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Pentagon and other national security officials have privately expressed worries that the Trump administration might initiate operations against Iran or other adversaries at the end of his term.
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Some Liberals and Arms-Control Experts Are Cheering for War Profiteers to Be in Biden’s Cabinet | Common Dreams
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Why ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ deserves praise – from an antiwar organizer who was there | Waging Nonviolence
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10 things you need to know to stop a coup | Waging Nonviolence
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After 4 decades of Plowshares actions, it’s nuclear warfare that should be on trial — not activists | Waging Nonviolence
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At Least 37 Million People Have Been Displaced by America’s War on Terror | The New York Times
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75th Anniversary Wrap Up: No More Hiroshima! No More Nagasaki! | UFPJ
Environment
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Why the Environmental Justice Movement Should Think Locally | The New Republic
The principle behind community-based climate fights, in his view, is simple: “More or less, it’s equity.”
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REVERSE THE TREND — Save our People. Save our Planet. Thursday, Jan. 21, 6-9 p.m.
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Climate activists mount utility strike to urge the shutdown of New England coal plant | Waging Nonviolence
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The Other Race on Georgia’s January Ballot | The Intercept
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British chicken driving deforestation in Brazil’s ‘second Amazon’ | TBIJ
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The science is in: Nuclear is out | Beyond Nuclear International
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What Congress Needs to Know About Pending Nuclear Waste Legislation | Briefing | EESI
Columnists
Christmas 2020 | Mazin Qumsiyeh
Christmas Eve was always special. Despite the difficulties, we tried to enjoy the night of ...
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Mutual Aid in 2020 | Andy Piascik
Mutual aid has been around a long time. For many people who practice mutual aid, it is not known by that name.
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Anniversary of the Genocide Convention: 9 December 1948 | Rene Wadlow
An Unused but not Forgotten Standard of World Law
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2.5 Stories of Brothers Embracing: VaYisklakh | Arik Ascherman
I dream of a world that becomes the Temple because it the place where brothers and sisters embrace.
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Opinion: Yes, a U.S. president can start a nuclear war at any time | Stanley Heller via The News-Times of Danbury
If you’re terrified by the fact that a madman or mistake could end in nuclear holocaust, you’re not alone.
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Why Martin Luther King Didn’t Run for President | Rolling Stone
King’s vision of nonviolent protest in Washington — massive and confrontational — may yet be necessary to save American democracy.
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Martin Luther King Jr. on America’s ‘obnoxious peace’ | Fellowship of Reconciliation
Without that difficult work true healing and real peace can never occur. Dr. King — and all of us — deserve at least that much.
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You can’t fight fascism by expanding the police state | Fast Company
Expanding the U.S. government’s already bloated surveillance state will only bring more terror and harm to the same communities that Trump targeted with his racist policies and rhetoric
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The World Says No to War on Yemen | Facebook Event Jan. 23, 3 p.m. EST
Join Socialist Resurgence CT on January 23, for a panel discussion as part of a global day of awareness about the crisis in Yemen.
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REVERSE THE TREND — Save our People. Save our Planet. Thursday, Jan. 21, 6-9 p.m.
Join us for an in-depth conversation with young artists and activists sharing their thoughts on how they're using their art to overcome nuclear and environmental injustices.
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Moving Connecticut’s Economy from War to Peace | YouTube
Find the unedited recording of yesterday's acclaimed, excellent conference, "Moving Connecticut’s Economy from War to Peace," here
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Justice For Congo – East Africa Joins the Call – UN Mapping Report Jan. 9, 2021
Jan. 9, 11 a.m. ET Sponsored by Friends of the Congo. Justice For Congo – ...
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Becomes International Law | UN Dispatch
The treaty seeks to do to nuclear weapons what previous international treaties have done to chemical and biological weapons — ban their use on humanitarian grounds.
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Opinion: Yes, a U.S. president can start a nuclear war at any time | Stanley Heller via The News-Times of Danbury
If you’re terrified by the fact that a madman or mistake could end in nuclear holocaust, you’re not alone.
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Jerry Brown, William J. Perry, and David Holloway: Our advice to President-elect Biden: Break the dangerous pattern of nuclear competition with Russia | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Dialogue is not a reward or an exercise of naivete; it is an imperative for survival. When things are bad—as they are now—is precisely the time to talk.
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North Korea’s Kim Talks Of New Weapons, But Leaves Door Open For Biden | NPR
In a report Kim referred to the U.S. as North Korea's principal enemy, and vowed to develop a raft of new nuclear and conventional weapons to counter the threat from Washington.
