by Michele Mashburn on the All Things Disability Equity web site, June 4, 2026 Two weeks ago, more than 100 people lay down in a parking lot in East Oakland. Above them stood cardboard gravestones: “Died unhoused.” “No suicide hotline.” “Rural hospital closed.” “Can’t afford insurance.” Hospital and ER staff,…
by Mike Paradela May 25, 1966. Four women prevented a napalm shipment from leaving Alviso before it headed to Vietnam. The media dubbed them the Napalm Ladies. Aileen Hutchinson, Beverly Farquhar, Joyce McLean, and Lisa Kavelage were members of the Women Strike for Peace, the Women’s International League for Peace…
by Sara Awad in Truthout May 10, 2026 In Gaza, motherhood does not exist separately from fear. It unfolds inside it — even now, during what is called a ceasefire. I think about this when I speak to my mother from a distance. I try to picture her day as…
Veterans for Peace remarks by Harry Adams, Veterans For Peace, Chapter 46 & member of VFP national Climate Crisis and Militarism Project The mission of Veterans For Peace is to expose the true costs of war and militarism. Part of this mission is to expose the tremendous damage to our…
by Sharat G. Lin in IndyBay, April 8, 2026 Fifteen peace activists from across the country temporarily blocked access through the West Gate and later through the Main Gate at Holloman Air Force Base at Alamogordo, New Mexico just after dawn on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. Five were arrested at…
By Caitlin Johnstone from Caitlin's Newsletter, March 24, 2026 There’s another giant “No Kings” protest scheduled for this weekend, and right now all I can think about is how disgusting it is that this is the closest thing to a mass-scale antiwar protest in the United States right now. The…
by Danaka Katovich in Common Dreams, March 11, 2026 “To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.” —James Baldwin An aerial photo shows rectangular tracings etched into dirt, one rectangle after the other, creating a grid across the land. A yellow excavator pulls…
by Joan Simon, speech given at San Jose Against War rally on March 3, 202 For years, I had always want to go to Cuba. I wanted to experience a society, if only for a very short time, that genuinely cares about its people. In 2015, I finally had an…
Demo Against War on Iran January 9, 2020 in San Jose. by Dan Mayfield, president, The Collins Foundation, February 28, 2026 The SAN JOSE PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER categorically condemns the unprovoked US/Israeli attack on Iran. This is a grotesque violation of international law and the U.S. constitution. Iran…
by Jeffrey D. Sachs in Common Dreams, February 16, 2026 Distinguished Members of the Security Council, The President of the United States is issuing grave threats of force against the Islamic Republic of Iran if it does not accede to US demands. His actions risk a major regional war that…
