FOR Blogs
Book review: Confronting Power
Jeff Unsicker, who brings experience both in NGOs and in teaching policy advocacy at the SIT Graduate Institute in Vermont, has written a useful guide to planning, monitoring and then evaluating policy advocacy.
WANTED: Posters from Historical and Contemporary Boycott Movements: Montgomery to Palestine
Dear Artists, Collectors, Educators, and Community Organizers,
Groups Take Action on Military Spending in Latin America
There was unprecedented Latin American participation at the third Global Day of Action on Military Spending, held on April 15.
A reflection for Yom Yerushalayim
As we reflect on Jerusalem/Al Kuds on Yom Yerushalayim, my mouth stutters and my eyes well up with tears when I try to describe the violence I have seen in the streets of Jerusalem. I have wandered the streets of Jerusalem since 1966, when this unique city first opened its gates and welcomed me within. The celebration of a city united has become mourning for a city divided.
Chicago Chapter Chair booking dates for Summer 2013 speaking tour
Chicago Chapter Chair Rev. Sam Smith Has a Dream:
“I Have A Dream to Carry the Message of the Gospel of PEACE … to Youth as well as Adults Everywhere I Go. And I NEED UR HELP 2 MAKE THIS ALL POSSIBLE.” (Rev. Sam Smith)
Upcoming nonviolence workshops nationwide
Nonviolent social change is needed now more than ever. 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.
From Seattle: The Lies of Drone Job Creation
Many of the scores of anti-drone protests across the country last month took place in communities dependant on the military-industrial complex for the money that drone warfare brings. A critical task of the peace movement is to expose the lie that ending investment in war technology such as drones would somehow mean the death of national and local economies.
A letter to Morgan Freeman
A letter to Morgan Freeman from the Dorothy Cotton Institute 2012 Civil And Human Rights Delegation to the West Bank
Dear Mr. Freeman,
The Cries that Cut through the White Noise: Civil Resistance Against Killer Drones
The rise of killer drones marks the new era of empire in which we live and against which we must struggle. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles allow the bloody execution of U.S. power to disappear into white noise, lulling our national conscience asleep to the consequences of our monstrous violence and arrogance abroad.
Facing the Trauma and Embarking on the Healing Journey: An interview with Michael Lapsley
The Rev. Michael Lapsley barely survived an April 28, 1990 letter bomb attack by agents of the South African apartheid government who sought to kill him. The bomb exploded in his hands, seriously wounding him and leading to the loss of both arms and the use of an eye and ear.
