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Anti-Drone Protest Shuts Down Hancock Air Base, 17 Arrested, 13 Held in Jail
Forty concerned citizens created a blockade outside of the Hancock Air National Guard Base in Syracuse in order to protest drone warfare across the seas. Many were arrested.
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Nuclear Deterrence: The Lie to End All Lies
It is one of the biggest lies that America has ever told: that we are safer with thousands of armed nuclear weapons in this country than we are without.
Veterans For Peace, Arrested By NYPD, Writes to Bloomberg
In early October 25 citizens, mostly US veterans, were arrested outside of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza. This is an open letter to Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Raymond Kelly …
Mexican Caravan for Peace Promotes Necessary Conversation About the War on Drugs
The Caravan for Peace and Justice with Dignity, a Mexican activist group that toured the United States, may be the real answer to the drug cartel problems in Mexico.
Vandenberg 15 Case Dismissed
The Vandenberg 15, activists who were arrested after protested the launching of a ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, were released with no charges on yesterday.
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Militaries, Mammals and Spiritual Science
Though not as closely related as they are to hippos, whales have much in common with elephants. Speaking scientifically, they belong to different taxonomic orders—whales to the taxonomic order …
US War Against Afghanistan Just Entered Its Twelfth Year
The Afghan Peace Volunteers, a group of young people from Kabul who espouse nonviolence have recently called upon the whole world to join their campaign for the end to …
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The Liar’s Master Class
Mitt Romney might be the most brazen political liar since James Polk. Polk, who was the 11th U.S. president (1845-1849), lied through his teeth–to Congress, to his cabinet, to …
Romney v. Obama: The Debate That Wasn’t
What passed as a presidential debate, Wednesday evening, was nothing more than a series of carefully-rehearsed, often rambling, mini-speeches that were more focused on generalities than on specifics. …
On the Killing of Eight Afghan Women
The peaceful words of religious texts like the Gospel are often steamrolled in favor of the culture of war. But with the recent killing of eight Afghan women by …