Portside

a very different kind of memorial – the stumble stones

Leading national and local peace and justice organizations in Germany have launched a major campaign to oppose the German government's recently revealed plan to acquire combat drones. 59% in Germany disapprove of drone strikes (whereas in the U.S. 62% approve of them). With a broad social movement gathering, and with political opposition in the German Parliament growing, Merkel's government last week seemed to back off of the plan to purchase combat zones this year.

Shadows from the past, sadly evoked by events of the present, from Afghanistan and Gaza to Syria and Mal