https://worldbeyondwar.org/get-mad-about-nuclear-madness/
By David Swanson, September 24, 2022
Remarks in Seattle on September 24, 2022 at https://abolishnuclearweapons.org
I am so sick and tired of wars. I’m ready for peace. What about you?
I’m glad to hear it. But pretty much everybody is for peace, even the people who think the surest way to peace is through more wars. They have a peace pole in the Pentagon, after all.
By David Swanson
https://davidswanson.org/riotsville/
A preview of the film “Riotsville” is here.
There’s a good review of the film here, and another here.
In the late 1960s, the U.S.
My article on politically supported media and their impact was published. With a master's in journalism as well, I have studied journalism in depth and its role in achieving fairness. I have pointed out how In addition to commercial media, there are also political media. It is funded and run by different political parties and individual politicians. And of course, the government, the media like before, exists too.
The Authoritarian Personality and Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
Sam Ben-Meir - September 6, 2021
If nothing else, the Republican Party has steadily removed any doubt that it has embraced an extremism that threatens the future of American Democracy. We can clearly perceive the imminent danger that the Party poses in several crucial ways, perhaps the most salient being the refusal of candidates to concede when they lose an election.
Youth Changemakers at the forefront of advocating for sexual health and rights
Bobby Ramakant
Youth Changemakers at the forefront of advocating for sexual health and rights SUMITA THAPAR - CNS A regional initiative across countries in Asia is helping young people find innovative solutions to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights in their communities. In Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, a football player has put together a football team of vulnerable and marginalised children.
Top 10 Reasons Sweden and Finland Will Regret Joining NATO
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, September 7, 2022
https://worldbeyondwar.org/top-10-reasons-sweden-and-finland-will-regret-joining-nato/
Friendly advice to my brothers and sisters in Finland and Sweden.
There are people at the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin laughing at you. You shouldn’t feel special. They laugh at the U.S. public all the time.
The following is from my Diary. My friend Ritakumari's husband was killed by Maoists in Nepal.
Ritakumari a woman like other at village who goes talking with anyone and singing around field and forest? Though beautiful in appearance, she has kept intact her good behavior. 'A son of brave man either should do or die,' Ritakumari would say.
“I want people to think, ‘this is a plant like me – it eats, it drinks – so we have to protect it, not just see its fruits or the things it can give us.’” So proclaims Aziz Rahmouni, former Environmental Education Chief of Morocco’s Tazekka National Park and current collaborator with the High Atlas Foundation.
How will children living with HIV grow up normally when HIV-stigma still lurks?
SHOBHA SHUKLA - CNS
· Watch/embed or take photo from video interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvfOPLhEYFk&t=405s
Although over four decades have passed since the first case of HIV got diagnosed globally, and commendable progress has been made to help people living with HIV lead normal and fulfilling lives, yet HIV-related stigma and discrimination still lurks.
