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WEEDING ROSES IN KABUL
by Martha Hennessy Kabul — Outside the windows of the room where I sleep here in Kabul, the Afghan Peace Volunteer (APV) women’s community maintains a small walled garden filled with roses. The community planted tomatoes, cilantro, and greens. An apricot tree grows in one corner, a mulberry tree in another. The prayer call, chanted […]
Ferguson protests \ militarism \ police militarization \ public health \ public safety \ U.S. foreign policy
In Ferguson and Beyond, Militarism Is a Public Safety Crisis
by David Swanson Peace and justice organizations in St. Louis, Mo. and across the country are calling for collective action Aug. 16 at 1 p.m. They are proposing “nationwide solidarity actions in support of justice for Mike Brown and the end of police and extrajudicial killings everywhere.” We have been asked to gather at locations where […]
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analysis \ commentary: Trump \ militarism \ military budget \ nuclear weapons \ Obama \ Op-ed
The moment of the fool
By Robert C. Koehler Obama . . . Trump. Could there be a bigger contrast — in attitude, style, comportment, philosophy? What irony that the two names are now linked in history: Donald Trump forever the successor to Barack Obama, forever the orange-haired blot on his legacy, forever the surrealistic next chapter of the American […]