Playing Nuclear “Chicken” With Our Lives
By Lawrence S. Wittner, August 9, 2017. What kind of civilization have we developed when two mentally unstable national leaders, in an escalating confrontation with
Welcoming the Fascists to Charlottesville
By David Swanson, August 10, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. I have mixed emotions about the fact that I’ll be missing the latest big fascism rally
Saudis Are Killing Their Own People, With Help from the US and Canada
by Brienne Kordis, August 10, 2017, Common Dreams. Government forces have been terrorizing the people of Awamiyah in Saudi Arabia’s eastern province of al-Qatif for
CALL FOR GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST MILITARY BASES 7 October 2017
It’s time to resist! TOGETHER! Determined activists around the world have been resisting occupation, militarism, and foreign military bases on their lands for decades. These
Terrorism for Profit
By Robert C. Koehler, August 9th, 2017, Common Wonders. Donald Trump stands cluelessly at the edge of history, exemplifying everything wrong with the past, oh,
Purposeless Death in Syria
Statement by David Swanson as Director of World Beyond War at DC press conference August 8, 2017. C-Span video: https://www.c-span.org/video/?432288-1/activists-call-withdrawal-us-military-aircraft-syrian-airspace&start=2259 I won’t have time to
Global Resolution
To the United Nations General Assembly and to all nations of the world, we respectfully submit:The Global Resolution for the Establishment of Infrastructures to Support
Ben Manski on Law vs War
Published on Aug 7, 2017 Democracy Convention. Video by Ellen Thomas Published on Aug 7, 2017 Democracy Convention. Video by Ellen Thomas
Foreigners Are Crazy
By David Swanson, August 7, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. Pew did a poll in 38 countries asking about various dangers and threats. The United States
Hiroshima Haunting
Published on Aug 6, 2017 David Swanson’s remarks at Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration at Peace Garden at Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 6, 2017. Video by Ellen
Hiroshima Haunting
By David Swanson Remarks at Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration at Peace Garden at Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 6, 2017 Thank you for inviting me to speak
You Cannot Begin a Crime in Good Faith
By David Swanson Remarks at Democracy Convention in Minneapolis on Aug. 5, 2017 This morning we handed out flyers on Kellogg Boulevard in St. Paul.
Getting to Peace Through Local Governments
By David Swanson Remarks at the Democracy Convention, Minneapolis, Minn., August 5, 2017. A school board member in Virginia once agreed to support creating a
Western Wars Fuel the Cycle of Bloodshed
Morning Star editorial. “I WANT to find out why we’ve been there for 17 years,” US President Donald Trump reportedly raged following news of more
America’s Amnesia
Everything wrong with the new ten-part PBS documentary on the Vietnam War is apparent in the first five minutes. A voice from nowhere intones about a war “begun in good faith” that somehow ran off the rails and killed millions of people.
Prosecuting Famine Creation
I was asked to speak about prosecuting weapons dealers and war makers with a focus on Saudi Arabia. There are, I think, many ways that one could go about that.
“The Captain” (A Short Story Against War)
“The Captain” (A Short Story Against War) by Irat R. Feiskhanov We found the captain in his room. He had left us a little poem:
The Case for Abolishing War
David Swanson: The Case for Abolishing War Medea Benjamin: The Case for Abolishing War Published on Aug 3, 2017 Democracy Convention, Minneapolis, Minn., August 3,
Do the People Want War?
Published on Aug 3, 2017 Democracy Convention, Minneapolis, Minn., August 2, 2017 — Video by Lance Smith
Why We Can and Must End Our Greatest Crime
By David Swanson Remarks on August 3 at Democracy Convention in Minneapolis. It’s unusual on Kellogg Blvd. in St. Paul to encounter anyone who knows
THE MEDIA’S ONE-SIDED ATTACK AGAINST THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT
Press Release, August 2, 2017, from the NoWar Network – Rome nowar@gmx.com THE NOWAR NETWORK CONDEMNS THE MEDIA’S ONE-SIDED ATTACK AGAINST THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT AND
$1 Trillion for a U.S. Nuclear Buildup
AUG. 2, 2017, reposted from the New York Times. To the Editor: Re “A Threat to Nuclear Arms Control” (editorial, July 30): You rightly warn
US Foreign Military Bases Aren’t “Defense”
By Thomas Knapp, August 1, 2017, OpEdNews. “U.S. foreign military bases are the principal instruments of imperial global domination and environmental damage through wars of
Talk Nation Radio: Kathy Kelly on Stopping Permanent War
During each of 20 trips to Afghanistan, Kathy Kelly, as an invited guest of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, has lived alongside ordinary Afghan people in
Talk Nation Radio: Kathy Kelly on Stopping Permanent War
During each of 20 trips to Afghanistan, Kathy Kelly, as an invited guest of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, has lived alongside ordinary Afghan people in