Peace

Ann Wright On The Gaza Freedom Flotilla And Upcoming NATO Protests

May 13, 2024 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. Podcast - Clearing The FOG Ann Wright, Biden administration, Freedom Flotilla, NATO, Peace, US State Department

This week, Clearing the FOG speaks with Ann Wright, a retired Colonel, former State Department official and prominent peace activist. Wright, who resigned in protest of the Iraq War from the State Department in 2003, speaks about recent resignations over the genocide in Gaza and the Biden administration's new report on Palestine. She also discusses the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, which is ready to sail but is being prevented from doing so, and the protests and activities being planned for this July when the NATO leaders meet in Washington, DC around the 75th anniversary of its founding.

Susan Crane To Start Prison Sentence For Protesting Nuclear Weapons

May 11, 2024 David Hartsough, Popular Resistance. Resist! Blockade, Germany, Nuclear Weapons, Peace, Prison

Susan Crane, 80, has been part of an international Peace group in protesting US nuclear weapons at Büchel Airforce base in Germany. Susan has been part of several Plowshares actions, and is currently living and working at the Redwood City Catholic Worker in California. She starts 229 days in prison in Germany in early June for her nonviolent civil disobedience at the Büchel Airforce Base. David Hartsough is author of "Waging Peace" Global Adventures of A Lifelong Activist and is co-founder of World Beyond War, and is a member of San Francisco Friends Meeting.

Appeal From Brazilian Women On Peace Mission In the Middle East

May 5, 2024 Workers World. Organize! Brazil, Gaza, International Solidarity, Palestine, Peace, Women Activism

Responding to the calls for active listening by “Palestinian Women, the Pillar of Resistance” and the outcry of statements from Palestinian institutions and intellectuals, we are making some necessary propositions for immediate and forceful action with the Brazilian government, as well as urging entities and leaders of communities in Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP), with the leading role in the “Lula tem Razão!” [Lula is Correct] movement, from the Global South.

The North American Peace Movement At An Inflection Point

April 17, 2024 Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. Organize! Anti-war Movement, Imperialism, Palestine, Peace

The North American peace movement is contesting ongoing US wars in Ukraine and Palestine and preparations for war with China. Out of the fog of these wars, a clear anti-imperialist focus is emerging. Giving peace a chance has never been more plainly understood as opposition to what Martin Luther King, Jr., referred to as “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world: my own government.” Palestinian, Muslim and Arab, and anti-Zionist Jewish groups have been in the forefront of the anti-imperialist peace movement.

After Nuland, The Chances For Peace In Ukraine

March 14, 2024 Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Consortium News. Educate! Peace, Russia, State Ddepartment, Ukraine, Victoria Nuland

President Joe Biden began his State of the Union speech with an impassioned warning that failing to pass his $61 billion dollar weapons package for Ukraine “will put Ukraine at risk, Europe at risk, the free world at risk.” But even if the president’s request were suddenly passed, it would only prolong, and dangerously escalate, the brutal war that is destroying Ukraine. The assumption of the U.S. political elite that Biden had a viable plan to defeat Russia and restore Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders has proven to be one more triumphalist American dream that has turned into a nightmare.

Why Would Anyone Kill One’s Self In An Attempt To Stop A War?

February 26, 2024 Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. Resist! Genocide, Palestine, Peace, Self-immolation, Vietnam

Four years ago in 2018, after returning from a Veterans For Peace trip to Viet Nam, I wrote an article called “Why Would Anyone Kill One’s Self In an Attempt to Stop A War?” Now, four years later, in the past three months, two persons in the United States have taken their own lives in an attempt to change U.S. policies on Palestine and call for a Ceasefire and stop US funding to the State of Israel that would be used to kill in the Israeli genocide of Gaza. A yet unidentified woman, wrapped in a Palestinian flag, set herself on fire in front of the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, Georgia on December 1, 2023.

UNAC Conference: Decolonization And The Fight Against Imperialism

February 25, 2024 United National Antiwar Coalition. Organize! Antiwar Movement, Decolonization, Palestine, Peace

Join us for the UNAC Conference from April 5 to April 7, 2024. As we have seen the horrific events in Gaza and the imperialist debacle in Ukraine, the US pushes ahead with threats aimed at China and any country that will not accept its domination. Now is the time for us to come together as a movement to assess the period we are in and plan for the future. Join us at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront Hotel located on East Kellogg Boulevard in Saint Paul, MN, USA. Some of the groups that will be participating are: The Black Alliance for Peace, BAYAN, USA, Popular Resistance...

World Health Organization Endorses Global Health And Peace Initiative

February 21, 2024 Chiamo Seraphine, People's Dispatch. Create! Health Care, Peace, World Health Assembly (WHA), World Health Organization (WHO)

The World Health Organization (WHO) has always included in its mandate the imperative to connect health and peace, as stated in the preamble to its Constitution. This commitment has been demonstrated through previous international interventions it has championed, such as the ‘Health as a Bridge for Peace’ concept in the 1990s and 2000s. Building upon this historical foundation, the Global Health and Peace Initiative (GHPI) was launched in 2019 with the support of Switzerland and Oman. The initiative aims to reinforce WHO’s mandate in this critical area. The GHPI aims to integrate the health sector into peace-building efforts, strengthening social cohesion and emphasizing an understanding of peace and conflict dynamics.

