Tag: peace
Biden administration sends 1,700 500 lb bombs to Israel amidst outcry...
The Biden administration’s recent decision to lift a pause on the transfer of 500-pound bombs to Israel has sparked outrage among U.S. peace advocates.
Confronting NATO’s war summit in Washington
Can NATO ever be the force for peace that it claims and conclude that its refusal to learn from the deadly results of its own actions only makes it increasingly dangerous?
Clash at Columbia: NYPD’s aggressive response to student divestment protests sparks...
A peaceful protest at Columbia University turns tumultuous as NYPD officers deploy tear gas and draw weapons, reigniting discussions on campus freedoms and ethical investments.
Rachel Corrie: Parents & friend remember US activist crushed by Israeli...
Corrie was in Rafah with the International Solidarity Movement to monitor human rights abuses and protect Palestinian homes from destruction when she was killed.
After two years of war in Ukraine, it’s time for peace
The two years of war in Ukraine that have resulted from the U.S. decision to block the neutrality agreement negotiated between Russia and Ukraine in March 2022 in favor of a long war with Russia.
Americans want a ceasefire. It’s our politicians who are out of...
Our elected officials must listen to the majority of American people who are demanding peace so that Palestinians can live freely, instead of dreaming about it.
Midwest voices rise: Historic Jewish-led protest for Gaza ceasefire in Chicago
Over 100 arrested in a peaceful demonstration in Chicago; unprecedented Midwest support for ceasefire.
Global leaders plead for peace in Ukraine at UN
Altogether, leaders from at least 50 countries spoke up for peace in Ukraine at the 2023 UN General Assembly.
Peace in their time
Since Ukraine is the victim in this conflict, it should ideally decide the timing and the parameters of any peace deal.
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DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure
On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.
The US bombs kids so Palmer Luckey can have nice things
Because for every bomb the U.S. and Israel drop, a bunch of men in cushy offices profit off all the death.
Oil regulators found hundreds of wells violating Oklahoma rules. Then they ignored their findings.
Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the state’s injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking water pollution, the state chose not to act.
‘You can’t live without us’: How Big Oil pivoted from climate-friendly messaging to normalize...
More than 1,500 independent advertising agencies and 4,000 individual creatives have signed Clean Creatives’ pledge to refuse future fossil fuel contracts.
Thanks, MAGA, for exposing six corrosive myths that plague America—if we survive!
So kudos to today’s rightwing bellicosity for making clear the U.S. unilaterally wields deadly, rapacious power, whether sensible or stupid or gratuitous.