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Peter N Carroll asks: What can a private citizen do when one country invades another, say Russia into Kyiv? What are the choices of intervention?

For Pagans and other Non-Christians, the holiday spirit can mean helping the hungry and homeless, and remember to wear a mask.

By silent agreement, I watch two women—one white, one black—honor a personal transaction.

The denial of racism in education is hardly new, as poet Peter Neil Carroll presents the story of a Native American reformer.

Fear of the dark, how people felt on the eve of the presidential election, 2020.

Marking re-dedication of the San Francisco monument to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade on Saturday 9/12/20, poet Peter Neil Carroll reflects on his friendship with the US veterans who fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War.

The coronavirus reveals evils of our economic systems, the poet suggests maybe it's time for confiscating some wealth.

A version of the boy who cried wolf, here now are the consequences of government lies.

Peter Neil Carroll’s “Sanctuary” honors the work of Proactiva Open Arms, a non-governmental volunteer group of lifeguards who rescue refugees at sea.

Peter Neil Carroll's poetry pays homage to the veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade who left a legacy of fighting fascism.