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"It's not just my family, there are dozens of families just like mine who have been lost in bombings. The people have no power... We are the ones who are dying."
How Jewish nonviolence can help guide the path forward on Israel-Palestine
As a rabbi committed to the practice of Jewish nonviolence, I know a long road of reparative action stretches before us. But it’s the only way.
US wants release of two special forces veterans who led failed coup invasion of...
The U.S. Embassy is useless for most citizens in trouble abroad, but not if you've invaded a country.
Societies can prevent wars from starting—and the future of humanity requires peace
Experts in peace and conflict studies explain the scientific evidence that societies can choose peace, and that warfare is also a choice, not a necessity.
The hazards of military worship
Everyone loves the troops and their generals, but history indicates that military advice Isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Bombing Iran is part of the USA’s repetition compulsion for war war war
“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction.”
ICJ rules on allegations of genocide by Israel in historic decision
The International Court of Justice deems it "plausible" that Israel may be committing acts of genocide in Gaza, setting a precedent for international law and humanitarian intervention.
As the world watches Syria, don’t forget about Yemen
The problem isn’t that the U.S. is standing by and doing nothing while this horror unfolds. It’s much worse than that.
The war zone is America
Yet, as the United States comes ever more to resemble a war zone in a pandemic moment, in a country run by a president with autocratic inclinations, amid a surge of protest over racism, the home front could indeed become a war front.
“The madness of militarism,” the 2023 Ellsberg lecture by Norman Solomon
Norman Solomon reflects on 'the madness of militarism' in the Ellsberg Lecture