Global Activism

While it may not be some people’s idea of summer beach reading, Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement by our own Larry Wittner (Professor at [...]

Sonali Kolhatkar, the host of Uprising, interviewed Paul from Hiroshima last Friday. The show runs on over a dozen stations including: KPFA, KPFT, KRFP, WVJW, WXOJ-LP, FRSC, and The Journey [...]

How ironic…some believe god delivered the Jews from Egypt thousands of years ago, today it seems she has delivered the Palestinians to Egypt. In either case – it is a joke to say such [...]

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(Washington, DC – 1/16/08) – The Department of Energy has dedicated a 90 day comment period to the Bush Administration’s proposed nuclear weapons production facility formally known as Complex [...]

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When we talk about “Real Security through International Cooperation and the Funding of Human Needs” it is sometimes hard to understand what that means in terms of our daily lives.  On my way home [...]

I don’t have a lot of time to make a proper analysis of the situation in Pakistan today but I wanted to take some space here to reflect on Democracy.  How is it that our President claims to have [...]

Imagine you are a parent living in a war zone.  A happy life is hardly a reality but you are surviving by keeping your head low and cooperating with no one and everyone.  One day you venture out [...]

This week we have all seen the horrors unfold the territory formerly known as Burma. It was renamed Myanmar in recent years by the ruling military junta.  Up until 2 weeks ago Myanmar was the [...]