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Flyer here. On Monday, September 21st, millions of people around the world will honor and celebrate the International Day of Peace, established in 1981 by

I wonder if people in the United States understand what it means that the Labour Party in London now has a peace activist in charge

By Tom H. Hastings Everyone knows that diplomacy is the weakest way to deal with insurgencies and civil wars, tough sanctions are next, and if

I thought the cause of climate destruction was political corruption, but I thought the cause of so little popular resistance was ignorance and denial. Naomi

Hillary Clinton’s favorite “Hitler” these days is Putin, with Assad in close second. Her days of giggling triumphantly over the murder of Gadaffi may be

By Joy First As activists for peace and social justice, how do we keep ourselves going in a world where there is so much despair? 

Don’t let anyone fool you: Sectarian strife in Syria has been engineered to provide cover for a war for access to oil and gas, and

Lampedusa (Italy) and Gangjeon Village, Jeju Island (S. Korea) Geneva, August 24, 2015. The IPB is delighted to announce its decision to award the annual

Pentagon’s Impact on the Oceans October 9-24 Ellsworth, Maine to Portsmouth, New Hampshire The Pentagon has the largest carbon footprint on our Mother Earth.  Waging

https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-david-rothauser-on-japans-struggle-to-keep-its-peace-constitution  David Rothauser is a playwrite, filmmaker, teacher, and peace activist. We discuss his new film, Article 9 Comes to America.  Total run time: 29:00

We done somethin’ we both know it We don’t talk too much about it Yeah it ain’t no real big secret all the same Somehow

By David Swanson, teleSUR The World may be shocked to learn United States government has an Institute of Peace; Orwell would not have been. Gallup

By John LaForge Plutonium was named after Pluto, “god of the underworld,” Hades, or hell. It was created inside faulty reactors, concentrated, and machined by

This happened some 63 years ago, but as the U.S. government has never stopped lying about it, and it’s generally known only outside the United

The United States and its European allies have launched wars on the Middle East that have created an enormous refugee crisis. The same nations are

By Patrick T. Hiller The heartbreaking pictures of three-year-old Aylan Kurdhi symbolize everything that is wrong with war. Following #KiyiyaVuranInsanlik (humanity washed ashore) is a

By Sylvia Frain On Saturday morning August 29, 2015, the United States Navy signed the Record of Decision (ROD), the final document needed for the

World Congress on Military and Social Spending 30 Sept – 03 Oct 2016 Technische Universität Berlin, Germany The International Peace Bureau has worked for over

From REPRIEVE A Yemeni family whose relatives were killed in a US drone strike have appealed to a German court to ensure that a US

https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-eve-spangler-on-israelpalestine Eve Spangler is a sociologist and a human and civil rights activist.  For the last decade, her work has focused on the Israel/Palestine conflict.

The U.S. Institute of Peace has a great name, our tax dollars, and a terrible record. Let’s move it in a better direction. If you’ve

By Alice Slater, The Nation A group of jubilant Iranians cheer and spray artificial snow during street celebrations following the announcement of a landmark nuclear