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Reporting for Pressenza, Anthony Donovan met with the newly elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in NYC

On September 25th, during President Masoud Pezeshkian’s visit to the United Nations, Anthony Donovan, along with several others, had the opportunity to sit down with him for a meaningful hour and a half. The meeting was informal and personal, and…

Provocations and Escalation

Iran now finds itself facing Israel in 2024 in exactly the same position as the one Russia found itself toward the United States in 2021. Provocations are multiplying to make Iranian intervention sooner or later inevitable, which will then justify…

Sept 28: Occupy Peace Rally in Kingston, NY (Video and Photos)

The rally occurred at the Four Corners of Freedom on Crown and John Streets in Kingston, N.Y. Speakers: Judge Andrew Napolitano, constitutional expert, and host of Judging Freedom podcast Scott Ritter, former U.N. weapons inspector Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium…

26th Kateri Peace Conference: A Panel on War.

The 26th Kateri Peace Conference held in Fonda, NY in mid-September, 2024 was entitled “What’s Love Got to do with it?”  The outcome of peace activism is the end of always-war. If, indeed, we are all connected on this minuscule green spot…

Sept 28: Cuban and Venezuelan Foreign Ministers to Speak at Gaza Fundraiser at Apollo Theater

This Saturday, September 28, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil will join a Gaza Solidarity Fundraiser at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. This event will come shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the…

Thomas Merton on US Militarism

Our Government is facilitating mass slaughter. The two political parties running for President are complicit. The Catholic monk Thomas Merton’s writings on US militarism were censored and often forbidden. He resorted to sending his work privately, much unknown until after…

AIPAC’s War on Democracy: Joint Statement from Veterans For Peace and Move to Amend

Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza has produced increasing calls for an immediate ceasefire, while a pro-Israel, U.S.-based group has waged an increasing war on democracy with little public scrutiny and no end in sight. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee…

Frida Berrigan: We are suffering from ‘militarism abuse disorder’

With symptoms that include the endangerment of a safe and healthy future, it’s time we kick the habit of military dependency. By Frida Berrigan This article was originally published by TomDispatch. My name is Frida and my community is military dependent. (I…

Ron Bettag of the Schiller Institute interview on the Veterans for Peace Radio Hour

Ron Bettag of the Schiller Institute joins us to discuss the International Coalition of Peace and the new paradigm for peace. The Schiller Institute for decades has been advocating for people through global development through mutual cooperation. They have envisioned…

California to Ban All Plastic Bags in Grocery Stores by 2026

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 1053 banning all plastic bags at grocery stores in the state beginning in 2026. In 2014, California passed a ban on plastic shopping bags, but a loophole allowed shoppers to still be able to purchase bags made…

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