By Matthew Hoh, November 8, 2019 From Counterpunch I was very pleased to see the New York Times editorial on November 1, 2019, Suicide Has Been Deadlier than Combat for the Military. As a combat veteran myself and someone who has struggled with suicidality […]
by Manolo Dinnuci, November 5, 2019 Napoli, e non Roma, è stata il 4 novembre al centro della Giornata delle Forze Armate. Sul Lungomare Caracciolo sono sfilati 5 battaglioni. Ma il pezzo forte è stata l’area espositiva interforze, che ha richiamato […]
Mark Isaacs is the author, among other books, of the new book, The Kabul Peace House, which we discuss, and which describes a community of peace activists in Afghanistan. Mark is president of Sydney PEN, an affiliate of PEN International, a […]
By David Swanson, October 27, 2019 There were whispers in the village, high up in the mountains of Afghanistan. There was a Stranger here. He had made a friend and been invited to live in a home despite not being […]
By Sarah Flatto Mansarah, October 8, 2019 From Waging Nonviolence Just over one year ago, photos and videos of Israeli border police violently arresting a young Palestinian woman went viral. She appeared to be screaming as they ripped her hijab off and […]
Lisa Fithian has just published a terrific guide to direct action and strategic civil disobedience as the most radical and rapid means to social change, called Shut It Down: Stories from a Fierce Loving Resistance. Fithian has been described by […]
By David Swanson, September 20, 2019 In the years following 2003, the U.S. military dotted Iraq with over 500 military bases, many of them close to Iraqi cities. These cities suffered the impacts of bombs, bullets, chemical and other weapons, […]
By Marc Eliot Stein, September 18, 2019 What do peace educators do? On this month’s episode of the World BEYOND War podcast, we talk to three professional peace educators from various backgrounds: Tony Jenkins, managing director of the International Institute […]
Russell Gray grew up in Kansas City, graduated from college in 2017 and took a banking regulation job with the U.S. government. He left that job in November 2018 to help start the climate group Extinction Rebellion in the United States. […]
By Medea Benjamin, September 4, 2019 From OpenDemocracy On August 21, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Lise Grande, put out a heartbreaking call for nations to make good on their pledges to send humanitarian aid to feed destitute families in war-torn […]
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Sometimes we only find out which US foreign military bases really exist when it's convenient for the military to pretend they are being abandoned.
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By Nick Turse, November 5, 2019 From TomDispatch They called it Castle Black, an obvious homage to the famed frozen citadel from the HBO series Game of Thrones. In the fantasy world of GoT, it’s the stronghold of the Night’s Watch, the French ..."I have seen first-hand how U.S. diplomacy, our country’s relationships with other countries, has been militarized." - Ann Wright, former US Army colonel and diplomat.
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By Ann Wright, November 15, 2019 The settler-colonial history of the United States is not discussed by those in the U.S. government. However, in the lexicon of American studies, settler-colonialism is a major topic, and particularly for historians in the ...Courage, People! Show Some Misneach!
Courage, People! Show Some Misneach!
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Misneach (mish-nyuhkh) is an Irish word meaning something like bravery, courage, spirit. The Irish could use more misneach, as we all could. Ireland is failing to stand up to the U.S. military and ...Conferenza Internazionale: Pathways to Peace. Interviews featuring Mairead Maguire, John Maguire, David Swanson and Ken Mayers
Conferenza Internazionale: Pathways to Peace with Mairead Maguire - World Beyond War . . .
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Estratti delle interviste del CNGNN con Mairead Maguire premio Nobel per la pace e altri relatori della conferenza Internazionale Pathways to Peace. Speakers: Mairead Maguire, John Maguire, David Swanson and Ken Mayers.Starting a Chapter of World BEYOND War www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxT_akMXTTg
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Helen Peacock on how she started a chapter of World BEYOND War. worldbeyondwar.org/becomecoordinator
