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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony: Live Broadcast August 5/6, 2012
On Monday August 6, the 67th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony will be broadcast live via the internet. Watch live from the U.S. on Sunday August 5 (ceremony in Japanese only) PDT: 3:50 pm – 4:50...
Time to Phase Out Nuclear Power and Start a Treaty to Ban The BOMB!
NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE MONTH: August 6th and 9th 2012 will mark the 67th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A year and a half ago, the nuclear disaster at Fukushima once again brought the dangers of nuclear technology to the center of...
Unchecked Pentagon Spending Threatens Our National Security
Statement from United for Peace and Justice on the FY2013 Pentagon House Appropriations House of Representatives Should Vote: “YES” for Jobs Program, Federal Aid to States and Vital Social Services! “NO” on current proposed FY 2013 Pentagon Budget! Congress is poised...
U.S. Conference of Mayors Adopts Strong New Mayors for Peace Resolution
At the close of its 80th annual meeting in Orlando Florida, on June 16, 2012, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) unanimously adopted a strong, comprehensive, new Mayors for Peace resolution Calling for U.S. Leadership in Global Elimination of Nuclear Weapons and...
Israeli Settlers Shoot Palestinians In Presence Of Army and Police
Israeli settlers have been caught on camera firing live ammunition at Palestinians in the West Bank while soldiers stood right next to the shooters. The video was filmed Saturday by volunteers from the Israeli human rights group B'etslem. On the video armed and masked...
Civics 101: Cutting Defense Means Not Voting for $642.5 Billion for US Military
by Carolyn Eisenberg and Gael Murphy Some readers probably heard on the news how the Democrats were hopping mad when the House Republicans voted recently to overturn the “sequester” on the Pentagon budget, enacted at the end of the year as part of the deficit...
In Chicago, Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans Put NATO’s Endless War on Trial
When the history of our time is written, people will try to explain to each other how the country in which only one member of Congress voted against a blank check for endless war in Afghanistan (and beyond) in 2001 became the country in which the majority of...
A Thank You from the Legislative Working Group
Last week for the first time, the majority of Democrats voted in favor of the Lee Amendment limiting funding for the Afghanistan War to the safe and orderly withdrawal of US troops and security contractors. (101 ayes, 79 Noes). This represents a sea-change of opinion...
$642 billion for the Military? This year? You must be kidding!
As the 2013 National Defense Authorization Bill hits the House floor, the American people should be going through the roof! The FY 2013 military budget (NDAA) is up for a vote in the House this Friday. It contains more than $642 billion of taxpayer money to pay for a...
Why I Interrupted Obama Counterterrorism Adviser John Brennan
Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan spoke at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, D.C., on April 30 to mark the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. It was the first time a high-level member of the Obama administration spoke at...
The Phases of War: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Israel
The Phases of War: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Israel by Phyllis Bennis, April 27, 2012 It certainly doesn’t look much like what we’re seeing in Afghanistan today. A feckless, corrupt, incompetent government kept alive and in place (we can’t really say "in power"...
Obama Comes out in support of Gay Marriage
Obama tells Robin Roberts in ABC News Exclusive Interview, "I think gay couples should be able to get married." For more on this story, click here: http://bit.ly/LQ9lVE