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War and cancer are among our leading causes of human death around the world.  They can’t be strictly separated and compared since war is a

I started seeing graphics pop up on social media sites this past week that said about Gaza: “It’s not war. It’s murder.”  So I started

Washington DC – Today, the House of Representatives overwhelming passed the bipartisan McGovern-Jones-Lee resolution which requires the President to seek Congressional authorization before deploying armed

Chris Hedges says that Palestinians have the right to self-defense in the form of rockets, without including any consideration of whether the rockets make the

Probably the biggest news story of 1928 was the war-making nations of the world coming together on August 27th and legally outlawing war.  It’s a

By Robert C. Koehler “Israel regrets every injury to civilians. I call on the residents of Gaza: Don’t stay there. Hamas wants you to die,

Peace walk held to mark Gandhi’s departure from South Africa http://ibnlive.in.com/news/peace-walk-held-to-mark-gandhis-departur… IBNLive The Indian community led by India’s High Commissioner to South Africa Virendra Gupta

There’s a chance to watch DRONES, the movie, online on July 30th and then to join a discussion with filmmakers and experts.  There’s a preview

A few years back, prior to the International Day of Peace on September 21st, a school board member here in Virginia said that he would

We Must Hold Israel Accountable (Jewish Voice for Peace and RootsAction.org) CNN: Stop Unfair Coverage of Attacks on Gaza! (Code Pink) Contact Your Member of

AlterNet / By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Photo Credit: Jacqueline Abromeit/Shutterstock.com This is Part I of a two part series on American Empire. Part

By Bob Rigg After decades of lively public debate, New Zealand abolished the death penalty for murder in 1961. It is not widely known that

By Robert C. Koehler “At the same time, values and ideas which were considered universal, such as cooperation, mutual aid, international social justice and peace

“Hello everybody. Thank you so much for coming out tonight to welcome me home. It feels so good to be back in Tampa. I cannot

We, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – United States Section (WILPFUS), have signed the Declaration of Peace organized by World Beyond War

By Peter van den Dungen Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. … It is the fuel that allows common people

Kill Team is not just a video game anymore, not just the inevitable pairing of two of the most popular words in American English.  “Kill

  On the 8th of July 2014, during the fasting month of Ramadan, the Israeli government began yet another military offensive on the people of

Thank you to Michael Maybury for turning us onto this idea. He’s working on creating a peace garden in Portsmouth, England. The University of Michigan

By Peter van den Dungen ‘One of the eternal truths is that happiness is created and devel- oped in peace, and one of the eternal

By Pieter Both and Wim Zwijnenburg Syria’s ongoing civil war has already resulted in more than conservative estimates of 120,000 mortalities (including nearly 15,000 children)

By PETER VAN DEN DUNGEN Introduction In the growing debate and literature about the contributions of tourism to peace, a particular aspect that has so