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Our World Is in a Multifront Crisis—It’s Time to Cultivate a Local Peace Economy

When the way things are isn’t working, we can build something better if we draw from our collective power and focus on care and interconnection. By April M. Short We are alive in a unique time of challenges that arrive…

Let’s take Peace in our hands!

In Europe, Ukraine, Russia, and all over the world, people want peace while governments demand more and more weapons and human resources for war. People are asking for the right to health, education, work, and a liveable planet, but governments…

Lula proposes a peace group to end the war in Ukraine

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that since “President Putin is not taking the initiative to stop [the conflict], Zelensky is not taking the initiative to stop [the conflict]. Europe and the United States continue to contribute to…

Damn pacifists: peace also comes through the narrative of war

His (Translator’s Note: This is Nico Piro’s book) Maledetti pacifisti (Damned Pacifists), winner of the Ilaria Alpi prize, is an important book of denunciation with a provocative title. But is it really still possible to do journalism in the service…

An Invitation to Visit Hiroshima and Stand Up for Peace during the G7 Summit

As many peace advocates have probably already heard, this year’s G7 Summit will be held in Japan between the 19th and the 21st of May, in the City of Hiroshima, where many tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, were killed by…

Yemen toward peace? Exchange of 900 prisoners begins

Prisoner of war exchange operations between the government and the Houthi rebels began successfully yesterday. Two International Red Cross planes, one from Aden and the other from Sanaa, transported over 300 detainees to the other destination. Moments of joy for…

The Doomsday Clock and me

As the daughter of nuclear abolitionists, I’ve grown up with the Doomsday Clock in a way few others have. Now a new generation is starting to take notice. By Frida Berrigan I’m not a TikTok person. I’m too old. But…

CODEPINK founder talks about her new book: War in Ukraine

On Sunday, April 16, Medea Benjamin spoke at Time & Space Limited in Hudson, NY about her new book War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict. Russia’s brutal February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has attracted widespread condemnation across…

There is no alternative to war: a dogma to be questioned

It is likely painful for everyone to see how far over the years our ways of thinking have drifted not only from each other but also from what we took for granted, perhaps rashly, in a period of intense collective…

Can You Fight for Climate Justice Without Being Antiwar?

Can organizations sincerely say they are leading the climate justice fight without also being unapologetically antiwar? Short answer – no. Here’s why. By Teddy Ogborn We cannot end climate change without ending war. The United States military is the planet’s…

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