David Swanson: Veterans for Peace Call for End to NATO

Veterans For Peace Calls for an End to NATO By Veterans For Peace Veterans for Peace works for the abolition of war, and while that process will take many steps, one that should be taken immediately is the dissolution of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO has always been a war-making institution lacking in accountability …

David Swanson: Member of Veterans for Peace Alters Afghanistan Discussion on CNN

Member of Veterans for Peace Alters Afghanistan Discussion on CNN Scott Camil, a veteran of the second-longest U.S. war in history, that on Vietnam, radically changed a discussion of the longest war in U.S. history, that on Afghanistan, on CNN on Sunday. CNN’s Don Lemon tried repeatedly to explain troops posing with body parts as …

NIGHTWATCH: Fatwa Against Christian Sites – Pope’s Assisi Peace Summit a Clear Failure for Lack of Strategic Depth

Saudi Arabia: For the record. European Christian websites have reported Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Shaikh, one of the most influential religious leaders in the Muslim world, issued a fatwa against non-Muslim places of worship last week. In response to a Kuwaiti lawmaker who asked whether Kuwait could ban church construction in Kuwait, the Sheikh …

David Swanson: Nobel Peace Prize in Toilet – Pressure Mounts to Rescind Obama Award and Clean Up the Entire Process

Petition: Investigate Betrayal of the Nobel Peace Prize Dear Members of Stockholm’s County Administrative Board: The signers of this petition include an array of peace groups and peace activists based in the United States.   The undersigned wish to endorse and support the investigation that Stockholm’s County Administrative Board has reportedly begun based on it supervisory …

Event: 16-18 / 19-21 April London Executive Leadership in Peacebuilding, International Development, Human Rights

Are you working in peacebuilding, international development or human rights? Would you like to improve the strategic impact, quality and effectiveness of your operations? Would you like to ensure effective monitoring and evaluation for your projects? World renowned expert Kai Brand Jacobsen will be in London this April to run two programmes for practitioners working in peacebuilding, international development, violence …