By Raed Jarrar (@raedjarrar) During the last 6 weeks, over 300 Iraqis have been killed and over 15,000 injured in a bloody uprising that has been absent from US headlines. …
US peace activists retrace steps to Vietnam, 50 years later
Last month, five longtime peace activists from the United States retraced steps to Vietnam that four of them first trod back during the US-Vietnam War. Led by “Ong” (grandfather) Frank …
U.S.antiwar activists launch Vietnamese-language version of memoir… in Hanoi!
Editors and contributors of The People Make the Peace: Lessons from the Vietnam Antiwar Movement will formally launch the Vietnamese edition of their book in Hanoi this month. The Gioi …
Our ‘Story/Backstory’ project produced great new discourse-expanding resources
One of Just World Ed’s major projects in Spring 2019 was the “Story/Backstory” project, in which– over a 13-week period– JWE President Helena Cobban produced weekly packages providing richly informed …
The Green New Deal offers a plan to fight the war machine in 2019
The Green New Deal, one of the hottest topics in Washington, D.C., offers critics of militarism a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take a bite out of the United States’ war machine. …
Support our great programing for 2019!
Coming off all the excitement of the nationwide speaking tour we did with Mohammad Sabaaneh, we’re eager to give you a preview of some of the programing we’re planning for …
Understanding Idlib
We are pleased to publish the following essay by Daniel Demeter, whose book Lens on Syria: A Photographic Tour of Its Ancient and Modern Culture was published by Just World …
Syria’s Bosra region: Memories and hopes
We are pleased to publish the following essay by Daniel Demeter, whose book Lens on Syria: A Photographic Tour of Its Ancient and Modern Culture was published by Just World …
Combating Militarism on Earth Day: A Conversation with Jackie Cabasso and Gar Smith
As a prelude to Earth Day, on Thursday, April 19th Just World Educational hosted a Facebook Live discussion on the Earth Day Appeal that we launched last month, titled “To …
JWE Exec. President Helena Cobban explores challenges for antiwar movement
Just World Educational’s Executive President, Helena Cobban, has launched a broad public exploration of the current challenges facing the antiwar movement (especially in the United States), over at her vintage …