‘People’s Arms Embargo’ at Travis Air Force Base

Seventy-five protesters gathered under threatening skies at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California at 6:30 am on Wednesday, November 20. Their mission: to speak out and briefly interrupt the shipment of weapons to Israel from this air base. For 90 minutes,...

On the Maryhouse Stage, Power Politics and War

In mid-November, New York’s Catholic Worker community, located in lower Manhattan, opened their sizable auditorium to host “Reap What You Sow: Don’t Lose Heart!” a two act play with two actors which debuted, for two nights, on the Maryhouse stage. Prior to the...

Yet Another Smear Piece on Tulsi Gabbard

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. In my morning news feed from the New York Times came this article on Tulsi Gabbard: How Tulsi Gabbard Became a Favorite of Russia’s State Media President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to be the director of...

Iran Hawks Rule the Roost

The Washington Post published an article Saturday with a headline saying that Iran hawks would have “less sway” in the next Trump administration, and then the article says this: Trump’s election victory has meant that the GOP’s traditionalist foreign policy hawks —...

‘Taking the Handcuffs Off’ US Missiles in Ukraine

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I woke to this disconcerting story from CNN: President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use powerful long-range US weapons deep inside Russia. Why now? Biden is a lame duck president, shuffling out the...