FOR Blogs
A confession by my friend, an assault weapon owner
What happened on December 14th in Newtown, Connecticut, has shocked us all. I have read many articles and heard many commentaries since that day about the great need to do something about guns in the United States.
Unity and Independence: Vietnam celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Paris Agreement
Hanoi, Vietnam – January 27, 2013 was the fortieth anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam (Paris Agreement). Probably not one American in a thousand was aware of the occasion.
The Pain Caused by Guns Has No Borders
The following statement was issued from the Second Conference of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity to express support for President Obama’s proposals for stricter gun laws. John Lindsay-Poland represented FOR at the gathering.
Versión en español abajo.
Thich Nhat Hanh for the Nobel, and your nomination for the FOR Peace Prize
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 March 31st. And read on to learn how you can help Thich Nhat Hanh receive the Nobel Peace Prize as well!
Understanding the Pentagon budget, and how to move the money
A free webinar on Pentagon spending and how to change it:
FOR news on Richard Deats and other long-time leaders
It would be hard to find someone active in or closely connected to the Fellowship of Reconciliation in the past four decades who does not know the name, if not the face and voice, of long-time FOR leader Richard Deats.
The My Lai massacre was exemplar, not an aberration
My Lai is known to Americans as the site of a massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops. On the morning of March 16, 1968, U.S. forces entered the village and gathered up all living things: elderly men and women, infants in mothers’ arms, pigs, chickens, and water buffalo. Then, the Americans proceeded to kill them all, slowly, carefully, methodically.
Hearing Other Voices on Guns and Gun Violence
The Fellowship of Reconciliation welcomes President Obama’s proposals for reforms to address our nation’s epidemic of gun violence, and urges members and friends to convey support for these proposals to elected officials.
Fact Not Fiction: Reassessing Zero Dark Thirty
The new movie, Zero Dark Thirty, opened nationwide this week to critical acclaim and has already been nominated for many awards. Unfortunately, the filmmakers chose to imply — inaccurately — that torture led to useful intelligence in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
