Three peace activists in Marlborough, New Zealand have created some headaches for the American system of international listening posts known as Echelon. Echelon in turn is part of the American strategy, including control of space, cutely known as “full spectrum dominance”. Read more »

Normally violence is thought of as an overt action or threat. Yet violence can be present in other forms. We can speak violently. We can think violently. Of course, we should recognize the violence inherent in the situation, either as institutional violence or structural violence, and then there is cultural violence. Read more »

Without exception, establishment religion have inevitably been co-oped by State power to support war, despite the fact that the fundamental tenets of their religions almost always propose peace. Marginal and small Christian religious bodies, such as the Quakers, the Mennonites and some others, have maintained their adherence to conscientious objection to war. I do not understand how the process develops through time and circumstances for the major Abrahamic religions, but it is interesting to witness it in action. Read more »