Peace & War

Jeffrey D. Sachs Jul 24, 2024Common Dreams Next year will mark the 230th anniversary of Immanuel Kant’s celebrated essay on “Perpetual Peace” (1795). The great German philosopher put forward a set of guiding principles to […]

Chris Wright Jul 09, 2024Common Dreams The world is at its most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Back then, however, the fear of total destruction consumed the public; today, few people […]

Edward Carver, Common Dreams Former Biden administration officials on Tuesday sharply criticized its Gaza policy, arguing that the continued supply of weapons to Israel is not only “morally reprehensible” but also a violation of U.S. […]

Saif Ansari / Jacobin A US Army soldier stands guard next to a burning oil well at the Rumayla oil fields in Iraq on March 27, 2003. (photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) 21 March 22 Today […]

Brett Wilkins December 27, 2021 Sharply contrasting with the $778 billion in new military spending authorized Monday by President Joe Biden, the U.S. Agency for International Development reportedly can’t find the funds to pay for […]

Jake Johnson Common Dreams November 18, 2021 Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont noted in a floor speech Wednesday that concerns about the deficit curiously disappear on Capitol Hill when it’s time to authorize the annual […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies August 22, 2021 America’s corporate media are ringing with recriminations over the humiliating U.S. military defeat in Afghanistan. But very little of the criticism goes to the root […]

That’s why many anti-war organizations and activists will continue to push the administration to improve its foreign policy record in the next 100 days, while also urging Congress to reject Biden’s increased military budget. Medea […]

Bruce Giudici

The president-elect is drawing from hawkish think tanks financed by arms companies. Sarah Lazare In These Times November 11, 2020 In July 2019, while cam­paign­ing for the Demo­c­ra­t­ic nom­i­na­tion for pres­i­dent, Joe Biden declared in […]