Trump Responds to ‘Biggest Case on the Planet’ – Kids vs. Climate Change

March 26, 2017
Trump Responds to ‘Biggest Case on the Planet’ – Kids vs. Climate Change

LAURA PARKER - A pioneering lawsuit against the U.S. government on global warming won the right to a trial. Now Trump wants an appeals court to cancel it.

Depleted Uranium Weapons Leave Shameful Legacy of Radioactive Death

March 24, 2017
Depleted Uranium Weapons Leave Shameful Legacy of Radioactive Death

BARBARA KOEPPEL - Although the United States and its allies call their newest weapons conventional, which means non-nuclear, the truth is more complicated. Scientists I interviewed here in the United States, and in Canada, Europe, and Lebanon describe this latest generation of weapons as radioactive and chemically poisonous. While not nuclear, they leave high...

Trump Budget Violates His Promises, Kills Jobs

March 22, 2017
Trump Budget Violates His Promises, Kills Jobs

TOM HASTINGS - Trump’s budget is out, his Trumpcare bill is introduced, and between them they are astonishingly stupid and promise-breaking.

Focus on Whistleblowers’ Information, Not Sources or Motivations

March 20, 2017
Focus on Whistleblowers’ Information, Not Sources or Motivations

JESSELYN RADACK - It is the leakiest of times in the Executive Branch. , Wikileaks published a massive and, by all accounts genuine, trove of documents revealing that the CIA has been stockpiling, and lost control of, hacking tools it uses against targets. Particularly noteworthy were the revelations that...

The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump, a Political Hot Potato, is Back

March 18, 2017
The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump, a Political Hot Potato, is Back

TOM DICHRISTOPHER - The White House's budget blueprint released Thursday seeks to revive spending for a hotly contested facility in Nevada that would store the nation's nuclear waste.

Protest and Persist: Why Giving Up Hope is Not an Option

March 16, 2017
Protest and Persist: Why Giving Up Hope is Not an Option

REBECCA SOLNIT - I began talking about hope in 2003, in the bleak days after the war in Iraq was launched. Fourteen years later, I use the term hope because it navigates a way forward between the false certainties of optimism and of pessimism, and the complacency or passivity that goes with both. Optimism...

U.S. Prepares for War in Korea

March 14, 2017

BRUCE GAGNON - South Korea and the US launched their annual Key Resolve military exercise Monday, which involves scenarios for the employment of US anti-missile assets and special warfare forces tasked with removing North Korea’s leadership in a contingency.

President Donald Trump Should Make a Deal with North Korea

March 12, 2017

KEVIN MARTIN - President Donald Trump likes to be known for his deal-making, and now he has the opportunity to make deals that can impact world peace and security, not just real estate or other business deals for his profit. North Korea would be a great place to start.

Trump Is Our Imperial Vulture Come Home to Roost – We Must Repent

March 10, 2017

BOB FITRIKAS and HARVEY WASSERMAN - As the nightmare reality of Donald Trump sinks in, we need to put our resistance in a larger perspective.

Let’s Give the CIA the Credit It Deserves

March 10, 2017
Let’s Give the CIA the Credit It Deserves

NORMAN SOLOMON - For months now, our country has endured the tacit denigration of American ingenuity. Countless statements -- from elected officials, activist groups, journalists and many others -- have ignored our nation’s superb blend of dazzling high-tech capacities and statecraft mendacities. Fortunately, this week the news about release of illuminating CIA documents by...

Contacts with Russian Diplomats are Normal Statecraft

March 8, 2017

JACK MATLOCK - Finding a way to improve relations with Russia is in the vital interest of the United States. Nuclear weapons constitute an existential threat to our nation, and indeed to humanity. We are on the brink of another nuclear arms race which would be not only dangerous in itself, but would make...

Veterans For Peace Endorses Gabbard’s Stop Arming Terrorists Act

March 6, 2017
Veterans For Peace Endorses Gabbard’s Stop Arming Terrorists Act

TULSI GABBARD - “Those who have seen and experienced war firsthand share a unique appreciation for the need for peace. From Iraq to Libya and now in Syria, the U.S. has and continues to wage wars of regime change, each resulting in unimaginable suffering, devastating loss of life, and the strengthening of terrorist groups...

