Today, World BEYOND War and Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR-USA) join Ban Killer Drones in calling on U.S. operators of MQ-9 Reaper drones, and other drones, to refuse to fly surveillance, targeting and assault missions against Iran and…
Category: Speeches & Public Statements
4/13/26 Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes
By Tom Dannenbaum, Rebecca Hamilton, Adil Ahmad Haque, Oona A. Hathaway and Gabor Rona From Just Security | Original Article The United States and Israel initiated strikes on Iran over one month…
10/26/25 Max Porter “Wild West”
Best-selling author Max Porter reads his powerful piece “Wild West” on the British arms trade. From The Palestine Festival of Literature event, “How Empires End,” London, December 2023.
12/19/23 The Kunduz Hospital Bombing
‘ From The Merchants of Death Tribunal This new video evidentiary episode of the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal continues its examination of the U.S. war against Afghanistan by focusing on…
12/15/23 Statement and call for action on the Israeli destruction of Palestinian natural and cultural heritage
‘ From The Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability of Bethlehem University | Original Article Statement and call for action from the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability and the Palestine Museum…
11/20/23 Corporate War Profiteers Finally Put on Trial
‘ By Jeremy Kuzmarov From Covert Action Magazine | Original Article In early January 2009, a thirteen-year-old girl named Almaza Samouni watched in horror as 30 members of her family were killed…
8/8/23
In observance of the 78th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Japan We, the undersigned, representing a coalition of concerned peace and civil society organizations in the United States, are advocating for…
3/21/23 World Can’t Wait Marks 20th Anniversary of US Attack on Iraq by Asking “How do we change peoples’ thinking and act to stop these war crimes?”
By Debra Sweet Most people on the call had been actively involved in trying to stop the U.S. invasion in 2003; a few got active during and after that time. I spoke…
1/27/23 More Guantanamo 21st anniversary events and coverage
By Andy Worthington The Close Guantanamo site received 154 photos of five former prisoners, and campaigners across the US and the UK for our poster marking 7,671 days of Guantanamo’s existence on…
Debra Sweet @ Jan. 11, 2022 Close Guantanamo Now Rally in NYC
Video credit: Joe Friendly Text of Debra Sweet’s Introductory Remarks We’re here today because it is unbelievably 21 years since the Bush/Cheney regime set up a prison outside the law in…
12/3/22 Celebrating 200 Issues and 42 Years of the Nuclear Resister!
Celebrating not just 42 years and 200 issues of the Nuclear Resister – but four+ decades of a vibrant, persistent, creative, international, inspiring, courageous and hopeful resistance movement for a peaceful and nuclear…
8/4/22 Resisting the war industry on campus
Here are links to the Webinar video on “Resisting the War Industry on Campus” and the slides used during one of the presentations. The Webinar is a projects of the War Industry…
7/28/22 Apology and Reparation: Two Steps the American Psychological Association Should Take Today
From RoyEidelson.com | Original Article This past May, in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the United Nations International Day in Support of Torture Victims, the executive committee of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict,…
3/4/22 Statement from Kings Bay Plowshares 7 on Russia/Ukraine
Today the Kings Bay Plowshares Seven join our prayers with the global community for the people of Ukraine, at this deeply terrifying historical moment. We watch with moral outrage and horror as…
3/1/22 2015
From Hirshhorn Museum | Original Article Mohammed el Gharani—one of the youngest detainees at Guantánamo Bay, who was released without charge in 2009—features in the monumental installation Habeas Corpus (2015), now on…