Racists Love Russia?
By David Swanson Photo by Daily Progress. While I’ve been in Russia trying to make friends, back home in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, a group of
A Russian Journalist’s Perspective
By David Swanson Dmitri Babich has worked as a journalist in Russia since 1989, for newspapers, news agencies, radio, and television. He says that he
Russian
Я понимаю, что войны и милитаризм скорее уменьшают нашу безопасность, чем защищают нас, что они убивают, калечат и уродуют взрослых, детей и младенцев, наносят серьёзный
A Russian Entrepreneur’s Perspective
By David Swanson I’ve been in Moscow some days now and have yet to meet an oligarch (although perhaps they don’t identify themselves). I have
Things Russians Can Teach Americans
By David Swanson I suppose the list is lengthy and includes dancing, comedy, karaoke singing, vodka drinking, monument building, diplomacy, novel writing, and thousands of
Gorbachev: It Was Worse Than This, and We Fixed It
By Дэвид Суонсон (David Swanson) On Friday in Moscow I and a group from the United States met with former president of the Soviet Union
The U.S. Behavior That Concerns Russia
By David Swanson, May 12, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. I attended a meeting in Moscow on Friday with Vladimir Kozin, longtime member of Russia’s foreign
Love From Russians
By David Swanson, May 12, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy Now. On Wednesday, I flew out of a New York airport around which armed soldiers in
Turkey condemns US move to arm Syrian Kurdish fighters
Officials criticise Trump’s decision to arm YPG units in battle for Raqqa against ISIL as US tries to reassure Ankara. Media with Conscience. The Kurdish
‘Classified’ America
By Robert C. Koehler, Common Wonders. For a journalist — especially one covering government and politics — the most suspicious, least trustworthy word in the
The Silent Slaughter of the US Air War
The U.S. mainstream media voiced moral outrage when Russian warplanes killed civilians in Aleppo but has gone silent as U.S. warplanes slaughter innocents in Mosul
War in Afghanistan has ‘no end in sight’ – journalist RT America
Amid a new Taliban insurgency, the Pentagon will ask for an increase of 3,000 to 5,000 more soldiers to train and advise Afghan police, on
Talk Nation Radio: Hyun Lee on Prospects for Peace in Korea
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-hyun-lee-on-prospects-for-peace-in-korea. Hyun Lee is a New York City-based writer and activist. She is a member of the Solidarity Committee for Democracy and Peace in Korea.
THAAD Rocket Fuel: Likely Ground Water Contamination Coming To Seongju, South Korea
By Bruce K. Gagnon, www.space4peace.blogspot.co.uk The unwelcome US deployment of the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missile defense (MD) system in Seongju, South Korea
Armed Drones: How Remote-Controlled, High-Tech Weapons Are Used Against The Poor
In 2011 David Hookes explored the ethical and legal implications of the growing use of armed, unmanned planes in the ‘war against terrorism’ . By Dr.
US Arms Makers Rake in Billions Replacing Bombs for US Air Wars
Precision Munitions Are Costly, and Used in Growing Numbers by Jason Ditz, January 06, 2017, AntiWar.com. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein has
Lockheed Martin-Funded Experts Agree: South Korea Needs More Lockheed Martin Missiles
The THAAD anti-missile system sure is great, say analysts whose salaries are partly paid for by THAAD’s manufacturer. BY ADAM JOHNSON, FAIR. As tensions between
A Song of Peace at Huntsville, Alabama
Published on May 7, 2017 On the opening day of the 25th annual conference of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
50,000 evacuate German city over unexploded WWII bombs
Authorities in Hanover defuse two bombs, while a third requires special equipment to be neutralised. German authorities are under pressure to remove unexploded WWII bombs
These Nuclear Breakthroughs Are Endangering the World
How a growing technology gap between the U.S. and its nuclear-armed rivals could lead to the unraveling of arms control agreements – and even nuclear
Thousands in U.S. send messages of friendship to Russians
By David Swanson As of this writing, 7,269 people in the United States, and rising steadily, have posted messages of friendship to the people of
NO TO NATO, NO TO WAR!
A UFPJ NATIONAL BRIEFING CALL TUESDAY, MAY 16 4:30PM EASTERN/1:30PM PACIFIC RSVP HERE TO RECEIVE THE CALL-IN NUMBER AND ACCESS CODE The North Atlantic Treaty
Intrepid Museum Shields Trump’s Drone Slaughter from Public Scrutiny
A protest rally and press conference are scheduled for 6:00 pm, Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at the entrance of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space
Erica Chenoweth: Nonviolent Action Today
Published on Apr 25, 2017 Nonviolent Action Today: Why Now is Not the Time to Despair Erica Chenoweth is a professor and associate dean for
It’s ‘exactly the wrong time’ to break off diplomatic relations with N. Korea
Published on May 4, 2017 Winslow Myers, author and board member of the War Prevention Initiative, joins RT America’s Ashlee Banks to discuss war deterrence,
The Haircut (2017) – A North Korean Adventure
Published on Apr 22, 2017 The isolated, hermit kingdom of the DPRK is shrowded in secrecy, It’s nearly impossible to get any reliable information from
Yemen Is Starving: Peace activists, alarmed by the mounting humanitarian crisis in Yemen, to hold a penny poll outside the Federal Building
Chicago — On May 9, 2017, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Voices for Creative Nonviolence and World Beyond War activists will engage passersby in a
Pentagon to request thousands more troops for Afghanistan next week
Agence France-Presse. The Pentagon will ask the White House next week to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan to break a deadlocked fight with the
In Yemen, Shocked to His Bones
By Kathy Kelly, May 5, 2017. The ruins carpeted the city market, rippling outwards in waves of destruction. Broken beams, collapsed roofs, exploded metal shutters
Afghanistan: The Longest U.S. War is Deadlier Than Ever
Published on May 3, 2017 Matthew Hoh, a military veteran and diplomat who resigned his State Department post in protest of U.S. policy in Afghanistan,
