Video: Introduction | Foreign Policy Primer For U.S. Congressional Candidates
This RootsAction Zoom call from Wednesday January 19th is the first in a series of events promoting the release of the RootsAction Education Fund’s Foreign Policy Primer for U.S. Congressional Candidates.
Open Letter – Let All Children Play in Ukraine and the Rest of the World, a Call for Peace
– Respect life
– De-escalate the situation
– Sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Audio: Roots Action Creates Foreign Policy Primer for Congressional Candidates
Roots Action has compiled a primer for U.S. Congressional candidates on Foreign Policy.
Video: David Swanson on War and Peace at Veterans For Peace New York City Meeting
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Veterans For Peace Releases Nuclear Posture Review
The U.S.-based international organization Veterans For Peace has released its own assessment of the current global threat of nuclear war, ahead of the anticipated release of the Biden Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review.
After a Year of Biden, Why Do We Still Have Trump’s Foreign Policy?
Each part of this foreign policy fiasco costs human lives and creates regional–even global–instability. In every case, progressive alternative policies are readily available. The only thing lacking is political will and independence from corrupt vested interests.
Rejecting Risk: 101 Policies Against Nuclear Weapons
Rejecting Risk: 101 Policies against nuclear weapons shows 59 institutions with comprehensive policies against any investment in the nuclear weapon industry- the Hall of Fame.
Canadian National Coalition Calls on Trudeau Government to Stop Arming Ukraine, End Operation UNIFIER and Demilitarize Ukraine Crisis
As Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly is in Europe this week to speak to her European counterparts about the crisis between NATO and Russia over Ukraine, a Canadian coalition has released an open statement calling on the Minister to demilitarize and peacefully resolve the crisis.
Nay to NATO
On January 12 2022, the Montréal WBW chapter welcomed Yves Engler to talk about NATO, NORAD and Nuclear weapons.
Overthrowing Governments Is a Giant Failure
Successful government overthrows — the focus of a new book — turn out to usually be giant stinking disasters on their own terms.
Vermont Governor’s Claim That He Is Powerless to Stop the F-35 Just Got Shown Up
Hawaii successfully protected its citizens from US Navy malfeasance.
Talk World Radio: Jared Ball: The Rebranding of MLK
This week on Talk World Radio we’re talking about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., media, activism, and related topics with Jared A. Ball, who is a Professor of Communication and Africana Studies at Morgan State University.
VIDEO: Presentation on War and the Environment
By participants from Ngozi, Burundi, in World BEYOND War and Rotary Action Group for Peace course on Peace Education and Action for Impact.
VIDEO: CrossTalk | Russia-NATO Impasse
Over the past two and half years Russia and NATO have agreed on very little, if anything.
AUDIO: David Swanson on Russia, Ukraine, and War Madness
John and Michelle catch up with David Swanson, executive director of World BEYOND War, to talk about the latest developments with NATO and conflict zones around the world.
Read Glen Ford
Someone asked me the other day for advice on collecting the best essays of the past 20 years. I recommended the new collection of Glen Ford’s called The Black Agenda.
AUDIO: Veterans For Peace: Panel Discusses VFP Nuclear Posture Review, A Plan for Peace
While the Biden Administration and the military develop their own Nuclear Posture Review which will more than likely support nuclear saber rattling and expansion of the madness of U.S. nuclear weapons, Veterans for Peace has developed an alternative Nuclear Posture Review, an NPR that considers humanity.
Organizations Call for Elimination of “Launch on Warning” Land-Based Nuclear Missiles in the United States
More than 60 national and regional organizations on Wednesday issued a joint statement calling for the elimination of the 400 land-based nuclear missiles now armed and on hair-trigger alert in the United States.
Video: David Swanson on RT Regarding Guantanamo
A video from Russia TV on January 11, 2022.
Global Civil Society Urges to Stop Saber-Rattling over Ukraine and Negotiate Sustainable Peace
Peace on Earth should come first before political ambitions.
Talk World Radio: Robert Fantina on Iran and Non-Agreements
This week on Talk World Radio, we’re talking about the difficulty the U.S. government has in ceasing to threaten war on Iran or even committing to uphold future commitments.
Hey, Hey, USA! How Many Bombs Did You Drop Today?
The Pentagon has finally published its first Airpower Summary since President Biden took office nearly a year ago.
Treaties, Constitutions, and Laws Against War
Here is a collection of international treaties that make wars and even the threat of war illegal, national constitutions that make wars and various activities that facilitate wars illegal, and laws that make killing illegal with no exceptions for the use of missiles or the scale of the slaughter
Jean Stevens Continues to Ring the Bell for Peace
“May the wisdom of peace become the dominant call in 2022.” Jean Stevens continues to ring the bell for the abolishment of nuclear weapons.
New Year’s Resolutions I’d Like the United States to Make
Many of us make resolutions this time of year. These are some of the New Year’s Resolutions I’d like to see my country make.
The Anti-War Movement Could Be Reignited By Gen Z
This op-ed argues that actively opposing imperialism and militarism is our collective responsibility.
There Will Be Many Acts of Kindness on the Way Down
I live in a wealthy country, the U.S., and in a corner of it, a part of Virginia, not yet hit hard by fires or floods or tornados. In fact, until Sunday night, January 2nd, we’d had rather pleasant, almost summerlike weather most of the time since summer. Then, Monday morning, we got several inches of wet, heavy snow.