Our Causes Are Connected, Our Movements Should Be Too

March 3, 2017
Our Causes Are Connected, Our Movements Should Be Too

DAVID SWANSON - In my view, not only was Thomas Jefferson right to list all of King George’s wrongs, not only was Martin Luther King Jr. right to propose taking on militarism, racism, and extreme materialism all together, but the way to an effective movement — not just a larger movement, but a coherent...

Trump Can Prove He’s Not a Putin Puppet by Blowing Up the World

March 2, 2017
Trump Can Prove He’s Not a Putin Puppet by Blowing Up the World

NORMAN SOLOMON - Four weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote that “nothing he has done since the inauguration allays fears that he is in effect a Putin puppet.” The liberal pundit concluded with a matter-of-fact reference to “the Trump-Putin axis.” Such lines of attack have become routine, citing...

Arizona Leader Kills Protest Bill after Widespread Criticism

March 1, 2017

BOB CHRISTIE - The speaker of the Arizona House said Monday he won't hear a bill that makes participating in or helping organize a protest that turns into a riot an offense that could lead to criminal racketeering charges, a move prompted by widespread criticism that the legislation sought to limit First Amendment rights.

What You Need to Know about the “Carbon Bubble” to Understand Trump

February 26, 2017
What You Need to Know about the “Carbon Bubble” to Understand Trump

ALEX STEFFEN- You can’t understand what Trump’s doing to America without understanding the “Carbon Bubble.”

What It Takes to Change Hearts and Minds

February 25, 2017
What It Takes to Change Hearts and Minds

COLIN BEAVAN - Some years ago, the communications psychologist John Marshall Roberts said at a talk I attended that there are three ways of converting people to a cause: by threat of force, by intellectual argument, and by inspiration. The most effective of these methods, Roberts said, is aligning communication about your cause with...

Do These 10 Things, and Trump Will Be Toast

February 22, 2017
Do These 10 Things, and Trump Will Be Toast

MICHAEL MOORE - Friends, I welcome you to "The Michael Moore Easy-to-Follow 10-Point Plan to Stop Trump." First, let's acknowledge what we all know to be true: Trump is in deep, deep trouble -- in the pocket of Russians, surrounded by alt.right idiots, alone in his bathrobe in a mostly-empty White House -- and...

NW Ratepayers Will Save Over $250 Million if Columbia Generating Station Nuclear Power Plant Replaced with Renewables

February 19, 2017

OREGON AND WASHINGTON PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - Portland utility economist Robert McCullough’s study indicates savings to Northwest ratepayers of between $261.2 million and $530.7 million over ten years if the Columbia Generating Station nuclear plant is closed and replaced with clean renewable energy alternatives.

Dutch Bank Will Not Pursue Future Business With Energy Transfer Equity due to the Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline

February 16, 2017
Dutch Bank Will Not Pursue Future Business With Energy Transfer Equity due to the Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline

WAKINYAN WAANATAN (MATT REMLE - LAKOTA) - ABN AMRO Bank based in Amsterdam released a statement strongly condemning Energy Transfer Equity (ETE), the parent company to Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), over the Dakota Access pipeline. While the Dutch based bank is not involved in financing the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline, and is...

It May Take Only 3.5% of the Population to Topple a Dictator – with Civil Resistance

February 14, 2017
It May Take Only 3.5% of the Population to Topple a Dictator – with Civil Resistance

ERICA CHENOWTH - The United States has a rich history with effective uses of nonviolent resistance. It’s time to become familiar with it.

Cherokee Nation Wins Restraining Order to Prevent Radwaste Disposal Near Local Rivers

February 13, 2017

ANADISGOI, OFFICIAL CHREOKEE NATION NEWSROOM - The Cherokee Nation and state of Oklahoma jointly filed and were granted a restraining order today against Sequoyah Fuels Corporation near Gore to stop the company from disposing radioactive waste near the Arkansas and Illinois rivers. The request was granted by Sequoyah County District Judge Jeff Payton.

The Long Road to Impeach Trump Just Got Shorter

February 11, 2017
The Long Road to Impeach Trump Just Got Shorter

NORMAN SOLOMON - The momentum to impeach President Trump is accelerating.

A 10-point Plan to Stop Trump and Make Gains in Justice and Equality

February 10, 2017

GEORGE LAKEY - I was among the 100,000 who marched in San Francisco’s Women’s March the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration. While enthusiasm for the struggle seemed high, an important question was looming: What’s the strategic plan, as we head into the Trump era? Although there’s no simple answer, I offer this 10-point plan...

