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Vienna’s International Summit for Peace in Ukraine Issues a Global Call for Action

During the  weekend of June 10-11 in Vienna, Austria, over 300 people representing peace organizations from 32 countries came together for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine to demand an end to the fighting. By Medea Benjamin…

Noam Chomsky – Opening Remarks for the International Peace Summit for Ukraine

Prior to the June 10 & 11 International Peace Summit in Vienna, Joseph Gerson recorded Noam’s brief and cogent remarks, which opened and framed this conference with participants drawn from 32 countries. Noam was clear that for peace and to…

International civil society from Vienna: “We need negotiations that can strengthen the logic of Peace instead of the illogic of war.”

After two intense days of work and discussion, the Final Declaration of International Civil Society has been circulated by the Promoters of the Vienna Peace Summit, and it will be sent to political leaders around the world, calling on them…

The Problem of Peaceful Societies for the Belief in the Necessity of War

For any given war, one can examine the months or years or decades during which one or both sides worked diligently to make it happen, and both sides conspicuously failed to develop peaceful alternatives. Even in the moment of greatest…

No peace: US to deliver $2.1 billion in arms and ammunition to Ukraine

Since the start of the armed conflict, Washington has allocated a total of $39.7 billion in military aid to the Kiev regime. Artillery shells, ammunition for laser-guided rocket systems, drones and Patriot multi-missile systems are part of the new military…

Universalisation of Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Is Increasingly Essential

Photo: Wreath-Laying at the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims by G7 leaders—Italy’s PM Meloni, PM Trudeau of Canada, President Macron of France, Summit host Fumio Kishida, US President Biden, and Chancellor Scholz—flanked by European Commission president von der Leyen…

U.S. Conference of Mayors Adopts New Resolution “Calling for Urgent Action to Avoid Nuclear War, Resolve the Ukraine Conflict, Lower Tensions with China, and Redirect Military Spending to Meet Human Needs”

At the close of its 91st Annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio, on June 5, 2023, the final business plenary of the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) unanimously adopted a new resolution, titled, “Calling for Urgent Action to Avoid Nuclear…

Austrian Censorship of Peace Conference Is An Outrage

Forty-eight hours before a global peace conference in Vienna, Austria, was to begin, the venue host abruptly cancelled. Peace, it seems, cannot be discussed, especially peace in Ukraine. This news is a disturbing step in a growing trend. Owners of the venue which was…

Can China and the United States Establish Mutual Respect to Lessen Tensions?

On June 3, 2023, naval vessels from the United States and Canada conducted a joint military exercise in the South China Sea. A Chinese warship (LY 132) overtook the U.S. guided-missile destroyer (USS Chung-Hoon) and speeded across its path. The…

Europe’s biggest scandal

By Sergei Shevchuk, ukrainian political scientist Under pressure from the Americans, the Ukrainian court in charge of the biggest European cash bribery case did the unusual: it left everyone happy. As a result, Andriy Kicha, legal director of the Burisma…

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