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I’m looking forward to speaking at peace events in Norway and Sweden in November. All the events are free and open, and I hope you can be there. You can also watch live video from anywhere.

Here’s the schedule:

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OSLO, NORWAY

I will be accepting the first annual Real Nobel Peace Prize, awarded by the Lay Down Your Arms Foundation.
When: November 10, 2024, Prize session; 12:00 – 13:30, then lunch, then Round table 15:00 to 17:00 with invited peace activists, organizations,  read more

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If we look beyond the opponents of genocide who are so shamefully smeared with the label “antisemite,” but if we still treat “Semite” as meaning “Jew,” then the identity of a leading actual antisemite might surprise many people.

Very few, I’ve found, are aware that the policy of Nazi Germany for years was to pursue the expulsion of the Jews, not their murder, that the U.S. government led the world’s governments in holding public conferences to discuss who read more

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I’m looking forward to speaking at peace events in Norway and Sweden in November. All the events are free and open, and I hope you can be there. Here’s the schedule:

OSLO, NORWAY

I will be accepting the first annual Real Nobel Peace Prize, awarded by the Lay Down Your Arms Foundation.
When: November 10, 2024, Prize session; 12:00 – 13:30, then lunch, then Round table 15:00 to 17:00 with invited peace activists, organizations,  and all who are interested. read more