With Nuclear, Conventional Arms Pacts Stalled, U.S. Moves Missiles And Troops To Russian Border Rick Rozoff 2010 is proceeding in a manner more befitting the third month of the year, named after the Roman god of war, than the first whose name is derived from a pacific deity. On January 13 the Associated Press reported [...]

Russia’s ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin, warned on Friday that his country will not passively watch the deployment of a U.S. Patriot missile battery in Poland. The US will supply the Patriots and 100 troops in Poland this year, to be stationed not far from the Russian Kaliningrad border. “Do they really think that we [...]

Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice will again be marking the cost of the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by placing the January stone on the Memorial Cairn at the intersection of Broadway, Elm and Park streets in New Haven at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 1. The January stone will be inscribed with the January [...]

Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and whose books, such as “A People’s History of the United States,” inspired young and old to rethink the way textbooks present the American experience, died today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was traveling. He [...]

Scientists and citizen leaders at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced today that they are turning back the symbolic hands of the “Doomsday Clock” to from five to six minutes to midnight in an effort to mobilize global public opinion for a nuclear weapons free world. In a campaign to educate and organize citizens before [...]

The New England Anti-War Conference, will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 30, at 50 Vassar St., in Cambridge, Mass. REGISTER TODAY! To register for the conference, please go to http://newenglandunited.org/register. No advance payment is required to register and it only takes sixty seconds. CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Registration: $15 general; $10 students & [...]

American humanitarian Greg Mortenson’s first book — “Three Cups of Tea” — has sold over 3.5 million copies around the world. It tells the remarkable story about his efforts to build schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan. When in 2008 the Bill Moyers Journal asked viewers what books should be priority reading for the next President, [...]

The Yale Peabody Museum will open its doors once again in honor of Dr. King and his efforts to ensure environmental and social justice among all people. The weekend’s activities will include world-class performances and educational activities for visitors of all ages. The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is co-sponsoring the fourteenth annual two-day [...]