RACHEL CLEETUS – Try as it might, this administration cannot bury the evidence of climate harms so readily apparent to communities across the nation. The American people deserve genuine solutions to the climate crisis, not more self-serving lies.
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No, Mr. Secretary, America doesn’t need an actual patriotic press
JARED O. BELL – Without a truly independent press, the United States risks drifting toward the very model of information control practiced by the despotic regimes it criticizes, a bleak reality no American should wish to contemplate. Now more than ever, defending press freedom requires vigilance, solidarity, and an unwavering commitment to truth.
Where’s the resistance to the Iran war?
MEHRAN KHALILI – A majority of Americans already oppose the war in Iran, but the bombs won’t stop until public opinion is converted into real pressure.
15 years after Fukushima meltdown, an innkeeper makes radiation surveys to revitalize her hometown
MARI YAMAGUCHI – The government pushes Fukushima’s safety and recovery, Yukio Shirahige says, but “we are under growing pressure to be silent.” This despite radiation surveys aimed at revitalizing Odaka.
It’s time to oust Stephen Miller
DANIEL HUNTER – Miller thrives in the shadows of bureaucratic power. He is combative, ideological and relentlessly focused on pushing a vision of the country rooted in exclusion. But that can also lead to his downfall. The more the country sees him, the clearer the stakes of the election and the future of our democracy. So as we move toward bigger demands, one clear next step presents itself: Let’s oust Stephen Miller.
Missiles, memes, and masculinity: When the White House turns war into entertainment
ROB OKUN – If we want a safer, more humane world, boys must learn that real courage isn’t measured by explosions or victory screens. It’s measured by the ability to protect life, show compassion, and reject violence—even in a culture that socializes you to believe violence is what makes you a man.
International law needs international enforcement
LAWRENCE WITTNER – Donald Trump’s war of choice in the Middle East is but the latest indication that the system of international law―which provides guidelines for the behavior of nations in world affairs―is crumbling.
A successful general strike requires trauma-informed mutual aid
SAHAJA SERPENT – To strike at scale and over the long-term, we need to build real trust so that we can lean on each other when the paychecks stop.
Subway Graffiti vs AI, Snow Plow Named Abolish ICE, Censorship Backfires & Brazil Reverses Dredging
RIVERA SUN – Beyond these stories, check out the rest of this week’s collection in the Nonviolence News Research Archive. There are some great pieces, including a modern resistance song playlist, two fascinating articles on solidarity infrastructure and community care systems, and three essays about fiction and social change.
AI: Where is it taking us?
BOB TOPPER – In the last century people marveled at the Wright brothers’ success. Just 66 years later, an awestruck world watched American astronauts walk on the moon. Technical advances became prosaic. But we should be paying more attention to Artificial Intelligence. For this revolution we will not be casual observers. It will change our lives in fundamental ways. We are not prepared and our government is sleeping.
Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues
NORMAN SOLOMON – The war on Iran is enabled by remaining silent and just following orders. Ellsbarg wrote in his journal at the time of the Gulf War, “There is a time when silence is a lie, when silence is complicity, and when silence betrays our troops, our country, and ourselves. We owe it to our troops, as well as to other potential victims of this war, to speak the truth about ourselves: what we believe, what we reject, and what we want.”
No rationale for presidential war on Iran
By John LaForge The president says Iran must not be allowed to possess nuclear weapons. In his February 24 speech to Congress, he said of Iran’s leaders, “They want to make a deal, but we haven’t heard those secret words: ‘We will…