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Veterans For Peace Appeals to Non-Aligned Heads of State on Iran
With the Non-Aligned Movement meeting this week in Tehran, Veterans For Peace is urging the organization of 120 nations not formally allied with any major power bloc to take …
The United States’ Clandestine Armies Plunge Us Deeper Into Violence
The US empire's taxpayer-funded secret operatives foment the very instability that allows them to continue to proliferate like cockroaches.
Stand Together as Friends of 30 Million Afghans
Is it at all important, in the midst of the Afghan war and its attendant socio-economic devastation, to wish that two Afghan youth, Ali and Abdulhai, will eventually obtain …
Jeju Island Base Divides Korean, International Green Groups
As construction of a hotly contested naval base on South Koreau2019s Jeju Island advances, thereu2019s a showdown underway.
Why and How to End the War on Drugs
With so many problems in the world today u2013 global economic crisis, climate change, a corrupt political system, growing inequality and entrenched injustice u2013 why make ending the War …
Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy on the Escalating Talk of a Military Attack on Iran
On Friday, Israelu2019s largest-selling daily newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, published an article suggesting an Israeli attack on Iran could be imminent
Egypt’s Morsi Ousts Top Generals, but Key Military Insiders Tapped to Fill the Gaps
In a major shakeup, Egyptu2019s new president, Mohamed Morsi, dismissed the countryu2019s two top generals over the weekend, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and military Chief of Staff Sami Enan.
Bombings in Afghanistan Kill Dozens of People
At least three suicide bombers on Tuesday struck a crowded bazaar in southwestern Afghanistan and then at the gates of the hospital where victims were rushed for treatment, killing …
Drone on the Range
The pilotless, remote-controlled planes that the CIA uses to spy on and bomb people in Pakistan and elsewhere are headed to our local police departments.
Can the Caravan of Peace End the War on Drugs?
If the caravanu2019s call to end the violence diminishes public support for the militarized approach, it could force an open dialogue about alternatives like drug legalization