Your Guide to the Sprawling New Anti-Trump Resistance Movement

February 8, 2017
Your Guide to the Sprawling New Anti-Trump Resistance Movement

JOSHUA HOLLAND - An explosion of new activism offers a ray of hope in these dark political times.

Activists Call for National General Strike in the US to Bring Down Donald Trump

February 7, 2017

ANDREW GRIFFIN - Activists are calling for people to stop working and buying things for a day to bring down Donald Trump.

Nomination of Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General Poses Threat to Our Democracy

February 6, 2017

COMMON CAUSE: Karen Hobert Flynn, Paul S. Ryan, Allegra Chapman - The nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions to serve as U.S. Attorney General is a threat to many of our nation’s most cherished ideals of democracy. His actions and publicly stated views are out of touch with our nation’s citizens, its laws, and with...

Does Rachel Maddow Want Russia Bombed?

February 5, 2017
Does Rachel Maddow Want Russia Bombed?

DAVID SWANSON - Does Rachel Maddow Want Russia Bombed? Here's why I ask. Maddow devotes many minutes on MSNBC stirring up hatred of Russia in order to establish that there is a vague possibility that President Donald Trump might be corrupted by a foreign government.

Here’s What’s Psychologically Wrong with Donald Trump

February 3, 2017
Here’s What’s Psychologically Wrong with Donald Trump

KAREN WEHRSTEIN - With all the talk of Donald Trump’s mental health status, I’ve decided to do something I’ve put off for a while: write a diary that shows he is a textbook case of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), and spell out what that means in terms of what to expect from him and...

Gorbachev Urges Trump and Putin to Introduce UN Resolution Banning Nuclear War

February 1, 2017

DAVID CAPLAN - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has issued a dire warning: "The world is preparing for war." And with a phone call scheduled on Saturday between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Gorbachev is urging the leaders to put a halt to a such a deadly path by spearheading a...

An Inside\Outside Strategy for Defending the US Republic

January 30, 2017
An Inside\Outside Strategy for Defending the US Republic

MARIA STEPHAN - Both the administrative pillar of resistance and the ‘Indivisible’ legislative pillar will be bolstered if linked to a grassroots strategy of cross-issue mobilizing and direct action – the core strategy.

Reclaiming Our Democracy

January 28, 2017
Reclaiming Our Democracy

ANDREW MOSS - Donald Trump can hardly sustain a movement as a "cure" or unifier. Something much deeper has to be involved, and that something is nothing less than the reclamation of our democracy and the democratic promise of the American experiment.

Breaking Badlands: National Park Service Goes Yugely Rogue, Insists On Pesky Facts

January 26, 2017
Breaking Badlands: National Park Service Goes Yugely Rogue, Insists On Pesky Facts

ABBY ZIMET - Well this is cool: Trumpian efforts to block information on climate change - 'cause who needs science and/or a planet? - have sparked fierce, creative, heart-stirring resistance by the National Park Service and its many friends, suggesting the Revolution may yet be tweeted.

Trump Could Remake U.S.–Russian Relations, but Will He?

January 24, 2017

NICOLAI PETRO - The Trump administration has a unique opportunity to change the American foreign policy debate about Russia and move beyond the outdated policy of containment.

Chinese Billionaire Says US Wasted Trillions on Wars and Wall Street

January 22, 2017
Chinese Billionaire Says US Wasted Trillions on Wars and Wall Street

LAUREN MCCAULEY - "In the past 30 years, America had 13 wars spending $2 trillion," said Alibaba founder Jack Ma. "What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States?" Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland on Wednesday, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma accused the United States of spending too...

Six Things We Should Do Better As Everything Gets Worse

January 20, 2017
Six Things We Should Do Better As Everything Gets Worse

DAVID SWANSON - Here I am in occupied DC. The White House looks like a Green Zone. There was a time when you could walk up to it. Caravans of police cars and black SUVs zoom by with sirens blaring and everyone else forced aside. Do people look outraged? No, they grin and admire....

Activist Challenges Supreme Court Over Capital Punishment

January 18, 2017
Activist Challenges Supreme Court Over Capital Punishment

JACK PAYDEN-TRAVERS - “I won’t be able to make that appointment as I’ll be in jail next Tuesday,” I told the nurse who was setting the date for my checkup to remove stiches. She appeared a bit shocked that this aging white middle class male was going to jail. I tried to assure...

What Kind of Nonviolence Training Do You Need?

January 16, 2017
What Kind of Nonviolence Training Do You Need?

