https://znetwork.org/author/kevinmartin/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:33:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/kevinmartin/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-us-appears-likely-to-attack-iran-again-we-must-stop-this-illegal-act/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-us-appears-likely-to-attack-iran-again-we-must-stop-this-illegal-act/#respond Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:31:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294966 President Donald Trump seems to think he is King of the World, not just the United States. Even as he convenes his “Board of Peace” (“Board of Imperial Conquest” would be more apt) it looks like the US will soon illegally attack Iran, again, as it did last June. Congress needs to do its job [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-us-appears-likely-to-attack-iran-again-we-must-stop-this-illegal-act/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-needs-to-say-da-to-putin-on-new-start-or-risk-a-new-arms-race/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-needs-to-say-da-to-putin-on-new-start-or-risk-a-new-arms-race/#respond Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294322 Among the critical issues facing our country today, nuclear arms control is seldom top of mind for most people, understandably, given our myriad political, social and economic crises. Recent books and films such as Annie Jacobsen’s 2004 non-fiction tome Nuclear War: A Scenario and last fall’s A House of Dynamite, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, garnered needed attention for [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-needs-to-say-da-to-putin-on-new-start-or-risk-a-new-arms-race/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/there-they-go-again/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/there-they-go-again/#respond Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:45:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1291950 Mark Twain allegedly quipped, “God created war so Americans would learn geography.” Whether or not he actually said that, might it not be a good test, that the world’s most mighty military power be prevented from waging war if a majority of Americans failed to find the alleged enemy on a world map? Frivolity aside, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/there-they-go-again/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-house-of-dynamites-nuclear-war-crisis-scenario-is-chilling-now-imagine-it-in-real-life/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-house-of-dynamites-nuclear-war-crisis-scenario-is-chilling-now-imagine-it-in-real-life/#respond Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:20:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1289969 As a peace and disarmament activist for over four decades, I was conflicted about whether to see A House of Dynamite, director Katherine Bigelow’s and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim’s  new fictional film about an all too realistic nuclear crisis. In my free time, I usually seek refuge from concerns over war and peace.  I haven’t read [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-house-of-dynamites-nuclear-war-crisis-scenario-is-chilling-now-imagine-it-in-real-life/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/it-is-long-past-time-to-block-the-bombs-to-israel/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/it-is-long-past-time-to-block-the-bombs-to-israel/#respond Fri, 19 Sep 2025 18:38:28 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1288785 Many people in the United States are understandably jaded by our current politics. Partisan divisions and corporate special interest domination of the agenda seemingly stymie solutions to our myriad problems, leaving ordinary citizens frustrated at our collective inability to advance sustainable solutions. And yet, there are times when a situation is so dire, and the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/it-is-long-past-time-to-block-the-bombs-to-israel/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-attacks-iran-again-over-trumps-objection/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-attacks-iran-again-over-trumps-objection/#respond Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:01:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1284946 This is a statement by Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund President Kevin Martin. Israel has attacked Iran once again, allegedly hitting dozens of targets including nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, say Israeli officials. They also say this is not a one day attack, and that they have a high degree of confidence that [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/israel-attacks-iran-again-over-trumps-objection/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-genocide-and-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestinians-in-gaza-must-end-now/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-genocide-and-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestinians-in-gaza-must-end-now/#comments Fri, 23 May 2025 15:46:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1284101 The horrific images of children starving in Gaza, due to Israel’s cruel, inhumane blockade of all humanitarian aid since early March, shocks the world’s conscience. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recently announced plan to distribute aid, while forcing Gazans to move yet again, is a spurious cover for his and Trump’s ethnic cleansing scheme.  Yet [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-genocide-and-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestinians-in-gaza-must-end-now/feed/ 2 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-the-peace-president-more-likely-the-proliferation-president/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-the-peace-president-more-likely-the-proliferation-president/#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282814 Much to my astonishment, some voters thought Donald Trump might be a “peace president.” I never bought it, so won’t outline the case for such magical thinking here, but his major increase already excessive U.S. weapons transfers to Israel as it continues its illegal genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, and recent, contradictory statements by Trump [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-the-peace-president-more-likely-the-proliferation-president/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-and-blinken-no-weapons-to-israel-as-it-violates-us-and-international-law/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-and-blinken-no-weapons-to-israel-as-it-violates-us-and-international-law/#respond Thu, 09 May 2024 15:45:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1266112 As Israel continues its merciless assault on Gaza, there is at least some sanity taking hold in regard to U.S. policy on military assistance to Israel. Several weapons shipments have been put on hold by the Biden Administration and congressional leadership over concerns about Israeli conduct in its ongoing slaughter in Gaza. This is surely [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-and-blinken-no-weapons-to-israel-as-it-violates-us-and-international-law/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-war-in-ukraine/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-war-in-ukraine/#respond Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:35:37 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1249109 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-war-in-ukraine/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/congress-do-your-job-end-us-support-for-the-war-in-yemen/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/congress-do-your-job-end-us-support-for-the-war-in-yemen/#respond Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:40:13 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1242077 Having just observed the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, the United States Senate is currently considering S. 316, a bill sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) to repeal the anachronistic Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iraq, which date to 1991 and 2002. This action is long overdue, and [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/congress-do-your-job-end-us-support-for-the-war-in-yemen/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/war-is-over-if-you-want-it/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/war-is-over-if-you-want-it/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1234376 Last Thursday marked 42 years since John Lennon was killed. Many people, including me, lament his death and can recall where we were when we heard the heartbreaking news.  This holiday season, we can heed John’s and Yoko Ono’s 1969 “Happy Xmas, War is Over, If You Want It” call by acting to end US [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/war-is-over-if-you-want-it/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/to-end-the-horror-in-ukraine-go-big-and-go-broad/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/to-end-the-horror-in-ukraine-go-big-and-go-broad/#respond Sat, 14 May 2022 09:49:58 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1058185 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/to-end-the-horror-in-ukraine-go-big-and-go-broad/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zmagazine/social-distancing-peace-and-social-justice-demand-more-coming-together-not-more-distancing/ Sat, 04 Apr 2020 18:38:34 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=zmagarticle&p=1031593 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/towards-a-foreign-policy-for-the-99-percent-by-kevin-martin/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/towards-a-foreign-policy-for-the-99-percent-by-kevin-martin/#respond Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:31:40 +0000 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/towards-a-foreign-policy-for-the-99-percent-by-kevin-martin/feed/ 0