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May Day Demonstrations In Europe

Hundreds of thousands of people participated in May 1 mobilizations across Europe, amid ongoing rearmament and governments’ unwillingness to respond to workers’ demands for better working conditions and investment in public services. Marches and demonstrations took place in most countries of the region, with trade unions emphasizing that deteriorating living standards and armament are intrinsically linked, insisting on an agenda of solidarity, peace and social justice. “USB recognizes a direct connection between war and material conditions,” the Italian grassroots union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) stated, echoing remarks from other parts of Europe.

Groups Opposing Nuclear War Call On The United Nations To Act Urgently

On May 1, NWA Director Magritte Gordaneer, delivered a statement representing PSR and IPPNW at the 11th Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the United Nations in New York. Our statement calls on countries to recognize the unconscionable threat of nuclear weapons and urgently take action on disarmament in this moment of chaos, conflict, and nuclear escalation. PSR and IPPNW's recommendations to this Review Conference highlight the lack of progress made on nuclear abolition by nuclear weapons states, the humanitarian consequences of these weapons, and supports Article 6 of the NPT and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as critical pieces of international law the United States and others must join and adhere to.

A Peace Agenda To End Military Madness

The president who promised to end forever wars and spoke of reducing nuclear weapons has succumbed to what David Wallace-Wells calls “impulsive warmongering.”  After bombing Iran for 12 days last June, the U.S. and Israel launched a massive military assault that has caused widespread damage in the region and major disruption in global energy markets. In January, Donald Trump sent military forces to capture and arrest the leader of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. The White House has proposed the largest military spending increase since World War II and plans to pay for it with draconian cuts in health care and other domestic social programs.

Xi Jinping Proposes Four-Point Plan For Middle East Peace And Diplomacy

Chinese President Xi Jinping has advanced four propositions aimed at safeguarding and promoting peace and stability in the Middle East. He outlined these at an April 14 meeting in Beijing with Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates, UAE). Xi Jinping stressed China’s principled position of promoting peace and facilitating talks and reiterated his country’s readiness to continue playing a constructive role in this regard.

Iran Submits Demands For End To War

Iran announced on 6 April that it has conveyed its demands on a potential ceasefire with the US and Israel through intermediaries, as US President Donald Trump's threat to bomb Iranian energy and water infrastructure looms. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told a news briefing that Tehran has communicated its demands “based on national interests” through regional mediators. “We have formulated our own set of demands based on our interests and considerations. We are not ashamed to voice our legitimate and logical demands,” he said when asked about the prospect of an end to the war.

How Might The US-Israeli War On Iran Fail?

What was framed as a swift and definitive strike against Iran is fast becoming something far more unpredictable and potentially more dangerous. The expanding U.S.–Israeli war on Iran was sold, implicitly or explicitly, as a decisive blow: a campaign that topple the regime, trigger mass protests, fracture the Iranian state, and reassert U.S.–Israeli dominance across the region. Beyond the assassination of the country’s Supreme Leader and an unknown number of Iranian military and political officials, U.S.-Israeli bombardment has killed over 1300 Iranian civilians, injured upwards of 10,000 more, and damaged over 13,500 civilian buildings.

Iran Not Seeking Ceasefire, Aggressors Must Learn

Iran is not seeking a ceasefire amid the ongoing war, instead, it intends to impose a decisive response on its adversaries, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Tuesday. In a post on X, Ghalibaf wrote: “We are certainly not seeking a ceasefire," adding, “We believe that the aggressors must be taught a harsh lesson so they never dare attack Iran again.” Ghalibaf also accused "Israel" of relying on recurring cycles of conflict to maintain its dominance, stating, “The Israeli entity believes that its survival lies in continuing the cycle of ‘war–negotiation–ceasefire and then war again’ in order to consolidate its hegemony, but Iran will break this cycle."

