Several weeks into the US attack on Iran Pacific Call editor John M Repp wrote this report. He pointed out that the U.S. attack came while negotiations were ongoing, and the attacks included targeted assassinations and also deadly bombing of civilians. John commented on the effects of this war both within the U.S. and globally. Click here to read the article. [Full URL https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WarAgainstIran.pdf ]

Read Pacific Call editor John M Repp’s comments about what happened in Minneapolis when thousands of poorly trained government employees showed up in unmarked uniforms and masks, armed with guns and chemical weapons. Thanks to citizen videographers, we know stories quite different from government claims. Sadly 2 peaceful protesters were killed. Click here to read the illustrated article. [Full URL https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WhathappenedinMinn.pdf ]

Pacific Call editor John M Repp discusses the changes in U.S. national debt over the years. Considering the debt as a proportion of the Gross National Product it is now at a level not seen since the end of World War II. John examines the history of the debt, and what the current high may mean for the future. Click here to read the article. [Full URL https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SoaringNationalDebt.pdf ]

Pacific Call editor John M Repp wrote “A review of William D. Hartung and Ben Freeman’s ‘The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us At Home’ (2025)” John starts with President Eisenhower’s famous warning about the military-industrial complex and takes us through points from the book bringing the situation to the present. Click here to read John’s article. [Full URL https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/reviewTrillionDollarWarMachine.pdf ]

This article starts with a 4-part map of Israel and Palestine showing the Israeli takeover of land. The text begins History did not begin on October 7, 2023.Too many people in the United States do not know that most of the people in living in Gaza are people or descendants of people who were pushed off their land by the Israelis in 1948, a period called the Nakba which is Arabic for catastrophe. Many more were pushed off their land in 1967 in the course of the six-day war won by Israel. Click here for the article. [Full URL https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IsraelExpanding.pdf ]

. Newsletter Editor John M Repp wrote an appreciative review of the 24 lecture course “Ancient Civilizations of North America” offered by The Great Courses series. John’s article gives us a glimpse into what he learned about the diverse civilizations that existed for thousands or years before Europeans came to North America, and the accomplishments in astronomy, agriculture, and crafts. Click here to read the article. [full URL https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/greatcivilizationofNAmerica.pdf ]

Newsletter editor John M Repp reviewed “The Future is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land” jointly written by a Palestinian and an Israeli. Both authors had lost close relatives to the ongoing violence, and they began working toward reconciliation between the peoples. Click here for the review. [full URL https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ReviewTheFutureIsPeace.pdf ]

[Note by web-poster Jean B: This article was published before the Jan. 3, 2026, U.S. attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro; now over 100 people in small boats in the Caribbean have been killed; the attack on Venezuela killed an estimated 90 people; several oil tankers have been seized; and 2 kidnapped Venezuelans are in a U.S. prison.] by John M Repp Is the Trump administration preparing for a war against Venezuela, or are they just threatening them in order to get something?  The Trump Administration’s repeated strikes in the Caribbean, near the Venezuelan coast, have shocked the world. They claim they are destroying boats running drugs, but the usual treatment for such a crime is to stop…

Click here to see the last page of the January 2026 Newsletter. [Full URL https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/lastpageofPC2026.pdf ]

by John M Repp The chart on the next page shows us the number of nuclear weapons that could be delivered in a first strike. The total amount of weapons was reduced after the Nuclear Freeze campaign of the 1980’s, a mass movement initially organized by Randall Forsberg. On June 12, 1982, the largest peace rally in U.S. history was held in New York as the Second United Nations Special Session on Disarmament was happening. There were approximately a million participants in that rally. The chart looks like a mountain peak with the high point in the early 1980’s. After that there were negotiations between Reagan and Gorbachev, and the numbers came down. At the October 2025 meeting of Northwest Against Nuclear…