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Peace

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People and Peace Over Plutocracy
everal years ago a bunch of peace activists were eating in a restaurant in Crawford, Texas, and we noticed George W. Bush. He was actually a cardboard version of …

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Honoring Dr King’s Legacy
On the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, I believe his words and actions are no less relevant today than they were forty-five years ago. …

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Bradley Manning’s Nobel Peace Prize
Whistleblower Bradley Manning has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and he should receive it. No individual has done more to push back against what Martin Luther King …

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Petitions of 23,000 to Lindsey Graham: No Foul to Use A-Word on Israel-Palestine
Despite smears, Chuck Hagel's confirmation as US secretary of defense looks likely.

US Working Group for Peace & Demilitarization in Asia and the Pacific
Statement in Response to Third DPRK Nuclear Explosive Test We come from diverse backgrounds and hold a range of analyses (or perspectives) approaching the proposed North Korean nuclear weapons …

Creating a Culture of Peace
We live in a culture of violence.

Ethiopian Dam Threatens to Turn Lake Turkana into “East Africa’s Aral Sea”
New paper documents impending threat to regional peace and security in volatile Horn of Africa.

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John Kerry: “The Name of the Game is Different Now”
The cashing in of political debts, Washington's peculiar political culture, and Republicans eager for another chance to return Scott Brown, once the bankers' senator, to the Senate conspire to …

Peaceful Revolution in Asia and Beyond
In hindsight, there may have been no better way to bookend a trip to the 2012 biennial conference of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) than by visiting Beijing …

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Stevie Wonder, Peace Activist, To Fundraise for the IDF
Longtime civil rights and Apartheid activist and musician Stevie Wonder was just named lead performer at the Friends of the Israeli Defense Force annual fundraising gala.