Humanitarian crises and violent conflicts take place in an interlinked, multidimensional context. Killian McCormack and Emily Gilbert challenge the idea that humanitarianism is a neutral endeavor and instead aim to reveal the “violent geographies produced through militarized humanitarianism.”
The parallels between the police-prosecution-prison system and the war system are extensive. I don’t mean the direct connections, the flow of weapons, the flow of veterans. I mean the similarities: the intentional failure to use superior alternatives, the ideology of violence used to justify horrible ideas, and the expense and corruption.
I saw “Top Gun: Maverick” yesterday. It was absolutely horrible. The film sets a new standard for state-orchestrated, pro-military, mass indoctrination.
Nobody wins in war but the profiteers. We must end war or it will end us.
Bruce Kent was inspirational – both by example, and with his knack of encouraging people to be involved, and to achieve more than they thought they could.
Our society is defined by a culture of violence. This year, Campaign Nonviolence’s Action Days aim to build momentum toward a radical, nonviolent future.
Join Omega Research Foundation and CAAT as we launch a new data repository with information on hundreds of arms fairs around the world and tens of thousands of attendees.
As some of the 12,000 expected arms dealers, politicians, military personnel, and other war profiteers arrived at the EY Center in Ottawa on June 1 2022 to attend the CANSEC arms fair, throngs of protesters were there to greet them.
What does peace mean in a world with endless war and militarism? Dianne Otto reflects on the “specific social and historical circumstances that profoundly influence how we think about [peace and war].” She pulls from feminist and queer perspectives to imagine what peace could mean independent of a war system and militarization.