Arab World Calls US Top Security Threat, No Peace With Israel

February 9, 2024 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Peace, Syria, Türkiye, US Imperialism, West Asia, Yemen

A new opinion poll conducted in 16 Arab countries shows that Washington's continued support for Israel's campaign of genocide in the Gaza Strip has dramatically hurt its image across West Asia and North Africa, as 94 percent of respondents describe the US position as "bad." At the same time, more than half say the US poses the biggest threat to regional security. Other western states fared almost as poorly, with more than three-quarters of those polled saying the position of the UK, France, and Germany in relation to Gaza is "bad” or “very bad.” In contrast, Iran received a surge in recognition, with 48 percent of respondents expressing a positive view of the Iranian position, while 37 percent held a negative view.

Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Is No Utopian Dream

January 30, 2024 Leonard Eiger and Glen Milner, Ground Zero Center. Resist! Nuclear Ban Treaty, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, Peace

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) went into effect three years ago (on January 22, 2021) making nuclear weapons illegal under international law for the first time in history. The TPNW is the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons, with the goal of leading towards their total elimination. It specifically prohibits countries from producing, testing, acquiring, possessing or stockpiling nuclear weapons. It also outlaws the transfer of the weapons and forbids signatories from allowing any nuclear explosive device to be stationed, installed or deployed in their territory.

Overcoming Obstacles To United Nations Maintenance Of Peace

January 25, 2024 Lawrence Wittner, Counter Punch. Educate! Genocide, International Law, Peace, United Nations (UN)

Although, according to the UN Charter, the United Nations was established to “maintain international peace and security,” it has often fallen short of this goal. Russia’s ongoing military invasion of Ukraine and the more recent Israeli-Palestinian war in Gaza provide the latest examples of the world organization’s frequent paralysis in the face of violent international conflict. The hobbling of the Security Council, the UN agency tasked with enforcing international peace and security, bears the lion’s share of the responsibility for this weakness. Under the rules set forth by the UN Charter, each permanent member of the Security Council has the power to veto Security Council resolutions.

150 Mennonites Arrested At Capitol For Demanding Gaza Cease-Fire

January 18, 2024 Julia Conley, Common Dreams. Resist! Anti-War, Gaza, Israel, Mennonites, Palestine, Peace, Washington D.C.

The faith-based pro-Palestinian rights group Mennonite Action on Tuesday reported that 150 members and supporters were arrested by U.S. Capitol Police for holding a peaceful occupation of the Cannon House Office Building, demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. The group displayed signs reading, "Mennonites for a Cease-fire" and, "Let Gaza Live" as they sang hymns and other songs from a "cease-fire songbook" organizers had distributed. On its Facebook page about two hours after the peace action began, Mennonite Action reported that "all Mennonites in the Cannon building have been placed in police custody, singing hymns through their arrest."

8th International Seminar For Peace And Abolition Of Foreign Bases

January 17, 2024 Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples, Resumen English. Organize! Conference, Cuba, Peace, US Foreign Bases

The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and the World Peace Council (WPC), are calling for the participation in the VIII International Seminar on Peace and for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases, which will take place in the province of Guantanamo, on May 4 and 5, 2024. Once again, this conference will take place in the province of Guantanamo, where there is the oldest U.S. military base that remains against the will of the Cuban people and government. The Guantanamo Base has become synonymous with torture and imperialism, which for 121 years has illegally occupied 117 square kilometers of that territory, and a prison where the human rights of the detainees there are constantly violated, constituting an outrage to the sovereignty and independence of the nation.

Protest Trident Submarine Base In Honor Of Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 16, 2024 Leonard Eiger, Popular Resistance. Resist! Martin Luther King Jr, Nuclear Weapons, Peace, Washington State

Bangor, WA - Members of the Resist US-Led War Movement and Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action were present, on January 13, at the demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. Due to severe cold weather, which caused mechanical difficulties with equipment, the Main Gate at Bangor was closed. About 35 demonstrators braved the 20 degree weather and voiced their desire for a nuclear weapons-free world to drivers and passengers in backed-up traffic entering the Trigger Ave. entrance. Signs with quotations by Dr. King stated, “We Still Have a Choice Today: Nonviolent Coexistence or Violent Annihilation” and “When scientific power outruns spiritual power, we end up with guided missiles and misguided men.”

Western Imperialist Nations As The Greatest Enemy Of Humanity

January 1, 2024 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. Podcast - Clearing The FOG China, Human Rights, NATO, Peace, US Hegemony, Wars and Militarism

In November, 2023, a delegation from the US Peace Council traveled to China for meetings at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament. Ajamu Baraka, who participated in that delegation, speaks with Clearing the FOG about what he witnessed and the contrasts between US/Western and Chinese approaches to development, diplomacy and global security. He also discusses the broader conflicts in the world, particularly in Western Asia, the fall of US hegemony, the black radical tradition's definition of peace and the Peoples-Centered Human Rights Framework. Baraka advises us to understand the gravity of the many crises we face and to take action to build a peaceful and dignified society.

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