Peace and Disarmament

Isn’t it enough that 150 million people died in the two world wars? Are we the people again the fuel of their geostrategic interests? These days we are witnessing a grotesque spectacle between the US with NATO, and Russia, taking…

The situation in Ukraine is bringing the world to the brink of a nuclear war. No matter whose propaganda you believe, the USA and Russia have over 10,000 nuclear weapons between them. Never forget that a war fought with even…

Anthropocene is the name given to the current geological period, as in the past we spoke of Pleistocene or Holocene. This new era or period is determined by the changes produced by human activity, biological or geological changes on a…

The Ukraine crisis intensifies, with no clear path to resolution. A military confrontation between the United States and Russia, the world’s most heavily armed nuclear nations, could spell disaster. It is time for the people of the world to cry Enough! No…

In June of this year, while the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Summit is being held in Madrid, Spain, social and pacifist organisations will hold, on the same days, the Summit for Peace as a way of expressing their opposition…

The commitment to nonviolence in climate activism and deep adaptation is a central principle and we must criticise anyone who suggests otherwise. The risks of tolerating any deviation from this principle are too great & therefore we have no choice…

15 February 2022, El Espectador On some pavements of Bogotá’s southern highway, they sell huge chunks of meat, offal hanging from itinerant hooks, splattered by the pollution of cars and the mud left by yesterday’s downpour. There are herbs for…

By John Pilger / Globetrotter Marshall McLuhan’s prophecy that “the successor to politics will be propaganda” has happened. Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the U.S. and Britain. On matters of war and peace, ministerial deceit…

Last month, in January 2022, Veteran’s for Peace launched their own Nuclear Posture Review, pre-empting the US government’s own review which is due later this year. Last weekend, an on-line event was held to present the findings of the alternative…

Russia does not want to invade Ukraine Both Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, and its Foreign Secretary, Sergey Laverov, have repeatedly stated that Russia does not intend to invade Ukraine. Logic also tells us that if they had wished to do…