Call In Day to Obama (202-456-1111) No Weapons to Syria! End U.S. Intervention in Syria! Tuesday, May 7th This week both President Obama and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced that they were considering arming the rebels due to allegations that the Assad government had used chemical weapons. The Obama administration is only having a [...]

Last week the Colombian government and the FARC (the largest rebel group in Colombia) resumed peace talks in Cuba.  The Colombian government has little incentive to negotiate so long as their war is funded by U.S. tax dollars.  Now is the time to take action to bring an end to military aid, to stand in [...]

There has been a discussion nationally within the peace movement about the internal conflict in Syria, but it is now very clear the US is escalating warlike moves on Syria.  President Obama has declared the Syrian Opposition Coalition the official representative of the Syrian people. This recognition is a step towards legitimizing further US military intervention in [...]

In the wake of Sandy Hook, we must admit that we have a much bigger problem than just gun control in this country. We cannot pretend to be surprised by this kind of thing anymore. It happens every couple of months, and the shock and horror of it have become a sort of numb that [...]

Posted on December 13, 2012 b y Democracy Now! The Pentagon has quietly confirmed plans to replenish the U.S.-made munitions used by Israel in its recent assault on the Gaza Strip. The website Common Dreams reports that Congress has been notified of a $647 million deal to resupply the Israeli Air Force with the bombs [...]

Posted on December 13, 2012 by OpEdNews By David Swanson (about the author) Veterans For Peace urgently calls on the United States and NATO to cease all military activity in Syria, halt all U.S. and NATO shipments of weapons, and abandon all threats to further escalate the violence under which the people of Syriaare suffering. NATO troops and missiles should be withdrawn from Turkey and [...]

by Jess Sundin on 12/08/12 No government is legally bound to uphold the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but as people of conscience, we are bound by it. Here in the heart of the empire, we have to build an anti-war movement that demands respect for human rights. US wars are an affront to human [...]

Posted on December 9, 2012 by WAMMToday Speech delivered in Minneapolis on International Human Rights Day December 8, 2012 by Sarah Martin, Women Against Military Madness Make no mistake about it. The U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) powers, along with their proxies Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are deeply responsible for the human [...]

Posted on December 8, 2012 by FightBack! News Minneapolis, MN – About 75 people rallied here Dec. 8, the weekend before International Human Rights Day, to say no to the U.S. using human rights to justify wars and sanctions. Jess Sundin, of the Twin Cities based Anti-War Committee told the crowd, “With war or sanctions, [...]

Here is the poem I read at today’s demo for Human Rights Day! I hope everyone who was there gets all charged up about drones and decides to read Medea Benjamin’s book Drone Warfare: killing by remote control- and then come to our book club! (hint, hint you can still come to the book club, even [...]