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A family take bread and tea with milk, in northeast Afghanistan. Almost 23 million people, more than half the country, don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Photo: World Food Program/Jon Dumont

What we Must Do for Afghanistan

January 17, 2022 Cole Harrison

by Jean Athey I have a beloved 4-year-old granddaughter. If I lived in Afghanistan, my family would be facing the likelihood that she would die. My heart breaks in pieces to think of this. It is estimated that a million children under the age of […]

Senate and Biden approve $650 million in Raytheon Missiles to Saudi Arabia

December 16, 2021 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey Joe Biden said he would stop selling weapons to Saudi Arabia. He didn’t. On December 7th the entire US Senate weighed in, exposing their positions on the US-Saudi alliance and the war in Yemen. Considering a privileged Joint Resolution of Disapproval (SJRes31) […]

Veteran suicide, PTSD, and moral injury? Blame Raytheon

December 14, 2021 Kathie Malley-Morrison

by Kathie Malley-Morrison [We] have to ask ourselves: Why are deadly weapons being sold to those who plan to inflict untold suffering on individuals and society? Sadly, the answer, as we all know, is simply for money: money that is drenched in blood, often innocent […]

Domestic Politics Haunt US-Iran Talks

December 13, 2021 Tom Huf

by Tom Huf Not all analysts were optimistic about the window of opportunity for a quick return to the Iran Nuclear Deal in the first month of the Biden Presidency. The prospects for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly referred to as the […]

Armistice Day Parade, 2015, Boston - Veterans for Peace/ Smedley Butler Brigade photo

Armistice Day reflections

November 11, 2021 Jim Anderson

by Jim Anderson Reminiscing out loud heading towards yet another eleventh hour on the eleventh day of another eleventh month… big deal!? Yes yes Armistice Day is a big deal, and so is Veterans Day, which by the way are one and the same. Armistice […]

McGovern Files Major National Security Reform Bill in Congress

October 30, 2021 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey On September 30th Chairman of the House Rules Committee Jim McGovern of Worcester introduced the National Security Reform and Accountability Act with Congressman Peter Meijer, Republican of Michigan. The bill addresses three issues that are crucial for peace and justice: Reform of […]

Why Blame Raytheon?

October 29, 2021 Kathie Malley-Morrison

By Kathleen Malley-Morrison Raytheon (which, since its merger with United Technologies has relabeled itself Raytheon Technologies) is culpable for every casualty, physical and psychological, human and environmental, associated with every action in which the United States military industrial complex has participated since World War II. Does […]