The War On Iran And Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy

The United States has once again launched a war in the Middle East based on false claims about weapons of mass destruction. Like the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. assault on Iran rests on allegations that international inspectors have already debunked. But beyond the false pretext lies an even more pressing question that few officials in Washington seem willing—or able—to answer: What is the U.S. exit strategy from its war on Iran? President Trump has justified the attack by claiming that Iran refuses to renounce nuclear weapons. As he prepared to launch the war, Trump repeatedly claimed, “We haven’t heard those secret words: ‘We will never have a nuclear weapon.’”

‘Worthy Children Of Heroes, Martyrs:’ How Nicaragua Cultivates Peace

“I thought they were going to kill us. The bullets were flying past our house, and I was so afraid a stray one would hit us,” Socorro tells me. She’s recounting a gang fight that took place more than a decade ago right outside the walls of mismatched metal sheeting that surround her garden near Managua. “My granddaughter was small at the time, I ran with her and hid behind a barrel, thinking it was full and that the water would help protect us. But the joke was on me, the barrel was empty!” Socorro cackles, today able to laugh at the narrow escape.

No US War On Iran: An Open Letter To The UN Security Council

The President of the United States is issuing grave threats of force against the Islamic Republic of Iran if it does not accede to US demands. His actions risk a major regional war that would be devastating. Asked if he wanted regime change, he responded that it “seems like that would be the best thing that could happen.” When asked why a second US aircraft carrier has been sent to the region, President Trump answered “in case we don’t make a deal, we’ll need it … if we need it, we’ll have it ready.” These threats are in violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter

Venerable Monks Walk For Peace With A Gift Of Hope

Washington DC—The Venerable Monks of the Dhammacetiya arrived in Arlington Monday on their second to last day of crossing through Virginia. Their 2,300 mile “Walk for Peace” which started in Fort Worth, Texas, 107 days ago neared its final destination of Washington, DC, their journey’s end. They will host a peace gathering at the Lincoln Memorial and at the National Cathedral on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thousands have queued along their long trek and waited many hours in bitter cold to watch the 20 monks walk past for a brief moment.

Iran’s Comprehensive Peace Proposal To The United States

History occasionally presents moments when the truth about a conflict is stated plainly enough that it becomes impossible to ignore. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s February 7 address in Doha, Qatar (transcript here) should prove to be such a moment. His important and constructive remarks responded to the US call for comprehensive negotiations, and he laid out a sound proposal for peace across the Middle East. Last week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for comprehensive negotiations: “If the Iranians want to meet, we’re ready.”

‘Peace President’ Trump Has Bombed Ten Countries

Donald Trump claims to be a so-called “peace president”, but he has bombed more countries than any other US leader. After proudly renaming the Pentagon from the Department of Defense to the Department of War, Trump now plans to raise the US military budget from $1 trillion to a staggering $1.5 trillion. This means that, if Trump succeeds, the United States will soon spend more on its military than all of the other countries in the world combined, excluding China. This is deeply hypocritical, because in his January 2025 inauguration speech, as he started his second term as US president, Trump declared that he would be a “peacemaker”.

February 21-23 Global Days Of Action To Close Military Bases

Military bases, especially foreign ones — current and sought — generate wars. The United States has used its bases in Latin America and the Caribbean to attack Venezuela, while threatening to take over Greenland to build more bases there. Iran is bordered by seven nations with U.S. bases. The nations to the south and east of China are packed with U.S. bases, as is Europe, as is Israel. Africa has foreign bases from several empires. Russia is making more use of its bases in Belarus. On February 23, 1903, the United States took over Guantanamo from Cuba. It has never restored it. People across Latin America have used this date to organize events opposing bases, militarism, and the Monroe Doctrine.

After Canadian Police Raid Homes, Six Peace Activists Face Charges

London, Ontario police carried out coordinated pre-dawn raids on November 25 against four homes across southern Ontario, targeting members of the anti-war and Palestinian-solidarity group World Beyond War (WBW). The raids bring to six the number of peace activists charged in relation to a protest of more than 100 people against the Best Defence Conference in London at the end of October, an arms-industry gathering attended by Israeli-linked weapons manufacturers and Canadian military officials. The sweeping operation saw officers burst into homes at 6 a.m., frighten children, seize personal electronic devices and haul activists hours away from their communities.
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