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Can sanctions ever be just — let alone effective?

April 15, 2022 Patricia Hynes

*First published by Fellowship of Reconciliation* As a result of its brutal invasion of Ukraine, Russia is now the most sanctioned country in the world, leading one former Obama administration Treasury official to describe the situation as “financial nuclear war.” Western European countries, however, depend […]

What do you want? Blame game or common ground?

April 13, 2022 John Blumenstiel

by John Blumenstiel John Blumenstiel’s Commentary on Brian Garvey’s Counterpunch article. Congratulations to Brian Garvey on his thoughtful article published in Counterpunch. He has articulated what many of us are feeling regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine—including dismay at the strongly divergent views within the […]

Agreements, not wars, start with a walk

April 7, 2022 Terry Mollner

by Terry Mollner Originally published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. I can feel it in my bones. I suspect you can also. It is the time in history for the people on Earth to speak with one voice: we want agreements not wars. It is […]

The Ukraine Crisis is Splitting the Peace Movement — When it’s Needed Most

March 30, 2022 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a catastrophe for the people living there and an inflection point for the peace movement. In the last 5 weeks thousands of people have been killed and millions have fled their homes to escape the violence. […]

President John F. Kennedy delivering the commencement address at American University, June 10, 1963. Photo: JFK Library

Approaching the Current World Crisis in a Spirit of Peace

February 25, 2022 E. Martin Schotz, MD

Anyone who is seriously concerned about the current war in the Ukraine and wants to contribute to peace needs to carefully consider how the world came to the point it is in today. In this process our priority must be to understand in what way […]

Ukraine: Diplomacy and De-Escalation, not Further Militarization

February 24, 2022 Cole Harrison

This statement by national Peace Action was written before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Wednesday night. We grieve for the victims of this violence and call for an immediate cease-fire and urgent diplomacy. – Eds. Peace Action condemns the deployment of Russian troops into the Donbas […]

Russia-Ukraine Conflict Requires Urgent Diplomacy

February 23, 2022 Elizaveta Kupriyanova

By Elizaveta Kupriyanova The unresolved conflict between Russia and Ukraine goes back to the Orange Revolution of 2004. Massive protests spread across Ukraine as a result of the rigged elections that gave victory to pro-Russian candidate Viktor Yanukovych. This caused internal divisions within the revolutionist […]