Austrian Censorship of Peace Conference Is An Outrage

Austrian Censorship of Peace Conference Is An Outrage

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By David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War; Kathy Kelly, President of World BEYOND War; John Reuwer, Board Member of World BEYOND War; Brad Wolf, Director of Peace Action, Lancaster, PA, June 8, 2023

BKD Co-Founder, Nick Mottern is heading for this conference along with numerous other active members of BKD. [jb]

Forty-eight hours before a global peace conference in Vienna, Austria, was to begin, the venue host abruptly cancelled. Peace, it seems, cannot be discussed, especially peace in Ukraine.

This news is a disturbing step in a growing trend.  Continue reading “Austrian Censorship of Peace Conference Is An Outrage”

A Move to Ban Weaponized Drones

A Move to Ban Weaponized Drones

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by Ann Wright, published on Common Dreams, June 5, 2023

Citizen activism to bring about changes in how brutal wars are conducted is extremely difficult, but not impossible. Citizens have successfully pushed through the United Nations General Assembly treaties to abolish nuclear weapons and to ban the use of landmines and cluster munitions.

Of course, countries that want to continue to use these weapons will not follow the lead of the vast majority of countries in the world and sign those treaties. The United States and the other eight nuclear armed countries have refused to sign the treaty to abolish nuclear weapons. Likewise, the United States and 15 other countries, including Russia and China, have refused to sign the ban on the use of cluster bombs. The United States and 31 other countries, including Russia and China, have refused to sign the treaty on the ban on land mines.  Continue reading “A Move to Ban Weaponized Drones”

Statement of BanKillerDrones.org  to U.N. Secretary General to  Antonio Guterres

Statement of BanKillerDrones.org to U.N. Secretary General to Antonio Guterres

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Dear Secretary General Guterres:

With the widespread press coverage of Russian attacks by weaponized drones against Ukrainian cities, the world is now seeing the suffering and terror that has been experienced by thousands of people across the Middle East, East Asia and Africa since the United States began using these weapons on the first day of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.  Continue reading “Statement of BanKillerDrones.org to U.N. Secretary General to Antonio Guterres”

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