International issues
NATO Allies Refuse to Send More Combat Troops to Afghanistan
Rejected USA request to send more combat troops to Afghanistan »
10,000 people marched on Wall Street to protest the wars
On April 4, in honor of Dr. King and his visionary 'Beyond Vietnam' speech in 1967, 10,000 people marched on Wall Street to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and to demand a larger investment in the needs of our communities. Labor, veterans, students, immigrant rights groups, military families, faith-based people, women's groups, and community groups joined for a lively, vibrant march. »
Czechs Protest US Missile Shield Base
While President Obama spoke in Prague, over 1,000 protesters gathered nearby to condemn US plans to build a missile shield system in the Czech Republic and Poland. »
It’s Time To Get Rid Of Nuclear Weapons
The destructive force of nuclear weapons in the world today is hundreds of millions of times more powerful than that of the atom bomb dropped in Hiroshima in 1945. President Barack Obama’s proposal to reduce atomic warhead arsenals by 80 percent has given rise to the hope of eradicating the threat of nuclear proliferation »
Obama and Medvedev Announce Nuclear Reduction
‘Although the (nuclear) threat has been greatly diminished since the end of the Cold War, it continues to be the greatest threat against humanity’, declared Obama. »
Aid Groups Warn Against Afghan Military Escalation
An increased military occupation of Afghanistan will lead to a rise in civilian deaths. »
Activists to Hold 2-Day Wall Street Protest
Protest against the financial bailout and the ongoing US occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan »
World Physicians issue medical appeal to Obama, Medvedev for elimination of nuclear weapons
More than 300 of the world's top physicians have called on US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to "end the nuclear weapons era once and for all." »
The World March for Peace and Nonviolence: a humanist proposal
The World March aims to generate consciousness of the dangerous global situation in which we are living, a situation marked by the heightened probability of nuclear conflict, a renewed arms race, and the violent military occupation of foreign territories. It's a proposal for an unprecedented mobilization, advanced by the Humanist Movement through one of its organizations, World Without Wars »
US-Russia Talks
President Obama: “I believe [what] we’ve begun today is a very constructive dialog that will allow us to work on issues of mutual interest, like the reduction of nuclear weapons and the strengthening of our nonproliferation treaties" »