War Is A Crime

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The World as It Might Be (Or Do I Mean Might Have Been?)

By Tom Engelhardt

Honestly, what would George Orwell have written about this planet of ours, four decades after that ominous year 1984 passed from his fiction into history?

And yes, in case you think that, as in his novel read more

Remarks in Göteborg, Sweden, November 11, 2024.

It’s wonderful to be here with many of you whose work I’ve known but whom I’ve rarely if ever been with in person. I am very grateful to John Jones and Tomas Magnusson and all those involved in arranging this event.

It’s wonderful to be in a country which — like Norway, where I was yesterday — some of my great-grandparents came from, including here in Sweden the ones who gave me my last name. I imagine some of you are too polite here in read more

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Honestly, can you believe that Hamas’s devastating October 7th attack on Israel and that country’s initial military response to it occurred well over a year ago? Or that, for the last 14 months, the Gaza Strip — and it’s not called a “strip” for nothing, being only 25 miles long and, at most, seven miles wide — has become an all too literal hell on Earth? Only read more

Remarks upon acceptance of Real Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, Norway, November 10, 2024.

It’s wonderful to be here with many of you whose work I’ve known but whom I’ve rarely if ever been with in person. I am very grateful to John Jones and Tomas Magnusson for arranging this event. I am thrilled to be here at the start of what I expect will be years of terrific work by the Lay Down Your Arms Foundation — an appropriate name here in the House of Literature. The great Fredrik Heffermehl, read more

By Kiannistan, November 10, 2024

In this compelling interview, activist David Swanson joins us to delve into pressing issues surrounding global conflicts. We explore NATO’s role in modern warfare, how consent for wars is manufactured, and the challenges faced by anti-war movements in today’s climate. David offers insights into the impact of color revolutions, the Ukraine conflict, and the complex realities of war, where no side holds moral superiority amidst ongoing violence. We also examine read more

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 9, 2024

Good people in California protested on election night — not the election but the practicing of nuclear war in the form of launching a missile loaded with dud nukes from the California coast. The few people who even knew such madness was happening were likely to have heard about it from reports that explained very little about where such ICBMs read more

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I’ve lived through 15 presidencies so far, from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s (not that I would remember him, since I was born in July 1944, and he died in April 1945) to Joe Biden’s. The first president I remember was former World War II general Dwight D. Eisenhower (whose vice president, god save us all, was future Watergate President Richard Nixon). In fact, I can still read more

This is the November 13 edition, published early.

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I’m looking forward to speaking at peace events in Norway and Sweden in November. All the events are free and open, and I hope you can be there. You can also watch live video from anywhere.

Here’s the schedule:

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OSLO, NORWAY

I will be accepting the first annual Real Nobel Peace Prize, awarded by the Lay Down Your Arms Foundation.
When: November 10, 2024, Prize session; 12:00 – 13:30, then lunch, then Round table 15:00 to 17:00 with invited peace activists, organizations,  read more

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At this moment, we’re less than a week away from… who knows what? Knowing only that the first Black woman — or, for that matter, woman — may enter the White House as president (she’s been there before, of course, as vice president) or that Disintegrating Donald, the guy who sounds read more