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The red carpet. NATO officials in Kiev, April 2021. (NATO photo.)

My appeal to the Peace Movement

February 27, 2022 Ann Frisch

by Ann Frisch My appeal to the Peace Movement: goal is to defuse so we have time to talk Fifteen years of being trained in nonpartisanship as an unarmed civilian protector, I can spot a partisan statement without a conscious thought. But the use of […]

International Law or the Law of the Jungle?

February 25, 2022 Jeff Klein

by Jeff Klein first published in the Dorchester People for Peace Update, February 25, 2022 There is no doubt that the Russian attack on Ukraine, which amplifies the already tense and dangerous situation in eastern Europe, is a blatant violation of international law. Unilateral military […]

Understanding and Resisting the New Cold War

December 7, 2021 E. Martin Schotz, MD

by E. Martin Schotz, MD We are constantly bombarded with messages telling us that if our country and our way of life are to survive we must weaponize, weaponize, weaponize… We must recognize this as Cold War messaging to be resisted, and help others do the […]

The Pentagon and too many of our national leaders have yet to learn the lessons of Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. (Photo: CodePink/CC)

Alternatives to the Pentagon’s China Nightmares

November 6, 2021 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Originally published in Common Dreams I’m embarrassed for my friends when they make mistakes, not that I haven’t made a few myself. Recently when the Pentagon issued its terrorizing annual report on China warning that by 2030 China’s People’s Liberation Army could […]

Congress and China. Cartoon by Andrew Flaherty/MAPA

The EAGLE Act: an Anti-China Bill

September 26, 2021 Drew Baldwin

by Drew Baldwin There are few things Congress agrees upon. China, however, is one of them. In July, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed the “Ensuring American Global Leadership and Engagement” or EAGLE Act (H.R. 3524), led by committee chair Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY). The […]

Australian, Asian, European, US Peace Advocates Oppose QUAD & AUKUS

September 24, 2021 Joseph Gerson

Peace and Common Security Advocates from Around the World Oppose QUAD (Japan, India, US, Australia), & AUKUS (Australia, UK, US) Militarism & Urge Common Security Collaborations to Address Existential Nuclear, Climate & Pandemic Threats Meeting on the eve of the QUAD alliance summit, peace, justice and common […]

Climate Change Cooperation Cannot be an “Oasis” in U.S.-China Relations

September 15, 2021 Michael Klare

by Michael Klare President Biden’s special envoy on climate change, former Secretary of State John Kerry, traveled to Tianjin, China on August. 31 and Sept. 1 to meet with Chinese officials on joint efforts to slow the pace of global warming. While in Tianjin, Kerry […]