
Tweeting while the world comes to its senses
By John LaForge, PeaceVoice When Donald Trump Tweeted something about nuclear weapons Dec. 23, I thought he must be deliberately trivializing the Bomb to make

Hundreds Launch ‘Civil March For Aleppo’ To Demand Help For Refugee
Hundreds of peace activists on Monday launched an on-foot march from Berlin, Germany to Aleppo, Syria in hopes of building political pressure to end the fighting and help refugees there.

Arms Trade Treaty Falling Down in Yemen
By Lyndal Rowlands, Inter Press Service News Agency Two years after the UN Arms Trade Treaty entered into force many of the governments which championed

Challenge to Prime Minister Abe’s Militarism Makes Big News Outside the U.S. Media
An open letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from 53 scholars and activists on the occasion of his visit to Hawaii has received no

To Weapons Dealers, Laws Are Decorative Holiday Ornaments
You might be forgiven for imagining that laws are serious things. When you violate them, you can be locked in a cage for decades. That’s not true for big-time weapons dealers like the U.S. government.

New Signers of Peace Pledge — December 2016
Basel Khalifeh AE Max Preglau Austin Oregon AT Traudlinde Aigner hohenau AT Flo Polster Vienna Wien AT Heinrich Waller Bregenz Vorarlberg AT

Resolved: To Find Peace Advocates in Every Nation
From all around the globe, nearly 50,000 people have signed this statement: I understand that wars and militarism make us less safe rather than protect

German evacuation for WW2 bomb disposal in Augsburg
By BBC News More than 50,000 residents from the German city of Augsburg were evacuated from their homes so that a huge World War

Yes, Dubya, Now I Miss You
By David Swanson When George W. Bush made the case for attacking and destroying the nation of Iraq, he made claims that, if true, would

Talk Nation Radio: Richard Cahan on the Forced Removal and Incarceration of Japanese Americans
https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-richard-cahan-on-the-forced-removal-and-incarceration-of-japanese-americans Richard Cahan is a journalist who writes about photography, art and history. He worked for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1983 to 1999, primarily serving

I Have Seen the Dragon
By Stephen M. Osborn I have seen the Dragon Through clenched lids and arms pressed tight. I have felt its hot breath on my back

The Christmas Truce of 1914 Seen from 2014
By Stephen M. Osborn ‘Twas a century ago this Christmas Eve Heaven seemed to give the soldiers leave Even to set their guns aside, and

An Open Letter To Prime Minister Shinzo Abe On The Occasion Of Your Visit to Pearl Harbor
Since this will be your first official visit to the place where Japan’s war against the United States began, we would like to raise the following questions concerning your previous statements about the war.

Eyewitness account of Christmas Truce from Frank Richards
“We and the Germans met in the middle of no-man’s-land.” Frank Richards was a British soldier who experienced the “Christmas Truce”. We join his story

What Christmas Owes To Abolitionists
Before Christmas emerged as a commercial success, it led a checkered social life. In the 13 American colonies and the early days of the United States, it was known as a festival of heavy drinking and brawling.

Silent Night
Sing in German this year! Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, alles schlaft, einsam wacht Nur das traute heilige Paar. Holder Knab im lockigten Haar. Schlafe in

Bertie Felstead
The last known survivor of no-man’s-land football died on July 22nd, 2001, aged 106. THE ECONOMIST OLD soldiers, they say, never die, they only fade

Christmas Truce
A Christmas truce letter is here. And here’s a script that turns the above letter into a play that can be performed on Christmas by

Bullets & Billets
Here’s an account of the Christmas Truce from a book written by someone who was there: Bullets & Billets, by Bruce Bairnsfather via Project Guttenberg

Snoopy’s Christmas
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, Du kannst mir sehr gefallen! The news had come out in the First World War The bloody Red Baron was flying

CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES by John McCutcheon
My name is Francis Tolliver, I come from Liverpool. Two years ago the war was waiting for me after school. To Belgium and to Flanders,

Belleau Wood lyrics by Joe Henry and Garth Brooks
Oh, the snowflakes fell in silence Over Belleau Wood that night For a Christmas truce had been declared By both sides of the fight As

A Christmas Truce Letter
The Christmas Truce By Aaron Shepard Printed in Australia’s School Magazine, Apr. 2001 For more treats and resources, visit Aaron Shepard at www.aaronshep.com

Can Indigenous Okinawans Protect Their Land and Water From the US Military?
As construction finishes on six new helipads, demonstrations to remove the military are reaching a fever pitch. By Lisa Torio, The Nation hree weeks ago, on

Attempting to Curtail Dissent of Seniors by Stopping Social Security Checks
By Ann Wright Governments go to pretty low tricks to silent dissent–curtailing ones travel to neighboring countries and now stopping social security checks. First,
