The desire of the “great powers” to safeguard themselves from the enforcement of international law is exemplified by the record of the U.S. government. By Lawrence Wittner Originally published on December 3, 2024 by Foreign Policy in Focus The International Criminal Court’s recent issuance of arrest warrants to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza has stirred up a considerable backlash. Dismissing the charges as “absurd and false,” Netanyahu announced that Israel would “not recognize the validity” of the ICC’s action. President Joe Biden denounced the arrest […]
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A New Pagoda Emerges in the Pacific Northwest
北西仏教新報 2024年11月14日 By Rev. Senji Kanaeda Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo A Peace Pagoda containing the remains of Shakyamuni Buddha is being built next to the Kitsap-Bangor US Navy nuclear submarine base in Poulsbo, Washington. The pagoda is located on the grounds of the Ground Zero Nonviolent Action Center, a grassroots peace movement organization founded in 1977 to reject nuclear weapons and ground violence. When completed in 2025, it will be the first pagoda on the West Coast and the third “nonviolent” monument in the United States after Massachusetts and New York. The construction of the pagoda is being carried out by the […]
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Veterans Say Reclaim Armistice Day and STOP the GENOCIDE!!!
November 11, Declared Armistice Day At The End Of World War I, Is Celebrated In The U.S. As Veterans Day. Understanding why requires us to recall World War I and its aftermath. World War I was an international conflict, 1914-18, that embroiled most of the nations of Europe, along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions. The war pitted the “Central Powers” – mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey – against the “Allies” – mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy and (from 1917) the United States. The war was unprecedented in the slaughter, carnage, and destruction it […]
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A Model for the Horror… a reflection
Editor’s Introduction: This reflection, written by Stephen Kobasa, was written shortly after September 11, 2001. In his response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York, Stephen imagined ground zero, “for all its horror,” as a “miniature of destruction, a fragment of the apocalypse” that would be caused by “the use of a single 475 kiloton [thermonuclear] warhead.” He spoke clearly, powerfully and directly to the true essence of “terror” in which we all exist, living at the end of time; the sheer madness of Trident is laid bare. There is so much to unpack […]
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Beyond the Peace Prize: Hear the Voices of the Hibakusha!
October 11, 2024 was a historic day as the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.” Nihon Hidankyo is a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha. The Hibakusha have worked tirelessly to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons, and have demonstrated through their personal testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again. We did not need the Norwegian Nobel Committee […]
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