FOR Blogs
Unclench Our Fist: A Call to Prevent War with Iran
A new wave of Cold War-style threats and covert actions have been directed against Iran, this time more serious than in the past. Seventy million people in Iran live each day in fear of war. The United States has sold almost $100 billion of high-tech weapons and military equipment to Iran’s neighbors. The U.S.
People FOR Peace ~ Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam
Equidistant between Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv-Jaffa, there is a village of Jews and Palestinian Arabs living together in a community based on mutual acceptance, respect and cooperation. Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al-Salam (NS-WAS), which means “Oasis of Peace” in Hebrew and Arabic, is democratically governed and owned by its members, and is not affiliated with any political party or movement.
Upcoming nonviolence workshops for social change
Nonviolent social change is in the air, from Middle America to the Middle East. Yet we know that nonviolent social change movements aren’t spontaneous. They require midwives and mentors, and preparation of strong spirits, strong skills and solidarity.
The Muslim Brotherhood: A book review
Although Pan-Islamic and Pan-Arab movements have not been “federalist” in the sense that federalism is usually analysed, Pan-Islamic movements have been an effort to organize political community across State boundaries.
THIS IS SORT OF ABOUT THAT – The Rhinosceri ETC – Israel & Egypt Part III
The bus ride to Jerusalem from Rosh Pinna is a beautiful rollercoaster of a drive down into the Galilee Valley along the Sea to Tiberius and then back over the Judean Hills through Afula to Jerusalem. It is a bit like riding a troop transit, however, and a bit unsettling when most passengers on the bus are teen agers in khaki with their hands on the trigger of Uzis.
Beyond Occupation and Terror - part 3
This is the third part of a travelogue of my recent experience traveling to Israel/Palestine as part of an Christian-Jewish seminarian interfaith group; read the first part here and the second part
FOR & 40 groups statement on NYPD surveillance of New York-area mosques
Recent reports indicate that the New York Police Department (NYPD) has been conducting covert surveillance of mosques in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Listen Auctioneer! A Peaceful Action in Brooklyn
On January 26th, protestors from Occupy Wall Street, the Protest Chaplains, Organize for Occupation, Housing is a Human Right and FUREE participated in a nonviolent direct action to shut down a foreclosure auction in Brooklyn. Myself and three other Chaplains joined the peaceful, joyous action at the Brooklyn courthouse:
Help FOR award those working for peace
Each year, the Fellowship of Reconciliation awards three peace prizes — international, national, and local — to individuals or organizations whose commitment to peace, justice, and reconciliation is recognized as extraordinary.
We need your help in making these awards. Please nominate your favorite individual or organization working for peace by Friday, March 2.
IF WE HAD TO GO TO BED WITH OUR CONSCIENCE WE COULD NOT SLEEP – Israel Part II
The next day I made my way to Safad (Tzafat) which became one of the havens for the Jews expelled from Spain at the end of the Andulusian period. It was a place that grew to preserve the cosmopolitanism and the spiritual depth of the Jewish people when they were forced to flee from Spain in 1492.
