Peace and Disarmament

US President Joe Biden spoke to reporters Tuesday before boarding a presidential helicopter and said, “I don’t think we need a wider war in the Middle East. That’s not what I’m looking for. But a wider war is precisely what…

It is different to think “abstractly” of twenty-seven thousand people, as if it were just another conceptual datum, a quantity, a price, a distance…. than to represent twenty-seven thousand human beings, each one with his or her very particular characteristics,…

Activists shut down at least a half-dozen major roads in Washington, D.C., during Thursday morning rush hour and marched through the streets to demand an end to U.S. military support for Israel. Police arrested roughly two dozen protesters. Protester: “War…

For a couple of decades now, the very worst people in Washington, D.C., have pushed hard for a war on Iran. Some high points have come in 2007, 2015, 2017, and 2024. Each time it has been absolutely critical to…

The order of the International Court of Justice concerning Israel’s against the Palestinians of Gaza By Riccardo Petrella, Professor Emeritus at the University of Louvain, Agora des Habitants de la Terre   There is no freedom                                                                                                        without rights, without justice In…

Dear pilot of the Israeli army, We’ve never met; my name is Andrea, I am an elementary school teacher, and I live in Italy. Here on my side of the Mediterranean, we watch what happens on the other side as…

Five peace activists were arrested today as CODEPINK and other organizations disrupted the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing titled “UNRWA Exposed: Examining the Agency’s Mission and Failures.” The protest aimed to draw attention to the urgent need for humanitarian aid…

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Steadfast Defender exercises are a provocation and could lead to tragic consequences for Europe, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Friday. “For several months, 90,000 troops from 31 NATO member countries, as well as…

These days we are celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Declaration of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace. At the Second Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Havana, the 33…

23 January 2024, el Espectador I should have written this column on 1 January… sorry for the delay, but today’s Pazaporte is about Claudia López, former mayor of Bogotá. I met Claudia shortly before the elections, one informal evening, at…