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Chomsky: US Must Join Global Call for Negotiations as Russia Escalates Actions
Chomsky urges that the U.S. join the rest of the world in calling for negotiations, not because Putin can be trusted, but because negotiations are our best hope for averting disaster. There’s no certainty as to whether this process would result in peace, but as Chomsky says, “There is one and only one way to find out: Try.”
The Chris Hedges Report: Julian Assange’s Father on Looming Extradition and Imperative of Mass Resistance
A society that prohibits the capacity to speak in truth extinguishes the capacity to live in justice.
THE GREAT LOOP VOYAGE for a Nuclear-Free World! Golden Rule Sails Again
Sailing for a nuclear-free world, and starting in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, the Golden Rule Peace Boat will make a 11,000 mile, 15-month Great Loop Voyage down the Mississippi, up the Atlantic coast and into the Great Lakes. See the Twin Cities schedule below.
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ACTIVISM
Martin Luther King: War is Obsolete, All Life is Connected
This excerpt of Martin Luther King speaking (in 1967) provides a wonderful example of how he was a systems thinker. Here he discusses the interconnected nature of reality, the foolishness of war and the interdependence that binds the human family together... “Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war More
MEDIA
Hedges: Why the media censors truth about Ukraine
Throughout the Ukraine war, Western news outlets have mindlessly parroted the opinions of a ruling elite and overseen a public discourse that is often unhinged from the real world.
Why are former CIA agents flocking to Facebook and Google
Former CIa and other national security agents are flocking to jobs with the social media as through algorithms and outright censorship they continue to block antiwar and peace and justice articles and websites.
MILITARISM
On the International Day of Peace September 21st, The U.S./EU/NATO Axis of Domination Reaffirmed Its’ Commitment to the Weapon of War
For the Biden administration, a commitment to peace is a poor substitute for the benefits of securing another $13 billion in aid for Ukraine contained in legislation meant to fund the U.S. government. Moving money from the public coffers to the pockets of the defense companies that pay the bills for both parties is always seen as good bipartisan policy.
Who drives Washington’s wars of aggression and outrageous military spending?
To be fair, the Nuland-Kagan mom-and-pop shop is really only a microcosm of how the Military-Industrial Complex has worked for decades: think-tank analysts generate the reasons for military spending, the government bureaucrats implement the necessary war policies, and the military contractors make lots of money before kicking back some to the think tanks — so the bloody but profitable cycle can spin again.
VOICES
Media for Justice and Peace: New Posts for August/September, 2022
There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not lead single-issue lives. - Audre Lorde
ECOLOGY
Ignoring How Militarism Fuels Climate Change Will Be the Death of Us, by Sue Ann Martinson
It’s time to acknowledge how the failure to connect the dots between U.S. imperialism and the growing climate crisis threatens all life on this planet in more ways than one. ‘A Just Transition to a Regenerative Economy’ must end wars, military culture, and the violence of militarized forces and police in our More
ECONOMY
Chris Hedges: Strike, Strike, Strike
At what point does a beleaguered population living near or below the poverty line rise in protest? This, if history is any guide, is unknown. But that the tinder is there is now undeniable, even to the ruling class.
EQUAL RIGHTS
‘A Revolutionary Ruling, and Not Just for Abortion’: A Supreme Court Scholar Explains the Impact of Dobbs
"The ruling signals a massive change in how we read the Constitution, from a living reading to an original reading. The court has firmly rejected the theory of the living Constitution, which argues that the meaning of the document’s language changes as the beliefs and values of Americans change."
POLITICS
John Kiriakou: Don’t Charge Trump with Espionage
Scrap the Espionage Act Nobody should face the charge unless they are working for a foreign power and mean harm to the United States. March 29, 2019: Marine One lifts-off after returning President Donald J. Trump to Mar-a-Lago. (White House, Joyce N. Boghosian) By John Kiriakou / Consortium News ScheerPost August More
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Jane Addams was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Throughout her life, Addams struggled not only for women’s rights, but also for labor and civil rights, free speech and world peace.
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