Fellowship Magazine

 

Fall 2007

(No summer issue)

 

"Pluralizing Sustainability; Sustaining Pluralism"

FEATURES:

A Beautiful Coming Together
[Edited and excerpted from The U.S. Left Turns a Corner]
by Ted Glick

False Sectarianism and the Battle for Oil:
Monopolizing Power in Iraq
by Raed Jarrar

Resisting Persecution and Maintaining Cultural Roots:
The Amazigh People of Morocco
by Shaina Adams and Brahim El Guabli

What Meaneth Black Suffering?
Race, Meaning-Making, and Democracy in Post-Katrina America

by Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou

Indigenous Peoples, Pluralism, and Nationhood:
A Fellowship Roundtable

by Cristina Veran

Another Way to Think About Development Aid to Africa
by Marie Giblin and Kathleen Smythe

Common Fire Finds Common Ground:
Sustainable Pluralism Comes Home
by Tom Caplan

Unity in the Face of Occupation
[Excerpted from Disgrace Unto the Nations]
by Nurit Peled-Elhanan

 

POETRY:

Peace on the Streets
by Youth of Philadelphia

In Praise of Torture
by Tom Greening

#229nw
by Andrew Grossman

 

DEPARTMENTS:

Editorial:
Can We Create One Movement?
by Ethan Vesely-Flad

Letters to the Editor

News of the Fellowship

Heartbeat: A Field of Comprehensible Order
by Rabia Terri Harris

Global Balance: Quietly Subversive: An Interview with Bill McKibben

Reviews: Peace, Justice, and Jews: Reclaiming Our Tradition; Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid; Before You Enlist and After You Say No; Iraq: A War; Dispatches from Latin America; America's Battle for God; Open Minds to Equality; Practicing Peace

Recommended Resources

Obituaries

  Spring 2007  

"Iran: The Face of the Enemy?"

 

FEATURES:

A World Without Boundaries: Fellowship interviews Mark C. Johnson
by Ethan Vesely-Flad

Building Peace With Iran: A Special Feature

The Sum of Iran's Parts: A Political Primer
by Rostam Pourzal

Veterans of the Iran-Iraq War Seek Peace
by the Olive Association: The Society of Peace Advocates

Images of Iran
by William Wolak

Blue Eyes Looking Into Dark Eyes
by Ymani Whitehawk Simmons

Rhyming in Conflict Zones: Using "Art-tillery" to Oppose Violence
by Shahid Buttar and Hawah Kasat

An Anti-Bases Network Finds Its Base
by Herbert Docena

Total Abolition: A Declaration of the International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases
by conference participants

A Real Turn-Off: Addressing Violence in the Media
by Anissa New-Walker

Peace Wins: Maha Ghosananda, the "Gandhi of Cambodia"
by Matthew Weiner

POETRY:

A Soldier's Lament
by Doug Soderstrom

Each Soul Completes Me
by Hafiz

Isn't It Enough?
by Farideh Hassanzadeh-Mostafavi

DEPARTMENTS:

Editorial:
Four-Letter Words
by Ethan Vesely-Flad

Letters to the Editor

News of the Fellowship

Recommended Resources

Reviews: The Revenge of Gaia; Beyond Prisons; A War of Frontier and Empire; Blackwater

Global Balance: The Transformation of Anyone's Existence but Our Own
by George Monbiot

Obituaries

2006 Fellowship Index

  Winter 2007  

"Closing Bases, Supporting Communities"

This special issue of Fellowship was published in conjunction with the International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases, held in Quito and Manta, Ecuador from March 5-9, 2007. Please visit www.no-bases.net for more information about the conference and to support the global movement to close military bases.

FEATURES:

Bases, Empire, and Global Response
by Catherine Lutz

Why Isn't the Closure of a U.S. Military Base Cause for Celebration? The Asia-Pacific Context
by Andrew Yeo

The Manta Base: A U.S. Military Fort in Ecuador
by Luis Ángel Saavedra

"Enduring" U.S. Bases in Iraq: Monopolizing the Middle East Prize
by Joseph Gerson

Global Expansion of U.S. Military Involvement: A World Map for Activists
by Brian McAdoo and F.O.R. Staff
[NOTE: An interactive version of this map will be published online in the near future.]