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Joe Biden should end the US pretence over Israel’s ‘secret’ nuclear weapons | The Guardian
The cover-up has to stop – and with it, the huge sums in aid for a country with oppressive policies towards Palestinians
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International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People Nov. 29 | United Nations
In 1977, the General Assembly called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
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No Ceasefire Until Cause of War is Discussed: Taliban Spokesman | TOLOnews
He said that the Taliban wants the establishment of an Islamic system in which the values of people of the country are reflected.
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Biden-Harris ticket a blow to Palestinian hopes | The Electronic Intifada
Palestine solidarity activists feared this moment. So, too, did a wide range of progressives.
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Record number of journalists jailed worldwide | Committee to Protect Journalists
In its annual global survey, the Committee to Protect Journalists found at least 274 journalists in jail in relation to their work on December 1, 2020, exceeding the high of 272 in 2016
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Three priorities for President Biden and Vice President Harris to show global digital leadership | World Wide Web Foundation
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Anniversary of the Genocide Convention: 9 December 1948 | Rene Wadlow
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Today is International Human Rights Day | United Nations
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The real threat to democracy isn’t Julian Assange — it’s the espionage case against him | Waging Nonviolence
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Improved rights for migrant workers in the Middle East | SDC
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Vietnamese activist and journalist Pham Doan Trang arrested for ‘anti-state propaganda’ | Global Voices
Peace in the Arts
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Moving Connecticut’s Economy from War to Peace | YouTube
Find the unedited recording of yesterday's acclaimed, excellent conference, "Moving Connecticut’s Economy from War to Peace," here
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Judge rejects Panama Papers law firm’s libel case against Netflix over ‘The Laundromat’ | ICIJ
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Diary of a Nepali soldier in France | Global Voices
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‘War and Health: The Medical Consequences of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan’
Latin America
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What Facebook doesn’t want you to know. Facebook deleted Cuba Conference Event page
After the U.S. Elections: For Normalization! Why We Must End the Blockade on Cuba!
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The US-Led Drug War and Human Rights Violations in Colombia Amid COVID-19 Crisis | Latino Rebels
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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
Economy
Moving Connecticut’s Economy from War to Peace | YouTube
Find the unedited recording of yesterday's acclaimed, excellent conference, "Moving Connecticut’s Economy from War to Peace," here
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US lawmakers move to end anonymous shell companies in national defense spending bill | ICIJ
A major anti-money laundering reform is expected to arrive in annual omnibus legislation with bipartisan support.
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First US taxpayer sentenced to prison for crimes revealed by Panama Papers | ICIJ
“It can’t be that most of us pay our taxes, and 17% can willy-nilly disrespect the law,” said Judge Richard M. Berman.
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US calls for ‘significant’ jail time for Panama Papers tax crooks | ICIJ
“Every tax fraud is theft from the pockets of every taxpaying citizen of this nation,” prosecutors said.
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Justice For Congo – East Africa Joins the Call – UN Mapping Report Jan. 9, 2021
Jan. 9, 11 a.m. ET Sponsored by Friends of the Congo. Justice For Congo – ...
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How I’ll govern Ghana if elected President: Brigitte Dzogbenuku | Premium Times
Brigitte Dzogbenuku’s Progressives Peoples Party recorded one per cent of the vote when she ran for vice-president in 2016
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‘War and Peace’ in Western Sahara: Restoring Cross-Border Trade with Africa | MoroccoWorldNews
On Nov. 13, the Moroccan army evacuated the Guerguerat crossing, located in the buffer zone on the Moroccan-Mauritanian border ...
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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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North Korea’s Kim Talks Of New Weapons, But Leaves Door Open For Biden | NPR
In a report Kim referred to the U.S. as North Korea's principal enemy, and vowed to develop a raft of new nuclear and conventional weapons to counter the threat from Washington.
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America’s War on Syrian Civilians | The New Yorker
.... It’s time to look honestly at the devastation that accompanies “targeted” air strikes.
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Leaked Documents Show How China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor the Coronavirus | ProPublica
In the early hours of Feb. 7, China’s powerful internet censors experienced an unfamiliar and deeply unsettling sensation. They felt they were losing control.
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Nuclear notebook: Chinese nuclear forces, 2020 | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
China continues the nuclear weapons modernization program that it initiated in the 1980s and increased in the 1990s and 2000s
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