Over the past decade and more, nuclear war has grown increasingly likely. Most nuclear arms control and disarmament agreements of the past have been discarded by the nuclear powers or will expire soon. Moreover, there are no nuclear arms control negotiations underway. Instead, all nine nuclear
NATO’s War Summit: How Do We Stop the Spread of War?
By StoptheWarCoalition, July 19, 2024
NATO’s 75th anniversary summit was dominated by calls to ramp up military spending and escalate military backing for Ukraine. Earlier this week Stop the War and CND hosted key activists and experts to explain how this Washington war summit can only heighten tensions from Eastern
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Where Did the American Century Go?
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The Decline and Fall of Presidential America Are We Now Living in a Defeat Culture? ByIt’s not a happenstance or some sad mistake that, barring a surprise, Americans will go to the polls in November to vote for one of two distinctly ancient men, now 77 and 81, both of whom have clearly exhibited
Pedro Gatos of KOOP’s Bringing Light Into Darkness interviews David Swanson about NATO
Lies, Damn Lies, and NATO
By David Swanson, July 16, 2024
Remarks on Stop the War Coalition webinar July 16, 2024
After someone shot Donald Trump, Joe Biden said, indignantly, “we resolve our differences at the ballot,” which is classic propaganda, taking something obviously true (namely: it’s evil to shoot people) and using it to make seem true something obviously false (namely: you can use a ballot in a U.S. election to choose policies you support and have them enacted). When Trump and Biden debated, they debated
Tomgram: Nan Levinson, Assessing the Flames of Protest
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From Gaza to the West Bank to the Israeli-Lebanese borderlands, it’s been a genuine nightmare. The devastation in Gaza remains surreal and almost impossible to take in. Housing, hospitals,
Tomgram: Ellen Cantarow, A Cancer on the West Bank
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For obvious reasons, the devastation of Gaza has gotten so much of the attention recently, but life, post-October 7th, has also been a nightmare on the West Bank. Among other things, the grotesquely right-wing Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has, as the Associated Press reported recently,
NATO: From Cold War Defensive Coalition to Global Military Behemoth
By Robert Scheer, Scheer Intelligence, July 12, 2024
The 75th anniversary celebrating the creation of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, creates an opportunity for those in the war machine to double down their commitment to war and for peace advocates to amplify their calls for non-violence. David Swanson, co-founder and executive director of World
Tomgram: Clarence Lusane, A Trumpian World of Them
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Think about it. Next time around, Donald Trump would essentially be able to do anything. Anything. As long, of course, as he’s president of these increasingly (dis-)United States. And for that version of reality, he can thank the Supreme Court, the very one he empowered with those three court selections of his. In its most recent presidential decision, that court
Tomgram: Ariel Dorfman, Clarence and Ginni Thomas Finally Get Their Due
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For just a moment imagine Clarence Thomas — yes, Clarence T! — as the president of the United States. It’s a mad thought, right? Or is it? One thing is clear: the present Trumpian Supreme Court — and no, The Donald didn’t appoint Clarence Thomas, but he might as well have along with the three (in)justices he did put there — is taking