Apply Now: Rotary Peace Fellowships
Rotary Peace Fellowship Program Applications now being accepted for 2016 FULL FUNDING! www.rotary.org/en/peace-fellowships THE FELLOWSHIP Each year, Rotary selects some of the world’s most dedicated
New Zealand Says No to Iraq Deployment
Open letter on military deployment to Iraq Peace Movement Aotearoa In response to yesterday’s announcement that the New Zealand armed forces will begin specific training
Pentagon marks 50th anniversary of Viet Nam war with multi-million dollar re-write of history
Veterans respond with “Vietnam War Full Disclosure Project” This year marks the 50th anniversary of the landing of U.S. ground troops in Da Nang, Vietnam, the
Cuba: Land of Opportunity
What can I be sure of after only one week in Havana? Very little. There are exceptions to every pattern, and sometimes more exceptions than
REJECT ENDLESS, WORLDWIDE WAR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 13, 2015 Contact: David Swanson, Executive Director, info@worldbeyondwar.org STATEMENT ON REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE (AUMF) –
Cuba Through the Looking Glass
Today in Havana, Mariela Castro Espin, director of the national center for sexual education and daughter of the president of Cuba, gave us a truly
Cuba Is Our Family
Cuba and the Estados Unidos have been family for so long that relationships have been reversed, forgotten, turned inside out, and repeated. In the 19th
Cuba Is Good for Your Health
“It’s behind us,” Fernando Gonzales of the Cuban Five said with a smile when I told him just a few moments ago that I was
Cuba Uncensored
This evening, February 9, 2015, a handful of visitors from the land to the north asked an assistant (or “instructional” which I take to be
Cuba Is Hot
We arrived in Havana tonight, February 8, 2015, or year 56 of the revolution, 150 of us filling an entire airplane, a group of U.S.
Lithuanians protest against U.S. imperialism and NATO occupational troops
By Nacionalistas On February 4th, 2015, activists from various anti-globalist and anti-imperialist Lithuanian organizations, including the National Workers Movement, gathered in front of the United States
The Key That Is the Saudi Kingdom
Was the United States compelled to attack Afghanistan and Iraq by the events of September 11, 2001? A key to answering that rather enormous question
Hypermasculinity and World-Ending Weapons
By Winslow Myers Escalating tensions in the Ukraine raise the concern that the “firebreak” between conventional and the tactical nuclear weapons potentially available to all
A Tale of Two Movies
By John Reuwer, MD, Adjunct Professor, Conflict Resolution, Saint Michael’s College As a student and teacher of nonviolent action, I was disheartened last week to
Addiction Is Not Addictive
By David Swanson Whether someone becomes addicted to drugs has much more to do with their childhood and their quality of life than with the
2015 WOMEN’S MARCH FOR PEACE IN KOREA
On May 24, 2015, 30 international women peacemakers from around the world will walk with Korean women, north and south, to call for an end
Beyond Deterrence, Compassion: In memory of peace activist Cynthia Fisk, 1925—2015
By Winslow Myers Ronald Reagan’s assertion back in 1984 that “a nuclear war cannot be won and should never be fought” seems to have become
Born at War
By David Swanson Foreword to America’s Oldest Professions: Warring and Spying (available in Kindle version free this week.) One of the ways in which we
Talk Nation Radio: Raed Jarrar: Obama’s budget spends 58% of discretionary spending on military
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-raed-jarrar-obamas-budget-spends-58-of-discretionary-spending-on-military Raed Jarrar is Policy Impact Coordinator at the American Friends Service Committee. He discusses President Obama’s proposed budget. See http://www.afsc.org/media-kit/bios/raed-jarrar Total run time: 29:00
Talk Nation Radio: Joseph Hickman on Deadly Human Experimentation at Guantanamo Bay
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-joseph-hickman-on-deadly-human-experimentation-at-guantanamo-bay Joseph Hickman is the author of Murder at Camp Delta: A Staff Sergeant’s Pursuit of the Truth About Guantanamo Bay. He details the evidence
When Veterans Try to End Wars
Nan Levinson’s new book is called War Is Not a Game: The New Antiwar Soldiers and the Movement They Built, but it left me wishing
Exporting Sherman’s March
Sherman statue anchors one southern corner of Central Park (with Columbus on a stick anchoring the other): Matthew Carr’s new book, Sherman’s Ghosts: Soldiers, Civilians,
Call for Your Support for Petition Collection, A-bomb Exhibition and Peace March
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We are determined to build up public support and actions to make
IMMINENT CRACKDOWN IN GANGJEONG VILLAGE, JEJU ISLAND!
From Javier Garate at WRI: (https://www.facebook.com/groups/GJpeoples/permalink/1066190600074580/) The Korean Ministry of National Defense has declared that they will perform an “Administrative Execution” on Saturday, January 31st,
Pentagon Silent on Current Use of DU in Iraq
Back in October, I reported that, “A type of airplane, the A-10, deployed this month to the Middle East by the U.S. Air National Guard’s
CIA Tried to Give Iraq Nuclear Plans, Just Like Iran
By David Swanson If you’ve followed the trials of James Risen and Jeffrey Sterling, or read Risen’s book State of War, you are aware that
Students Save Palestine
By David Swanson In proposing that Congress Members boycott or walk out on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned speech to Congress, expected to push for
When Shock and Awe Turns 12
By David Swanson Shock and Awe is having a troubled adolescence. The U.S. government is killing children with flying robot death planes, keeping troops in