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Robert C. Koehler

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No Kings, One Planet

No Kings, One Planet

Daily news & progressive opinion—funded by the people, not the corporations—delivered straight to your inbox.

02.04.2026 5

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Robert C. Koehler

Nuking Iran Would Mean Stepping Beyond the Brink of Evil

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26.03.2026 10

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Time to Grow Out of 'Playing' War

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14.03.2026 10

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Bombing Iran Means Murdering Children

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05.03.2026 6

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Reclaiming a Disposable Planet

America is barreling towards authoritarianism at such a breakneck pace that it should alarm every single one of us. But instead of meeting this moment...

21.02.2026 20

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We Need to Break Free From the Cage of Nationalism

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14.02.2026 70

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Waging a Nonviolent Civil War Against Borders

01.02.2026 10

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We're All on One Planet; Let's Act Like It

23.01.2026 10

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Is ICE Trump's Gestapo?

15.01.2026 20

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Trump's Attack on Venezuela Would Be Wrong Even If It Were Legal

08.01.2026 8

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Trump's Buffoonery Reveals That the Empire Has No Clothes

01.01.2026 20

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No, We Can't Deport Our Way Out of Gun Violence

22.12.2025 10

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Clinging to the Planetary Wreckage With Pete Hegseth

13.12.2025 30

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Trump, Violence, and 'Hubris Syndrome'

21.11.2025 10

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Will We Give Birth to a Loving or Shackled Future?

17.11.2025 9

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On Cheney, Trump, and the Nature of Violence

06.11.2025 9

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On No Kings Day, a New America Came to Life

22.10.2025 10

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Words Are the First Weapon of War

18.10.2025 7

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ICE in Chicago: First They Came for the Immigrants

09.10.2025 10

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Everyone's Freedom Is Vulnerable in Trump's America

02.10.2025 8

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Responding to Charlie Kirk's Killing With the Wisdom of Our Inner 3 Year Old

17.09.2025 10

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Our Journey Beyond the God of Violence

07.09.2025 10

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Can Humanity Grow Up Into a World Beyond Foes?

29.06.2025 10

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Trump Is Dragging America Back to Pre-Civil Rights Norms

07.06.2025 10

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Finding Hope for the Future in a Gaza Mother and Doctor

30.05.2025 10

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How Can We Resist the Indifference to life?

25.05.2025 10

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Can We Build a World of Sanctuary Cities?

08.05.2025 10

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To Honor the Earth, Let Us Tear Down the Walls in Our Hearts

25.04.2025 10

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Maintaining Empathic Sanity in Trump America

20.04.2025 10

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In Trump World, Where Palestinians Call Home Is Just an Abstract Chunk of Real Estate

12.04.2025 10

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In Trump’s America, Free Speech Really Isn’t Free

23.03.2025 20

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Can the Voices of A-Bomb Victims Drown out the Military-Industrial Complex?

16.03.2025 10

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It’s Time to Transcend War, the Meteor of Our Own Making

02.03.2025 10

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What We Can Learn From Leonard Peltier: ‘I Rise Only When I Help You Rise’

20.02.2025 10

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Welcome to Gtitmo! The Freest Place on Earth! (From Human Rights Law)

14.02.2025 10

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Could the US Military’s Recruitment Problem Be a Good Thing?

09.02.2025 10

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How Years of GOP Voter Suppression Helped Trump Win in 2024

01.02.2025 20

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By Dehumanizing Others, Trump Makes Sure We Remain Our Own Worst Enemies

24.01.2025 10

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Will Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Bring Us Closer to Mutually Assured Destruction?

18.01.2025 20

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'I Left You for God, Daddy': Frozen Infants in Gaza and What Terrorism Really Means

10.01.2025 10

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