Phil Runkel, Dorothy Day Archivist and Activist, Found Guilty of Trespassing in Wisconsin
By Joy First On Friday February 19 Phil Runkel was found guilty of trespassing in Juneau County, WI by Judge Paul Curran after a 22
Future of Draft for Men and Women Goes to Court and Congress
By Edward Hasbrouck On Friday the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles that had dismissed
Stop Bombing Non-Hospitals
The United States has launched over 100,000 air strikes during its war on (or is it of) terror. It’s blown up houses, apartments, weddings, dinners,
10 Reasons Why Ending the Draft Helps End War
By David Swanson The military draft has not been used in the United States since 1973, but the machinery has remained in place (costing the
Chomsky Wants You to Wake Up from the American Dream
If you’ve just seen Michael Moore’s movie and are wondering how in the world the United States got diverted into the slow lane to hell,
Network for a UN Special Conference to overcome causes for flight and to protect refugees
By Wolfgang Lieberknecht Let us create an international “Network for a UN Special Conference to overcome causes for flight and to protect refugees!” The immigration
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada
Winnipeg Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 60 Maryland St. Winnipeg R3G 1K7 14 February 2016 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Talk Nation Radio: Dahlia Wasfi on the Past Quarter Century of U.S. Bombing of Iraq
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-dahlia-wasfi-on-the-past-quarter-century-of-us-bombing-of-iraq Dahlia Wasfi is an Iraqi-American justice activist who has written and spoken extensively on U.S. policy in the region of Iraq. She is
The Case for War Abolition That You Might Miss
By David Swanson I’m afraid that one of the best books I’ve read on war abolition may be overlooked by non-Catholics, because its title is
Get Well, Michael Moore
Your new movie, Where to Invade Next, is very powerful, your best so far for certain. Get well. Fast. We need you. You’ve packed a
Is This An Uprising?
The new book This Is An Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century by Mark Engler and Paul Engler is a terrific survey
What Obama Did While You Were Watching Elections
Pass the popcorn! Wait till I tweet this! Did you see the look on his face? Ain’t elections exciting? We just can’t get enough of
Joy First, Grandmother Activist, Found Guilty of Trespassing in Juneau County, WI
By Joy First On February 9, 2016 Judge Paul Curran found me guilty of trespass for walking onto the Air National Guard Base at Volk
The Theatre of War (What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today)
by Bryan Doerries A Book Review by Hugh O’Neill “The Play’s the thing in which to catch the conscience of the king”- Hamlet, Act II,
How to Counter Recruitment and De-Militarize Schools
U.S. military recruiters are teaching in public school classrooms, making presentations at school career days, coordinating with JROTC units in high schools and middle schools,
Talk Nation Radio: Elliott Adams on third party non-violent intervention in the West Bank
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-elliott-adams-on-third-party-non-violent-intervention-in-the-west-bank Elliott Adams is a former Army paratrooper in Vietnam, Japan, Korea, and Alaska; and former National President of Veterans For Peace. He has
If Beyonce ‘Politicized’ the Superbowl, So Did Lady Gaga
By Gar Smith Some people (OK, some older, white Republican men) have been complaining that Beyonce “injected politics into a sports event.” (Actually the message
The Super Bowl Promotes War
By David Swanson, teleSUR Super Bowl 50 will be the first National Football League championship to happen since it was reported that much of the
Dear Enemy
By Frank Goetz Dear Enemy, Are you surprised by my salutation? Please let me explain. I know that you and I are at war with
War is Immoral
By Elizabeth Shanklin According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, morality refers to “a set of customs and habits that shape how we think about how
Deadlock: North Korea’s Nuclear Test and US Policy
By Mel Gurtov North Korea continues to rattle the cages of both friend and foe. Despite near-universal condemnation of its fourth nuclear test and a
Taking on Nukespeak
By Andrew Moss In 1946, George Orwell decried the abuse of language in his classic essay, “Politics and the English Language,” declaring famously that “it
Talk Nation Radio: Patrick Hiller on Discoveries Made by Peace Science
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-patrick-hiller-on-discoveries-made-by-peace-science Patrick Hiller is the Executive Director of the War Prevention Initiative by the Jubitz Family Foundation and teaches in the Conflict Resolution Program
The True Nobel Peace Candidates 2016
This list is still being added to at http://www.nobelwill.org/index.html?tab=7 Letter Feb. 2, 2016 from the Nobel Peace Prize Watch to the Nobel Committee: Dear Kaci
Seeing Flight as a Non-violent Option: One Way to Change the Discourse about the World’s 60 Million Refugees
By Erica Chenoweth and Hakim Young for Denver Dialogues originally published by politicalviolenceataglance ( Political Violence@a Glance) In Brussels, more than 1,200 people protest against
Not Another U.S./NATO War on Libya
SIGN HERE To: The U.S. Congress Uphold your Constitutional responsibility and your duty under the United Nations Charter and the Kellogg-Briand Pact, basic human decency,
World Beyond War in the United States
World Beyond War (WBW) in the United States works toward an end to all war, including war by the world’s leading war maker, the U.S.
Free Bowe Bergdahl!
From Veterans For Peace Veterans For Peace is dismayed by the Army’s decision to charge Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl with desertion and endangering troops, for which,