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10/9/2022
There Are Alternatives to War
by Lawrence Wittner
The Ukraine war points to the urgent need to reform the United Nations so it can serve as a true global organization with the power to ensure peace.
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9/18/2022
Ukraine Shows the Need to Break the Cycle of National Insecurity
by Roger Peace
It doesn't excuse Russian aggression against Ukraine to recognize that the United States has fumbled the opportunity to forge a global order based on cooperative and mutual security in the years since the end of the Cold War.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
4/18/2022
Is International Cooperation Possible?
by Tiziana Stella and Campbell Craig
The United Nations system, based on the sovereignty of nations, is increasingly inadequate to the global problems facing humanity. There are other international traditions that can guide a better world order.
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SOURCE: Scientific American
4/8/2022
India's Accidental Missile Launch Underscores Real Risks of Nuclear War
Inherent features of nuclear weapons command and control systems make mistakes inevitable and difficult to reverse; the long history of close calls with accidental nuclear war show the need for disarmament.
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4/3/2022
Who Speaks for the World when Great Powers Flex Their Muscle?
by Lawrence Wittner
"Are the people of the world condemned to live forever under the heels of the great powers? Or is it still possible to take another step along the road to a peaceful, humane planet?"
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3/13/2022
Ukraine Shows We Need to Learn the History of Peace Movements to Break The Habit of War
by Charles F. Howlett
The history of peace movements, as opposed to fleeting opposition to particular wars, is needed today as never before.
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SOURCE: Black Perspectives
2/22/2022
The Black Social Gospel, Radical Politics and Internationalism
by William Hogue
The rise of the Black social Gospel after emancipation was a key development that prefigured the later Civil Rights movement, but it also developed a more radical stream of criticism of American militarism.
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2/13/2022
What Major Religious Traditions Say about a Democratic World Federation
by David C. Oughton
Valentine's Day has become a secular American celebration of romantic love, but it can be an occasion to consider religious traditions of love involving the pursuit of peace, including through international federation.
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SOURCE: Common Dreams
1/29/2022
Let's Not Allow the Great Powers to Destroy the World
by Lawrence Wittner
Historically, vast military resources have made nations more, not less, eager for military confrontation. The risk is too great today to allow a revival of great power rivalry.
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SOURCE: The Guardian
11/7/2021
What Can History Teach about the Future of War and Peace?
Historians have generally been unimpressed by claims made by Stephen Pinker that humanity is enjoying a period of peace.
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SOURCE: Balkinization
9/20/2021
Fishing, Not Catching, in the History of the Law
by John Fabian Witt
John Fabian Witt writes about a critical exchange over Samuel Moyn's book on humanitarian war, and questions Moyn's conception of the relationship between a scholar's politics and their methodology.
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8/29/2021
Climate, Peace, and Health Require International Solidarity. Is it Possible to Build It?
by Lawrence Wittner
"Although there are no guarantees that social movements and enhanced global governance will transform our divided, problem-ridden world, they should provide us with at least a measure of hope that, someday, human solidarity will prevail."
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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?