peace

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• 4/25/2021
  

  Mars Perseverance and the King's Bay Plowshares: A Study in Priorities

  by Mike McQuillan

  The Kings Bay Plowshares group deserve a parade for protesting a nuclear submarine base. Instead seven of them are in jail as the United States spends billions of dollars a day on weaponry.

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• 3/28/2021
  

  Historians for Peace and Democracy Present Free Resources for History Educators

  by Margaret Power and Kevin Young

  Historians for Peace and Democracy invite readers and particularly history educators to explore the group's free resources for teaching about issues of peace, democracy, and human rights. 

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• 3/28/2021
  

  Can Abolition of Nuclear Weapons Overcome the Opposition?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  People who want to end the nightmare of nuclear destruction that has haunted the world since 1945 should consider widening the popular appeal of nuclear weapons abolition by strengthening the UN’s ability to provide international security.

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  11/8/2020
  

  Reclaiming American Idealism: We Could Use A Leader Like George McGovern Again

  by William J. Astore

  Since the American voters rejected the antimilitaristic candidacy of George McGovern in 1972 the country has come to tolerate astonishing levels of mass death, of which COVID is only the latest instance.

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• SOURCE: Flatland (Kansas City)
  8/6/2020
  

  A Tale of Atomic Bombs and Paper Cranes: Harry Truman's Grandson Pursues Reconciliation

  For a decade, Harry Truman's oldest grandson has engaged in dialogue with the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 

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• SOURCE: EU Observer
  4/11/19
  

  Finnish MP: 'We need historians to secure peace'

  "History continues to play negative role in many conflicts", Tuomioja explained, suggesting that historians "can contribute substantially to conflict resolution".

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  2-4-18
  

  Our Enemy, Ourselves

  by William J. Astore

  Ten Commonsense Suggestions for Making Peace, Not War

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• 3-8-15
  

  New York's 200-Year Conspiracy for Peace

  by Lawrence S. Wittner

  Why has New York played a central role in the American peace movement?

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• 12-21-14
  

  Remembering the Peace of Christmas Eve

  by William Lambers

  Peace should be in our minds and hearts as we confront the issues of today.

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  12-9-14
  

  Why No One Remembers the Peacemakers

  by Adam Hochschild

  Celebrating War Over and Over and Peace Once

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• 8-29-14
  

  This Is What Working for Peace Looks Like

  by William Lambers

  They called it The Little Marshall Plan. It worked. It should inspire us. We need it now.

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• 7-27-14
  

  Where Is The Passion for Peace?

  by Walter G. Moss

  Today, as conflicts and bloodshed occur in Ukraine (and Gaza, Syria, and elsewhere), we wonder why in the past century we have advanced so little in our ability to prevent such senseless wars.

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• SOURCE: New Republic
  4-1-14
  

  The World Is Much Safer Than 20th-Century Historians Would Have You Believe

  by Ali Wyne

  We should heed historians' warnings, but we should also appreciate the progress that global security has made in the intervening century.

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• The Historic Agreement to End the Conflict in Kosovo

  by Ian Reifowitz

  Photo credit: Flickr/_Matt_T_After protracted, months-long negotiations, Kosovo and Serbia recently agreed to a compromise on sovereignty and autonomy that would end two decades of conflict. In extinguishing the last embers of war in what was Yugoslavia -- the volatile, ethnically divided nation where the assassination of an Austrian archduke launched World War I, and where civil war throughout the nineties led to ethnic cleansing and other atrocities -- Europe is nearing the end of its long journey to overcome its tribal enmities and build a cohesive, peaceful civilization.