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New Book About NATO By Medea Benjamin and David Swanson

NATO What You Need To Know By MEDEA BENJAMIN and DAVID SWANSON “An indispensable primer. It can save your life — indeed all of our lives…NATO is a clear and present danger to world peace, a war machine run amok.”…

Columbia students occupy Hamilton Hall after school suspends students. New protest encampments all over the US

Students at Columbia University took over Hamilton Hall just after midnight after the school began suspending students who refused to leave the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, which began almost two weeks ago. The hall was also the site of a historic…

Police Arrest 275+ Campus Protesters as Student Uprising for Gaza Shows No Sign of Slowing Down

Police across the United States made at least 275 arrests over the weekend as campus protests against Israel’s assault on Gaza continue to spread. In Boston, police detained about 100 people after students set up a Palestine solidarity encampment on…

Debt Dollars – The Unused Leverage

U.S. Treasuries or War Bonds? When U.S. taxpayers protest the use of their tax dollars to continually fund wars, the assumption is only 67% correct, as of the Second Fiscal Semester 2024 [1]. By Adil Aboobakar, CFA, World BEYOND War,…

Campus Activism for Gaza Ignites

Students at more than 40 universities and colleges in the United States and around the world have lit a fire under the Palestine solidarity movement by setting up encampments on their campuses. They are demanding that their universities end their…

Rethinking Global Peace: Addressing Militarization and the Future of Governance

Global military spending surges amid war, rising tensions, and insecurity. New data on global military spending from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has been released. (Stockholm, 22 April 2024) Total global military expenditure reached $2443 billion in 2023,…

Seder in the Streets: Hundreds Arrested in Brooklyn Protesting U.S. Arming of Israel

In Brooklyn, New York, police arrested as many as 300 Jewish activists who took part in a massive outdoor Passover Seder near the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Protesters were calling for the U.S. to stop funding Israel’s…

Gaza Solidarity Encampments and Protests Burgeon Across College Campuses Amid Police Crackdown

Palestinian solidarity protests and encampments are spreading on college campuses across the country, inspired by the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University. Here in New York, police raided a student encampment at New York University Monday night. Police arrested more…

Kristine Karch: “NATO is a war machine and belongs in the dustbin of history.

Next July, a new NATO summit will take place in Washington DC, USA. NATO recently celebrated its 75th anniversary. Peace organizations from around the world will also gather in the US capital to express their rejection of this military alliance,…

US Reimposes Illegal and Inhumane Oil Sanctions on Venezuela: The New York Times Runs Cover

A minute after midnight on April 18, the US reimposed coercive economic measures designed to cripple Venezuela’s oil industry. Later that day, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a new sanctions bill on Nicaragua. Meanwhile, Cuba protested the US’s…

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