Chris Hedges: Our Collective Trauma is the Road to Tyranny
The key is community. Not virtual communities. But communities where we can reconnect and see in our wounds the wounds of others.
Fragmentary Connections: A Meditation on War, Peace, Community, and Climate
REFLECTIONS Fragmentary Connections: A Novel, A Poem, A Song, Videos, A Meditation on War, Peace, Community, and Climate By Sue Ann Martinson REFLECTIONS Leadership Lately I have been reading a novel in which the war in Crimea figures as a background the plot turns on. No, not the current war, although the geopolitical reasons for More
Summary March 2023: Rise Up Times, articles of substance you won’t find in the mainstream media
Chris Hedges/ Glenn Greenwald/Media; Henry Giroux:Education/Freedom; Fair Trade/ Green Trade; Sami Rasouli: Legacy of War; Coleen Rowley: Nuclear Warning/WW3; UN/Climate: "On thin ice"; FBI infiltrates peace and justice groups; Assange/Ithaka movie now available in U.S., more. . .
Active nonviolence is the only way out of the folly of war, Europe for Peace
It is clear then that the real question is how to create this unity and how to create a convergence between organisations fighting for justice and human rights. There is a great truth in the saying “there is strength in unity”.
Martin Luther King: War is Obsolete, All Life is Connected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 “Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete... If we are More
The militarization of American democracy, by Neta Crawford
"The question, here, is why democratic institutions aren’t able to stop power-hungry elites who would concentrate power and economic resources.
Tribunal Crimes of “War on Terror”
"I initiate the third sitting of the belmont tribunal in this period an antiwar tribunal to build the people's diplomacy and the new planetary movement against the war everywhere shut down Guantanamo, free Assange, stop the war."
The Methods of Nonviolent Protest and Persuasion
A list of nonviolent tactics (from Gene Sharp,,"The Methods of Nonviolent Action," Boston 1973)
A Conversation with Mairead McGuire, Irish Nobel Prize Winner
Don't give in to the fear-mongering; stand up and tell the truth to end militarism.
International Emergency Online Rally: No War in Ukraine – No to NATO
"This is URGENT! We are horrified at the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine. We must come together across borders to demand a diplomatic solution to the present crisis."
Part 1: Where are the school texts? Black Minneapolis includes Dred Scott and George Floyd, by Susu Jeffrey
"Although Dred Scott’s name and date of birth are not certain the fact that the Dred Scott Case is one of the most important Supreme Court cases is indisputable."
How to Respond to War Threats on Russia, UNAC Panel
How to Respond to War Threats on Russia - Understanding U.S. Objectives - The Role of NATO, a U.S. Commanded Military Alliance - The U.S. antiwar movement to make plans to oppose U.S. war drive. https://youtu.be/-Jkk8mSDEVA What is the role of the U.S. of provoking war in Ukraine? The role of Russia and Putin? More