27 Jun, 2016
The Time for Silence is Over: Grasping the Reality of Nonviolence
“With a rainbow pin on his lapel, signifying–on that day at least–the most recent gun massacre in the United States,...
23 Jun, 2016
Up Against the Wall
“Everything on our small planet affects everything else. This interdependence is more a harsh reality than a New Age bromide....
23 Jun, 2016
Helen Keller: Socialist, Pacifist, Women’s & Workers’ Rights Advocate
“The name Helen Keller conjures up, for many people, a deaf-blind-mute girl learning to communicate via sign language. It is...
23 Jun, 2016
Get to work or wait for the voters’ verdict
“Judge Merrick Garland, chief judge of the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, is President Obama’s...
22 Jun, 2016
Rape is Rape, Nothing Else Is
“Let me begin with a simple declarative. Nothing, I repeat, nothing, is like being raped. Rape is a horrific invasion...
20 Jun, 2016
Celebrating Grace Lee Boggs
“On June 27, 1915, Grace Lee Boggs was born in Providence, Rhode Island, above her father’s restaurant. Grace later said,...
17 Jun, 2016
Mass Karma
“This won’t be the last. Just after the Orlando tragedy, this reality remains pretty much unacknowledged, as cause-seekers focus on...
17 Jun, 2016
Why go to Russia?
“Since 1983, Sharon Tennison has worked to develop ordinary citizens’ capacities to avert international crises, focusing on relations between the...
17 Jun, 2016
Women’s Draft? Sign Me Up To Abolish War
“For too long, the women of this nation have been complacent while our brothers, sons, husbands, and fathers are sent...
16 Jun, 2016
Undeterred: Amid Terror Attacks in Europe, US H-bombs Still Deployed There
““A little more than 60 miles from Brussels airport,” Kleine Brogel Air Base is one of six European sites where...
15 Jun, 2016
Why is the Orlando Murderer’s Gender Not Central to the Story?
“The massacre in Orlando was carried out as an act of rage. By a man. Who had access to military-grade...
15 Jun, 2016
Bridges, Not Walls, Foster Peace and Security as Refugees Arrive
“The mass shooting in Orlando this week reignited the battle over immigration of Muslims, despite the fact that the perpetrator...
14 Jun, 2016
A Father’s Day Present Worth Unwrapping
“Millions of men will wake up Sunday to handmade cards, neckties, and, maybe, a new electronic gadget. It’s Father’s Day...
13 Jun, 2016
Statement on Orlando mass shooting
“The Board of Directors of the Oregon Peace Institute wishes to convey our profound sympathies to all families and friends...
13 Jun, 2016
Applauding Joe Biden
“So often, criticism is levied at politicians for an array of issues, much of it warranted. Sometimes, though, these folks...