Ron Forthofer

The Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center’s “Peace Train” runs every Friday in the Colorado Daily.

Peace Train: The West and crimes against Palestinians

February 7, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

President Trump's fraudulent Middle East deal runs roughshod over Palestinian rights, harms long-term Israeli interests, and is only the latest example of the U.S. arrogance and disdain for international law.

Peace Train: Is the U.S. a civilized nation?

January 16, 2020 at 4:45 p.m.

A civilized society or country has a well developed system of government, culture, and way of life and that treats the people who live there fairly.

Peace Train: Claimed Russian aggression

December 12, 2019 at 4:46 p.m.

The U.S. political/military officials and the corporate dominated media continue to allege Russian aggression while ignoring or spinning U.S. aggression.

Peace Train: For future of this country, we must divide and conquer

November 21, 2019 at 1:49 p.m.

Imagine how much good could be done by shifting much of the unnecessary military spending to domestic programs that are constructive instead of being destructive.

Peace Train: U.S. policy on Syria

October 31, 2019 at 8:30 p.m.

This U.S. goal regarding Syria was also openly discussed back in 2005 in an interview with President Assad by CNN host Christiane Amanpour.

Peace Train: Criticism of Isreal

October 10, 2019 at 6:45 p.m.

After WWII, given the horrors and incredible killing of the Holocaust, people and the media in the Western world tended to look favorably on Israel's creation in 1948.

Peace Train: A Trumped up immigration crisis

September 19, 2019 at 6:45 p.m.

The Trump administration uses the immigration issue for political purposes.

Peace Train: Nuclear weapons and collective insanity

August 9, 2019 at 7:02 a.m.

This week is the 74th anniversary of the unnecessary and immoral U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Adm. William Leahy, chief of staff to presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry...

Peace Train: Siege of Gaza is a crime against humanity

July 19, 2019 at 6:53 a.m.

In my June 28 column, I wrote about the U.S. use of devastating sanctions against Venezuela, Iran and North Korea. U.N. Special Rapporteur Alfred de Zayas visited Venezuela in late...

Peace Train: Sanctions used as cruel economic warfare

June 28, 2019 at 6:37 a.m.

In last week’s excellent Peace Train column, Tom Mayer discussed how the U.S. uses the media to convince the U.S. public of the necessity to attack some enemy. Tom provided...

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