International issues

Alfred Nobel decided to give one fifth of his fortune for a prize to promote disarmament and resolution of all conflicts through negotiations and legal means, never through violence. It should go to “champions of peace” – to reducing or…

In Fantasyland Your Neighbors Live in, More War Is a Smart Idea By David Swanson People in the United States want tighter gun laws within the United States. They probably can’t be, and certainly aren’t being, polled on the U.S.…

Very important to understand what’s going on today with Russia and the US!, says Alice Slater, as she shared a translation done by Sharon Tennison of the talk given by  Prof. Stephen Cohen (contributing editor to thenation.com) at the San…

Arguments based on UN resolution 2249 in Prime Minister´s report on airstrikes in Syria: some clarifications needed By Nicolas Boeglin (*) A few days ago, Prime Minister David Cameron has appealed to Parliament Members to vote in favor of Royal Air…

Taking advantage of the COPS Climate change conference in Paris, the World Future Council published an important new resource “The Climate-Nuclear Nexus” (PDF format). Jurgen Sheffran, is the report’s lead author along with John Burroughs, Anna Leidreiter, Rob Van Riet…

G4S profits from Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine. So why is the UN giving them $22 million? Dear readers, Waging violence is bad enough. Profiting from it? That’s even worse. But that’s what G4S, a British “defense” conglomerate, does everyday.…

As tensions rise between Ankara and Moscow, attention has shifted to an obscure ethnic group in the Middle East: the Turkmens of Syria. But who are the Turkmens and how do they fit into the ongoing war in the region?…

Disarmament Digest Monday 23 November 2015 News: Nuclear: Russia resumes nuclear trade with Iran as sanctions lifted Russia will resume exporting nuclear technology to Iran, President Vladimir Putin has decreed on a visit to Tehran. Russia says it will help…

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan In the wake of the horrific attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, there has been a crushing backlash against refugees from the wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. A cartoon has been circulating on…

A British 18-year-old girl has become the first person to be convicted for attempting to join the campaign against ISIS in Syria. She is set to spend 21 months behind bars. Silhan Özçelik from north London fled her home and…