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By John LaForge An Appeals Court has vacated the sabotage convictions of peace activists Greg-Boertje-Obed, of Duluth, Min., and his co-defendants Michael Walli of Washington,

By Patrick T. Hiller It is easy to be a cynic listening to some of the more nonsensical chatter coming out of Congress. Despite the

When: May 10, 2015 Where:Gothenburg, Sweden The fishing trawler “Marianne of Gothenburg” will leave Gothenburg, Sweden on May 10, 2015, to meet the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.

Kathy Kelly is just out of prison, where she’d been sent for nonviolently opposing drone murders. An appeals court has just overturned convictions for Megan

Remarks at UNAC Conference, May 8, 2015. This week I read an article by someone I have a lot of respect for and who I

The U.S. Senate has been very concerned not to let peace with Iran slip into place too easily, even while a new war in Iraq

Friday, May 8 – Sunday, May 10, 2015 Empire Meadows (Clarion) Hotel Secaucus, New Jersey (30 minutes from New York City) Learn more: http://www.unacconference2015.org I’ll

By Kristin Christman If we could see a Mother’s Day All around the world, Where mothers lived a day of joy, Where mothers felt their

By Elizabeth De Sa Dear President Obama, I am writing to you concerning your budget request – $585.2 billion for the Pentagon. If approved, it

Every 3rd Wednesday of the month from 3:00 to 3:30 pm, Dan Yaseen hosts Speaking Truth to Empire on KFCF 88.1 FM Free Speech Radio

https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-kathy-kelly-fog-of-war-is-not-the-problem Kathy Kelly co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence ( http://vcnv.org ) a campaign to end U.S. military and economic warfare. During each of fourteen trips

By David Swanson There just might be a big boost in government honesty soon, as both houses of Congress have now passed with two-thirds votes

By David Swanson A powerful new film on what’s wrong with the U.S. media is now being screened around the country. It’s called Shadows of

By John LaForge NEW YORK, NY – Here at the United Nations, talk is focused on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (N-P.T.). At about 11 a.m.

By Art Laffin   On April 28, as the United Nations sponsored Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review conference was beginning its second day, 22 peacemakers from

National Guard Members Encouraged to “Listen to Community” Two national veterans organizations, Veterans For Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War, are calling for the

By David Swanson Reading Nick Turse’s new book, Tomorrow’s Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa, raises the question of whether black lives

Madison’s Music: On Reading the First Amendment, a new book by Burt Neuborne, at first appears an unlikely work to serve much purpose today. Who

By Nick Mottern As the Obama government attempts to justify its drone program, Staff Sergeant Shane R. Owens, a drone sensor operator suffering from PTSD

By Joy First  As I traveled to DC to risk arrest in an action organized by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) I was

https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-sarah-thompson-on-christian-peacemaker-teams/ Sarah Thompson is executive director of Christian Peacemaker Teams. She talks about their work. See http://cpt.orgSee upcoming event in Detroit here: http://www.cpt.org/PeacemakerCongressDetroit Total run

Remarks by David Swanson at Houston Peace and Justice Center Conference on April 25, 2015. I hope to be brief enough to leave lots of

Members of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR] have been active in challenging U.S. invasions and attacks of Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries.  Frequently