by Jerry Ross and Jonathan Alan King On the 75th anniversary of the first nuclear test explosion in the New Mexico desert, leading scientists from across the country joined Senator Edward J. Markey at a virtual press conference to express their strong opposition to the […]
This August, 75 years will have passed since the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Around the world we mark these anniversaries each year — remembering the lives lost and altered forever on August 6 and 9, 1945, raising awareness about the many […]
An entire generation of Yemeni children has suffered the traumas of war, many of them orphaned, maimed, malnourished, or displaced. The United Nations reports a death toll of 100,000 people in that nation’s ongoing war, with an additional 131,000 people dying from hunger, disease, and a lack of medical […]
by Jerry Ross Today we face the gravest risks to peace since the run-up to either of the World Wars, and certainly as great a danger of nuclear holocaust as the darkest days of the Cold War. Yet too many people deny the reality of […]
The article “Skepticism is healthy, but Planet of the Humans is toxic“, by Timmon Wallis, has generated debate in our organization. We are posting this article to present an opposite perspective – Ed. by Michael Donnelly. First published in Counterpunch “It’s all got to change. […]
Al Johnson of Veterans for Peace and the Bernie Sanders Campaign Al Johnson passed away peacefully on the night of January 1, 2020, surrounded by Cindy, his wife of forty years, close friends and loved ones. Pat Scanlon, former Veterans for Peace/Smedley Butler Brigade chapter […]
by Brian Garvey On Wednesday March 11, the US House of Representatives passed a War Powers Resolution (S.J.Res. 68) to block Trump from unilaterally starting a war with Iran, a measure passed by the Senate last month. The vote is a response to the brinkmanship […]
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