‘s David von Drehle: “The greatest threat that ISIS poses — even to the poor souls living under ISIS rule — is the
Skipping The Speech for All the Wrong Reasons
Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad to hear that Congress members will skip Netanyahu’s speech no matter what reason they offer. Here are some of
The True Nobel Candidates for the true Nobel Peace Prize 2015
Source: http://www.nobelwill.org/index.html?tab=7 The Norwegian Nobel Committee ignores the testament of Nobel. They claim that the “champions of peace” Nobel described in his will no longer
CIA Evidence from Whistleblower Trial Could Tilt Iran Nuclear Talks
By Norman Solomon A month after former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling was convicted on nine felony counts with circumstantial metadata, the zealous prosecution is now having
Not a Bug Splat, Not Chattel
U.S. drone “pilots” refer to people they burn to death in places like Pakistan as “bug splat” because they look like bugs being squished to
American Imperialism and Islamic Extremism: Partners in Crime
By Brett S. Morris What is the source of Islamic extremism? Critics point to the religion itself: As Sam Harris claimed on Real Time With
The Greek Tragedy: Some things not to forget, which the new Greek leaders have not.
By William Blum American historian D.F. Fleming, writing of the post-World War II period in his eminent history of the Cold War, stated that “Greece
No Weapons to Ukraine
No Weapons to Ukraine An Open Letter to the U.S. Senate Reject S. 452, “A bill to provide lethal weapons to the Government of Ukraine.”
U.S. Army Claims to Be Full of Liars
By David Swanson “Lying to Ourselves: Dishonesty in the Army Profession” is the title of a new paper by Leonard Wong and Stephen Gerras of
Ukraine: Time to Step Back from the Brink
By Western States Legal Foundation Over the past month, the Ukraine conflict has exploded once again. Now the warring parties have agreed to a ceasefire,
Not Very Funny
By David Swanson Remarks prepared for event with comedian Lee Camp, Charlottesville, Va., February 21, 2015, event postponed by snow storm. When it’s rescheduled I’ll
Breaking Our Addiction to War: A Five-Step Program
By Curt Torrell, Quaker House, Fayetteville, North Carolina Despite the fact that our nation is war weary after thirteen years of post-9/11 wars, we are
Waltzing at the End of the World
By John LaForge It’s hard to imagine celebrating nuclear war planning, but that’s what was on the agenda at Hill Air Force Base, near Ogden,
URGE EUROPE TO COOPERATE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ON PALESTINE
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End Endless War
No New Authorization for the Use of Military Force The U.S. Congress is considering another “Authorization for the Use of Military Force” — a broad