Peace and Disarmament

(DIRE) Bologna, 25 May [2023]. – “It is time for mediation, nuclear disarmament, and positive peace”. After the conference that a few weeks ago re-launched the request for a Ministry of Peace in Bologna – in view of 2 June…

In Gallarate, in the province of Varese, nonviolent activists displayed banners that read “There is nothing to celebrate.” Such banners read, “100 years of bombing and slaughter,” “No to war propaganda,” and “No to the militarization of schools.” In fact,…

Perhaps some may find what I will argue below as disrespectful, especially coming from a veteran who participated and lost comrades in the American War in Vietnam. But it must be said. How Memorial Day is currently observed does not,…

We publish here the words of Rafael de la Rubia at the “March Perugia Assisi 2023”: On 21 June 2022, we announced the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence at the 1st meeting, in Vienna, of the countries that…

“From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. Disarm, Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice.” —Julia Ward Howe Memorial Day Remembering All Whose Lives Were Taken by War Sunday,…

In 1971, our forefathers fought against Pakistan and gave birth to Bangladesh. Through that liberation war, Bangladesh emerged as an ‘anti-thesis’ of Communal politics- practiced by the West Pakistan elites. Immediately after the liberation, Bangladesh based its constitution on nationalism,…

On Sunday, May 21, 2023, a bus will leave from Forlì, Forlimpopoli and Cesena to join the marchers of the National Peace March Perugia-Assisi 2023 entitled: “Let’s Transform the Future!” with the theme of war in Europe, ongoing wars around…

Introduction Fifteen months ago, I began writing a series of articles about what was taking place in Ukraine and what was likely to take place in the future there if a peace settlement was not reached. I’m sorry to say…

It should come as no surprise that the world is currently facing an existential nuclear danger.  In fact, it has been caught up in that danger since 1945, when atomic bombs were used to annihilate the populations of Hiroshima and…

Looking around me, I observe people inside their oppressive thoughts, inside cars, walking in the city in a hurry towards inexcusable places. I stop and think of a great spiritual guide, who watches from the peaks of the Himalayas. By…