Thursday, April 18, 2024

Ukraine: Nonviolent resistance is a brave and often effective response to aggression

There has been mounting evidence that nonviolent resistance is more effective than violent resistance, even against despots.

Experts Warn that Nuclear Risks May be Increasing

A nuclear watchdog issues a warning about the possibility that terrorists could obtain nuclear explosives or provoke a dangerous meltdown.

From America with love

U.S. commandos are a “persistent presence” on Russia’s doorstep.

Where have all the children gone?

The loss of childhood and the cruel removal of any sense of hope or of a secure future have been seeping into global discourse about children for many years now.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine demonstrates our need to break away from oil

We can’t let the war justify an expansion of our fossil fuel dependence.

The endless war in Afghanistan just got longer

President Trump should spend the weekend at Camp David with peace activists, as well as with Afghan civilians, who know their country and its suffering better than anyone.

Trump’s nuclear dreams

Nightmares past and present.

War within war: Iraq’s Prime Minister says ‘we don’t want to fight Turkey, but...

Iraq demands that the Turkish troops withdraw from the country, terming them “occupation forces.”

Russia’s Ukraine war and energy crisis have scared the world into turbocharging adoption of...

By 2025, only about two years from now, renewable energy will surpass coal as a power source globally.

War is a poor metaphor for this pandemic

"Wars target enemies and accrue authority to the state. They marginalize vulnerable communities and disenfranchise the people writ large."