Peace and Disarmament

The Associated Press reports that many of the recruits drafted under Ukraine’s new conscription law lack the motivation and military indoctrination required to actually aim their weapons and fire at Russian soldiers. By Nicolas J. S Davies “Some people don’t want to…

In Norman Solomon’s new Afterword in the paperback edition of his book War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine, the author excoriates the White House for arming a genocide with assistance from a negligent…

Large anti-war demonstrations were held across Germany this weekend against the government’s military intervention in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Demonstrators gathered to express their opposition to the German government’s military and diplomatic policies and to call for a…

A global conflict is underway. It proceeds surreptitiously, step by step, by doses, like a poison. From one episode to the next, it gets worse. It is not yet a full-scale war, but it is approaching it at an accelerating…

Dear Mauro, thank you for your interest in my country, like you I am a teacher (at least according to my title), a non-professional journalist and an aspiring humanist. Also thank you for remembering Vittorio Arrigoni, whom I also admire.…

Please tell Americans, that Iranians are kind and hospitable. Come and visit us.  You are most welcome here.”  This was a common refrain encountered in a recent trip to Iran. At present the US military has mobilized a strike group…

Pressenza’s partner Bar Crawl Radio will be covering the conference. Over the years the Kateri Peace Conference in Fonda, NY has worked to confront the waste and destruction of militarism and war, the suffering and injustice wrought by systemic racism;…

“September Days of Solidarity with Palestine,” will see members of Veterans For Peace from California to New Hampshire conduct protests and educational events in 25 cities September 1-7. Activities will vary from hanging banners over expressways to conducting nonviolent actions…

The International Day Against Nuclear Tests, celebrated annually on August 29th, is a date that has important symbolic weight in the fight for world peace and the preservation of humanity. Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009, the…

On August 22, the Court of Appeal in Paris once again declared inadmissible the desperate appeal for justice by Tran To Nga, a Franco-Vietnamese activist and journalist, against the fourteen companies responsible for the production of the defoliant “Agent Orange” . This poison was…