The normalization of murder bestowed on us by the Obama years will not end well and must urgently be reversed
Trump has inherited and continued and escalated numerous wars, while the corporate media writes about his “opposition” to those very wars on a regular basis
Interview on federal budget process and politics, military spending, and how federal budget choices for different spending priorities and taxation interact
How many would say that militarism is itself a threat and the primary generator of military threats and of the risk of nuclear apocalypse?
Trump has been calling Nancy Pelosi’s bluff for years now
Peace activists and organizations have worked for years to bring environmental and peace activism together. When an environmental campaign includes the peace movement, it’s time to…
Persistent willful ignorance of necessary knowledge can be deadly. This is true of denial of climate collapse. It is also true of…
Happy Kellogg-Briand Pact Day! As you all know, but most people do not, the Peace Pact was signed 91 years ago today.…
I, for one, if anything good ever happens, will not be telling people to love it or leave it. I’ll be telling them to love it or improve it.
The fact is that CNN is biased. Aren’t you shocked to hear that? Why do we have to constantly point it out? CNN acts on behalf of its owners, its advertisers, and those it wants access to
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