Peace activism

Lt. Ehren Watada: Resister Lt. Ehren Watada: Resister

Facing a showdown court-martial for refusing to serve in an illegal and unjust war, Lieut. Ehren Watada has become a flashpoint for the antiwar movement.

Dec 28, 2006 / Feature / Marc Cooper

About Face About Face

In the most significant movement of dissident soldiers since Vietnam, nearly 1,000 active-duty officers and enlisted personnel have petitioned the government to withdraw from Iraq.

Dec 20, 2006 / Feature / Marc Cooper

About Face: Soldiers Call for Iraq Withdrawal About Face: Soldiers Call for Iraq Withdrawal

For the first time since Vietnam, active-duty military personnel have organized to oppose a war that they are fighting.

Dec 16, 2006 / Feature / Marc Cooper

No Graceful Exit No Graceful Exit

The Iraq Study Group report may slow the impetus for immediate withdrawal from Iraq. Those who seek genuine military disengagement must make their voices heard.

Dec 11, 2006 / The Editors

Battleground Cinema Battleground Cinema

Video activists and independent filmmakers are on the ground in war zones from Iraq to Lebanon and Gaza, using documentaries as instruments of peacemaking.

Dec 8, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Huff-Hannon

Soldiers of Conscience Soldiers of Conscience

A peace activist argues that if soldiers like Lieut. Ehren Watada succeed in convincing the courts that they have a right to refuse to fight in unjust and illegal wars, the world w...

Oct 19, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Staughton Lynd

Microcredit, Macro Issues Microcredit, Macro Issues

The Swedish Academy bestowed this year's Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus, the father of microcredit. It's easy to believe Yunus's low-interest loans to the poor are a silver b...

Oct 15, 2006 / Walden Bello

Take Back Our Country Take Back Our Country

Fighting words from a 98-year-old activist about the power of the people to demand peace and achieve peace justice in these troubled times.

Jul 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Elsie Fox

Watada, the War and the Law Watada, the War and the Law

Bolstered by a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked the Bush Administration's excessive exercise of power, Lieut. Ehren Watada's pending court-martial could help restore the rule of l...

Jul 10, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

Standing Against an Unjust War Standing Against an Unjust War

A Quaker activist explains why the war in Iraq is not only illegal, but morally indefensible.

Jul 5, 2006 / Feature / Joe Parko

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