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The United Nations International School Teaches Peace By Creating Peace Pole. NY, USA
The United Nations International School, UNIS, educates and inspires its students to become an active force in shaping a better world: peaceful, compassionate and sustainable, according to their Mission Statement.
The values taught are…
Children in War Deserve Accurate ‘List of Shame’
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will soon publish his annual “list of shame” of governments and armed groups that commit grave violations against children during armed conflict. Human Rights Watch, along with 20 other…
Map: Recent Incidents of Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes
In the wake of the Paris attacks, hate crimes against American Muslims continue to increase at a disturbing rate. The map below displays recent incidents of threats, violence, and acts of vandalism that have taken place around the country…
US SPECIAL FORCES COMMAND ISSUES NEW GUIDE FOR OVERTHROWING FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
No kidding - this is not our headline, but Newsweek's: "US Special Forces School Publishes New Guide For Overthrowing Foreign Governments" - and as far as we can tell they are the only major mainstream outlet to have picked up on the fact…
Support the people of Gaza
Tell Congress and the White House: Restore humanitarian assistance to Gaza, call for end to blockade
Background: After 11 years of isolation and an Israeli-imposed blockade, Gaza is facing “an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.” …
A Veto Won’t Stop Our Work for Peace in Yemen
n April 16, President Trump vetoed S.J.Res. 7, a bipartisan resolution approved by solid majorities of the House and Senate to end U.S. military participation in the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
President Trump’s veto means that the U.S.…
The war on terror in our communities
Let’s make visible the domestic war on terror and work to end it once and for all.
As an anti-war activist and mother, for many years I’ve been acutely aware that we have been at war my teenage daughter’s entire life. March 20 is the 16th…
Facebook said its ban on white supremacy would start this week, but it’s still the same…
In the inaugural week of its enforcement, Facebook’s new policy against white supremacy and white separatism is already proving to be hollow, as evidenced by the platform’s claim that a video in which a white supremacist fearmongers about…
New Study Finds 50-Year History of Anti-Palestine Bias in Mainstream News Reporting
A study of 50 years of headlines in 5 top newspapers finds that media coverage of Israel-Palestine favors Israel by providing more overall coverage, more positive coverage, and greater access to Israeli voices than to Palestinian ones. Much…
International Conference Against US/NATO Military Bases
The elimination of poverty could be at hand for the first time in the history of humanity. World hunger could easily be abolished with only a small diversion from military budgets. Yet, military spending is expanding, and with it global…