Attacking Iran & Some Thoughts on Murdering Children
All my pretty ones?Did you say all? O hell-kite! All?What, all my pretty chickens and their damAt one fell swoop? – Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV,
March 1, 2026
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Tell Me It Ain’t So, Noam: Chomsky, Epstein, AWTT & Me
When I was a college student in the late 1960s in Boston, I went to a teach-in at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge to hear
February 23, 2026
Art in an Age of Democratic Upheaval
AWTT artist Robert Shetterly delivered this address to an in-house and online audience at the Center for Global Humanities, University of New England, on the
February 2, 2026
Just to Watch him Die
When I was just a baby, my mama told me, “SonAlways be a good boy, don′t ever play with guns”But I shot a man in
January 26, 2026
Sports, Trump and Unruling the Game
Ever since discovering playground kickball in the second grade, I have loved sports. In high school I ran track (a mediocre 400 meters), played football (a
January 20, 2026
Claudette Colvin 1939-2026
“… as a teenager, I kept thinking, Why don’t the adults around here just say something? Say it so that they know we don’t accept
January 14, 2026
Contemplating 2025 and the “d” words
Looking back on 2025, AWTT Education Director Connie Carter calls on all of us to find the inspiration we need to meet the challenges of 2026.
January 1, 2026
Samantha Smith Challenge Launch
AWTT welcomed middle-school and high-school students and their faculty sponsors for the 2025-26 Samantha Smith Chellenge kick-off event at Orono High School on November 13,
November 3, 2025
Honoring Frances Perkins on Labor Day
As Labor Day 2025 approaches, we are mindful of all of the labor advocates who have gone before us, improving the lives of working people.
August 29, 2025