Volunteer Spotlight: Nick Foldesi
The December 2021 Volunteer Spotlight features Nick Foldesi, an organizer with the Divest Richmond from the War Machine campaign, in Richmond, Virginia, US.
At Long Last, Ban Weaponized Drones
Former President Barack Obama recently tweeted that the day of a school shooting was the worst day of his presidency.
Talk World Radio: Kathy Kelly on Ending Wars
This week on Talk World Radio, we’re discussing the state of war and peace in the world with peace activist Kathy Kelly.
The U.S. Military Is Registering 15-Year-Olds for the Draft
Most U.S. states still have excuses when asked to make voter registration automatic, but in various states — including here in Virginia — draft registration is automatic even for 15-year-olds who want a learner’s permit to drive a car.
Trump and Biden’s Secret Afghanistan Air Campaigns Revealed
Almost 800 previously secret US airstrikes in Afghanistan during 2020 and 2021 are revealed, as US military declassifies data.
Rusty Whistles: The Limits of Whistleblowing
I’ve been reading a book called Whistleblowing for Change, edited by Tatiana Bazzichelli, a beautifully put-together volume with numerous articles about whistleblowing, about art and whistleblowing, and about building a culture of whistleblowing: of supporting whistleblowers, and of making better known the outrages they’ve blown the whistle on.
Video: U.S. Senate Passes Colossal $770 Billion Military Bill
A short video about a giant pile of money.
Audio: U.S. Hypocrisy Exposed As It Massacres Civilians Abroad
In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by David Swanson.
Check Out the Check List to End Tyranny
A webinar on this book would have accomplished radically more than the recent Joe Biden Democracy Summit.
Reducing the Need for Poetry
Edward Tick’s book, Coming Home in Vietnam, is made up of lovely and powerful poems. But I can’t help wishing they weren’t needed.
Audio: Cover-Up in Kabul Strike
David Swanson, activist, journalist, radio host and author of the book “Curing Exceptionalism,” talks to us about how the Pentagon “cover-up” in the Kabul drone killing of a family continues, with the news that no US troops will be punished for deadly Kabul strike, how impunity is rampant in the military, and war crimes accusations only apply to our opponents.
Current Dispute Over ICBMs Is a Quarrel Over How to Fine-Tune the Doomsday Machinery
Trouble is, the two options under consideration — extending the life of the currently deployed Minuteman III missiles or replacing them with a new missile system — do nothing to reduce the escalating dangers of nuclear war, whereas eliminating the nation’s ICBMs would greatly reduce those dangers.
AUDIO: Veterans for Peace with Nick Mottern: Beyond the Numbers of the Recently Passed War Budget
Nick Mottern, author, activist, co-coordinator of BanKillerDrones.org, weighs in on the recently passed War Budget.
‘Colossal Waste’: Nobel Laureates Call for 2% Cut to Military Spending Worldwide
Governments urged to use ‘peace dividend’ to help UN tackle pandemics, climate crisis and extreme poverty.
A Christmas Truce Would Come in Very Handy Right About Now
Ya gotta love how the U.S. media annually freaks out about a “war on Christmas” by which it means something completely unrelated to any wars, while the U.S. military always has several actual wars going on Christmas, the same as every other day.
Peace Witness – Liz Talks To Jane Banfield – Go Peaceable Movement – Zero Waste Granny
Jane Banfield is a Kerikeri businesswoman and a ‘Zero Waste Granny’ who is instigating a ‘Go Peaceable Movement in 2022.
Elizabeth Samet Thinks She Already Found the Good War
To call Looking For the Good War a critique of the idea of the good war requires defining “good,” not as necessary or justified (which ought to be all one could hope — though one would be wrong — for mass murder), but as beautiful and wonderful and marvelous and superhuman.
Webinar Video: War Is Not Green — But Our Cities Can Be!
CODEPINK and World BEYOND War join the Global Center for Climate Justice to teach audience members and answer questions about: Finding your local government’s budget & divestment resources, checking their investments for fossil fuels and the war machine, and the power of cities to re-invest our money in a climate-just-peace economy.
Talk World Radio: Helen Caldicott: U.S. Warmongering Will Kill Us All
This week on Talk World Radio: We’re all going to die. Our guest, Helen Caldicott, is founder and president emeritus of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada: Ongoing Weapons Exports to Saudi Arabia
The undersigned, representing a cross-section of Canadian labour, arms controls, antiwar, human rights, international security, and other civil society organizations, are writing to reiterate our continued opposition to your government’s issuance of arms exports permits for weapons destined to Saudi Arabia.
What Would Have Been Better Than a Democracy Summit and Why There Should Not Be Any More Pearl Harbor Days
The glory of Pearl Harbor Day still lingered yesterday on Human Rights Day with a Democracy Summit wrapping up and Nobel So-Called Peace Prize laureates talking about U.S. government-approved and -funded journalism.
Israel Pushes Hardline in Iran Nuclear Talks
Though teetering on the brink of collapse, talks resumed again this week.
Future of Peace and Human Rights in West Asia
Submission to conference organized by FODASUN ( https://fodasun.com ) on the future of peace and human rights in West Asia
Video of Webinar: How Do We End U.S. Sanctions on Iran?
Speakers included: Gareth Porter, Dr. Assal Rad, Richard Broinowski , and Dr. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani.
New York City joins ICAN Cities Appeal
The comprehensive legislation adopted by New York City Council on 9 December 2021, calls on NYC to divest from nuclear weapons, establishes a committee responsible for programming and policy related to NYC’s status as a nuclear-weapons-free zone, and calls on the US government to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Ten Contradictions That Plague Biden’s Democracy Summit
The greater possible value of this gathering of 111 countries is that it could instead serve as an “intervention,” or an opportunity for people and governments around the world to express their concerns about the flaws in U.S. democracy and the undemocratic way the United States deals with the rest of the world.
Governor of Hawai’i Orders Operations of U.S. Navy’s Massive Jet Fuel Tanks Suspended and Fuel Removed from Tanks within 30 Days
What has happened to the military families underscores the dangers to the 400,000 residents in Honolulu whose water would be contaminated by a predicted major leak from the underground fuel storage tanks.
How Congress Loots the U.S. Treasury for the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex
Despite a disagreement over some amendments in the Senate, the United States Congress is poised to pass a $778 billion military budget bill for 2022.
