The movement to abolish nuclear weapons has been around for a long time, taking a tortuous path through highs and lows. Another high will be achieved next week when the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty enters into force.
What we’re witnessing is a new Cold War surge in nuke weapons research and development in New Mexico, which is arguably the ground zero for nuclear weapons modernization on our planet Earth.
2020 is over, but the wars and the conflicts in Palestine, Yemen and Syria are not over yet.
Is the ultimate solution deceptively simple: Grow our own good food and mind our own damn business? That’s my takeaway from the work of Greta Zarro, Organizing Director of World Beyond War and co-founder of Unadilla Community Farm, and Brian Terrell, an Iowan farmer and long-time peace activist.
An update of Nova Scotians’ future participation in the arms trade and the ongoing attention peace activists across Canada are beaming onto the $19 billion purchase of 88 new fighter jets.
You may have heard that the U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill to spend $741 billion renaming military bases that have been heretofore named for Confederates. You may think that’s a grand idea but still wonder at the price tag.
Just a few weeks ago, super hawk Michèle Flournoy was being touted as a virtual shoo-in to become Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Defense. But some progressives insisted on organizing to raise key questions: Should we accept the revolving door that keeps spinning between the Pentagon and the weapons industry?
Despite polls that suggest most Canadians do not support warplanes used to kill and destroy things around the world, the federal government seems determined to spend tens of billions of dollars to expand that capability.
There is a new U.S. war in Western Sahara, being waged by Morocco with the support of the U.S. military.