Uncovering the Empire's New Clothes: Chalmers Johnson's Nemesis
book review by Ethan Vesely-Flad

How a People's Movement Stopped the Bombing in Vieques
by Wanda Colón Cortés

Words Against a Premature Grave: The Chamoru People of Guam and Accelerating Militarism
by Julian Aguon

Resisting Militarism in Turkey
by Nilufer Ugur-Dalay

A Polluted Land: Resisting U.S. Bases in Korea
by Ji-Seon Koh

The U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo: An Unfinished History
by Luis M. García Cuñarro

An Afterword: Masculinized Militarism
by Cynthia Enloe

POETRY:

From New Orleans: A Prayer for Maids, Maintenance Men, and Me
by Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou

A Story of War
by Larry Smith

Surge
by Susan Bright

DEPARTMENTS:

Editorial:
Dismantling an Intricate Network
by John Lindsay-Poland

Letters to the Editor

News of the Fellowship

Global Balance:
What the U.S. Leaves Behind: Lessons from Panama
by John Lindsay-Poland

Heartbeat:
June in January
by Rabia Terri Harris

Recommended Resources

Reviews: Coretta; Gandhi and Beyond; Against the Draft; No One Is Illegal; Blessed Among All Women; Transforming the Powers; The Tent of Abraham

Obituaries

 

 

  Fall 2006  

"Defining Democracy"

FEATURES:

Indigenous Democracy: The Great Law of Peace of the Haudenosaunee
by Lynn Gottlieb

Democracy in the Eyes of Zimbabwe
by Netsai Mushonga

Disenfranchisement and Democracy: The appalling hypocrisy of a "free" nation
by Rima Vesely-Flad

Criminalizing Compassion: Muslim charities and the case of Dr. Rafil A. Dhafir
by Katherine Hughes

Israel and Lebanon: Waging a "judicious war?"
by Allan Solomonow

Democracy and National Reconciliation for Uganda
by Beatrice Amony Ojwiya

Defining Democracy: A sobering view from the Philippines
by Alexander Martin Remollino

Dramatizing Democracy: The Theater of the Oppressed
by Marie-Claire Picher

Bridging the Gap Between People and Politicians
by Jayaprakash Narayan

 

 

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POETRY:

break
by Suheir Hammad

Blood seeps from the newspaper into my dream
by DeEtte Beghtol

Lament for those being tortured
by Christine Rodgers

DEPARTMENTS:

Editorial:
Claiming Our Power

by Ethan Vesely-Flad

Letters to the Editor

News of the Fellowship

Heartbeat:
Democracy: Honoring those with whom we differ

by Rabia Terri Harris

Global Balance:
Principles of Earth Democracy

by Vandana Shiva

Reviews: The Left Hand of God; Freedom Riders; Mindful Politics; American Methods; Blood on the Border

Obituaries


  Summer (July/Aug.) 2006  

FEATURES:

Moving to the Fore: Countering Walls, Troops, Free Trade, and Xenophobia
by Amanda Jack

122 Days in Baghdad
by Norman Kember

Taking Peacemaking Seriously: An Interview with Dan Berrigan
by John Griffin

Pilgrimages of Conscience

Insumisa
poetry by Piedad Morales

Moving Toward the Center of Violence
by Nicholas Mele

Clash of the Influential: A Zambian Reflection on Violence
by Kabale Ignatius Mukunto

 

DEPARTMENTS:

Editorial:
Through the Looking Glass
by Ethan Vesely-Flad

Nonviolence in Daily Practice:
Experiments in Disarmament
by Stephanie Kaza

Heartbeat:
Toad Hunting
by Rabia Terri Harris

The Decade Challenge:
Respect (Aging Activists)
by Janet Chisholm

News of the Fellowship

Reviews: Mission Rejected; The Just War and Jihad; Speak Peace in a World of Conflict; Trained to Kill; Just Peacemakers; Ethical Business Relationships

Obituaries:
John C. Heidbrink
Damu Smith

Letters to the Editor

  May/June 2006  

"Alternative Media: Empowering Activism"

FEATURES:

It's Not the Tools, It's How You Use Them
by Sean McConnell

Countering Journalistic Jingoism: Fellowship Interviews Danny Schechter
by Jennifer Hyman

AlterNATIVE Media: Indigenous Video Activists Set the Scene to be Heard
by Cristina Verán

Radio: The Most Important Form of Popular Empowerment
by Elizabeth Robinson

Quilts: Expanding the Map Through Which We See the World
by Kate Ransohoff

Alternative Globalization: The World Social Forum in Venezuela
by Paul R. Dekar

DEPARTMENTS:

