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Action Committee for the 71st Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima on August 6th 14-3-705 Noborimachi, Naka ward, Hiroshima City Telephone/Fax: 082-221-7631 Email: hiro-100@cronos.ocn.ne.jp

Never mind an apology, Obama should admit the truth By David Swanson, TeleSUR Since before he entered the White House, Barack Obama has proposed handling

Senator Thad Cochran, Chairman Senator Barbara Mikulski, Vice Chairwoman Senate Committee on Appropriations Dear Senators: May 25, 2016 We represent civil liberties, humanitarian and religious

By Kathy Kelly Last winter, at the Voices home/office in Chicago, we welcomed two friends who were in town for a Mennonite church gathering focused

By David Swanson, American Herald Tribune Consider this a friendly reminder to President Obama on his way to Hiroshima. No matter how many years one

May 23, 2016 President Barack Obama The White House Washington, DC Dear Mr. President, We were happy to learn of your plans to be the

‘It just keeps on happening.’ by Nadia Prupis, CommonDreams Activists rallied outside of a U.S. base over the weekend. (Photo: AFP) Thousands of people held

Statement Adopted at the Annual Meeting of the Iraq Solidarity Association May 19, 2016 The people of Iraq are tormented by continued violence and destruction.

No one should be forced to register to represent our country in combat By Kristin Christman Published in the Albany Times Union May 22, 2016

By David Swanson I’ve come around in favor of backing all moderates. The question appeared to me for a long time as a difficult one.

By David Swanson The New York Times recently claimed, and peace advocates repeated, that President Barack Obama will be the first U.S. president to have

By David Swanson One day a couple of weeks ago I was reading Saint Augustine while driving to the local convenience store, and I accidentally

As you will know, the World Humanitarian Summit takes place on May 23-24 in Istanbul. In taking advantage of this big and very relevant Summit,

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By John LaForge North Korea’s May 7 declaration that it would not be first to use nuclear weapons was met with official derision instead of

By Ann Wright “If you don’t like refugees coming to your country, stop voting for politicians who love to bomb the shit out of them.” 

 With the Catholic Church, of all things, turning against the doctrine that maintains there can be a “just war,” it’s worth taking a serious look

For the majority of people in the United States who have no idea, yes, draft registration still exists, but only for males. However, the U.S.

Remember when coups and assassinations were secretive, when presidents were obliged to go to Congress and tell lies and ask permission for wars, when torture,

By Gar Smith Bernie Sanders may have been chivalrous when he told a beleaguered Hillary Clinton, “The American people are sick and tired of hearing

By David Swanson, American Herald Tribune We once again owe the great reporter Seymour Hersh a serious debt for his reporting, in this case for

By Gar Smith On April 1, 2016 President Barack Obama addressed the closing session of the Nuclear Security Summit and praised “the collective efforts that

By David Swanson Every student of peace, sanity, or survival, every person interested in the possibility of the United States making its current wars its

By Mel Gurtov North Korea is on a military tear.  In response to UN sanctions, it carried out its fourth nuclear test in January and