Peace Action

Should NATO Be Handling World Security?

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Russia, Peace Action, Nato Summit 2012, Nato, Military Spending, Libya War, War, United Nations, UN Security Council, Soviet Union, China, Afghanistan War, World News
Lawrence Wittner

There are real international security problems, and some entity should certainly be addressing them. But is NATO the proper entity?

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Fighting City Hall's Nuclear Weapons

Joe Cirincione | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Rube Goldberg, Kansas City Plant, Nuclear Weapons, Budget, Missouri, Defense Spending, Peace, Peace Action, change.org, Kansas City, Nnsa, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

Kansas City wants to build nuclear weapons. Although it is too late to stop construction on the plant, some Kansas Citians are proposing alternative uses to bring sustainable jobs, not bombs, to the area.

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The Peace Movement Today

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace Movement, Peace Action, Nuclear Weapons, Antiwar Movement, Military Spending, Nuclear Abolition, United for Peace and Justice, Pacifism, Peace, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Lawrence Wittner

Recently, when commentators have bothered to notice the American peace movement, they have pronounced it dead. But this is far from the case. Adm...

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Groundbreaking Speech by Ban Ki-moon on Eve of NPT Review

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace Action, Semipalatinsk, Ronald Reagan, Washington, War, United Nations, Secretary General, Upper West Side, Reykjavik, Article VI, Riverside Church, Hiroshima, Nuclear War, Nagasaki, Nelson Mandela, Manhattan, Peace, Vietnam War, Ban Ki-Moon, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Nuclear-Free World, Npt, Nuclear Weapon Convention, Dmitri A. Medvedev, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, NPT Review Conference, United States, Soviet Union, Barack Obama, Conscience, Martin Luther King, Joseph Gerson, Terrorism, Mikhail Gorbachev, World News
Jim Luce

In a Huffington Post exclusive, Peace Action organizers of the "Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World" Conference at Riverside Church -- ...

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What's Next for the Nuclear Disarmament Movement?

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace Action, Mass Media, Nuclear Weapons, Npt, Ban Ki-Moon, Nuclear Abolition, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, NPT Review Conference, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, New Start Treaty, Nuclear-Weapons-Free-World, Politics News
Lawrence Wittner

On May 2, a mass nuclear abolition rally and march swept through New York City, from Times Square to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at the United Nations.

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Defining "Patriotism" In A San Francisco Suburb

Natasha Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peace Action, San Mateo County, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, July 4, Foster City, Barack Obama, Home News
Natasha Chen

Marva Bush had never volunteered for a campaign before this year. "I never thought it could be so grassroots," she said. "I thought you had to be somebody to help out."

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