It’s time for change, after decades in our current office, WWFOR is moving in August. In the years since we moved here and got one of the first computers things have changed and technical changes mean that almost everything we do does not need a physical office anymore, so we can continue with all our activities such as Peace Activist training, email updates and, of course, the Pacific Call. But first we must deal with all the things in the office; an amazing amount of stuff can accumulate when you have had an office for a long time. Already we have had two work parties and have made good progress with the disposal of our books (around 300) and videos…

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 ]

Newsletter Editor John Repp has done it again, with 8 pages chock full of interesting articles and relevant illustrations. It contains the first announcement of our May 30 Spring Assembly an article by John about the Illegal U.S. War on Iran a book review of a book on Militarism by William Hartung and Ben Freeman an article about Israel’s expansionist actions an article by John about ICE and resistance in Minneapolis an article about the national debt several letters to the editors of newspapers a review of a course on ancient civilizations of North America an article about WWFOR moving to a virtual office and a number of illustrations and tidbits! You can read or download the pdf version of…

David Lambert chaired the planning committee for WWFOR’s Fall Conference. His article gives a summary of the event. Click here to see article. [Full URL https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2025FallConference.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…

by John M Repp China over the last 45 years has developed a moderately prosperous society with a huge middle-class. Their middle-class is now at least three times larger than the middle-class in the United States, where unfortunately the middle-class is shrinking. In the process China increased their money supply by over 5000%. According to the economic theory used by economists in the United States and most of the western world, that large an increase in the money supply should have caused massive, maybe even runaway inflation. But China did not have massive inflation. How do we explain that? Capitalism has several forms. We in the U.S. have financial capitalism instead of industrial capitalism. We have hedge funds buying a…

by John M Repp When shown at a Toronto film festival in September of 2025, the new film Nuremburg got a four minute standing ovation. But it is not being shown widely, maybe because it is so powerful and reminds the Republicans who are supporting the Trump Administration what happens to people who support a cruel dictator. The film tells the story of the famous series of trials of high ranking Nazi leaders that the Allies captured at the end of World War II. Four of the countries who fought Nazi Germany, Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States, charged the Nazi leaders with several crimes, such as crimes against the peace i.e. starting a war, and…

Articles include a report on our Fall Conference by planning committee Chair, David Lambert. Newsletter Editor, John M Repp, wrote a prescient article entitled “A War in Venezuela?” [I guess we now the answer to that question.] John also wrote an article about the meaning of the election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York City. John’s article on nuclear weapons includes consideration of the Need for a Nuclear Abolition Movement. Another article considers “Paying for a Green New Deal.” John also contributed “A Review of the 2025 film Nuremburg.” Don’t miss the great letters to the editor by two of our members and the political cartoon on the final page. Click here to download or view. Full URL https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PCJan2026.pdf.