There Is Only One Spaceship Earth | An Essay by William J. Astore

Freeing the World from the Deadly Shadow of Genocide and Ecocide When I was in the U.S. military, I learned a saying (often wrongly attributed to the Greek philosopher Plato) that only the dead have seen the end of war. Its persistence through history to this very moment should indeed be sobering.…

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People Power: The Only Possible Path to Peace

Here’s the premise. If anyone can find a flaw in this logic, please let me know . . . • The majority of US citizens want an end to war and reduced military spending. • The defense budget can and must come way down. • The DOD is not going to defund itself. • Congress…

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