"Peace for All Time": JFK's Historic 1963 Call for Peace Helped Lead to Nuke Treaty with Moscow

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President John F. Kennedy's "peace speech" at American University 60 years ago was a searing critique of Cold War politics and laid out a hopeful vision for a world built on cooperation and empathy, even among rival countries. Kennedy called for "not merely peace for Americans, but peace for all men and women — not merely peace in our time, but peace for all time." We feature an extended excerpt of Kennedy's remarks and speak with _The Nation_ publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel about how the speech remains relevant today. The Biden administration "could certainly take a page" from Kennedy's policies, she says, urging the U.S. to avoid needless escalation during this time of renewed hostility between the United States and Russia over the war in Ukraine.

Transcript: https://www.democracynow.org/2023/6/13/katrina_vanden_heuvel_jfk_peace_speech

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