Peace

Antiwar grannies sing at trial

November 10, 2006

TUCSON, Ariz. — Four local peace activists were sentenced to eight hours of community service Nov. 2 for their part in a nonviolent antiwar protest at the Raytheon Missile Systems Plant south of here March 20,...

Action-packed month for peace

November 3, 2006

The National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC) made October an action-packed pre-election month. Congress has the power to end this war, and we say: get out of Iraq or get out of office. Here are...

After Pats Birthday

October 27, 2006

Pat Tillman, a former National Football League player and Army Ranger, was killed in Afghanistan in 2004. The Pentagon initially said he died in combat. It later emerged that he was killed by “friendly fire.” His...

Eight days in Lebanon

October 27, 2006 By Judith LeBlanc

I spent the last eight days of Israeli-Lebanon war, Aug. 7-14, in Beirut, Lebanon’s capital. I had traveled there as part of a peace delegation from the United States. Our aim was to express solidarity with...

Talks urged between North Korea and U.S.

October 27, 2006

According to Chinese reports, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il expressed regret over his country’s nuclear weapons test, saying that it would not conduct another so long as the United States did not escalate threats against...