Peace and Disarmament

News came at the end of March, courtesy of German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, that Germany had completed a delivery of 18 Leopard 2 A6 main battle tanks to Ukraine. Still more, as Reuters reported on April 2, the German…

We are constantly updating the photos coming to us from all parts of the world testifying to the adhesion to the campaign “Let’s take peace in our hands” and colouring cities and countries all over the world with peace and…

Responding to the call of the collective “Europe for Peace“, which can be read here, a group of humanist activists promoted a rally for peace and nonviolence in the centre of the city of Porto, in Portugal, during the afternoon…

April 15-16, 2023 Online Schiller Institute Conference Please register A little bit more than one year after the war in Ukraine, which had in reality already started in 2014, escalated with the Russian military operation, it is very clear that…

The Collapse of the War System: Developments in the Philosophy of Peace in the Twentieth Century by John Jacob English, published in 2007, describes the collapse, or the beginning of the collapse, in Western culture, of the inevitability of war. In…

The Vatican, in Same Spirit, Rescinds “Doctrine of Discovery.” John V. Walsh On March 29, the Senate voted to repeal two Authorizations for the Use of Military Force, (AUMF’s), one passed in 1991 and another in 2002.  The repeal now…

Recent alarming reports state that the UK is prepared to supply Ukraine with depleted uranium ammunition in the ongoing slaughter in Ukraine. These lethally toxic carcinogens are known to cause illness and death, not only for the victims of war…

The Pope entrusted his intentions to the World Prayer Network. One intention per month, throughout the year. April is the month dedicated to prayer “For a Culture of Nonviolence.” In all Catholic churches, during Masses, the following will be prayed:…

As a contribution to the European campaign for peace and nonviolence “Let us take peace into our own hands”, 4 international activists met in Cologne on 2nd of April  at the memorial of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Park. In a poetic way…

The Chilean humanist militancy makes a common cause with the clamour of European civil society and its call for a nonviolent demonstration against war on 2 April 2023. We have been denouncing the political leadership of the first world powers…