By Brett Wilkins, July 18, 2019 From Common Dreams Five of the 24 men sentenced last week by an Italian court to life in prison for their roles in a brutal and bloody U.S.-backed Cold War campaign against South American dissidents graduated […]
From Pandora TV, July 16, 2019 Born from the Bomb, and designed to allow one military force to exploit a position of power over the whole planet with no accountability.
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, July 14, 2019 The latest U.S. House of Representatives version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which is beyond global in scope and not the least bit defensive, offended Donald Trump’s desire for limitless […]
By The Balfour Project, July 14, 2019 Talk by Sir Vincent Fean at recent Meretz UK Event Meretz UK hosted an event on 7th July in London’s Jewish Community centre JW3, to discuss the prospects, advantages and likely outcomes of […]
By Jaden Urbi at CNBC, July 14, 2019 The U.S. military’s use of firefighting foam that contains potentially dangerous chemical compounds could have serious health consequences for the workers who handle it and those who live nearby. The Department of […]
By Pat Elder, World BEYOND War, July 14, 2019 Sen. John Barrasso, (R-WY) is the Senate’s top recipient of cash from the chemical industry. There’s a battle raging in the halls of Congress that will soon determine if the U.S. […]
A talk at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club By Winslow Myers, July 14, 2019 Vasili Archipov was an officer on a Soviet submarine near Cuba during the missile crisis of October 1962. American ships were dropping signaling mines on the […]
ACTIVISTS BRING “CEASE AND DESIST” ORDER TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS BASE BUECHEL, Germany July 14, 2019 Eleven international peace activists entered the Büchel Air Base southwest of Frankfurt early this morning to deliver a self-named Treaty Enforcement Order declaring that the […]
Um dem globalen Amokläufer USA Paroli zu bieten, müssen sich die Europäer endlich für Frieden und Kooperation einsetzen. von Patrick Hiller , July 14, 2019 Foto: ImageFlow/Shutterstock.com Die amerikanische Öffentlichkeit wird erneut auf einen gefährlichen Weg in Richtung Krieg geführt. […]
By Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright, July 14, 2019 President Trump’s order to the Pentagon to have an aerial parade of military aircraft over Washington, DC on July 4 provided a history lesson of America’s war mongering in the past […]
Will The Real Gene Sharp Please Step Forward?
Will The Real Gene Sharp Please Step Forward?
In a recent interview with Jacobin, lawyer and political activist Marcie Smith expands on an essay she wrote earlier this year calling Gene Sharp — the late founder of nonviolent theory — “one of the most important Cold War defense intellectuals the U.S. has produced.” Unfortunately, the int...Thank you to CODEPINK: Women For Peace for sharing. We must address the connection between the war machine and the climate crisis today #climatecrisis
Don't "Make War" on Climate Change
We can’t save a burning planet with the same militarist paradigms that have repeatedly set it on fire.On This Day: This date marks the annual observance of the United Nations’ Nelson Mandela International Day.
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Should Britain recognise a sovereign Palestine now? Event report
The discussion centred on these questions:
1. Can Britain recognise a Palestinian state alongside Israel?
2. Should we?
3. Will we?
4. What good (if at all) would it do?
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Should Britain recognise a sovereign Palestine now? Event report - World Beyond War . . .
By The Balfour Project, July 14, 2019 Talk by Sir Vincent Fean at recent Meretz UK Event Meretz UK hosted an event on 7th July in London’s Jewish Community centre JW3, to discuss the prospects, advantages and likely outcomes of …Encouraging news ...
It’s our right to boycott for justice
#BDS is a nonviolent struggle demanding Israel respect the rights of the Palestinian people. Tell Congress to respect the First Amendment and stop dishonest attacks on our #RightToBoycott. Tell Congress to oppose H.Res.246 and cosponsor historic H.Res.496
