by Rachel Bronson | Dec 6, 2023 | Climate Change, Nuclear Disarmament
“We stand at the brink of a second nuclear age. Not since the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has the world faced such perilous choices,” warned the Board of Directors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in the January/February 2007 issue of its magazine of the same name.
by Drew Marcantonio, Kristina Hook | Dec 6, 2023 | Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Ukraine War, War
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is one of most monitored conflicts in the history of warfare. From remote sensing satellite imagery to signals intelligence to social media monitoring, copious data are being collected and analyzed in real time.
by Gerard Powers | Dec 6, 2023 | Catholicism, Climate Change, Democracy, Nuclear Disarmament, Religion
Climate change and nuclear disarmament are two legacy issues for Pope Francis. Like the prophets of old, on each issue he has been characteristically outspoken in his blunt, provocative moral judgements.
by Anna Romandash | May 22, 2023 | Civil Resistance, Digital Peacebuilding, Ukraine War
Russia is waging an information war against Ukraine. Similar to their successes on the battlefield against Russia, Ukrainians are undermining Russia’s attacks in the digital realm. This article showcases how Ukrainians are fighting back–and winning–as they demonstrate...
by David Cortright | May 22, 2023 | Peace Movement, Peacebuilding, Ukraine War, War
These are difficult times for peace supporters. Faced with Russia’s brutal aggression in Ukraine and rising militarization in the United States and around the world, we are troubled and uncertain about what to do. Millions of us marched against the Iraq war 20 years...
by Felip Daza | May 19, 2023 | Civil Resistance, Civil-Military Relations, Ukraine War
Ukraine is a country with more than 100 years of experience in nonviolent action. Since the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian civil society has spontaneously and courageously organized to counter the military occupation through hundreds of...
by Drew Marcantonio | May 19, 2023 | Environmental Justice, Human Rights, Ukraine War
On July 28, 2022 the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted—by a count of 161 in favor, with 8 abstentions—that living in a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a human right. Building on the similar declaration by the UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC)...
by Benjamín Rascón Gracia | Feb 27, 2023 | Gun Violence
Gun violence has become ubiquitous in the United States; when you mention a recent mass shooting, you need to clarify which one. How does our country allow for this? What kind of a country fails to provide the most basic of all needs – security?
by Lynn Coleman | Feb 27, 2023 | Gun Violence
It is said that guns don’t kill people. Tell that to the thousands of family members, not only in our community but across the country, that have watched a loved one suffer or have buried a loved one as a result of gun violence. And the worst part is, the ripple effect goes on and on. No one wins.
by A Senior Human Rights Defender from the Shia Community | Nov 17, 2022 | Human Rights
Minority ethnic and religious groups and women in Afghanistan have led the movement for democracy and human rights. Discrimination and violence against these groups in Afghanistan are not new. But under the new Taliban regime, they suffer the most. The human rights...
