AUDIO: Mel Figueroa, Marjorie Cohn, David Swanson
Demand militaries be included in the climate agreement.
Demand militaries be included in the climate agreement.
This week on Talk World Radio, we’re going to hold a bit of a respectful and civil debate.
Leading Peace Activists from Around the World Discuss the Origins of Remembrance/Armistice Day and Plans for This Year’s
David Swanson spoke on November 3, 2021, with the Rotary Club of Fort Collins. The views he expressed were his, obviously, and not those of the Rotary Club of Fort Collins. But they could be yours. That’s up to you.
The 2021 US Peace Prize has been awarded to World BEYOND War “for exceptional global advocacy and creative peace education to end war and dismantle the war machine.”
Until 1954 November 11th was set aside to celebrate and strive for peace as a holiday called Armistice Day, remembering the end of WWI.
Once again, they’re standing beside each other in a long row. With ties around their necks, excited but serious expressions on their faces and brows photogenically wrinkled with concern, they’re ready to save the world from the fiery furnace.
This article was published with support from Columbia University’s Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights and the Gumshoe Group.
U.S. presidential election campaigns have been known to focus on the slogan “It’s the economy, stupid.”
Efforts to explain the behavior of the U.S. government ought to put a little more focus on a different slogan, found in the headline above.