Tom Mayer

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

Peace Train: Is China responsible for COVID-19?

May 8, 2020 at 9:43 a.m.

Viruses can be dangerous. Viruses cause numerous human diseases including smallpox, rabies, influenza, yellow fever, Ebola, dengue, Zika, mumps, chickenpox, shingles and HIV/AIDS. The virus which causes the COVID-19 disease...

Peace Train: Evaluating the United States health care system

April 10, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) reveals how important a health care system is for the welfare of society. Everyone is endangered if people do not get adequate health care. What does...

Peace Train: Amid coronavirus, here’s a look at five lethal epidemics the world weathered

March 20, 2020 at 4:12 p.m.

Diverse modern societies are capable of intelligent, energetic and comprehensive action.

Peace Train: Linking climate change and militarism

February 26, 2020 at 5:53 p.m.

If the Pentagon were a country, it would be the 47th largest emitter of greenhouse gasses.

Peace Train: Class, race and capitalist punishment

January 30, 2020 at 11:30 p.m.

Today the United States imprisons people at a far higher rate than any other country on which reliable statistics exist. Moreover, black people are currently imprisoned at about seven times...

Peace Train: The open Christmas letter

January 9, 2020 at 11:30 p.m.

If humanity is to survive for several more centuries, war must be abolished.

Peace Train: Erik Olin Wright

December 5, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

My friend Erik Olin Wright died of cancer in January of this year at the very height of his intellectual influence.

Peace Train: What is neoliberal capitalism?

November 14, 2019 at 11:00 p.m.

Capitalism was born in 15th century Europe, and by the 20th century had penetrated most of the world.

Peace Train: The nature of racism

October 24, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

Racism, according to Professor Kendi, is “a marriage of racist policies and racist ideas that produces and normalizes racial inequities.”

Peace Train: 13 controversial propositions of International Affairs

October 3, 2019 at 6:49 p.m.

1. The United States is an aggressive empire and is currently the main threat to world peace.

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