(Seattle activist Bert Sacks defied the draconian sanctions against Iraq, for which the U.S. government fined him $10,000. Sacks refused to pay despite years of government threats and court actions.) Welcome to the fifteenth monthly posting: Two days ago I got the word that “the government throws in the towel!” They chose not to appeal […]
Good news from the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons: The United Nations First Committee has voted, by an overwhelming margin, for state users of depleted uranium weapons to release data on where the weapons have been used to governments of states affected by their use. 136 states last night voted in favor of a […]
A coalition of Seattle academic, religious, and peace groups, and individual activists are co-sponsoring a community conference on resolving the Iranian nuclear crisis through negotiations rather than force. The event, “Iran-Israel-U.S.: Resolving the Nuclear Impasse,” is planned for December 16th at Seattle’s Town Hall. The organizers say that many in the progressive community are deeply […]
(This is a guest blog by Joe Copeland, a former Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial writer. Joe was a visiting researcher at Hiroshima City University’s Hiroshima Peace Institute earlier this year as a Fulbright Scholar. Visit his blog here.) Barack Obama would like to go where no sitting U.S. president has gone before: to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. […]
It’s good to know that world leaders are on top of any effort by Iran to build nuclear weapons. President Barack Obama and the leaders of France and Britain said on Friday that Iran needs to make full disclosure about its nuclear program and allow international inspectors inside a previously undisclosed site. The leaders threatened […]
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