15 Mar, 2023
Staying Woke: Revering Life
Staying Woke: Revering Life by Robert C. Koehler 1053 words This is from one of the people I’m least likely...
15 Mar, 2023
5 Jan, 2023
Before the bombs come the platitudes
What is democracy but platitudes and dog whistles? The national direction is quietly predetermined — it’s not up for debate...
10 Oct, 2022
Surviving the Killing Fields, a Worldwide Challenge
Surviving the Killing Fields, a Worldwide Challenge by Kathy Kelly and Nick Mottern 1105 words Awaiting discharge from a hospital...
21 Mar, 2022
The people of Yemen suffer atrocities, too
The ghastly blockade and bombardment of Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, is now entering its eighth year.
12 Feb, 2022
‘Thank You for Hearing Our Afghan Pain’
People in the United States must recognize the suffering their country continues inflicting in Afghanistan...
11 Sep, 2021
To Counter Terror, Abolish War
To Counter Terror, Abolish War by Kathy Kelly 1204 words Published in: War is a Crime, Code Pink, Eurasia Review,...
7 Jul, 2021
Why Daniel Hale deserves gratitude, not prison
These words hung in the air on a recent Saturday evening, projected onto several Washington, D.C. buildings, above the face of a courageous whistleblower facing 10 years in prison.
4 Mar, 2021
Taking war personally
Taking war personally By Robert C. Koehler Published in: Common Dreams, City Watch, LA Progressive, Uncommon Thought, Free Press, The...
2 Mar, 2021
Blood for Oil
Thirty years ago, when the United States launched Operation Desert Storm against Iraq, I was a member of the Gulf Peace Team...
26 Jun, 2020
Battleground States
“The time for manufacturing of weapons of war has passed as a viable industry for our nation, despite the way...
18 Mar, 2020
Stop Tightening the Thumb Screws, A Humanitarian Message
“U.S. sanctions against Iran, cruelly strengthened in March of 2018, continue a collective punishment of extremely vulnerable people. Presently, the...
8 Jan, 2020
“The people do not want war!”
“These were the words that did it, that knocked the composure out of me. I was standing at what felt...
26 Oct, 2019
Trident is the crime
“On October 24, following a three-day trial in Brunswick, GA, seven Catholic Workers who acted to disarm a nuclear submarine...
20 Oct, 2019
Taking next steps toward nuclear abolition
“My friend Marianne Goldscheider, who is 87, suffered a broken hip in July, 2018 and then, in June 2019, it...
12 Jul, 2019
Remnants of War
“Intense fighting and hideous attacks battered Afghans throughout their country last week as negotiators in Qatar weighed the benefits and...