June 20, 2024 Introduction by Tom Engelhardt I still remember going to New York’s Museum of Modern Art as a kid and seeing Pablo Picasso’s famed painting Guernica — 11.5 feet tall by 25.5 feet long! — hanging there. It was an eye-catching apparition, his gigantic 1937 protest against the devastating bombing of the town of Guernica by German planes connected to the forces of Spanish fascist leader Francisco Franco. And it was in New York because, for all the obvious reasons, it couldn’t be shown in Spain until after Franco, the only fascist winner in what became World War II, finally died in 1975. A mélange of […]
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Veterans for Peace say, “President Biden: STOP Arming Israel… It’s the LAW!”
Editor’s Note: The following news release from Veterans for Peace describes its letter to President Biden reminding him of his responsibility under both international (treaty) and domestic law that requires the termination of all military aid. Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action endorses VFP’s position as stated in its letter to President Biden, and we urge other organizations and all people of conscience to stand with VFP in this matter. by Veterans For Peace | Winter 2024 Edition of Peace & Planet News In a letter to President Biden and top members of his administration, Veterans For Peace cited existing […]
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We Need an Alternative to Nuclear- Armed Nationalism
If “war made the state and the state made war,” then the state, as currently perceived, at least by those besotted with military power, is the problem. By Robert C. Koehler An enormous flash, a mushroom cloud, multi-thousands of human beings dead. We win! Nuclear weapons won’t go away, the cynics—the souls in despair—tell us. You can’t put the genie back in the bottle. You can’t, as Gen. James E. Cartwright, former head of U.S. Strategic Command, once put it, “un-invent nuclear weapons.” So apparently we’re stuck with them until the “big oops” happens and humanity becomes extinct. Until then: […]
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Learn About Washington’s Nuclear Waste at the International Uranium Film Festival
‘Richland’ delves into Hanford’s lasting legacy: an overwhelming radioactive cleanup challenge. by Glen Milner The International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) — dedicated to nuclear issues worldwide — runs from Friday, April 12, to Sunday, April 14, at the Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) at 1515 12th Ave. The festival’s 2024 U.S. tour began on March 7 in Window Rock, Arizona, the capital of the Navajo (Diné) Nation, with respect for the Native American Peoples who are suffering most from the consequences of uranium mining and nuclear testing. The IUFF is showing films in over 10 U.S. cities and in Vancouver, B.C. The selection […]
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Choose Life: Abolish Nuclear Weapons (a Good Friday reflection)
by Leonard Eiger March 29, 2024 TRIDENT IS GENOCIDE CHOOSE LIFE NOT TERROR On March 13, 2024 Ray Towey of Catholic Peace Action in the United Kingdom marked the Ministry of Defence building in London with the sign of the cross and those words. Why would someone, particularly a person of faith, do such a thing? Let’s take a step back and take a walk down memory lane in order to answer that question. In his message to the First Meeting Of States Parties To The Treaty On The Prohibition Of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on June 21, 2022 Pope Francis […]
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