The Next Step in Caring
By David Swanson, Let’s Try Democracy. Airport resistance is the biggest step forward by the U.S. public in years. Why do I say that? Because
Should We Keep Wasting Money on Missile Defense―or Invest in Something Useful?
By Dr. Lawrence Wittner, Peace Voice. When Americans criticize wasteful government spending, they often fail to realize that the biggest sinkhole for public funds is
Divest from war, invest in people
National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee. What do we mean when we say, “Divest from war, invest in people”? Warfare requires soldiers and weapons. But
Thank You for Urging Donald Trump to End U.S. War in Afghanistan
Thank you for signing the petition. To sign a pledge to work to end all war go here. To work further on this effort, follow
War and Peace in Trump Time: A World Beyond Arlington
By David Swanson, Let’s Try Democracy. Remarks in Arlington, Va., January 29, 2017 Happy Year of the Rooster! Thank you for inviting me. Thank you
Helping Refugees Also Means Stopping the Wars Which Make Them
By Max Alj, telesur. Trump, it seems, will not ban all Muslims. He’ll only ban Muslims whose countries and homes we are bombing. In the
War and Warming: Can We Save the Planet Without Taking on the Pentagon?
By H Patricia Hynes, Portside. If we are not united in peace, we cannot save the planet. Thich Nhat Hanh Looking out to my audience
Does Rachel Maddow Want Russia Bombed?
By David Swanson, World Beyond War. Here’s why I ask. Maddow devotes many minutes on MSNBC stirring up hatred of Russia in order to establish
The No Bases Campaign
The closing of U.S. bases and the removal of U.S. military personnel are critical to the elimination of war.
Actions to Support Global Justice
#LawNotWar #NoWar #WorldBEYONDWar Related posts. See what happened at NoWar2018 in Toronto, Canada, September 21-22, 2018. Ask national governments to publicly commit to using the
Mikhail Gorbachev: ‘It All Looks as if the World Is Preparing for War’
By Mikhail Gorbachev, Time. The world today is overwhelmed with problems. Policymakers seem to be confused and at a loss. But no problem is more
February 13, 2017 – Webinar – CHALLENGING MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE AGE OF TRUMP
CHALLENGING MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE AGE OF TRUMP Webinar/Teach-in: The Fight to Stop U.S. THAAD Deployment in South Korea Featured Speakers – JJ Suh and
The Syrian People Desperately Want Peace
By Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, antiwar.com. As much of Washington prepared for the inauguration of President Donald Trump, I spent last week on a fact-finding mission
Robert Fantina Speaks Out Against US Imperialism
Robert Fantina is an activist and journalist, working for peace and social justice. He writes extensively about the oppression of the Palestinians by apartheid Israel.
Protest Against the US Military Use of Shannon Airport
Marking 15 years of Ireland’s complicity in US imperial wars, today, people came to Shannon from all over the country to call for an end
Civil Resistance to Militarization: A Glimpse of Okinawa’s Nonviolent, Courageous and Tenacious Struggle for a Democratic Security Policy
By Betty A. Reardon, Institute on Peace Education. Resilient Resistance The early October rain was steady, punctuated by downpours that leaked through the canvas sheltering
Seymour Hersh Blasts Media for Uncritically Promoting Russian Hacking Story
By Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh said in an interview that he does not believe the U.S. intelligence community proved its
Empire Files: US-Russia Relations in “Most Dangerous Moment”
Leading scholar on US-Russia relations addresses the claim being trumpeted by politicians and media on both sides of the political spectrum that Russia is now
The War Horror Has Begun
By David Swanson, Let’s Try Democracy Here we are on Day 5 of the Donald Trump presidency, and he’s got “special” forces of the U.S.
The So-Called Intelligence So-Called Community’s Dumb Isolated View of the Future
By David Swanson, Let’s Try Democracy Thank you to Tom Engelhardt for pointing out that the people who couldn’t predict the end of the Soviet
Unprecedented Number of Soldiers’ Genital Wounds from Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
by Bill Berkowitz, The Smirking Chimp American veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq are facing struggles that will never be depicted in any military-themed video
David Swanson on the Coy Barefoot Program
Host Coy Barefoot welcomes author and nationally recognized peace activist David Swanson to the program. David’s books include Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and War
America: It’s Going to Be a Wild Ride
By Bruce K. Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space I watched Donald Trump’s inaugural speech yesterday with three other housemates and
US intervention in Syria? Not under Trump
#SyriaWar By Gareth Porter, Middle East Eye The Trump administration may recognise that the Syrian army is the only institution committed to resisting terrorism in
Guns Against Grizzlies at Schools or Peace Education as Resistance?
By Patrick T. Hiller The inauguration of a new President is looming and incoming administration officials like billionaire Betsy DeVos—Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education–are
Mainstream Media’s Russian Bogeymen
Exclusive: The mainstream hysteria over Russia has led to dubious or downright false stories that have deepened the New Cold War, as Gareth Porter notes
VIDEOS: WHAT THE RECRUITERS DON’T TELL YOU
Veterans for Peace UK 1. Don’t Enlist at 16. 2. Do you think army adverts are realistic? 3. What does army training do to
2017 Peace Essay Contest
The West Suburban (Chicago) Faith-Based Peace Coalition is sponsoring a Peace Essay Contest with a $1,000.00 award to the winner, $300 for the runner-up, and
New Signers of Peace Pledge — January 2017
Natalia GarcÄš_a Mitre AR Alicia Guevara Buenos Aires AR Hermann Klosius Vienna AT Gabriele Prohaska Wien AT Hermann Klosius Vienna