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NATO “Youth Summit” Tells Viewers to Get Ready for War

The recent NATO “Youth Summit,” even on double speed, is over an hour and a half on Youtube. I couldn’t watch it all, as it just made me feel old — so old that I can remember when people could feel…

Veterans’ Group Opposes Extending Benefits to Americans Fighting for Israel

Veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam and other U.S. wars today blasted a House resolution to extend federal benefits to U.S. citizens who join the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in its war against Palestinians. Veterans For Peace announced its opposition to…

Memorial Day is a day for remembering the victims of war.

Members of Veterans For Peace remember America’s war dead not just once a year, but every day of our lives, with the solemnity they deserve, not the crass commercialism Memorial Day has become. We remember the war dead and the…

Ukraine: assessments and prospects

The two hotbeds of war in the world at the moment are Palestine and Ukraine. The supporters of peace, more numerous than the government spokespeople and the mainstream media which relay them want to admit, have an interest in understanding…

Cannes 2024. Cate Blanchett wears the colors of the Palestinian flag.

Australian actress Cate Blanchett – in Cannes for the out-of-competition film Rumours, which with a six-handed direction recounts between farce and demented horror the events of a G7 in which Cate Blanchett is a German chancellor and Rolando Ravello an…

The 2nd Mediterranean Forum for Peace and Nonviolence: The power of the human being

Active nonviolence, as a philosophy and practice, seeks to transform conflicts without resorting to violence, promoting dialogue, empathy and mutual understanding. The 2nd Mediterranean Forum for Peace and Nonviolence, to be held in Malaga on 22 and 23 June 2024,…

Colombia: New round of talks between government and National Liberation Army (ELN), in Caracas

The two sides have begun a new round of talks in Caracas on 20 May 2024, with the commitment to sign an agreement amid the recent tensions, after the subversive group announced that it had ended its suspension of economic…

Peace Will Come. What Can Peoples Do to Avoid a World War? 

May 19, 2024. I joined over 90 people coming from different parts of the world who got together for a dialogue, an interchange, on a dire prospect facing humanity- the threat that another world war, a third world war might…

Amal Clooney Publishes Expert Report Supporting ICC Arrest Warrant Applications for Crimes in Israel and Palestine

“More than four months ago, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court asked me to assist him with evaluating evidence of suspected war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israel and Gaza. I agreed and joined a panel of international…

Israel-Palestine: Mothers call for peace

We, Palestinian and Israeli women from all walks of life, are united in the human desire for a future of peace, freedom, equality, rights, and security for our children and the next generations. We believe that the majority of the…

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