May 26, 2020 A bill introduced to Congress is trying to expand draft registration to women … but a network of peace activists, experienced draft resisters, antiwar feminists, and draft-age youth are working to not only stop it, but to […]
By Robert Levering, May 19, 2020 From Waging Nonviolence As if there weren’t enough to worry about these days, women soon may be required to register for the military draft. You may not have heard about this development because of […]
By Catalina Rojas, May 15, 2020 From school dropout to PhD holder. Meet one of the world’s tops experts in Peace Education: Phill Gittings. Phill has received multiple awards for his contributions to peace and social change, including the Rotary Peace Fellowship. […]
By Jack Gilroy, April 29, 2020 Dr Martin Luther King said: “Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.” As biomedical teams around the world organize to find a vaccine for Covid19, peace makers have […]
By Rivera Sun, April 26, 2020 There’s a bill before congress to expand the military draft to women. It’s a terrible idea. Here are four reasons why: It’s not about “equality.” Some say drafting women is only fair; after all, […]
By Amada Benavides de Pérez, April 11, 2020 From Global Campaign for Peace Education For peace, welcome For children, freedom For their mothers, life To live in tranquility This is the poem Juan[1] wrote on World Peace Day, last September […]
By Matthew Hoh, April 21, 2020 From Counterpunch Bringing The Enemy’s War Home; The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai I was born near New York City in 1973, the year the United States officially ended its war in Vietnam and […]
By Brian Terrell, April 17, 2020 “But what of the price of peace?” asked Jesuit priest and war resister Daniel Berrigan, writing from federal prison in 1969, doing time for his part in the destruction of draft records. “I think […]
By Pat Elder, April 12, 2020 米軍基地から漏れ出した有害物資を含む泡消火剤 “Foam containing harmful materials leaked from U.S. military base” According to Okinawa-based Toshio TAKAHASHI, The Okinawa Defense Bureau has provided information on the release of foam from Futenma Airfield, which occurred on Friday, […]
By Alan Macleod, March 30, 2020 From Mint Press News The phrase “military-industrial complex” is thrown around a lot. But the fact remains that the United States spends almost as much on war as the rest of the world combined. American troops […]
Mattis gets it half right. We should reject any thinking of ANY cities in which human beings live as a battlespace.
James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution
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In an extraordinary condemnation, the former defense secretary backs protesters and says the president is trying to turn Americans against one another.We've seen this movie before. Solidarity to the courageous protestors facing armed militarized troops in front of the White House right now.
(Watch this video with CNN on and it lines up perfectly!)
Talk Nation Radio: John Perkins on Ceasing to Be an Economic Hit Man
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John Perkins is an author and activist whose 10 books on global intrigue, shamanism, and transformation including Touching the Jaguar, Shapeshifting, and the classic Confessions of an Economic Hit ...Thanks to so many people all over the world who contributed to our #NoWar2020 virtual event - by speaking, singing, asking great questions or just being there and showing your support. Each of the inspiring and informative presentations from the three days can be seen and shared via YouTube. Next year we will do this in Ottawa! worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2020-conference-was-virtual-watch-it-here/
#NoWar2020 Conference Was Virtual - Watch It Here - World Beyond War . . .
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By World BEYOND War, May 31, 2020 Day 1 of World BEYOND War’s #NoWar2020 Virtual Conference! Mary-Wynne Ashford led an online workshop on “Nonviolence Strategies – 101 Solutions to Violence, Terror, and War.” Day 2 of World BEYOND War’s #NoWar2020 [...]davidswanson.org
The war on Vietnam plays an infinitely larger role in history in the common understanding of a typical U.S. citizen than does what the U.S. government did to Indonesia in 1965-1966. But if you read...
