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Sunrise and Sunset in Afghanistan
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 5:47 pm | War Is A Crime
October 7, 2012, Kabul, Afghanistan. At 5:15 a.m., the main street outside the Afghan Peace Volunteer’s (APV) apartment is quiet, and the first weak rays of gray light filter down through dusty, polluted air. In the distance, the hulking brown mountains ... More >>
A Nobel Peace Laureate Opposes Awarding the E.U.
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 5:38 pm | War Is A Crime
Alfred Nobel was a visionary who believed in a demilitarized peaceful world. In his Will he left his Nobel peace prize to those who would work for ‘fraternity among nations’,’abolition or reduction of standing armies’, and ‘holding and promotion ... More >>
All War Is Local
Monday, 15 October 2012, 12:37 pm | War Is A Crime
On a recent visit to my neighborhood library in SE Portland, Oregon, I was asked outside the entrance if I would sign a petition to place a public school bond measure on the fall ballot. Though I support full funding of public schools, I balked. More >>
Italians Protest Weapons Shipments to Israel
Monday, 1 October 2012, 3:15 pm | War Is A Crime
On Saturday, October 13, 2012, a national demonstration will be held in Varese, Italy, where most of the country's military aircraft production is located, to denounce the weapons industry, in particular the sale of 30 M-346 trainer jets to Israel. More >>
Farzana, ‘2 Million Friends’ and a Ceasefire in Afghanistan
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 2:48 pm | War Is A Crime
“Stop fighting,” suggests Farzana, a brave 22 year old Afghan stage actress. Significantly, her statement is in sharp contrast to what seems to be the democratic world’s unquestioned modus operandi of today, exemplified by U.S. Secretary of ... More >>
Are Human Rights Becoming a Tool of US "Smart Power"?
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 2:13 pm | War Is A Crime
Some nonpartisan commentators finally recognize that current US foreign policy continues to escalate militarily as though on steroids. It has become evident that use of deadly force by a US-dominated NATO is not only outside the parameters of international ... More >>
Iran's Call for Nuclear Abolition by 2025 unreported by NYT
Monday, 3 September 2012, 4:00 pm | War Is A Crime
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), formed in 1961 during the Cold War, is a group of 120 states and 17 observer states not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. The NAM held its opening 2012 session yesterday under the new chairmanship ... More >>
Peace Grannies and Vets Diss War Show "Stars Earn Stripes"
Friday, 17 August 2012, 4:04 pm | War Is A Crime
In a remarkable display of unity, a number of New York peace groups joined together in just a few days to plan and carry out a protest at NBC headquarters in Manhattan regarding the debut of the new reality show, "Stars Earn Stripes." More >>
Nobel Peace Laureates Ask NBC to Cancel "Stars Earn Stripes"
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 2:05 pm | War Is A Crime
During the Olympics, touted as a time for comity and peace among nations, millions first learned that NBC would be premiering a new “reality” TV show. The commercials announcing “Stars Earn Stripes” were shown seemingly endlessly throughout the ... More >>
Israel Likely to Strike Iran Before November
Monday, 13 August 2012, 5:35 pm | War Is A Crime
More Washington insiders are coming to the conclusion that Israel’s leaders are planning to attack Iran before the U.S. election in November in the expectation that American forces will be drawn in. More >>
The Drone and the Bomb
Monday, 30 July 2012, 11:56 am | War Is A Crime
The lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki belong always before us. The agony of those two cities must remain our dark beacon. Hiroshima/Nagasaki wasn’t so much about targets as about audiences. We – or rather, the very highest reaches of the US ... More >>
Friendly Peaceful Canada Actually the Worst Place on Earth?
Wednesday, 11 July 2012, 3:39 pm | War Is A Crime
As a Canadian, I would like to propose that Canada is a much larger belligerent aggressor per capita in the world than media, the public and organizations like the United Nations recognize. Canada's silent role as a (perhaps 'the') major world leader in ... More >>
Sardinia: Militarization, Contamination & Cancer in Paradise
Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 1:56 pm | War Is A Crime
The sound of bombs, missiles, and other explosions; massive attacks from the sea onto the beach; an epidemic of cancers and birth defects; soil, air, food and water contaminated with heavy metals, jet fuel and other poisons; and national and company ... More >>
Philadelphia City Council Says Stop Funding the War Machine
Friday, 22 June 2012, 2:22 pm | War Is A Crime
Philadelphia City Council, by a vote of 15-2, passed today a resolution "calling on the U.S. Congress to bring all U.S. troops home from Afghanistan, to take the funds saved by that action and by significantly cutting the Pentagon budget, and ... More >>
Afghan Screams Aren't Heard
Monday, 23 April 2012, 11:23 am | War Is A Crime
Last weekend, in Kabul, Afghan Peace Volunteer friends huddled in the back room of their simple home. With a digital camera, glimpses and sounds of their experiences were captured, as warfare erupted three blocks away. More >>
Ahmadinejad Meets With U.S. Peace Activists
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 1:14 pm | War Is A Crime
The opening week of the United Nations' 65th session was a busy one for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In addition to giving his annual address before the U.N. General Assembly and granting interviews with everyone from ABC's Charlie Rose to Fox News' ... More >>
