Ken Butigan

Edward Snowden not only brought more sunlight into yet another murky corner of the ever-expanding U.S. global and domestic control infrastructure, he has also taught us the critical importance of breaking ranks.More

Presidential war speeches often double as a gauge of the antiwar movement’s weakness or strength. This was borne out again last week with President Obama's major address.More

The stepping stones that Jody Williams and others followed in establishing the International Mines Treaty might illuminate the roadmap to an anti-drones treaty.More

The growing food movement will be targeting Monsanto on May 25 with a global march that will take place on six continents, 36 countries, and 250 cities.More

Arlington Cemetery's expansion, though it can be regarded simply as a practical exigency, is symbolic of a doubling-down on war-making well into the future. More

I’m awash in my deep gratefulness for the lives of three agents of nonviolent change who recently passed away: Bob Edgar, Ira Sandperl, and Ann O’Connor.More

Sandra Steingraber, the renowned biologist, author, poet and cancer survivor, is serving a 15-day sentence for interfering with the smooth, forward motion of the burgeoning fracking industry. More

Michael McConnell, the Midwest regional director of the American Friends Service Committee who died last week of cancer, is being remembered for many contributions to the struggle for justice and peace, especially the project he initiated in 2004, originally entitled, “Eyes Wide Open: The Human Costs of the War in Iraq.”More

Fifty years ago today, Pope John XXIII issued Pacem in Terris, an encyclical that explicitly offered Catholics and others an historic warrant for civil disobedience and civil resistance.More

Since Guernica we have seen the spirit of resistance embodied in numerous movements for nonviolent change and nonviolent change agents, including Dr. King, whose memory we praise today, the 45th anniversary of his assassination.More