Author: Jeanne Trubek

Peace with Iran is Possible, Just Look at China

May 20, 2026 Jeanne Trubek

The United States and Israel are waging a misguided war on Iran. Meanwhile, China, who the US sees as its biggest geopolitical rival, seems to have stayed out of it. Judging from how this war has played out, the US could stand to learn from […]

A Brief History of May Day

April 22, 2026 Jeanne Trubek

by Jeanne Trubek Why did May 1st become International Workers Day throughout the world? It began with a general strike in the United States. The country was experiencing a long economic depression that started in 1873 and continued for 5½ years. The Great Upheaval – […]

Peace Advocates Rally Against War in Venezuela

December 3, 2025 Jeanne Trubek

by Jeanne Trubek On Saturday, Nov. 22, over 75 protesters rallied at Park Street Station in downtown Boston, to declare that we do not want the United States to attack Venezuela, bringing us into yet another endless and futile war. This rally and march were […]

Book Review: Nuclear Abolition, A Scenario

July 3, 2025 Jeanne Trubek

By Jeanne Trubek Many of us have been concerned about nuclear weapons for a long time. Reading Annie Jacobson’s 2024 book, Nuclear War: A Scenario, changed “concerned” to “terrified” and recent events upped it to “panicked”. At each stage we wonder, “is there anything we […]

“The World After Gaza”: A history for our times

April 23, 2025 Jeanne Trubek

by Jeanne Trubek Pankaj Mishra’s book, The World After Gaza, a History, addresses questions many of us have: How did Israel become what it is? How did a people who had experienced such suffering and persecution become the persecutors of the Palestinians? How does this […]

The Deadliest Enemy may be on its Way

February 12, 2025 Jeanne Trubek

by Jeanne Trubek War kills people. We all know that. But most people don’t know that wars kill people in more ways than they have ever imagined, killing people who are far from the armed conflict. We know wars can and have killed millions, but […]

16 Reasons to Support Negotiations, not Killing, in Ukraine

October 23, 2024 Jeanne Trubek

By Jeanne Trubek 1. The war has killed or wounded over one million people, civilians and combatants, Ukrainians and Russians, and has displaced more than 11 million people. 2. The war has caused more than $56.4 billion in damage to the environment 3. Landscape destruction, […]