Building A Mass Movement To Stop Mass Killing
By Medea Benjamin, www.alternet.org, July 20th, 2017 Reposted from Popular Resistance. It’s time to universalize resistance. Excerpted from Welcome to the Revolution: Universalizing Resistance for Social
ACTIVISTS CHALLENGE US NUKES IN GERMANY, OCCUPY NUCLEAR WEAPONS BUNKER
Monday, 17 July 2017 Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany An international group of five peace activists got far inside the Büchel Air Base in Büchel, Germany, after nightfall
Flexing military might is capitulation to Trump, despite Liberal spin: McQuaig
The prime minister’s pledge to hike military spending by a whopping 70 per cent over 10 years succeeded in winning praise from Trump while going
Ethics of Not Ruining Everything
By David Swanson, July 18, 2017, Let’s Try Democracy. Today I listened to the audio book of Entangled Empathy: An Alternative Ethic for Our Relationship
New York Times Joins Trump and Saudi Arabia in Targeting Iran
Published on Jul 17, 2017 Prof. Sabah Alnasseri and Paul Jay discuss a front page NYT article that blames ‘Iranian expansionism’ for sectarian war in
Nuclear Ban Treaty a ‘Legal Norm Aimed at Stigmatizing Nuclear Weapons’
Alice Slater on Sputnik International, July 10, 2017. More than one hundred UN member states have adopted the first-ever nuclear disarmament treaty. Radio Sputnik discussed
Missile Defense Will Protect You From North Korea, Say USA Today’s Missile Defense-Funded Sources
By Jim Naureckas, FAIR, July 17, 2017. “US Missile Defense Plans to Zap North Korean Threats” was the headline of a USA Today story (7/17/17)—or
Veterans Call on U.S. to Sign Nuclear Ban Treaty
by Brian Trautman, Gerry Condon and Samantha Ferguson posted July 18, 2017 On July 7th, 2017, the United Nations (UN), in a historic decision, approved
‘Maddow’s Dots May Never Connect’: Left-Wing Author Blasts Trump-Russia Narrative
While many on the left continue to accuse President Trump and his administration of colluding with the Russians, one well-known progressive thinker said such actions
Don’t believe the dangerous myths of ‘Drone Warrior’
By Alex Edney-Browne, Lisa Ling, Los Angeles Times, July 16, 2017. Drone pilots have been quitting the U.S. Air Force in record numbers in recent
In the Grand Canyon, uranium mining threatens a tribe’s survival
The Havasupai are attempting to fight back against the operation of a uranium mine that they say could contaminate their sole water source. by Joanna
European parliamentarians call on OSCE and NATO to reduce nuclear threats
50 parliamentarians from 13 European countries sent a letter on Friday July 14, 2017, to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Chair of the OSCE Minister
Yemen: The War That Isn’t Happening Even as It’s Happening
by Luciana Bohne, CounterPunch, July 14, 2017, Reposted July 16, 2017. The manipulation of news and the distortion of reality are the most powerful weapons
Oscar-Nominated Actor James Cromwell Speaks Out Before Jail Time for Peaceful Anti-Fracking Protest
Guests James Cromwell Oscar-nominated actor and an activist. He was sentenced to a week in jail, scheduled to begin Friday, for obstructing traffic during a
Pentagon Recruiting Playbook Revealed
July 16, 2017 by Pat Elder, reposted from War is a Crime. New recruits have long been required to hold a high school diploma or
Nuclear-free New Zealand turns 30
By Ramesh Thakur, June 14, 2017, JapanTimes, Reposted July 15, 2017. WELLINGTON – On June 8, 1987, the parliament of New Zealand passed a law that
Back to the Future: Universalizing Resistance, Democratizing Power
by Laura Bonham, July 14, 2017, reposted from Common Dreams. ‘What if the U.S. Constitution was a human rights document based on the Declaration of
Democracy Breaks Out at the UN as 122 Nations Vote to Ban the Bomb
We are witnessing a striking shift in the global paradigm of how the world views nuclear weapons. The Titan II ICBM at the Titan Missile
Steve Bannon Is Back—and Trying to Privatize an Entire War
While Don Jr. implodes, Steve Bannon and Erik Prince have hatched a plan to privatize war and pillage Afghanistan. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
US Experts Say North Korean Leadership May Be Ruthless and Reckless, But They Are Not Crazy
Time is Not on Our Side- Former Senior US Government Officials Say There Must Be Dialogue with North Korea. By Ann Wright, July 12, 2017
Book Review – A global security system: an alternative to war. 2016 edition
A global security system: an alternative to war. 2016 edition. Main authors: Kent Shifferd, Patrick Hiller, David Swanson, with input from many others. World Beyond
Nukes and the Global Schism
By Robert C. Koehler, July 12, 2017 Reposted from Common Wonders. The United States boycotted the U.N. negotiations to ban — everywhere across Planet Earth
G20 in Hamburg – pathetic
by Reiner Braun and Kristine Karch, July 12, 2017, Reposted from NatWiss. One day after and some rest one may finally ask the question what
House Panel Votes to Debate Post-9/11 Blank Check for War
Published on Jul 11, 2017 The House Appropriations Committee has advanced a measure proposed by Rep. Barbara Lee that would repeal the 2001 Authorization for
FIRE AND RIDDLES AT HAMBURG
Berlin Bulletin No. 130, July 10, 2017 by Victor Grossman, Berlin Reposted from CoOp News July 11, 2017. The concert hall in Hamburg’s wonderful new Elbphilharmonie
Talk Nation Radio: Nick Mottern on Air War Victims and Armed Drones
Reposted from Let’s Try Democracy, July 11, 2017. Nick Mottern has worked as a reporter, researcher, writer and political organizer over the last 30 years.
“Ain’t No Such Thing as a Just War” – Ben Salmon, WWI Resister
By Kathy Kelly, July 10, 2017, War is a Crime. Several days a week, Laurie Hasbrook arrives at the Voices office here in Chicago. She
Max Blumenthal on How the Media Covers Syria
Published on Jul 9, 2017 As the U.S. and Russia reach a new ceasefire in Syria, Max Blumenthal of Alternet’s Grayzone Project and TRNN’s Aaron
Why We’re Kayaking to the Pentagon, and Why You Should Join Us
By David Swanson One week before the #NoWar2017: War and the Environment conference, to be held September 22-24 at American Univeristy, World Beyond War will
The Syrian Test of Trump-Putin Accord
Exclusive: The U.S. mainstream media remains obsessed over Russia’s alleged “meddling” in last fall’s election, but the real test of bilateral cooperation may come on