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Open Letter from a Ukrainian Facing Prison for Speaking for Peace

Greetings from Kyiv. Yesterday my city was disturbed again by air raid sirens, so I ran from Vernadsky scientific library to hide in the closest shelter,  a subway station. Ruthless Russian aggression against Ukraine continues, as well as the Ukrainian…

Philippine Island Tackles the Plastic Crisis Head-On, Sets Example for the Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations

The Island Province of Siquijor Serves as a Success Story in the Global Fight against Plastic Pollution 14 November 2023 – Nairobi, Kenya – As the third intergovernmental negotiations (INC-3) on plastic pollution go underway in Nairobi, Kenya, delegates and…

War Is Not a Game – Vigil 11/19 in Old Bethpage

Rally along Veterans For Peace, Long Island Chapter, on Sunday, November 19th, from 1:00pm-2:30pm, to stand in front of the Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage to show our outrage over supporting and sponsoring an event there that glorifies war.…

There Is No Right Side in War

Many of us have called wars like those on Iraq and Afghanistan by the name “wars” or sometimes the name “occupation,” but the current war on Gaza by the name “genocide.” They’ve all been extremely one-sided slaughters of mostly civilians…

Nonviolent Activists Shutdown General Dynamics, Nuclear Submarine Facility in New London, CT

New London resident Jackie Allen-Doucot was among nine peace activists arrested and charged with criminal trespass this morning during a blockade of entrances to the Engineering Complex of General Dynamics/Electric Boat where nuclear submarines are designed. Holding long banners spanning…

Veterans for Peace Joins International Delegation Attempt to Reach Rafah Border Crossing With Gaza

VFP member Danny O’Brien, VFP Board member Gerry Condon, and VFP Advisory Board member, journalist Chris Hedges, are among an international delegation of writers, lawyers, journalists, activists, students, and organizers who arrived in Cairo, Egypt this week with the goal…

Attack on Pressenza, Mazzeo: Are we on proscription lists?

“I express solidarity with the friends of Pressenza,” began peace activist Antonio Mazzeo, amid astonishment, commenting on the news of the attack on Pressenza by the U.S. State Department. “Pressenza is a newspaper that, over the years, has attempted to…

Activating the Genocide Convention

There are 149 states party to the Genocide Convention. Every one of them has the right to call out the genocide in progress in Gaza and report it to the United Nations. In the event that another state party disputes the claim of…

El Ciudadano and Pressenza Condemn the Accusation that They Are Spreading Kremlin Disinformation.

On 7 November 2023, the US State Department released a statement that had a provocative title, ‘The Kremlin’s Efforts to Covertly Spread Disinformation in Latin America’. The note argued that the ‘Russian government is currently financing an on-going, well-funded disinformation…

Claude AnShin Thomas: “The process is not to attempt to change the world but to realize that as I change then the world changes”

Claude AnShin Thomas is a former veteran turned Buddhist monk dedicated to the cause of nonviolence and ending all wars, both internal and external that plague humanity. Can you tell us about your human and spiritual journey? The human and…

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