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“The moral force of the Ban Treaty is being felt,” Ann Suellentrop says at the rally for the first anniversary of the “entry into force” of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.—Photos by Jim Hannah

January 24, 2022January 25, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

PeaceWorks-KC celebrates first anniversary of nuclear ban treaty

On Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, peace-loving activists gathered to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (the Ban Treaty) with a rally and caravan.

Thich Nhat Hanh in Paris, 2006.--By Duc (pixiduc) from Paris, Thich Nhat Hanh 12 (cropped).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

January 23, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nonviolence

A Eulogy of 22 January 2022

Thich Nhat Hanh has died. Breathe in the beauty of life; Breathe out and stop.

January 16, 2022January 19, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

We could save the Earth

I recall words of Martin Luther King Jr. and share selections from a book by children and quotes from a prophetic archbishop who calls for abolishing nuclear weapons arsenals around the world.

A year ago, on Jan. 22, Cris Mann (left) and Henry Stoever held this sign at our rally for the "entry into force" of the international Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.--Photos by Jim Hannah

January 15, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

On 1/22, celebrate Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

A short rally, a long caravan—what better way, in the time of coronavirus, to celebrate the first anniversary of the “entry into force” of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons? We'll park behind businesses at 46th and Main at 12:45 pm on Sat., Jan. 22, quickly decorate our cars and have a rally, and then caravan.

January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

If ‘a nuclear war cannot be won,’ then …

On 2022-01-03, the five leading nuclear weapon states (China, France, Russia, UK, US) affirmed the 1985 Gorbachev-Reagan statement1 that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.” This statement provides a strong argument for six different but related actions supporting the elimination of nuclear weapons outlined in this article.

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January 6, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nonviolence

Coo-Coup

Frozen in time / Ugly cold pictures / of the Insurrection ... Democracy is jeopardized / Unless we build back better Work on common ground / See a vision for racial justice Turn our violence into peace / Try to save our only planet

Warm: Beds in the St. Lawrence Catholic Worker basement accommodated some in KCK until commissioners moved forward with opening a warming space at the former Reardon Convention Center.—Photo by Charles Carney

January 4, 2022January 6, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Economic justice, Nonviolence

PeaceWorks members help thwart attempt to shutter homeless shelter

Several members of PeaceWorks-KC joined an ad hoc coalition to stop the abrupt closure of a cold-weather shelter for unhoused persons in the Kansas City, KS, area recently.

Four Puppet Politics: Government controls business, which controls the mainstream media, which controls voters, who control the government, which ...

January 1, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Nuclear weapons

Holocaust vs. Omnicide

Holocaust vs. Omnicide by Spencer Graves The threat of omnicide, the destruction of all human life, posed by the US nuclear arsenal makes the Holocaust look like a childhood prank: How would you compare the deaths of 6 million with the deaths of over 7 billion, over a thousand holocausts, leaving at most 150 million … Continue reading Holocaust vs. Omnicide

December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 PeaceWorks KC Drones, PeaceWorks events

Two-part video shares drone war protest, “Don’t Look Away”

The US feared Afghan Zemadi Ahmadi was a terrorist. But we had wrongly identified him, and we killed him and 9 of his family members in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 29. We are sorry! Here are two videos, by Kriss Avery, of our drone war protest Nov. 29 at Whiteman AFB.