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The civil rights icon’s uncompromising insistence on treating opponents with respect was perhaps his greatest attribute — even if it has not always been understood.
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Avoiding another Hiroshima | Madeleine K. Albright, Science mag
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Committee Votes to End and Prevent More Endless War | Win Without War
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Inside the sudden, rising wave of military and veteran dissent | Waging Nonviolence
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Baltimore and Tucson Branches Remember Pat Birnie | WILPF
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Beyond Nuclear v. NRC legal appeal to 2nd highest court in the land | Beyond Nuclear
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Honoring the righteous rage, agony and despair of this global uprising | Fellowship of Reconciliation
Environment
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Brazilian meat giant trucked cattle from deforested Amazon ranch | TBIJ
A Facebook post suggests the JBS's own trucks transported cows from an illegally deforested farm in the Amazon to a "clean" farm that supplies its abattoirs, or slaughterhouses.
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Key articles about heat waves and how people are adapting | Yale Climate Connections
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The struggle to protect the Sacred Place Where Life Begins — Indigenous groups lead fight against Arctic oil drilling | Waging Nonviolence
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US fossil fuel giants set for a coronavirus bailout bonanza | The Guardian
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Sweden Shuts Down Its Last Coal Plant Two Years Early | EcoWatch
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Indian Point nuke plant shutting down | Gazettenet
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Airlines and oil giants are on the brink. No government should offer them a lifeline | George Monbiot, via The Guardian
Columnists
We need green jobs, not a fracked gas power plant in Killingly | Melinda Tuhus
It’s time for bold action, and not a moment too soon; in fact, it’s almost too late. But much better late than never.
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India and China: Behind the Conflict | Conn Hallinan
There is no evidence that the US, India and China want a war, one whose effect on the international economy would make Covid-19 look like a mild head cold.
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Is Khurban (Destruction) Ever Necessary? Shabbat Nakhamu | Rabbi Arik Ascherman
What do we need to feel comfort on Shabbat Nakhamu (Nakhamu, Nakhamu ami-Comfort, comfort my ...
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Pipelines, Politics and the Power of Indigenous Protest | Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan, Democracy Now!
If we are to avoid catastrophic climate change, we have to leave the oil, gas and coal in the ground.
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Criminal Negligence in Beirut | IPA
This explosion was caused by the criminal negligence of men -- encouraged by a political system designed to build clients and not see citizens.
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Fight Coronavirus Not Wars | Lindsey German, stopwar.org
In a time when there are huge threats to the health of millions, it seems incredible that war machines are still grinding on
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Conservative TV networks backtrack after touting Qanon, Plandemic conspiracies | Axios
Kara Fischer of Axios looks at how conversative TV news spreads conspiracy theories.
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Bruce G. Blair, acclaimed expert on the risks of nuclear war, dies at 72 | Princeton
Bruce Blair, an internationally renowned scholar and expert on the risks of accidental nuclear war, died on July 19 following a severe stroke. He was 72.
Read More »Events
Campaign Nonviolence National Conference 2020 Aug. 6, 7, 8 | Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service
The August 8th Conference will be translated live in Spanish on a separate audio channel ...
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Hiroshima-Nagasaki 75th annual commemoration events continuing through Aug. 9
All told, BeyondNuclear has posted about 30 separate announcements, from across the U.S., from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Click for more info. ...
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Cuban doctors helped save Chernobyl’s children in ‘Un Traductor’ | Beyond Nuclear
See the deeply moving feature film, Un Traductor, that tells their story and join the directors and experts for a live discussion
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Protest against the annexation plan and occupation of Palestine at 4 p.m. Friday, July 10, Capitol Building, Hartford, CT
We cannot stand idly while Israel continues to strip the Palestinian people of their land and basic human rights.
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Nuclear weapons: arms-control efforts need China | Nature
New ways of thinking about nuclear security and arms control are needed urgently, and for more than two players.
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Still Here | horoshimanagasaki75.org
We are a group of organizations and individuals working together to mark the anniversaries of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Trinity nuclear test.
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TAKE ACTION: Tell the House to Vote Against Nuclear Testing | armscontrol.org
The first U.S. nuclear test blast in 28 years would raise tensions with Russia and China and almost certainly trigger an outbreak of nuclear testing by other countries
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The lasting effects of working with nuclear weapons | WCAX.com
Vets did talk about it, and some even got compensation from the Government because of the on-going health problems they face.
Read More »Middle East
‘Israeli Forces Killed My Cousin on His Sister’s Wedding Day’ | Democracy Now!
What we understand is that Ahmed lost control of his car or was confused while he was in his car. That was all it took...
