Chris Overfelt

Lax train standards endanger lives

Jane Stoever February 16, 2023

How long will we allow railroad companies to endanger our lives for profit? How long will we allow fossil fuel companies to determine our climate policies?

Biden welcomes new Israeli government

PeaceWorks KC January 17, 2023

“Are we fighting despotism or funding it?” asks Christopher Overfelt.

Congress bans railroad strikes

PeaceWorks KC December 6, 2022

Point/counterpoint: Two PeaceWorks leaders take opposing positions on congressional votes Nov. 30-Dec. 1 to prevent railroad workers from striking.

Protesters at Whiteman AFB seek peace, deplore drone warfare

PeaceWorks KC May 7, 2022

Calling for humankind to abolish war, Brian Terrell insists, “Faced with imminent global climate catastrophe and with both US and Russia for the first time imagining winning a nuclear war, humanity has no choice.”

Join peace witnesses at Whiteman AFB 4/30, at KC nuke-parts plant 5/30

PeaceWorks KC April 7, 2022

These two events highlight the link between US militarism and world instability. Whether it is drone warfare or nuclear weapons, our military-industrial complex follows only one dogma, profit over safety.

Join peace witness vs. drone warfare 4/30

PeaceWorks KC March 13, 2022

One way for peace activists to join in solidarity as tragic events unfold in Ukraine is to oppose militarism in our local communities. Do come to our witness for peace at Whiteman AFB April 30!

Judge tells nuke resisters, ‘Continue to fight for what you believe is right’

PeaceWorks KC February 20, 2022

The four defendants at the Feb. 18 trial were voluntarily arrested for trespassing May 31, 2021, at the National Security Campus, operated by Honeywell for the National Nuclear Security Administration. As one of the defendants stated the day of the trial, “Why are we on trial and not those who make these weapons?”