— By Henry Lowendorf, USPC Representative, November 10, 2010 — I flew into Lisbon, Portugal, Thursday to participate in actions calling for the dissolution of NATO. Heads of state of all the NATO countries are meeting here at a special summit to expand the military alliance’s role in th
Click on Image for Full StoryOctober 21, 2010 After a Decade of Denouncing Border Militarization, Arizona Communities See Record Deaths Continue on the Arizona-Sonora Border — The final number of bodies recovered on the Arizona-Sonora border for the fiscal year that began on October 1, 2009 and ended September 30,
Click on Image for Full StoryBy Manuel E. Yepe — It's only to be expected that every passing year makes it a little harder to remember events exactly, but it's also normal for human beings to try to clarify history-making events that haven't been sufficiently explained. New evidence is bound to cast light on the par
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Every year Dispatches From The Edge gives awards to news stories and newsmakers that fall under the category of “Are you serious?” Here are the awards for the year 2011. The Golden Lemon Award to Lockheed Martin, the world’s biggest arms company, whose F-22 Raptor fighter has some “p
Abdur Razzaq, President of the Bangladesh Peace Council, passed away on Dec. 23, 2011 at the age of 69. He spent 50 years of his life as a leader for peace and justice. US Peace Council President Alfred Marder sent the the following message of condolences to the Bangladesh Peace Coun
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Critics of NATO’s war against Libya list civilian casualties, oil greed, uncertain rebel leadership, and persecution of resident sub-Saharan Africans among their objections. At first blush, the targeting of Libya, alone among rebellious Arab states, is odd. After economic sa
The Staten Island Council for Peace and Justice, a chapter of the U.S. Peace Council, joined with tens of thousands across the country demanding an immediate end to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The April 9 demonstrations were called by the United National Antiwar Committee (UNAC).
In the name of implementing the shameful UN Security Council Resolution, the world imperialist powers and their allies, led by the government of the United States, have once again unleashed a war of aggression, this time against Libya. This is the fourth war of aggression initiated by the US Governm