Friday, October 23, 2026

Mad Vlad? Russia’s senseless, brutal ‘intervention’ in Ukraine

Will a war in Europe make more people wake up to the real costs of militarism, even when they are asked to sacrifice themselves, loved ones or fellow citizens by their own leaders in the name of patriotism?

Syrian roulette

As Trump’s presidency unravels will he grow more desperate?

The Drone Age: A Tragedy in Dallas Ushers in a New Era of Robotic...

Should using robots to blow up suspects be used as a solution to domestic crises?

Senate approves $738 billion for war budget

This defense bill is the most expensive in U.S. history and gives President Trump everything he would ever want.

Israel is committing an epic war crime with US backing and arms

Where is the U.S. peace movement and the U.S. public outrage?

Bush’s Iraq lies, uncontested, will haunt us under Trump

There is no decision more grave than taking your nation to war. There is nothing more criminal than basing that war on lies.

The growing chorus for peace in Ukraine

There is an alternative. We can and must resolve this conflict through peaceful diplomacy and negotiation, to end the killing and destruction and let the people of Ukraine live in peace.

‘Bone-chilling’ violence in Israel, Gaza has pushed region to a ‘tipping point’: UN relief...

"My message to all sides is unequivocal: The laws of war must be upheld," Martin Griffiths, the U.N.'s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who called the scale and speed of the ongoing violence "bone-chilling."

How Ukrainian civilians are resisting military force

https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2022/03/01/ukraine-civilian-resistanceEven as Putin’s swift invasion of Ukraine has left a lot of shock, Ukrainians are showing what unarmed people can do to resist, too.
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Economist Jeffrey Sachs: US sanctions have devastated Venezuela & killed over 40,000 since 2017

“American sanctions are deliberately aiming to wreck Venezuela’s economy and thereby lead to regime change. It’s a fruitless, heartless, illegal, and failed policy, causing grave harm to the Venezuelan people.”