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Global actions against Israeli annexation and to defend Palestine: Endorse the call and add your event | Samidoun
To endorse the international appeal from Palestinians under Israeli occupation, or to inform the world of your local event, please click to read more
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We can’t breathe until we’re free! Palestinians stand in solidarity with Black Americans | BDS Movement
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian society that leads the ...
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Call to Action! Week of Palestinian Struggle, 15-22 May 2020
Call to Action! Week of Palestinian Struggle, 15-22 May 2020
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The US-Led Drug War and Human Rights Violations in Colombia Amid COVID-19 Crisis | Latino Rebels
Catatumbo is one of five “future zones” in Colombia—special militarized zones where 55% of the country’s illicit crops are grown.
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Beijing Tightens Grip on Hong Kong: Daily Brief | Human Rights Watch
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World Refugee Day World Refugee Day — June 20 | Rene Wadlow
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In ‘Dark Mirror,’ Reporter Concludes: ‘Snowden Did Substantially More Good Than Harm’ | RSN
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To maintain social distancing, immigrant rights groups use creative ‘drive-by protests’ | Waging Nonviolence
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Questions and Answers on the New US Landmine Policy | Human Rights Watch
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The DNC May Have Paved The Way For Julian Assange’s Acquittal | Shadowproof
Peace in the Arts
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Georgia: Writer’s Statue Highlights Historic Tensions | Institute for War and Peace Reporting
This unimposing monument to the 19th-century ethnic Azerbaijani writer Nariman Narimanov is at the heart of an ongoing controversy.
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Cuban doctors helped save Chernobyl’s children in ‘Un Traductor’ | Beyond Nuclear
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Ralph Nader On His New Book Of Family Recipes | NPR
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Filmmaker Josh Fox responds to Michael Moore on bombshell climate film | Rising via YouTube
Latin America
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The US-Led Drug War and Human Rights Violations in Colombia Amid COVID-19 Crisis | Latino Rebels
Catatumbo is one of five “future zones” in Colombia—special militarized zones where 55% of the country’s illicit crops are grown.
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La Esperanza: A Testimony of Peace and Social Justice from the Community Council | PeacePresence.org
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‘Born fi dead’: The Caribbean looks at the George Floyd protests and sees itself | Global Voices
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US to deploy anti-drug Navy ships near Venezuela | AP
Economy
Barbara Lee Speaks for Me: Cut the Pentagon budget! | Win Without War
Congresswoman Barbara Lee has introduced bold new legislation calling for a $350 BILLION dollar cut to the Pentagon budget.
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Meet BlackRock, the New Great Vampire Squid | WEB OF DEBT BLOG
BlackRock is a global financial giant with customers in 100 countries ... and it now manages the spigots to trillions of bailout dollars from the Federal Reserve.
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The established order has never been weaker — movements need to get to work | Waging Nonviolence
The job for organizers then is to build a bridge from this crisis to the Green New Deal future.
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Letting the Pentagon Loose With Your Tax Dollars | TomDispatch
... When you also include war and security costs buried in the budgets of other agencies, the actual proposed new Pentagon budget comes in at more than $1.2 trillion ....
Read More »Africa
French police arrest Félicien Kabuga, alleged financier of genocide in Rwanda | Global Voices
Kabuga had 28 aliases over 26 years as a most-wanted fugitive
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Luanda Leaks | ICIJ
How Africa's richest woman exploited family ties, shell companies and inside deals to build an empire Isabel dos Santos made a fortune at the expense of the Angolan people.
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Prospects for revolution in Africa’s 55 countries | Waging Nonviolence
An overview of the current political situation in 55 African countries shows that many movements are making gains in the struggle against authoritarianism.
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Dispatches from a world in turmoil | Nature
Writing from Syria, Bolivia, Sudan, Iran, Chile, Egypt, Ecuador, Lebanon, Venezuela, Hong Kong and Catalonia, correspondents tell of altered priorities, day-to-day challenges and hope in the dark times.
Read More »Asia
Nuclear weapons: arms-control efforts need China | Nature
New ways of thinking about nuclear security and arms control are needed urgently, and for more than two players.
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India and China: Behind the Conflict | Conn Hallinan
There is no evidence that the US, India and China want a war, one whose effect on the international economy would make Covid-19 look like a mild head cold.
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Yemen continuous evaluation and learning (YCLE) project – Yemen | ReliefWeb
The Yemen Continuous Learning and Evaluation (YCLE) project evaluates the performance and results of USAID activities while helping USAID learn and adapt for improved effectiveness.
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Conventional wisdom says Turkey won’t go nuclear. That might be wrong. | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Ask 10 experts on Turkish politics whether the United States should worry about Ankara’s nuclear weapons ambitions and you’ll likely hear 10 denials.
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