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No Peace Through Military Strength: A response to Catherine Ashton’s “To Secure Peace, Be Ready for Battle”
We need to eradicate this skewed defense and security paradigm built upon the belief that peace and security should be pursued through military force.
Could We Make Opposition to Iran War Obligatory for Blue State Democrats?
Robert Naiman: It's not obvious that most blue state Democrats understand that support for new sanctions on Iran now will be scored as support for war.
Obama Pursues “Occupation-Lite” in Afghanistan
Regardless of whether US troops stay in Afghanistan for ten more years, we can expect the country to be plagued with violence and vanishing rights for women. The only …
Peace in the Pentagon
Would peace studies have to revise its approach if it noticed the existence of the Pentagon?
America’s Child Soldiers: JROTC and the Militarizing of America
Ann Jones takes a startling look at the sort of everyday military indoctrination that may be happening in your very neighborhood.
Two Million Voices to Remember, Two Million Afghan Victims of War, Including Hashim and Zukoom
Afghans are smothered in the cross-fire among the Powers, in declarations and Agreements for more war.
A Budget for People, Peace, and Planet
Peace, Social Justice and Environmental groups want to cut runaway military spending, fund dire domestic needs u2013 social programs, jobs and climate action
Social Justice Groups Demand Congress Slash Military Budget, Spend Money on People, Peace, Planet
A social justice coalition called on the Congressional Budgetary Committee to pass a budget resolution that re-directs military spending to domestic needs.
In the Shadow of War: Life and Fiction in 21st Century America
We have been at war for almost a decade yet you would not know it from the subject matter of most new novels. Could the reason for this be …
Pentagon Approves Record Sale of Advanced Arms to Countries at War
Congress will decide if deal first struck by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in April should go through.