Midwest Weapons Report, Issue 4, excerpts

By Christopher Overfelt Excerpts from the 4th issue of the Midwest Weapons Report (MWR) follow. Email midwestweaponsreport@proton.me to request an email with the full report. Bureaucratic mechanisms of US weapons transfers–excerpts The weapon systems covered in MWR...
‘Beginner’s Guide to Nuclear Weapons’

‘Beginner’s Guide to Nuclear Weapons’

The extraordinarily devastating force and deadly toxicity of nuclear weapons sets them apart from all other weapons. The detonation of a single nuclear bomb can kill hundreds of thousands and cause injury and illness for many more. A limited nuclear war can kill up to...
‘All modern war is a war crime’ and other 6/23 rally highlights

‘All modern war is a war crime’ and other 6/23 rally highlights

At a 6/23 rally in KC MO, Ann Suellentrop reflected, “All modern war is a war crime, because more than half of the victims are defenseless women and children, the elderly, and those in hospitals and nursing homes.” Ann, the vice chair of PeaceWorks KC, shared her...

‘The war machine is clearly seen’ begins Bryan Lamble

Bryan Lamble read this “rhyming prose” of his at the June 23 “Stop the War on Iran!” rally led by the Kansas City area Party for Socialism and Liberation. The war machine is clearly seen,Its gears turning into blood.It will not cease, we’ll have no peace, While...

Trump illegally, unconstitutionally initiated war on Iran

Attend the rally “Stop the War on Iran! Trump Is a War Criminal!” tomorrow, June 23, at 6 pm at Mill Creek Park, near the fountain at Main & Cleaver Blvd., KC MO. PeaceWorks KC’s Vice Chair Ann Suellentrop will speak at the rally, with speakers from groups such as...

Trump replaces law with abusive power in strikes on Iran

By Christopher Overfelt The Citizens United ruling by the US Supreme Court in 2010 marked the formal acknowledgement of what most in the US already knew, that the United States government’s policies and programs are up for the highest bidder. What we have witnessed in...