Peace and Disarmament

In Kiev, I met Yurii Sheliazenko, a Quaker conscientious objector and leader of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, whom I had met and interviewed during my trip to Ukraine last August, and his friend Artem Denysov, also a Quaker. They took…

 I announce that I will sit at Place des Fleurs-de-Macadam in Montreal for 4 days, from August 8 to 11, for an awareness-raising action and a call to collective action in support of the martyred Palestinian people. During these 4…

One of them must have offered more concessions to the other. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov confirmed on Thursday that Putin and Trump could meet as soon as next week following Special Envoy Steve Witkoff’s “highly productive” three-hour-long meeting with his…

An analysis of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical data, patients’ testimonies, and first-hand medical witnessing at two MSF clinics in Gaza, Palestine, point to both targeted and indiscriminate violence by Israeli forces and private American contractors against starved Palestinians at…

Golden Rule Sailboat Promotes End to Nuclear Weapons and War The historic Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat has arrived in San Francisco and will be officially welcomed at Pier 39 (J Dock) at 10 am Tuesday morning, August 5. The public and…

The image is moving and sublime. A ballerina in full grand jeté, suspended in the air with a Chilean flag waving above her head, while behind her a water cannon truck and an ammunition carrier loom: a symbol of criminal…

This column responds to the debate sparked by my previous editorial critiquing President Boric’s cautious stance amid the genocide in Gaza. It is not a personal critique nor a polemical gesture, but a demand for coherence grounded in international law.…

The image is brutal. The explosion—like a torn throat—shatters the silence of the night and lights up the ruins of Gaza surrounding the UN clinic, which blew into a thousand pieces, leaving behind yet another toll of dead and injured…

The CSCE, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe held in Helsinki in July-August 1975, was a successful dialogue between states. At the celebratory conference organised by the Finnish Foreign Ministry at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki on July 31,…

Over 3,000 young leaders and students from around the world gathered in Beijing on Tuesday July 29 for the World Youth Conference for Peace, a global call for unity, cooperation, and dialogue amid rising global tensions. Held under the theme…