War

Democracy may indeed be in the process of meeting its demise.

As US forces head to Europe and Asia, war risk grows.

We believe that a joint international civic movement with an anti-war and pro-human rights stance is a necessity and commit ourselves to pursue its formation throughout Europe.

"[Biden] says they'll ask a judge to establish a fund for part of the money to be used for humanitarian purposes in Afghanistan—at some point. But the problem is that more than 22 million Afghans are facing starvation today."

If the U.S. government wants to play a constructive role in Ukraine, it should genuinely support this already existing framework for a solution to the crisis, and end the heavy-handed U.S. intervention that has only undermined and delayed its implementation.

"Wars rarely turn out the way the experts tell us they will. Just ask the officials who provided rosy scenarios for the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq."

These are the wars we couldn't end.

CODEPINK is calling for "serious negotiations, not military escalation, which could easily spiral out of control to the point of pushing the world to the precipice of nuclear war" as tensions at the Russia-Ukraine border exacerbate.

The European security order has broken down. The conflict around Ukraine is a symptom of this larger problem.

Will the prospect of such a 21st Century Cuban Missile Crisis be enough to bring America’s irresponsible leaders to their senses and back to the negotiating table, to start unwinding the suicidal mess they have blundered into?