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
“Are we fighting despotism or funding it?” asks Christopher Overfelt.
Congress bans railroad strikes
Point/counterpoint: Two PeaceWorks leaders take opposing positions on congressional votes Nov. 30-Dec. 1 to prevent railroad workers from striking.
Vets for Peace sail peace boat down Mississippi, up Eastern seaboard
By Christopher Overfelt On September 26, the International Day for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, three members of Veterans for Peace set sail down the Mississippi River on their boat, the Golden Rule. The sailing voyage will take them down the Mississippi River, out through the Gulf of Mexico, and eventually back up the Eastern … Continue reading Vets for Peace sail peace boat down Mississippi, up Eastern seaboard
War rhetoric, war racket
War is a racket. As weapons pour into Ukraine and the war goes longer and longer, the US military-industrial complex rakes in profits.
Judge tells nuke resisters, ‘Continue to fight for what you believe is right’
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?”
Why do politicians keep spending more money on the military?
There is no defense involved in the National Defense Authorization Act. It is a siphon for taxpayer money into the hands of corporations like Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin.
‘Like a leaf on the river, let life take you where it will’
Severe episodes of anxiety can last days, weeks, and months. Our minds and bodies are not built to handle elevated levels of anxiety for long periods. … I do not possess the answers to the world’s problems, but I do know that those answers are communal ones, not individual ones.
‘After 20 years of war, many lessons left unlearned’
The results of Biden's revenge attacks mirror perfectly the cycles of America's war against Afghanistan.
Israel uses blueprint: displace people on land with resources
It is important to recognize the blueprint the Israeli government is utilizing to displace the indigenous peoples of Palestine. This system employs violence to physically relocate a population in order that the resources of the land on which they live may be extracted.