Peace and Disarmament

Here’s how this works each year. 1) Biden proposes a massive increase in military spending — above and beyond both what he proposed the year before and what the Congress increased that to. If you look at U.S. military spending according…

When President Biden nominated Victoria Nuland as Undersecretary of State, CODEPINK feminists objected to her nomination out of concern she would bring pain and heartache to mothers and daughters as she fomented war in their midst. Instead of promoting diplomacy,…

Broad Coalition Drew Thousands in First National Antiwar Protest John V. Walsh Thousands of people assembled at the Lincoln Memorial on February 19 to protest the US proxy war using Ukrainians as cannon fodder to bring down Russia.  It took…

Colorful banners, moments of silence, torchlight processions, Peace marches, speeches by representatives of civil society organizations, chants, sit-ins and flash-mobs. These are the initiatives that enlivened the squares of the 75 Italian cities that took action for Peace in the…

Europe is continuing its suicidal mad dash towards the militarisation of society. After a year of war in Ukraine, almost everywhere there is talk of reintroducing compulsory military service, reopening a debate that was thought to be definitively closed and…

The world’s living in a very complicated political situation, especially with the Ukraine War lasting more than anyone ever thought and people want peace. “The situation we are facing now isn’t just coming out of Putin’s or Zelensky’s madness but…

With its diplomatic push to end the Ukraine war, China has made an important contribution to a peaceful solution to the bloody conflict between Kiev and Moscow. In doing so, however, the People’s Republic has triggered very different reactions internationally:…

Human beings throughout their history, from the time they settled down as sedentary and had their first lands and animals, began to feel fear of losing those properties. They felt the need to protect them, they armed themselves and created…

Dear President Biden, My name is Olivia DiNucci and I am the anti-war activist who interrupted your dinner in DC the other night. You, the most powerful man in the world, were sitting right in front of me. Normal people…

Tomás Hirsch, humanist Deputy Hirsch of the Chilean National Congress, supports the Europe for Peace call for 2 April. “As president of Humanist Action and Humanist Deputy in the Chilean Congress, I support and join the call for the 2nd…