Lawrence S. Wittner

Activists in Albany County, New York are showing how to get the issue of runaway military spending on the national agenda.
This excerpt from scholar and activist Lawrence Wittner’s autobiography recounts a visit to the Soviet Union and an unusual historical find.
Public support for disarmament is shallow. Here are some ways of deepening that support.
Thousands of peace activists recently gathered in New York to demand a nuclear-free world. Are the media and the president listening?
The victory of Japan’s opposition party is good news for the anti-nuclear movement.
Peace activists helped swing the elections in November. Most Americans want out of Iraq. So why hasn’t the peace movement won already?