PEACE & LIFE CONNECTIONS

War Crimes To our minds, “war crimes” is a tautology, like wet water and round circles. Nevertheless, some who find war acceptable at times use the term when the situation gets too extreme. With drone strikes on Venezuelan fishing vessels, military thinking allows for those if the boats were an immediate threat – but we know they weren’t. If they were carrying illegal drugs, that calls for police work, not mass murder. We have yet to be offered any evidence they were doing ev

Thanksgiving Coming Up Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - Greetings to the Natural World November is Native American Heritage Month, and in 2009 the U.S. Congress passed a resolution to make the day after Thanksgiving Native American Heritage Day. Let Us Give Thanks Well over 40 Planned Parenthood U.S. locations closed in 2025! We say “locations” because sometimes PP labels two “centers” at the same location. This includes the 7 Melody clinics for primary care in southern C

Rehumanize International Annual Conference, Plus White House Vigil This year’s conference was held at The Leadership Institute in Arlington, VA, a suburb of Washington, DC, October 31 - November 2. The program was excellent, as seen below. The pictures are from the White House vigil November 2. Halloween Networking Mixer Effective Persuasion Tactics - Dena Espenscheid Disability Rights & Medical Aid in Dying - Alex Schadenberg, Beth Fox Organizing to End the Death Penalty -

‘House of Dynamite’: Watch and Take Action A new movie, House of Dynamite , dramatizing the danger of nuclear war, will be released on Netflix today, Friday, October 24. The movie provides a good opportunity to reflect on the nuclear threat and discuss it with others. The Back from the Brink Campaign provides resources for anyone who wants to host a screening and discussion. The movie should also motivate people to work for peace: see these pages from Back from the Brink an