by Nicolas J. S. Davies On October 9, the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to avi Pillay, the South African international lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid political prisoners on Robben Island. Pillay went on to serve as a judge on the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court (ICC), then as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. In 2025, Navi Pillay led the [...]
by Navin Gordon Why does so much of humanity continue to support a political economy that places lifeless money above life itself, profit above people’s social needs, and competition above cooperation? A system of a few exploiters and many exploited, a few extremely rich and the vast majority poor? Support continues despite the murder of over one hundred and fifty million citizens in ever more brutal, destructive, and genocidal wars since World [...]
A legal process was begun this week against the just-concluded Pacifica elections for national and local board members under the new, improperly-imposed Bylaws. A motion for a temporary restraining order to prevent the certification of the election results, citing irreparable harm if the process proceeds, was denied by a judge in L.A. Superior Court. However, the underlying legal challenge, seeking an "order to show cause" and demand for documentation, as well as [...]
Regional Round-up from Drop Site News Iran is pushing a seven-day roadmap to end the war with the U.S., as Iranian officials held meetings with Qatari and Pakistani mediators on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. The plan, which Tehran said was transmitted via mediators, calls for an end to hostilities on all fronts, including Gaza and Lebanon, the release of at least $12 billion in frozen [...]
After months of student opposition, USC has said it will not renew its contract with the U.S. Navy. By Jackson Mills Daily Trojan photo byyKaijel Mairena USC will end its cadaver contract with the U.S. Navy on Sept. 24, according to a statement from the Keck School of Medicine to Annenberg Media. USC Keck School of Medicine will stop selling corpses to the U.S. Navy for Israeli military training. , Under the contract, [...]
Dear Change Links: I am writing in the hopes that it may influence some people at the recent No Kings and other protests I have attended. I think it is very important to demonstrate opposition to what our government is doing. As a disabled veteran, I am very concerned especially about the wars the US is waging or financing, and about the militarism at our so-called Department of War. But I think [...]
The Failure of America’s Trillion Dollar War Machine by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the United States spent $21 trillion on its military between 2001 and 2024 (in constant 2024 dollars), equal to the combined military spending of the next eighteen countries. Iran barely made that list at all, spending only 2% of what the US did, and SIPRI estimated Iran’s [...]
Why Congress must reject the NDAA’s U.S.-Israel military and intelligence merger by Dennis Kucinich [excerpts] https://scheerpost.com/2026/06/30/war-crimes-war-powers-and-american-sovereignty-the-usa-israel-the-department-of-forever-war/ [Despite] the horrific high- and low-tech butchery of Palestinians and Lebanese by Israeli ethno-nationalist killers, this week there will be an effort in Congress to merge or integrate the military of Israel and the US at the most advanced levels. Section 219 (formerly Section 224) of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), provides for an [...]
By Nicolas J. S. Davies On May 24, Iran rejected Pres. Trump’s latest fake peace deal, confirming that he had misrepresented what Iran had agreed to and that the two sides are still very far apart on nuclear enrichment, on control of the Strait of Hormuz, on peace in Palestine and Lebanon, and on lifting US sanctions, paying war reparations and Iran’s $100 billion in frozen assets. Iran’s conditions for a peace [...]
by Alex Lo, South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3353953/chinas-rise-will-turn-thucydides-trap-its-head [Excerpt] It was no accident that President Xi Jinping cited the “Thucydides Trap” during his summit in Beijing with Trump, putting it forward as something for both superpowers to avoid. The theory, popularized by Harvard political scientist Graham Allison, digs into an episode in Greek history to warn against the danger of war between a rising power and a declining one. Meanwhile, more scholars [...]
Take Action - Sign the Petition https://www.blockthebombs.org/action Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza has entered its third year — and the US is still arming it. Since the start of Israel's genocide in October 2023, American taxpayers have footed the bill for more than $30 billion in weapons sent to Israel. Those weapons have been used to kill more than 65,000 Palestinians, flatten hospitals, schools, mosques, and churches, and drive more than [...]
International Coalition Calls to Move World Cup from US by Black Alliance for Peace https://blackallianceforpeace.com/bapstatements/2026/3/4/100-days-from-the-world-cup-an-international-coalition-is-calling-on-fifa-to-move-the-games-from-the-us-the-us-is-unsafe-for-non-europeans-and-is-operating-as-a-rogue-state With the FIFA World Cup in L.A. now under 100 days away, an international coalition has launched a coordinated boycott campaign demanding that FIFA move matches from the United States. The Coalition warns that US thuggery is creating a humanitarian crisis, both domestic and international. International sport is not neutral. Mega-sporting events function as instruments of political [...]
