Peace and Disarmament

La Scala Theatre in Milan, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2 p.m., dress rehearsal for the Christmas concert. Orchestra and choir are “in plain clothes,” the audience is “popular,” no one has paid. Now and then the conductor stops the orchestra players,…

Again this morning Prague woke up in shock from the terrible event of violence that shook the country on the afternoon of 21 December. By Sandro Curatolo A 24-year-old man broke into the Faculty of Philosophy of Carolina University, which…

BDS achieved a major victory: PUMA was forced to drop its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), a founding part of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement,…

It is hard to say Merry Christmas when in 10 weeks 19,000 Palestinians have been killed, 85% of Gaza’s population has been displaced, and the state of Israel insists it will not stop its attacks until Hamas is exterminated. Netanyahu…

In Costa Rica we celebrated on December 1st, 75 years since the abolition of the army, a decision promoted by Don José Figueres Ferrer, the General who won the last civil war fought in this country in 1948. The event…

This riveting film is a first-person account of the horrors of nuclear war and the power of love and forgiveness to triumph over inhumanity. We will be joined by the author and executive producer of the film, Dr. Akiko Mikamo.…

The Move the Money–NYC Coalition and Council Member Carlina Rivera will hold a rally in support of Resolution 423-2022 calling on Congress and the President to move significant funds away from the military budget to fund social services. It also…

Three major issues dominated 2023: the conflict in Ukraine, the economy and the conflict in Palestine. The first two upheavals began in 2022, the third in 2023. In all three cases, developments brought about a head-on collision with largely concealed…

Humanists and Peace Advocates Chat with the Founder and Lay the Groundwork for the 3rd WM in the Asia Pacific   Humanists from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines, and Australia including friends from the UK, France, and Italy, got together to…

How to move from a legal prohibition, that of the TPNW, to an effective, total, and irreversible elimination of nuclear weapons (1) [Achieving] this from the progress emerged in the 2nd Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (Treaty on…