8 Jan, 2022
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the World’s Future
by Lawrence S. Wittner 957 words Late January of this year will mark the first anniversary of the entry into...
8 Jan, 2022
22 Nov, 2021
Most Americans look favorably on global governance
Amid all the flag-waving, chants of “USA, USA,” and other nationalist hoopla that characterize mainstream politics in the United States, it’s easy to miss the fact that most Americans favor global governance...
24 Oct, 2021
Why is U.S. military spending increasing to new, outlandish levels?
Although critics of the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan to increase funding for U.S. education, healthcare, and action against climate catastrophe say the United States can’t afford it, there are no such qualms about ramping up funding for the U.S. military...
11 Oct, 2021
Imagine a World with U.S.-China Cooperation
China, Biden, Xi Jinping, cooperation, confrontation, militarization, Taiwan, South China Sea, nuclear weapons...
19 Sep, 2021
The fate of Cassandra: Dire predictions go unheeded
In ancient Greek mythology, Cassandra was a priestess who was able to predict the future but unable to convince others to act upon her prophecies...
29 Aug, 2021
Building social solidarity across national boundaries
It’s easy to conclude that it’s not. In 1915, as national governments produced the shocking carnage of World War I, Ralph Chaplin, an activist in the Industrial Workers of the World, wrote his stirring song...
17 Aug, 2021
Baby teeth collected six decades ago will reveal the damage to Americans’ health caused by U.S. nuclear weapons tests
In 2020, Harvard University’s T. C. Chan School of Public Health began a five-year study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that will examine the connection between early life exposure to toxic metals and later-life risk of neurological disease...
12 Jul, 2021
Conflict or Cooperation in U.S.-China Relations?
The United States and China, the world’s mightiest military and economic powers, are currently heading toward a Cold War or even a hot one, with disastrous consequences.
28 Jun, 2021
Nationalism on the Decline
Although, beginning in about 2015, nationalist political parties made enormous advances in countries around the world, more recently they have been on the wane.
2 May, 2021
The Fateful Choice: Nuclear Arms Race or Nuclear Weapons-Free World
The recent announcement by the British government that it plans a 40 percent increase in the number of nuclear weapons it possesses highlights the escalation of the exceptionally dangerous and costly nuclear arms race.
25 Apr, 2021
Amid Widespread Disease, Death, and Poverty, the Major Powers Increased Their Military Spending in 2020
Last year was a terrible time for vast numbers of people around the globe, who experienced not only a terrible disease pandemic...
28 Mar, 2021
Opposition to Abolishing Nuclear Weapons—and What Could Help to Overcome It
Given the fact that nuclear war means the virtual annihilation of life on earth, it’s remarkable that many people continue to resist...
14 Mar, 2021
The U.S. Government Should Promote the General Welfare
An event revealing a great deal about the kind of government Americans want occurred this March...
26 Feb, 2021
A Rapidly-Globalizing World Needs Strengthened Global Governance
The world is currently engulfed in crises—most prominently, a disease pandemic, a climate catastrophe, and the prevalence of war...
17 Jan, 2021
The Great Evasion
The Great Evasion by Lawrence S. Wittner 971 words Published in: Ground Zero for Nonviolent Action, LA Progressive, Reader Supported...