By Lawrence Wittner | Peace and Health Blog | September 13, 2016 Although the mass media failed to report it, a landmark event occurred recently in connection with resolving the long-discussed problem of what to do about nuclear weapons. On August 19, 2016, a UN committee, the innocuously-named Open-Ended Working Group, voted to recommend to […]
By Craig Murray | September 11, 2016 Nine months after a massive propaganda campaign based on outright lies, the BBC quietly sneaked out an admission on its website tucked away in “corrections and complaints”. As the BBC went all out to galvanise support for bombing Syria, the meme was pumped out relentlessly that opponents of […]
Protest sign urging global conservation meeting to address the environmental damage from U.S. military bases. (Photo by Ann Wright) By Ann Wright | Consortium News | September 9, 2016 The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has come in for criticism due to its lack of attention to the detrimental effects of wars and […]
International Solidarity Movement | September 9, 2016 At a time of increasing settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to participate in the 2016 olive-harvest on the invitation of Palestinian communities. Ramallah, Occupied Palestine – The olive tree, a national symbol for Palestinians, is an […]
RT | September 8, 2016 At least some members of the American football franchise plan to follow the example of Colin Kaepernick and stage a protest against police brutality during the national anthem, at the upcoming Week 1 game in Seattle. “Anything we want to do, it’s not going to be individual. It’s going to […]
Starbucks “proudly serving” the occupation of Afghanistan Press TV – September 8, 2016 Howard Schultz, the founder and CEO of Starbucks, announces support for US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. In an interview with CNN, Schultz let slip which way he was voting, saying, “I’m hopeful that after the election – and hopefully Hillary Clinton […]
By Clara Nieto de Ponce de Leon | Colombia Support Network | August 14, 2016 Bogota – The renowned sociologist Gonzalo Sánchez Gómez, one of the best known researchers of Colombian history, now Director of the National Center for Historical Memory created by the Juan Manuel Santos administration, discusses a fundamental issue for peace in […]
teleSUR – September 1, 2016 Both houses of California’s legislature have now approved a bill to ban state government agencies from awarding contracts to companies that choose to join the international boycott against Israel’s continued occupation of Palestine. The bill, AB 2844, if passed, would be a serious attack on the worldwide Boycott, Divestment and […]
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network – August 26, 2016 In a press conference held on Thursday morning, 25 August, Sahar Francis, the executive director of Addameer, confirmed that Bilal Kayed had ended his hunger strike after 71 days following the conclusion of an agreement with Israeli occupation prison administration that he will be released in […]
Statement published on the United National Antiwar Coalition website, August 2016 In the past 15 years, the U.S. military machine has attacked 17 countries. The many peace and justice organizations and individuals attacked in Terry Burke’s In These Times article [article date August 15, 2016] have a long history of opposition to ALL U.S. wars, […]