Editorial
Raising Our Voices, by All Means Necessary
by Ethan Vesely-Flad

Nonviolence in Daily Practice:
Listening our Way to Wholeness

Global Balance:
Before You Finish Eating Breakfast

Heartbeat:
Off the Grid
by Rabia Terri Harris

Reviews:
Caught in the Crossfire
Unembedded
Feet to the Fire
America's Disappeared

News of the Fellowship:
Katrina Memorials
by Virginia Wilber
Colombia, Interfaith Peace-Builders, and more

Letters to the Editor


Links

Dates

Obituaries:
Anne Braden, Caleb Foote, Thomas Fox, Evelyn Montvila, Richard Wangen, Frederick Boyd Williams

  March/April 2006  

 

"Uplifting the World"

POETRY by our Contributors

"Equatorial Sun" -Maia Williams Carpenter

"Peace in This State?" - Danae Davis

"Bombs Don't Solve Problems" -Hawah

"Slingshot" -Nizar Wattad


 

Young People Driving the Justice Bus
by Elizabeth Aguilera

Changing the Culture of Activism: Fellowship interviews Camilo Romero
by Virginia Wilber

The Front Lines of Creativity: A Fellowship Forum
by contributors: Maia Williams Carpenter, Hawah, DJ Jer, Cesar Maxit, Nizar Wattad

Bridging the Generational Divide:

  • So You Want to be a Youth Ally
    by Danae Davis
  • The Boomers are Leaving! The Boomers are Leaving!
    by Ludovic Blain

Somos Luchadores: Queer Latino Youth Reclaim Culture, Community, and Spirituality
by Nico Amador

Zionism Failed Me
by Shalva Wise

Student vs. Soldier: Youth Take the Lead in Countering Recruitment
by Kevin Ramirez

 

Editorials:

Nonviolence in Daily Practice:
Peace People Should be Vegetarians!
by Diana Rozendaal

The Decade Challenge:
Stagnation or Liberation?

by Adar Cohen

Global Balance:
Declaring Independence from Oil

by Sarah Connolly and Nile Malloy

Reviews: Letters from Young Activists; Beat Back Bush; Our Time is Now

Heartbeat: Good News is No News
by Rabia Terri Harris

News of the Fellowship

Opportunities

Letters to the Editor

Dates

Obituaries

  January/February 2006  

 

"Unfinished Business"

Finding the Other America
by Anne Braden

Through Survivors' Eyes: From the Sixties to the Greensboro Massacre
book review by Joseph W. Groves

Racism is Not an "Old Issue": An Interview with Ted Shaw
by Ethan Vesely-Flad

Hunting Duck-Rabbits in Tulia, Texas
by Alan Bean

The Betrayal of the Struggle Against Apartheid
by Terry Crawford-Browne

The Dragon and the Chrysanthemum
by Conn Hallinan

Seeds of Reconciliation Sprout in the Shadow of Genocide
by Doug Hostetter

Pictures of Home
book review by Jasmina Burdzovic Andreas

Ongoing Summer Work Camps in Bosnia, 1996-2005
by Dolores Gunter

Reunion
by Shqipe Malushi

The Great I Am
prose by Scott Pryor

Editorial:
Calling the Shots

by Ethan Vesely-Flad

The Decade Challenge:
Creating a Nonviolent World Despite a Violent Past
by Elliott Adams

Global Balance:
Environmental Justice: The Canary in the U.S. Social Justice Movement Mine?
by Ludovic Blain

Heartbeat:
Everything I Know About Violence I Learned in Kindergarten
by Rabia Terri Harris

Nonviolence in Daily Practice: Ahimsa: Nonviolence from a Yoga Perspective
by Debra Weiss

Reviews

News of the Fellowship

Lit Notes

2005 Index

Dates and Opportunities

  November/December 2005  

 

New Orleans: A Choice Between Destruction and Reparations
by David Billings

Just the Facts, Ma'am... about AIDS in Alabama
by Bennie Liggins and Elizabeth O'Neill

More than One Million in Treatment, But So Far to Go
by Ted Karpf

White Like Me: A Woman Rabbi Gazes Into the Mirror of American Racism
by Lynn Gottlieb

A Rapidly Vanishing Window of Opportunity: The Need for a Constructive Dialogue between Iran and the United States
by Abbas Daneshvari

Life After Gaza
by Kendra Froshman

Hope, Not Hate: On the Future of Western-Muslim World Relations
by Mas'ood Cajee

Support the Hunger Strike for Human Rights at Guantánamo
by Joseph E. Mulligan

Do We Look Like Terrorists?
by Ethan Vesely-Flad
Unity in the face of empire - International Muslim-Christian Solidarity Conference for the Philippines

