Ukraine

National mobilisation in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and the victims of all wars. On 5 November a national mobilisation for peace will take place in Rome, Italy, with the slogans “immediate ceasefire, negotiation for peace”, “ban all nuclear weapons”,…

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. This war has been horrendous, though it does not compare with the terrible destruction wrought by the U.S. bombardment of Iraq (“shock and awe”) in 2003. In the Gomel region of Belarus that…

Why were the last federal politicians to take the Russian nuclear threat seriously were Liberal Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Progressive Conservative Douglas Roche? Why COP27, after years of blockage, will finally consider military environmental damage? Why did Elizabeth May’s pathetic…

No votes for warhawks, no matter the Party. John V. Walsh Last May a remarkable column by Stephen Kinzer appeared in the Boston Globe.  It was headlined: “Republicans Return To Their Roots As The Antiwar Party.” More significantly, the subheading…

Recently I have been reading comments on social media, asking why I’ve written to Mrs. Olena Zelenska but not Mr. Vladimir Putin? Very good question, I’m glad you asked, here it is. Roger Waters’ open letter to Vladimir Putin. Dear…

Center for Civic Engagement’s Institute for Peace Studies – Hofstra Cultural Center and Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives present: INTERNATIONAL SCENE LECTURE SERIES FALL 2022 WAR IN UKRAINE: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict with Medea Benjamin The author…

By refusing to negotiate, the US and NATO left Moscow no choice but to launch its military operation in Ukraine, FM Sergey Lavrov said Years of NATO encroachment on Russia and the West’s refusal to negotiate over Ukraine left Russia “no…

Statement of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, adopted at the meeting on International Day of Peace 21 September 2022. We the Ukrainian pacifists demand and will strive to end the war by peaceful means and to protect human right to conscientious…

In an interview broadcast on CNN on Sunday 18 September, former President Clinton defended himself against frequent accusations that the Ukrainian crisis was the responsibility of NATO’s expansion into Eastern Europe. It was under Clinton’s presidency that the Czech Republic,…

In response to recent statements by former US President Bill Clinton, in which he rejects criticism that blames NATO enlargement for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and adds that “When I did what I did, I offered Russia not only a…