Veterans For Peace and Grandmothers for Peace condemn U.S. attack on Iran 

Northland Grandmothers for Peace and Lake Superior Veterans for Peace condemn the unilateral, immoral and criminal U.S. bombing on the sovereign nation of Iran. June 21, 2025, will be remembered as the day the U.S. once again chose war over diplomacy, unleashing consequences we may come to regret. This unprovoked, deliberate attack on Iran is a violation of the United Nations Charter, international law and the U.S. Constitution. 

The pretext of Iran’s alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons is a familiar lie. Just like Iraq in 2003, we are being dragged into war based on deliberate deception. The aggressors in this reckless escalation are the United States and Israel. They have lit the fuse for a wider regional war, putting U.S. service members and countless civilians in immediate danger.

Bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities will not end Iran’s alleged “nuclear ambitions.” It will probably increase their desire to build nuclear weapons. Bombing Iran is unlikely to destroy Iran’s capacity to build a bomb. Experts are saying bombing will only delay, but not end, Iran’s nuclear program.
The only way to end the threats of nuclear weapons is to abolish ALL nuclear weapons. The United Nations has a practical plan – the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – to realistically end the threat to humanity of nuclear weapons. The United States refuses to join this effort to negotiate verifiable reductions of all existing nuclear stockpiles and to eventually abolished all nuclear weapons. Implementing this treaty is the only way to make the world safe from the threat of a nuclear holocaust.

Bombing Iran is not a good way to foster successful negotiations. Force may produce the appearance of “surrender.” But long lasting negotiated settlements are build on compromise and mutual benefits for all sides – not military force.
 The bombing of Iran shows the weakness of our nation. War represents failure. Our leaders are not strong enough, intelligent enough or competent enough to resolve conflicts peacefully. Instead we are controlled by a destructive, self-defeating belief in military power. This militarism has resulted in endless wars that have not increased our safety or freedom. 

Using bombing as an tool of national policy is immoral.  War kills people and does not solve problems. As a country we do not care about the “collateral damage” we cause – the children and innocent people who are killed, injured, starved or impoverished by our selfish quest for world “dominance.” As a nation, we have no shame or basic human decency.

Changing our national addiction to war and militarism requires citizen action. We call on all citizens to contact their elected officials to demand immediate changes in our self-destructive support for endless war.
Stop bombing Iran and arming Israel to bomb Iran.
Stop arming and supporting Israel’s genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestinian.
Stop being the world’s largest supplier of weapons of war.
Stop being, in the words of Martin Luther King, “...the biggest purveyor of violence in the world today.”
Begin making diplomacy, negotiation, mediation and international cooperation the primary tools of our “national security.”

There are many reasons for 
homelessness in Duluth

I’ve been hearing a lot about the people who are objecting to the homeless people parking in the vineyard church’s parking lot. Some are saying that the people who are homeless are all lazy or other things and are causing trouble.
I just want to say not necessarily there are many different reasons for someone to be homeless. A few years ago they were talking about this man and his son who were homeless due to medical bills. Another reason is the high cost of rent here. Also many places have been torn down for the hospitals, parking lots and for other reasons. Another reason is that some have been turned into condos or other upscale housing. I’ve heard of some people sharing an apartment with up to five people in a one-bedroom apartment because of the high rent and otherwise they couldn’t afford it
Cecilia Hill
Duluth, Minnesota