Federal Conspiracy Charges for Peaceful Protesters
by Barbara J. George


Editorial:
The Peace Movement's Tipping Point
by Ethan Vesely-Flad

Nonviolence in the Arena:
Serbian Student Revolution, 1998-2000
by Walter Wink and Jo Clare-Hartsig

The Decade Challenge:
Story Time
by Janet Chisholm

Heartbeat:
Caritaphobia
by Rabia Terri Harris

Reviews

A Persian Odyssey on Your Small Screen
Film reviews by Hossein Alizadeh

News of the Fellowship

Obituaries

Letters

Opportunities

Dates

On Refuge and Language
Poetry by Suheir Hammad

In Someone Else's Home
Poetry by Jonathan Callard

  September/October 2005  

 

"Monitored"

Seeing Ourselves through the Eyes of the Opposition
by Jerry Elmer

FOIA: Knowledge is Power
by Ethan Vesely-Flad

What the Watchers Saw
by George M. Houser

F.O.R., C.P., F.B.I.
by John Swomley

When the Feds Come Knocking
by Steve Weissman

I was a Victim of the K.G.B.
by Richard Thieme

Missing: Iraqi Families Looking for their Sons in American Secret Prisons
by E. A. Khammas

Old Wine, New Bottles: Bush Administration Attacks Amensty International
by Stephen Zunes

Some Thoughts on "Post-9/11"
by P. Adem Carroll

Editorials:

Nonviolence in the Arena:
A Concrete Victory
by Walter Wink with Harvey Flad

The Decade Challenge:
Nonviolence Training in Palestine
by Janet Chisholm

Reviews

Lit Notes

News of the Fellowship

Letters

Obituaries

Dates

  July/August 2005  

 

"Changing Course: Reframing the Nuclear World"

Remembering Srebrenica
by Patrick McCarthy and Doug Hostetter

The Moral Crusade for Abolition: a message to all who want nuclear weapons eliminated
by Peter Cohen

August 6th
poetry by Dan Kwong

Jizos for Peace: what to do about an old war
by Jan Chozen Bays

Stanislav Petrov - World Hero
by Glen Pedersen

Another Look at the North Korean Nuclear Crisis
by Eon Joung Lee

The Disarmament Conference
by Hajb the Mad Poet

You Must Do This Now, Before it is Too Late
Statement of the Youth Delegation to the Seventh Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Fellowship Forum

We Beg to Differ: Alternative Voices Speak Out on U.S. Foreign Policy

Four Vignettes on the Road of the Broken Rifle: Reflections on War and Resistance
by Ibrahim Ramey

Editorial
by Rabia Terri Harris

Nonviolence in the Arena

The Decade Challenge

Reviews

Lit Notes

News

News of the Fellowship

Letters

Obituaries

Dates

Fellowship Poster: The World Peace Prayer

  May/June 2005  

 

"Living in an Extraordinary Time"

Living in an Extraordinary Time
An Interview with Richard Deats
by Rabia Harris

The Tsunami Tragedy: Divine Fury or Human Folly"
by Chandra Muzaffar

Is War Good for Nonviolence?
by Ira Chernus

The Security We Seek
The Connection between Materialism and Militarism
by Bryan Massingale

Colombia: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
by Don Irish

Moral Indignation
by Robin Meyers

God's October Surprise
Ramadan, Yom Kippur, and a National Fast
on October 13
by Arthur Waskow

The Decade Challenge

Nonviolence in the Arena

Editorial
by Rabia Terri Harris

Reviews

Lit Notes

News of the Fellowship

Obituaries

Letters

Dates

Fellowship Poster: Simple Things

  March/April 2005  

What I Heard About Iraq
Download the PDF
by Eliot Weinberger

True Atonement
Download the PDF
by Chuan Zhi Shakya

Grand Strategies: Four Ways Success May Be Achieved
by Gene Sharp

The Decade Challenge

Nonviolence in the Arena

Editorial
by Richard Deats

Reviews

News

News of the Fellowship

Obituaries

Letters

Opportunities

Dates

  January/February 2005  
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What Now?
Post Election Analysis

Ride Out to Meet them: Some Post Election Thoughts
by Starhawk

From the American People: FOR's Iraq Photo Project

There is No Justification for Fear
An Interview with Mordechai Vanunu

The Decade Challenge

Nonviolence in the Arena

Editorial
by Richard Deats

Reviews

News

News of the Fellowship

Letters

Fellowship Index 2004

Opportunities

Dates

   

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