JAY: So the media’s filled with this. Occupy fizzled out. Occupy didn’t go anywhere. And they’re kind of back to just covering two-party politics. But you have a different story to tell. SWANSON: Well, to some extent that’s true, and to some extent it’s self-fulfilling,…
The Government has promised to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the UK by the mid 2020′s, in accordance with the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT). The NPT was created in 1968 with the aim of facilitating nuclear disarmament and promoting peaceful…
Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank today during demonstrations to mark 65 years since the Nakba, or catastrophe, in which hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced from their villages. Israeli forces fired tear gas at protesters outside a…
Pointing to the US’s 16-year opposition to bringing up the issue of disarmament in the UN Disarmament Conference, Araqchi said, “The US has, for all practical purposes, taken the conference hostage and is hindering its effective performance in advancing international peace and security.” For more…
In the aftermath of the Boston bombings, it is quite shocking that the renewed vigor to close Guantánamo has found the footing that it has. Even though many of the terrible myths started by the Bush administration’s War on Terror rhetoric linger, especially regarding the…
“I love Arlington,” said Rep. Jim Cooper. “But it’s not big enough for all future wars.” The Tennessee Democrat was commenting on a plan to dramatically increase the size of Arlington National Cemetery that was announced this week. As reported in the Washington Post, “one…
In the first major Pakistani court ruling on the legality of the CIA’s drone campaign in the country, a Peshawar High Court judge said this morning that strikes are ‘criminal offences’. Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan ordered Pakistan’s government to ‘use force if need be’…
Levels of atmospheric CO2 have never been this high in human history; will ‘rise in carbon be matched by rise in climate activism’? We did it, and it’s nothing to cheer about. The world hit the “sobering milestone” of 400 parts per million (ppm) of…
The so-called “Line of Actual Control” — a 2,400-mile disputed boundary that divides India from China — is longer than the distance between Jacksonville and San Diego. Most of it is located in the high, desolate mountains — land where “not even a blade of…
In peace activists’ Tenn. trial, arguments of conscience and national security | The Washington Post
From 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, morality and conscience did quiet battle with protocol and budgets in Courtroom 1A of U.S. District Court, to which dozens of supporters marched that morning through downtown Knoxville, led by two Buddhist monks chanting a Japanese prayer for…
Get on the bus for Bradley. June 1, 2013 Bradley Manning Support Network | bradleymanning.org
The campaign to free Army whistle-blower Bradley Manning has stayed strong for three long years,…
“A Chorus of Peace” at Wesleyan + Peace Art in Zelnick | WesLive
“The CitySingers of Hartford will perform “A Chorus of Peace” at the Wesleyan University Chapel,…
Get on the bus for Bradley. June 1, 2013 Bradley Manning Support Network | BradleyManning.org
RSVP for your seat. Leaving from Baltimore, MD, Washington DC, and New York City. And…
A digital media project focusing on telling the story of the Syrian revolution | Syria Untold
More than two years into the Syrian uprising as the battle continues on the ground,…
Israelis And Palestinians Blast Kerry For Peace Efforts | The Daily Beast
John Kerry is so far not having a good run at Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. It’s not…
U.S. Kicks Drug-War Habit, Makes Peace With Afghan Poppies | Wired.com
Because of the poppies, the raw material for most of the world’s heroin, the list…
