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By Kathy Kelly On August 9, 1983, three people dressed as U.S. soldiers saluted their way onto a U.S. military base and climbed a pine

Tom Engelhardt keeps churning out great books by collecting his posts from TomDispatch.com. His latest book, Shadow Government, is essential reading. Of the ten essays

Confronting 13 Years of Permanent War by RON RIDENOUR This month of October presents us with 13 years of permanent war for profit or, as

By Joy First Mount Horeb, Wisc. — Bonnie Block, Jim Murphy, Lars and Patty Prip, Mary Beth Schlagheck, and I were at Rest Area 10

It seems like we just got through dealing with the argument that war is good for us because it brings peace. And along comes a

By Robert C. Koehler “During basic training, we are weaponized: our souls turned into weapons.” Jacob George’s suicide last month — a few days after

FALL BOOK TOUR PUBLIC EVENTS   OCTOBER 1-14th NEW ENGLAND STATES   Oct. 2 Thursday 7pm Cambridge Friends Meeting, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA  Contact

When New York Times reporter James Risen published his previous book, State of War, the Times ended its delay of over a year and published

During chilly Kabul mornings, last winter, the yard outside the Afghan Peace Volunteer (APV) home became a hub of colorful and bustling activity as mothers,

By Winslow Myers Since 9-11, the United States, by any objective assessment a globe-girdling military empire, has been sucked into an ongoing global civil war

By Erin Niemela The 2014 general elections are around the corner and candidates are walking political tightropes in hopes of earning our votes. But, what

Veterans For Peace UK Sunday 9 November 2014 1330 HRS Whitehall Place, London Facebook Event Page On Remembrance Sunday, Veterans For Peace UK will walk to

The Nobel Peace Prize is required by Alfred Nobel’s will, which created it, to go to “the person who shall have done the most or

By David Rothauser Peace activists the world over march, demonstrate, sit-in, write-in, boycott and do civil disobedience – all to bring about an end to

By David Swanson Here comes another October 7th, time once again for celebrating the International Day of Wars-Start-Easy-But-They’re-a-Bitch-to-End. That is, if we can spare a

October 3, 2014 — A statement on the current and enduring crisis, by the coordinating committee of WorldBeyondWar.org This statement as PDF.   SUMMARY The

By Reese Erlich U.S. Navy/MC1 Trevor Welsh Veteran foreign correspondent Reese Erlich was in northern Iraq at the start of the U.S. bombing campaign against

By John LaForge In 2008, the Obama Administration made eye-popping headlines by announcing a 10-year, $80 billion nuclear weapons development program. In 2009, Mr. Obama

PCHR Palestinian Centre for Human Rights   The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is gravely concerned over the continuity of the Israeli-imposed closure on

A serious case has been made repeatedly by unknown scholars and globally celebrated geniuses for well over a century that a likely step toward abolishing

By Erin Niemela U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeting the Islamic State (ISIL) have opened the floodgates of war journalism reporting by corporate mainstream media – to