Ukraine voluntarily disarmed after inheriting an imposing nuclear arsenal after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Too bad everyone else didn’t.
Tag: peace movement
War: COVID-19 Era’s Ultimate ‘Non-Essential’ Activity
United Nations call for ceasefire is silencing weapons around the world … just not where the U.S. is a key combatant. Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies At least 70 countries have signed on to the March 23 call by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a worldwide ceasefire […]
Kazu Haga on “The Urgency of Slowing Down”
Editor’s note: We’ve shared Kazu Haga’s work before on Deceleration (see “Why Defeating Trump Demands Nonviolence”). In fact, everything he’s written that I’ve come across resonates deeply for me, and in particular with my experience of some of the more dysfunctional and counterproductive aspects of social movement work. Haga is […]