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.
7 Jul, 2021
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...
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...
3 Jul, 2019
An honorable course in Iran: End sanctions, resume dialogue
“Last week, Elham Pourtaher, an Iranian graduate student at the State University of New York in Albany, wrote about…” Author:...
27 Mar, 2019
Every War Is a War Against Children
“We, in the United States, have yet to realize both the futility and immense consequences of war even as we...
10 Mar, 2019
Judging U.S. War Crimes
“Chelsea Manning, who bravely exposed atrocities committed by the U.S. military, is again imprisoned in a U.S. jail. On International...
8 Mar, 2019
Can We Divest from Weapons Dealers?
“Impoverished people living in numerous countries today would stand a far better chance of survival, and risk far less trauma…”...
13 Feb, 2019
What it Really Takes to Secure Peace in Afghanistan
“Constant military surveillance of Afghans yields almost no real intelligence about the problems they face each day. An unusual group...
22 May, 2018
Scourging Yemen
“On May 10, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia informed the UN Security Council and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that...
31 Jan, 2018
A Treacherous Crossing
“On January 23rd an overcrowded smuggling boat capsized off the coast of Aden in Southern Yemen. Smugglers packed 152 passengers...
30 Dec, 2017
Remaining Peaceful Was Their Choice?
“People living now in Yemen’s third largest city, Ta’iz, have endured unimaginable circumstances for the past three years…” Kathy Kelly...