18 Jun, 2018
Getting Ready for Nuclear War
“Although many people have criticized the bizarre nature of Donald Trump’s diplomacy with North Korea, his recent lovefest with Kim...
11 Jun, 2018
Who Benefits from the “Booming Economy”?
“Although the U.S. mass media are awash with stories about America’s “booming economy,” the benefits are distributed very unequally, when...
15 Apr, 2018
Which Nations Are the Happiest?and Why
“America’s oft-quoted Declaration of Independence, when discussing “unalienable rights,” focused on “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” Although “happiness”...
11 Mar, 2018
Although Two Out of Three Americans Oppose Increasing U.S. Military Spending, the U.S. Government Is Boosting It to Record Levels
“Early this February, the Republican-controlled Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed…” Lawrence Wittner Published in: Counterpunch, Daily Kos, War...
18 Feb, 2018
The Trump Administration’s War on Workers
“When Donald Trump was running for the presidency, he promised that, if he was elected, “American worker[s] will finally have...
29 Jan, 2018
Who Is a Hero?
“In the aftermath of World War II, the U.S. occupation authorities in Germany, checking on the effectiveness of their “denazification”...
31 Dec, 2017
The “Merchants of Death” Survive and Prosper
“During the mid-1930s, a best-selling exposé of the international arms trade, combined with a U.S. Congressional investigation of munitions-makers…” Lawrence...
10 Dec, 2017
Should We Pay the Staggering Economic and Human Costs of Nuclear Weapons?
“This October, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that its estimate of the cost for the planned “modernization”…” Lawrence...
4 Dec, 2017
The Peace Movement and Electoral Politics
“Although the U.S. peace movement has been on the wane for about a decade, it remains a viable force in...
7 Nov, 2017
The Day I First Picketed the White House?and Why It Wasn’t a Bad Idea
“The reckless threats of nuclear war flung back and forth between the North Korean and U.S. governments remind me of...
29 Oct, 2017
Problems of the Super-Rich
“Based on recent economic developments, the super-rich don’t have much to complain about…” Lawrence Wittner Published in: Bainbridge Island Review,...
9 Oct, 2017
Should Limiting North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions Be the Responsibility of the U.S. Government?
“In recent months, advances in the North Korean government’s nuclear weapons program have led to a sharp confrontation between the...
19 Sep, 2017
A Negotiated Curbing of North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities Is Good, But Not Good Enough
“The North Korean government’s progress toward developing a long-range nuclear weapons capability, accompanied by bellicose pronouncements, has been alarming enough…”...
17 Sep, 2017
World Citizenship Is More Popular Than You Might Think
“Has nationalism captured the hearts and minds of the world’s people? It certainly seems to have emerged as a powerful...
10 Aug, 2017
Playing Nuclear “Chicken” With Our Lives
“What kind of civilization have we developed when two mentally unstable national leaders, in an escalating confrontation with each other…”...