Articles, news, campaigns and events about Iraq
Jan 20, 2012, 12:39am
FOR
For Immediate ReleasePEACE ACTIVISTS AND WAR VETS JOIN OCCUPY WALL STREET WEST TO HIGHLIGHT ROLE OF BECHTEL GROUP IN WAR, WASTE, CORRUPTION.Media Contacts:John Lindsay-Poland, Fellowship of Reconciliation: 510-282-8983Dottie Guy...
Dec 19, 2011, 11:30am
Ethan Vesely-Flad
I am regularly reminded that humor is a relative concept: my idea of a funny twist on the political ills of the moment often offends the next person. Working at the Fellowship of Reconciliation, I have learned that although most progressives agree...
Dec 2, 2011, 8:33pm
Jim Murphy
The ‘Occupy Wall Street’ is a legitimate wake-up call to all Americans regarding the systematic theft of our futures – the 99%. I want to discuss my area of highest concern. I’m a veteran, part of the VA system, that knows that the war I...
Sep 8, 2011, 2:50pm
Ibrahim Ramey
This article was originally published in the June-July 1995 issue of Ansar As-Salam, the newsletter of the Muslim Peace Fellowship. It is republished online by the Fellowship of Reconciliation with the permission of MPF and the author.Is Islam...
Aug 20, 2011, 6:53am
Ethan Vesely-Flad
Aug 8, 2011, 4:08pm
FOR
Voices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org) has deep, long-standing roots in active nonviolent resistance to U.S. war-making. Begun in the summer of 2005, Voices draws from the experiences of those who challenged the brutal economic sanctions...
Aug 7, 2011, 9:59pm
FOR
The Iraq war has been a travesty for both the Iraq people and for the “on ground” soldiers. Much healing is required. True peace will take time and effort. Full reconciliation is in the distant future. Nonetheless, peace and...
Jul 15, 2011, 4:49pm
Ethan Vesely-Flad
by Katherine HughesIn May 2005, David Cole, professor of law at Georgetown University, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary about the constitutional implications of a series of “anti-terrorism” laws rushed through...
Jun 20, 2011, 4:05pm
FOR
Sitting in our favorite coffeehouse, Tyler Jared, my eldest son, and I are having our “man time.” I am sipping a cappuccino and he is drinking some orange concoction. We stare into one another’s eyes, with an occasional “What?” breaking our silence...
