Ofog fortsätter märka ut var krigsförberedelser äger rum. Natten till den 29 juli tog sig två fredsaktivister in på flygbasen F21 i Luleå. Väl inne målade de ett fredstecken vid landningsbanan och skrev ”War Starts Here”, vilket är…
War Starts Here
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Israel’s war on nonviolent protest
Rabbis protest for Palestine. It was a Palestinian legislator who made the most telling comment to the Israeli parliament last week as it passed the boycott law, which outlaws calls to boycott Israel or its settlements in the…
Syria and Libya: Lessons in how and how not to support people power
Opponents of the NATO bombing campaign against Libya hold signs in front of the White House in Washington on July 9. (GETTU Photo) If Syria is emerging as a model for US and European support of the Arab revolt,…
Afghans hold anti-US demonstration
Afghans chant slogans against Pakistani army during a rally in Jalalabad on Monday. About 500 demonstrators chanted anti-Pakistan and anti-US slogans and called for an immediate end to attacks on their villages. Protesters attempted to march towards…
“Obstructing the pavement” for peace in Britain
Economist has seen fit to lend its sole obituary in the latest issue to Brian Haw, “peace campaigner,” who died on June 18th. For ten years, he camped outside the British Parliament in protest of his country’s wars…
Perpetual War, Corporate Greed, & Austerity for the Masses
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” -Frederick Douglass “Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience…Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of…
Anti-war protesters arrested at Queenscliff
TWO protesters were arrested this morning after anti-war activists blocked access to the Swan Island military base near Queenscliff. About 40 people took part in the protest against Australia’s continuing participation in the US-lead war in Afghanistan. Co-organiser Jessica…
Peace caravan crossing Mexico to protest drug war
A woman holds a banner during a rally in front of the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City June 4, 2011, as part of a campaign against violence called »Peace Caravan». About 500 people started the caravan of 14…
The Libyan artists driving Gaddafi to the wall
In cities that have fallen to the rebels, such as Benghazi, the beleaguered leader is the subject of taunts and derision, the visual outpouring of pent-up hatred End of his reign? Muammar Gaddafi depicted as a blood-soaked dictator.…