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Climate Justice is Anti-Militarist

June 15, 2021 Nick Rabb

by Nick Rabb When considering the climate crisis and its numerous intersections with other movements for justice, one that is often overlooked is the role of militarism. At first glance, it may seem that the two are worlds away, but a deeper analysis reveals that […]

A World Parliament Could Abolish Nuclear Weapons

June 14, 2021 Alec Neilly

by Alec Neilly & Andreas Hemmetter, Young World Federalists What would the global stance on nuclear weapons be if all the people of the world could express their views on the subject directly? What if we had a supranational body that democratically represented all world […]

A crowd gathers outside Rep. Stephen's Lynch's office in the Boston Seaport in support of a Third Reconstruction.

Poor People’s Campaign Builds Support for a “Third Reconstruction”

June 14, 2021 Jackie Dee King

by Jackie King The Massachusetts Poor People’s Campaign and their allies converged on the offices of US Rep. Stephen Lynch in Boston and Richard Neal in Springfield June 7 for a press conference to demand that they – and all the state’s representatives – co-sponsor […]

Repression of Colombian Protests Remind Us: Police Violence is International

June 10, 2021 Drew Baldwin

by Drew Baldwin 45 dead. 187 missing. 25 sexually assaulted. 3,789 cases of police brutality in the span of a month. Millions protesting. The deaths of Marcelo Agredo Inchima, García Guerrero, Santiago Andrés Murillo Meneses, Brayan Fernando Niño Araque, and more were lost amongst limited […]

Middle East Wars

Ending the War in Yemen Means Overcoming Political Cowardice

June 9, 2021 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey The struggle to end US support for the war in Yemen has run into another obstacle. This time it’s partisanship. But it isn’t Republican opposition blocking Joe Biden’s promise to end US participation in the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe. It’s the president’s […]

Protester’s sign decries sanctions, “a silent war”. Photo: Campaign for Peace and Democracy, 2013

Sanctions Kill

June 4, 2021 Prasannan Parthasarathi

by Renate Bridenthal, Molly Nolan and Prasannan Parthasarathi Sanctions are an economic weapon. They restrict nations from trading in goods and transacting in financial instruments; they prohibit U.S. corporations and banks from dealing with targeted countries; and they limit the economic activities of individuals, organizations, […]

Ireland and Palestine

June 3, 2021 Jeff Klein

By Jeff Klein The Irish know something about colonialism. Long before there was a British Empire on which “the sun never set,” Ireland was the testing ground for English conquest and confiscating land from the natives. Modern day European settler colonialism had its start in […]