Peace and Disarmament

The United States and Russia are navigating rising tensions with the Ukrainian conflict at the center. Trump issued a firm demand, calling for a peace agreement in Ukraine within 50 days or face 100 percent sanctions on Russia and secondary…

Pax Christi New York State and Pax Christi Metro New York Invite you to A Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan  Featuring excerpts from a Pax Christi International Webinar, Friday, August 8th,…

On Sunday, August 3, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Kingston Point Beach will once again come alive with dance, music, remembrance, and activism as the city hosts the 15th Annual Bon-Odori Dance Day for Peace. The free event…

On July 23, Fania Oz-Salzberger, a history professor and daughter of the renowned Israeli writer and essayist Amos Oz, launched an appeal on X , asking soldiers to refuse to serve in the army. Soldiers, regular and reserve, parents of…

A Journey Through Four Peace Pagoda Memorial Ceremonies in Europe by Mitsutake Ikeda On June 21st, the 40th anniversary grand memorial ceremony of the London Peace Pagoda was solemnly conducted, followed by the 45th anniversary ceremony of the Milton Keynes…

Some wars are being justified by maps, others by dogmas, and others by oil. But the most dangerous are fueled by symbols. And there is no symbol more flammable than an ancestral temple disputed by two wounded peoples. In the…

As Pressenza, we were able to personally follow the Music Against Silence demonstration in Varese and Brescia. In Varese, I met one of the organizers and proposed an interview to better explain this wonderful initiative against apartheid and the genocide…

From Gaza’s Genocide to Camp Mystic Floods By Philip Tottenham The day was July 4th, 2025 – the 249th anniversary of “American Independence”. It was to be my last day in New York City after completing a  40-day Fast for…

“Fear achieves making people submissive, obedient, as they are afraid of authorities, of the unknown their beloved authorities may bring and so they give in against their own interests.” How wise is it to blast out threats of nuclear war…

When Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933 The US and several European countries started to do bussiness with him and his nazi party. The Netherlands was one of them. All of them putted a blind eye to what…