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Now that nuclear weapons are illegal, the Pacific demands truth on decades of testing
With a 50th nation ratifying it, the treaty outlawing nuclear weapons for all countries will come into force in 90 days
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The Truth Game
John Pilger's penetrating documentary which looks at world-wide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race. When the two American atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, they were code-named Fat Man and Little Boy, and President Truman announced after the event: "The experiment has been an overwhelming success."
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Notes from Underground
The cursory familiarity that many people today have with Nelson Mandela’s story of moral courage and triumph has produced a near-universal secular beatification. Mandela enjoys an image akin to that of Martin Luther King Jr. The late South African has, in other words, become an easy-to-claim hero. From the perspective of the present, Mandela’s ultimate triumph can feel deceptively predestined. His political journey, like that of his country, was far more complex. By Howard W. French.
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A searing reflection on the Troubles and their aftermath
“Say Nothing” evokes the worlds of both the victims and their assailants
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Inner Peace and Strength Where Can We Get It
Inner peace and strength how do we achieve it? Where do we find it?
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Frail Mikhail Gorbachev warns against return to the Cold War
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, warned on Thursday against rising ten...
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Action Man: Battlefield Casualties
Veterans For Peace UK
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4 hours in My Lai (Vietnam War Documentary, 1989)
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Peace in Our Time on the Korean Peninsula?
Using negotiations to divide Washington and Seoul and gain time to continue missile and nuclear development are time-honored DPRK strategies. By Doug Bandow.
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One Tin Soldier
The Original Caste
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Who'll Stop The Rain (Live May 28, 1993)
Bruce Springsteen
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RIP Marc Raskin, Who Connected the Dots Between Inequality and War
The late IPS co-founder consistently connected the dots between America’s military adventures overseas and economic and racial injustice at home. By Sarah Anderson. (Jan. 4, 2018)
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When Washington Assured Russia NATO Would Not Expand
How America’s failure to honor a 1990 commitment led to many of today’s global crises. By Andrew J. Bacevich.
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Seven Reasons Why Putting U.S. Nukes Back in South Korea Is a Terrible Idea
Here are seven reasons why the United States should not seek to deploy nuclear weapons in the Korean Peninsula. By By Jon Wolfsthal, Toby Dalton.
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Syria war, Sochi peace
In a well choreographed Sochi summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin defines a peaceful future for Syria after the liberation of the country from militants. By Pepe Escobar.
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The First Time I Met Americans
Before becoming a novelist, I spent six years at war. Years later, I came to America and finally met my old enemies. By Bao Ninh.
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Is a Life Without Struggle Worth Living?
A 19th-century philosopher’s nervous breakdown can teach us something about finding peace in a world in crisis. By Adam Etinson.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2017
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The organization is receiving the award for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons.
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Corbyn did the right thing when he chose Glastonbury over Armed Forces Day events
Jeremy Corbyn has been slammed in the right-wing press for choosing to appear at Glastonbury rather than Armed Forces Day events. Nothing sums up more neatly than this the longstanding preoccupation of our country’s majority right-wing press with Corbyn’s refusal to sanction war and violence. And nothing sums up better how out-of-kilter that thinking is. By Lee Williams.
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The Nerve Agents That Have Turned Our Planet Into a Toxic Kill Zone
These deadly chemicals wreak havoc on our bodies and environment.
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