RIVERA SUN - Campaign Nonviolence is often contacted by people who are looking for nonviolence trainings. Frequently, they are not sure what type of training they need, or what the catch-phrases are to describe what they're looking for. This guide is offered as a resource in identifying which type of nonviolence training supports the...

Healthcare is a Basic Human Right Not a Political Football

January 15, 2017

WIM LAVEN - On May 4th 2013 I delivered the eulogy for my 33-year-old brother. I’m not sure that our political representatives understand what this feels like when they make decisions to take healthcare away from people.

Allegations Against Russia Less Credible Every Day

January 13, 2017
Allegations Against Russia Less Credible Every Day

DAVID SWANSON - The U.S. government has now generated numerous news stories and released multiple "reports" aimed at persuading us that Vladimir Putin is to blame for Donald Trump becoming president. U.S. media has dutifully informed us that the case has been made. But a closer analysis finds a different reality.

Resolve in 2017: Eternal Hostility to Poverty, Racism and Militarism

January 11, 2017
Resolve in 2017: Eternal Hostility to Poverty, Racism and Militarism

KATHY KELLY - No matter what gang is issuing the orders to kill, whether a massive military power or a smaller group that has acquired weapons, we can all claim our right not to develop, store, sell or use weapons. We can claim our right not to kill and not to live with the...

Family Life Under the Stigma of Undocumented Immigration

January 9, 2017

'REBECCA SCHNEIDER' - There are roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States today. They have children, they work, and they pay taxes that they cannot claim later. They live in constant fear that they will be taken from their children who are citizens of the United States.

Be a Citizen Diplomat in 2017

January 7, 2017
Be a Citizen Diplomat in 2017

SHARON TENNISON - For the whole of 2016, we have been actively deliberating how best to use the Center for Citizen Initiatives' 33-year experience in the US-Russia field––since Russia is increasingly being declared America’s enemy #1––which we totally reject. We’ve concluded that our successful programs of the ’80s are precisely what is needed again...

UN General Assembly Approves Historic Resolution

January 6, 2017
UN General Assembly Approves Historic Resolution

TONY ROBINSON - On December 23, 2016, the United Nations General Assembly approved an historic resolution to launch negotiations in 2017 on a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons. The vote follows a decision on 27 October, 2016, by the General Assembly’s First Committee – which deals with disarmament and international security matters – to begin...

Obama Signs Momentous “Star Wars II” Defense Bill

January 4, 2017

TYLER DURDEN - The mainstream media has lambasted the president-elect for "endangering the world" and "starting another nuclear arms race." However, that same mainstream media appears mute in their response to what President Obama just did.

We’re There! Renewables Now Cheapest Unsubsidized Electricity in U.S.

January 2, 2017
We’re There! Renewables Now Cheapest Unsubsidized Electricity in U.S.

STEPHEN EDELSTEIN - Over the past few years, the cost of electricity generation from renewable-energy sources has decreased dramatically. So much so, that renewable energy may have just hit an important milestone, according to one study. In the U.S., wind and solar power are now cheaper sources of electricity than natural gas—even without subsidies.

Preparing for the Storm

January 1, 2017
Preparing for the Storm

DAVID CORTRIGHT - It is time for resistance, for acts of radical, even revolutionary, patriotism. We need to re-think our priorities and put our bodies and souls on the line. Business as usual is no longer an option.

Introducing the New Pledge of Allegiance

December 30, 2016

ROBERT kOEHLER - The challenge presented by Trump requires something more than resistance. I believe it requires reaching for, and pledging our allegiance to, a much larger, more compassionate and peace-oriented country than the one we have now. It requires pledging allegiance to the planet and the future.

Yes, Dubya, Now I Miss You

December 28, 2016
Yes, Dubya, Now I Miss You

DAVID SWANSON - When George W. Bush made the case for attacking and destroying the nation of Iraq, he made claims that, if true, would have justified nothing. And he proposed as evidence for those claims fraudulent, implausible, and even ridiculous pieces of information. But he was expected to produce evidence. There was no...

Climate-Change Effects Happening Faster Than Expected

December 26, 2016
Climate-Change Effects Happening Faster Than Expected

ERIC TEGETHOFF - Many of the effects of climate change scientists did not expect to happen for decades into the future are happening now. According to a new study in the journal Science, researchers found that every ecosystem on Earth is being impacted by a warming globe, from the genetic level up.